Grammy Awards for 1985

By Patrick Mondout

The big winners at the 28th annual Grammy Awards were those responsible for the USA for Africa recordings, which took home four awards. Freddie Jackson, Whitney Houston, A-ha, and Susanne Vega all released impressive debuts, but it was Sade that won the Best New Artist Grammy. Houston was actually ruled eligible by the dweebs at the Academy because she had sung backup vocals on a couple of albums. Somehow both Carly Simon and Cyndi Lauper (and Jody Watley two years later) managed to win the category despite similar or even greater resumes.

Note: All nominees are listed and denotes the Grammy winner(s).

Record of the Year
	"Born in the USA" - Bruce Springsteen
	"The Boys of Summer" - Don Henley
	"Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits
	"The Power of Love" - Huey Lewis and the News
	We Are the World - USA for Africa

Song of the Year
	"The Boys of Summer" - Don Henley, Mike Campbell
	"Everytime You Go Away" - Daryl Hall
	"I Want to Know What Love Is" - Mick Jones
	"Money for Nothing" - Mark Koopfler, Sting
	"We Are the World" - Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie

Album of the Year
	Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
	The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
	No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
	We Are the World - USA for Africa
	Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

New Artist
	a-ha
	Freddie Jackson
	Katrina and the Waves
	Julian Lennon
	Sade

Pop Male Vocalist
	Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
	Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On"
	Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
	Stevie Wonder - "Part-Time Lover"
	Paul Young - "Everytime You Go Away"

Pop Female Vocalist
	Pat Benatar - "We Belong"
	Whitney Houston - "Saving All My Love for You"
	Madonna - "Crazy for You"
	Linda Ronstadt - Lush Life
	Tina Turner - "We Don't Need Another Hero"

Pop Vocal Group
	Phil Bailey, Phil Collins - "Easy Lover"
	Foreigner - "I Want to Know What Love Is"
	Huey Lewis and the News - "The Power of Love"
	Mr. Mister - "Broken Wings"
	USA for Africa - "We Are the World"

Rock Male Vocalist
	Bryan Adams - Reckless
	John Fogerty - Centerfield
	Don Henley - "The Boys of Summer"
	Mick Jagger - "Just Another Night"
	John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow

Rock Female Artist
	Pat Benatar - "Invincible"
	Nona Hendryx - "Rock This House"
	Cyndi Lauper - "What a Thrill"
	Melba Moore - "Read My Lips"
	Tina Turner - "One of the Living"

Rock Vocal Group
	Bryan Adams, Tina Turner - "It's Only Love"
	Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"
	Heart - Heart
	The Eurythmics - "Would I Lie to You"
	Starship - "We Built This City"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
	Jan Hammer - "Miami Vice Theme"
	Harold Faitermeyer - "Axel F"
	David Foster - "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire"
	Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour - Harlequin
	Spyro Gyra - "Shake Down"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
	Jeff Beck - "Escape"
	Jon Butcher Axis - "The Ritual"
	Big Guitars from Texas - "Guitar Army"
	Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
	Northern Star - "Back to Earth"
	Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - "Say What!"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	"Freeway of Love" - Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
	"New Attitude" - Sharon Robinson, Jon Gilutin, Bunny Hull
	"Nightshift" - Walter Orange, Dennis Lambert, Franne Golde
	"Through the Fire" - David Foster, Tom Keane, Cynthia Weil
	"You Give Good Love" - LaLa

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
	Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle
	Philip Bailey - Chinese Wall
	Freddie Jackson - "You Are My Lady"
	Al Jarreau - "High Crime"
	Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
	Aretha Franklin - "Freeway of Love"
	Whitney Houston - "You Give Good Love"
	Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
	Patti LaBelle - "New Attitude"
	Teena Marie - "Lovergirl"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Commodores - "Nighshift"
	Ashford & Simpson - Solid
	Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin - "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"
	Daryl Hall, John Oates, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendrick - "The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl"
	Pointer Sisters - Contact

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
	Ernie Watts - Musican
	Five Star - "First Avenue"
	Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest
	Jeff Lorber - "Pacific Coast Highway"
	Barney Rachabane - "Caribbean Queen"
	Sly & Robbie - "Bass and Trouble"
	Dave Valentin - "Love Light in Flight"

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
	Jon Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin - "Another Night in Tunisia" track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
	George Benson - "Beyond the Sea"
	David Frishberg - Live at Vine Street
	Mark Murphy - Mark Murphy Sings Nat's Choice, The Nat "King" Cole Songbook, Vol. 1
	Alan Paul - "Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford" track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female
	Cleo Laine - Cleo at Carnegie the 10th Anniversary Concert
	Cheryl Bentyne - "Meet Benny Bailey" track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
	Tania Maria - Made in New York
	Flora Purim - "20 Years Blue"
	Janis Siegel - "Sing Joy Spring" track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
	Maxine Sullivan - The Great Songs from the Cotton Club

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Manhattan Transfer - Vocalese
	Manhattan Transfer, Jon Hendricks - "Ray's Rockhouse" track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
	Manhattan Transfer, Four Freshmen - "To You" track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
	Barry Manilow, Sarah Vaughan - "Blue"
	Phil Mattson & the P.m. Singers - Night in the City
	Rare Silk - American Eyes
	University of Northern Colorado Vocal Jazz I - Hot IV

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
	Wynton Marsalis - "Black Codes from the Underground"
	Miles Davis - "Human Nature"
	Dizzy Gillespie - "Sing Joy Spring" track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
	Stanley Jordan - Magic Touch
	James Moody - "Meet Benny Bailey" track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
	Wynton Marsalis Group - Black Codes from the Underground
	Chick Corea, Steven Kujala - Voyage
	Keith Jarrett - Standards, Vol. 2
	Sting - "The Dream of the Blue Turtles"
	various artists - One Night with Blue Note

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
	John Barry, Bob Wilber - The Cotton Club (film soundtrack)
	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - March of the Tadpoles
	Louie Bellson - Don't Stop Now!
	Lionel Hampton - Ambassador at Large
	George Russell & the Living Time Orchestra - The African Game

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
	David Sanborn - Straight to the Heart
	Miles Davis - You're Under Arrest
	Stanley Jordan Group - Magic Touch
	Wayne Shorter - Atlantis
	Spyro Gyra - Alternating Currents
	Weather Report - Sportin' Life

Best Country & Western Song
	"Highwayman" - Jimmy L. Webb
	"Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" - Bob McDill
	"Desperados Waiting for a Train" - Guy Clark
	"Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')" - Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver, Don Schlitz
	"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" - Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell
	"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" - Mike Reid, Troy Seals, Fred Parris
	"Love is Alive" - Kent M. Robbins

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
	Ronnie Milsap - "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"
	Lee Greenwood - "I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)"
	Mel McDaniel - "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On"
	Willie Nelson - "Forgiving You Was Easy"
	Ricky Skaggs - "You Make Me Feel Like a Man"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
	Rosanne Cash - "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"
	Janie Fricke - "She's Single Again"
	Emmylou Harris - The Ballad of Sally Rose
	Dolly Parton - Real Love
	Juice Newton - "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	The Judds - Why Not Me
	Alabama - "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
	Forester Sisters - The Forester Sisters
	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson - "Highwayman"
	Marie Osmond, Dan Seals - "Meet Me in Montana"
	Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers - "Real Love"

Best Country Instrumental Performance
	Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler - "Cosmic Square Dance"
	Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland - Vasser Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland
	Charlie McCoy - "Lasso the Moon"
	Earl Scruggs - "Folsom Prison Blues"
	Doc & Merle Watson - "Windy and Warm"

Best Gospel Performance - Male
	Larnelle Harris - "How Excellent Is Thy Name"
	James Blackwood - Fifty Golden Years
	Phil Driscoll - Power of Praise
	Steve Green - He Holds the Keys
	Russ Taff - Medals

Best Gospel Performance - Female
	Amy Grant - Unguarded
	Debby Boone - Choose Life
	Sandi Patti - Hymns Just for You
	Leslie Phillips - Black and White in a Grey World
	Sheila Walsh - Don't Hide Your Heart

Best Gospel Performance - Duo or Group
	Larnelle Harris, Sandi Patti - "I've Just Seen Jesus"
	De Garmo & Key - Commander Sozo and the Charge of the Light Brigade
	The Imperials - Let the Wind Blow
	Petra - Beat the System
	Randy Stonehill, Amy Grant - "I Could Never Say Goodbye"

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male
	Marvin Winans - "Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay"
	Howard McCrary - So Good
	Douglas Miller - Unspeakable Joy
	Philip Nicholas - "Stop Your Searchin' (Try God!)"
	Rev. Marvin Yancy - Heavy Load

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female
	Shirley Caesar - "Martin"
	Vanessa Bell Armstrong - Chosen
	Vernessa Mitchell - "Blessed Assurance"
	Dorothy Norwood - "Lift Him Up"
	Deleon Richards - Deleon

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo or Group
	Winans - Tomorrow
	Sandra Crouch & Friends - We're Waiting
	Sandra Crouch, Jean Johnson - "Completely Yes"
	Edwin Hawkins with Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Have Mercy
	Carvin Winans, Michael Winans - Tomorrow" track from Tomorrow

Best Inspirational Performance
	Jennifer Holliday - "Come Sunday"
	Pat Boone - 16,000 Faces
	Glen Campbell - No More Light
	Kool & the Gang - "You Are the One"
	Barbara Mandrell - Christmas at Our House

Best Traditional Blues Recording
	B.B. King - "My Guitar Sings the Blues"
	Bobby Bland - Members Only
	Roy Buchanan - When a Guitar Plays the Blues
	Koko Taylor - Queen of the Blues
	Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker & His Houserockers - Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker and His Houserockers
	Joe Turner, Jimmy Witherspoon - Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long
	Johnny Winter - Serious Business

Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
	"My Toot Toot" - Rockin' Sidney, Maison de Soul
	Live at the San Francisco Blues Festvial - Clifton Chenier
	Souvenirs - Dewey Balfa
	Turning Point - Buckwheat Zydeco
	Zydeco Gris Gris - BeauSoleil

Best Latin Pop Performance
	Lani Hall - Es Facil Amar
	Jose Feliciano - Yo Soy Tuyo
	Jose Feliciano, Jose Jose - "Por Ella"
	Jose Jose - Reflexiones
	Lucia Mendez - Solo una Mujer

Best Tropical Latin Performance
	Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble - Mambo Diablo
	Eddie Palmieri - Solito
	Ruben Blades - Mucho Mejor
	Bonny Cepeda y Orquesta - Noche de Discotheque
	Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco - De Nuevo
	Mongo Santamaria & His Latin Jazz Orchestra - Free Spirit, Espirito Libre

Best Mexican-American Performance
	Vikki Carr - Simplemente Mujer
	Rocio Durcal - Canta a Juan Gabriel
	Los Humildes - 13 Aniversario/13 Album/13 Exitos
	Santiago Jiminez Jr. - Santiago Strikes Again
	Maria de Lourdes - Mujer Importante
	Juan Valentin - 20 Exitos Romanticos con Juan Valentin

Best Reggae Recording
	Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger
	The Blue Riddim Band - Alive in Jamaica
	Burning Spear - Resistance
	Melody Makers featuring Ziggy Marley - Play the Game Right
	Judy Mowatt - Working Wonders

Best Polka Recording
	70 Years of Hits - Frank Yankovic
	Brass with Class - Brass Release
	Polka Fireworks - Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
	Polskie Czucie Polish Feelings - L'il Wally & Orchestra
	Simply Polkamentary - Lenny Gomulka & the Chicago Push

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
	Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour - "Early A.M. Attitude" (Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour)
	George Russell - The African Game (George Russell & the Living Time Orchestra)
	Toshiko Akiyoshi - "March of the Tadpoles" (Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band)
	Chip Davis - "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)" (Mannheim Steamroller)
	William D. Bruhn - "Suite of Dances from 'Pacific Overtures'" (Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
	Nelson Riddle - "Lush Life" (Linda Ronstadt)
	David Foster - "Through the Fire" (Chaka Khan)
	Frank Foster, Ralph Burns - "Beyond the Sea (La Mer)" (George Benson)
	Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour - "Harlequin" (Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour)
	Peter Wolf - "Why Do People Fall in Love" - (Dennis Edwards, Thelma Houston)

Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
	Cheryl Bentyne, Bobby McFerrin - "Another Night in Tunisia" (Manhattan Transfer)
	Dennis Lambert - "Nightshift" (Commodores)
	Phil Mattson - "I Hear Music" (Phil Mattson & the P.M. Singers)
	Alan Paul - "Ray's Rockhouse" (Manhattan Transfer)
	Janis Siegel, Dennis Wilson - "Blee Blop Blue" (Manhattan Transfer)

Best Instrumental Composition
	"Miami Vice Theme" - Jan Hammer
	"Axel F" - Harold Faitermeyer
	"Back to the Future" - Alan Silvestri
	"Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" - David Foster
	"With Bells On" - Thad Jones

Best Cast Show Album
	West Side Story - Stephen Sondheim, lyricist; Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor
	Big River - Roger Miller, composer and lyricist
	Greatest Hits from "Leader of the Pack" - Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector, George "Shadow" Morton, songwriters
	The Tap Dance Kid - Robert Lorick, lyricist; Henry Krieger, composer
	Very Warm for May - Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist; Jerome Kern, composer

Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
	Beverly Hills Cop - Sharon Robinson, John Gilutin, Bunny Hull, Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free, Keith Forsey, Harold Faltermeyer, Allee Willis, Dan Sembello, Marc Benno, Richard Theisen
	Back to the Future - John Colla, Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis, Lindsey Buckingham, Alan Silvestri, Eric Clapton, Sean Hopper
	A Passage to India - Maurice Jarre
	St. Elmo's Fire - David Foster, John Parr, Billy Squire, John & Dino Elefante, Jon Anderson, Fee Waybill, Steve Lukather, Richard Marx, Jay Graydon, Stephen A. Kipner, Peter Beckett, Cynthia Weil
	Witness - Maurice Jarre

Best Classical Album
	Berlioz: Requiem - Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solo: John Aler)
	Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete; Faure: Pelleas et Melisande - Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (solo: Elly Ameling)
	Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor - James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
	Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano; Prelude for Piano; Short Story; Violin Piece; For Lily Pons; Sleepless Night; Promenade - Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
	Handel: Messiah - Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Kaaren Erickson, Sylvia McNair, Alfreda Hodgson, Jon Humphrey, Richard Stilwell)
	Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor - Claudio Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
	Mozart: Violin and Piano Sonatas K. 296, 305, 306 (solos: Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim)
	Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite) - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
	Respighi: Pines of Rome; The Birds; Fountains of Rome - Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Best Classical Orchestral Recording
	Faure: Pelleas et Melisande - Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
	Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor - James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
	Liszt: A Faust Symphony - James Conlon conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
	Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite) - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
	Respighi: Pines of Rome; The Birds; Fountains of Rome - Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony

Best New Classical Artist
	Chicago Pro Musica
	Sarah Brightman
	Rosalind Plowright
	Esa-Pekka Salonen
	Brian Slawson

Best Chamber Music Performance
	Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma - Brahms: Cello and Piano Sonatas in E Major and F Major
	Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline Du Pre - Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor
	Itzhak Perlman, Jorge Bolet, Juilliard String Quartet - Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21
	Itzhak Perlman, Samuel Sanders - Dvorak: Sonatina in G and 4 Romantic Pieces; Smetana: From My Homeland
	Andre Previn, Vienna Wind Soloists - Mozart: Piano and Wind Quintet in E Flat; Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintet in E Flat

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
	Yo-Yo Ma (Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) - Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85; Walton: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
	James Galway (Chung conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - James Galway Plays Khachaturian (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Spartacus, Masquerade and Gayaneh)
	Itzhak Perlman (Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra) - Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D Minor
	Andre Previn (Previn conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
	Andras Schiff (Dorati conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra) - Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor; Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor
	Michael Tilson Thomas (Thomas conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic) - Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
	Vladimir Ashkenazy - Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit, Pavane pour une Infante Defunte, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
	Claudio Arrau - Chopin: 4 Scherzos; Polonaise; Fantaisie, Op. 61
	Julian Bream - "Guitarra": The Guitar in Spain (Mudarra, Guera, Boccherini, Sor, Tarrega, Albeniz, Falla, Turina, etc.)
	Francois-Rene Duchable - Chopin: Piano Sonatas No. 2 in B Flat Minor and No. 3 in B Minor
	Michael Tilson Thomas - Gershwin: Preludes for Piano: Short Story; Violin Piece; For Lily Pons; Sleepless Night; Promenade

Best Opera Recording
	Schoenberg: Moses und Aron - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge)
	Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (soundtrack) - Georges Pretre conducting the Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan (solos: Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Juan Pons, Alberto Rinaldi, Florindo Andreolli)
	Puccini: Manon Lescaut - Giuseppe Sinopoli conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden (solos: Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Kurt Rydi, Robert Gambill)
	Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress - Riccardo Chailly conducting the London Sinfonietta and London Sinfonietta Chorus (solos: Philip Langridge, Cathryn Pope, Samuel Ramey, Sarah Walker, John Dobson)
	Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) - Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus (solos: Jose van Dam, Dunja Vejzovic, Kurt Moll, Peter Hofmann)

Best Choral Performance
	Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra (solo: John Aler) - Berlioz: Requiem
	Daniel Barenboim conducting the Choeurs et Orchestre de Paris (solos: Ann Murray, Kathleen Battle, David Rendall, Matti Salminen) - Mozart: Requiem
	Herbert von Karajan conducting the Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chor der Nationaloper Sofia, Wiener Philharmonic (solos: Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Jose Carreras, Jose van Dam) - Verdi: Requiem
	Ton Koopman conducting the Choeur "The Sixteen" and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (solos: James Bowman, Paul Elliott, Gregory Reinhart) - Handel: Messiah
	Lorin Maazel conducting the English Chamber Orchestra and Winchester Cathedral Choir (solos: Placido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Paul Miles-Kingston) - Lloyd Webber: Requiem

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
	John Aler (Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus) - Berlioz: Requiem
	Elly Ameling (Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) - Belioz: Les Nuits d'Ete
	Placido Domingo, Pilar Lorengar (Navarro conducting the ORF Symphonie Orchestra) - Zarzuela Arias and Duets (Arias Only)
	Marilyn Horne (Foster conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo) - Marilyn Horne Sings (Offenbach, Cherubini, Saint-Saens, etc.)
	Kiri Te Kanawa (Tate conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Canteloube: Chants 'Auvergne, Vol. 2; Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
	Frederica von Stade (Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra) - Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete; Debussy: La Damoiselle Elue

Best Contemporary Composition
	Requiem - Andrew Lloyd Webber
	Harmonium for Large Orchestra and Chorus - John Adams
	Satyagrah - Philip Glass
	Serenade No. 3 for Piano and Chamber Orchestra - George Perle
	Violin Concerto - Robert Starer

Best Engineered Recording - Classical
	Jack Renner - Berlioz: Requiem (Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; solo: John Aler)
	Paul Goodman - Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor (Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
	Paul Goodman, Thomas MacCluskey - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete) (Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
	James Lock - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
	Paul Goodman - Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite) (Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
	Jack Renner - Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete; Faure: Pelleas et Melisande (Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; solo: Elly Ameling)
	Jack Renner - Respighi: Pines of Rome; The Birds; Fountains of Rome (Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

Classical Producer of the Year
	Robert E. Woods
	Steven Epstein
	James Mallinson
	David Mottley
	Jay David Saks

Best Comedy Recording
	Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording) - Whoopi Goldberg
	"Born in East L.A." - Cheech & Chong
	Dare to Be Stupid - Weird Al Yankovic
	"Honeymooners Rap" - Joe Piscopo
	"You Look Marvelous" - Billy Crystal

Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording
	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Broadway cast
	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Dick Cavett
	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - Alan Arkin
	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre - John Le Carre
	Zuckerman Bound by Philip Roth - Philip Roth

Best Recording for Children
	Follow That Bird (film soundtrack) - Jim Henson's Muppets and the Sesame Street cast
	Bullfrogs and Butterflies, Part II - Candle and the Agapeland Singers
	E.T.A. Hoffman, Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker - Christopher Plummer, narrator; Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Philharmonica Orchestra
	Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf - Dudley Moore, John Williams & the Boston Pops Orchestra
	The Velveteen Rabbit - Meryl Streep, narrator; George Winston, piano
	We Are the World, Children of the World