Grammy Awards for 1986

By Patrick Mondout

Veteran performers were the winners Grammy night as Steve Winwood, Paul Simon, Burt Bacharach, Barbra Streisand, and even James Brown won awards. Winwood was back in the high life after winning Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Higher Love." 

Update: A few of our loyal readers have called it to our attention that the New York Post recently ran a crossword which listed Jody Watley (the 1987 winner) as the winner for 1986 Best New Artist and that some other websites have her listed as the winner as well. Those websites were probably the source for the Post's erroneous listing. Thus, I'd like to invite the Post editors to join the wise folks at the New York Times and utilize our site as a reference in the future.

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

Record of the Year
	"Addicted to Love" - Robert Palmer
	"The Greatest Love of All" - Whitney Houston
	"Higher Love" - Steve Winwood
	"Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
	"That's What Friends Are For" - Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder

Song of the Year
	"Addicted to Love" - Robert Palmer
	"Graceland" - Paul Simon
	"Higher Love" - Steve Winwood, Will Jennings
	"Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
	"That's What Friends Are For" - Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager

Album of the Year
	Back in the High Life - Steve Winwood
	The Broadway Album - Barbra Streisand
	Control - Janet Jackson
	Graceland - Paul Simon
	So - Peter Gabriel

New Artist
	Glass Tiger
	Bruce Hornsby and the Range
	Nu Shooz
	Simply Red
	Timbuk 3

Pop Male Vocalist
	Peter Cetera - "Glory of Love"
	Kenny Loggins - "Danger Zone"
	Michael McDonald - "Sweet Freedom"
	Paul Simon - Graceland
	Steve Winwood - "Higher Love"

Pop Female Vocalist
	Cyndi Lauper - "True Colors"
	Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach"
	Barbra Streisand - The Broadway Album
	Tina Turner - "Typical Male"
	Dionne Warwick - Dionne and Friends

Pop Vocal Group
	Peter Cetera, Amy Grant - "The Next Time I Fall"
	Patti LaBelle, Michael McDonald - "On My Own"
	Mike and the Mechanics - "All I Needs Is a Miracle"
	Simply Red - "Holding Back the Years"
	Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder - "That's What Friends Are For"

Rock Male Vocalist
	John Fogerty - Eye of the Zombie
	Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer"
	Billy Idol - "To Be a Lover"
	Eddie Money - "Take Me Home Tonight"
	Robert Palmer - "Addicted to Love"

Rock Female Vocalist
	Pat Benatar - "Sex as a Weapon"
	Cyndi Lauper - "911"
	Stevie Nicks - "Talk to Me"
	Bonnie Raitt - "No Way to Treat a Lady"
	Tina Turner - "Back Where You Started"

Rock Vocal Group
	Artists United Against Apartheid - "Sun City"
	Eurythmics - "Missionary Man"
	Fabulous Thunderbirds - "Tuff Enuff"
	Rolling Stones - "Harlem Shuffle"
	ZZ Top - Afterburner

Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group or Soloist
	Harold Faltermeyer, Steve Stevens - "Top Gun Anthem"
	Stanley Clarke - "Overjoyed"
	David Foster - David Foster
	Genesis - "The Brazilian"
	Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen - "Johnny's Theme (The Tonight Show theme)"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group or Soloist
	Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy - "Peter Gunn"
	Fabulous Thunderbirds - "Down at Antones"
	Eric Johnson - "Zap"
	Alan Parsons Project - "Where's the Walrus?"
	Yes - "Amazing Grace"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	"Sweet Love" - Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson, Gary Bias
	"Give Me the Reason" - Luther Vandross, Nat Adderley Jr.
	"Kiss" - Prince & the Revolution
	"Living in America" - Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight
	"What Have You Done for Me Lately" - James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
	James Brown - "Living in America"
	Al Jarreau - "Since I Fell for You"
	Oran "Juice" Jones - "The Rain"
	Billy Ocean - "Love Zone"
	Luther Vandross - "Give Me the Reason"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
	Anita Baker - Rapture
	Aretha Franklin - "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
	Janet Jackson - Control
	Chaka Khan - Destiny
	Patti LaBelle - Winner in You

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Prince & the Revolution - "Kiss"
	Ashford & Simpson - Real Love
	Cameo - "Word Up"
	Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - "The Super Bowl Shuffle"
	Sade - Promise

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group or Soloist
	Yellowjackets - "And You Know That"
	Stanley Clarke - Shades
	Billy Cobham - "Zanzibar Breeze"
	Kenny G. - Duotones
	Kashif - "Movie Song"

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
	Bobby McFerrin - "'Round Midnight" track from 'Round Midnight soundtrack
	Grady Tate - "She's Out of My Life"
	Mel Torme - An Elegant Evening
	Joe Williams - I Just Want to Sing
	Jimmy Witherspoon - Midnight Lady Called the Blues

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female
	Diane Schuur - Timeless
	Etta James (Etta James, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) - Blues in the Night
	Flora Purim - "Esquinas"
	Sue Raney - Flight of Fancy
	Maxine Sullivan - Uptown

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	2 + 2 Plus (Clare Fischer & His Latin Jazz Sextet) - Free Fall
	Jackie Cain, Roy Kral - Bogie
	Four Freshmen - Fresh!
	L.A. Jazz Choir - From All Sides
	Arthur Prysock, Betty Joplin - "Teach Me Tonight"

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
	Miles Davis - Tutu
	Eddie Daniels - Breakthrough
	Dizzy Gillespie - Closer to the Source
	Branford Marsalis - Royal Garden Blues
	Wynton Marsalis - "Insane Asylum"

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
	Wynton Marsalis - J Mood
	Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Live at Sweet Basil
	Gerry Mulligan, Scott Hamilton - Soft Lights and Sweet Music
	Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette - Standards Live
	Teddy Wilson, Benny Carter, Red Norvo, Louis Bellson, Remo Palmier, George Duvivier, Freddie Green - Swing Reunion

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
	Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen - The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen
	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Let's Dance
	Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Sentimental Journey
	Woody Herman & His Big Band - 50th Anniversary Tour
	Mel Lewis Orchestra - 20 Years at the Village Vanguard

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
	Bob James, David Sanborn - Double Vision
	Chick Corea - The Chick Corea Elektric Band
	Lee Ritenour - Earth Run
	Clare Fischer & His Latin Jazz Sextet
	Lyle Mays - Lyle Mays

Best Country & Western Song
	"Grandpa (Tell Me 'bout the Good Old Days)" - Jamie O'Hara
	"Daddy's Hands" - Holly Dunn
	"Guitar Town" - Steve Earle
	"Guitars, Cadillacs" - Dwight Yoakam
	"Whoever's in New England" - Quentin Powers, Kendall Franceschi

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
	Ronnie Milsap - Lost in the Fifties
	Steve Earle - Guitar Town
	Randy Travis - "Diggin' Up Bones"
	Hank Williams Jr. - "Ain't Misbehavin'"
	Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs

Best Country Vocal Performance - Female
	Reba McEntire - "Whoever's in New England"
	Holly Dunn - "Daddy's Hands"
	Crystal Gayle - "Cry"
	Emmylou Harris - "Today I Started Loving You Again"
	Kathy Mattea - "Love at the Five & Dime"

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo or Group with Vocal
	The Judds - "Grandpa (Tell Me 'bout the Good Old Days)"
	Alabama - "She and I"
	Everly Brothers - Born Yesterday
	Gatlin Brothers - "She Used to Be Somebody's Baby"
	Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash - Class of '55

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group or Soloist
	Ricky Skaggs - "Raisin' the Dickens"
	Jerry Douglas - Under the Wire
	Albert Lee - Speechless
	New Grass Revival - "Seven by Seven"
	Mark O'Connor - Meanings Of

Best Gospel Performance - Male
	Philip Bailey - Triumph
	Steve Green - For God and God Alone
	Larnelle Harris - From a Servant's Heart
	Michael W. Smith - The Big Picture
	BeBe Winans - "It's Only Natural"

Best Gospel Performance - Female
	Sandi Patti - Morning Like This
	Cynthia Clawson - Immortal
	Teri DeSario - Voices in the Wind
	Sheila Walsh - Shadowlands
	Deniece Williams - So Glad I Know

Best Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
	Sandi Patti, Deniece Williams - "They Say"
	CeCe Winans, Carman - "Our Blessed Saviour Has Come"
	DeGarmo & Key - Street Light
	First Call - Undivided
	Petra - Back to the Street

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male
	Al Green - "Going Away"
	Derrick Brinkley - Glorious Day
	Daryl Coley - Just Daryl
	Rodney Friend - Worthy
	Howard Smith - Totally Committed

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female
	Deniece Williams - "I Surrender All"
	Shirley Caesar - Celebration
	Candi Staton - Sing a Song
	Tramaine - The Search Is OVer
	Albertina Walker - Spirit

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
	Winans - Let My People Go
	James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir - James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir
	Dorothy Norwood, Rev. F.C. Barnes, Rev. Janice Brown, Albertina Walker, Rev. James Cleveland - Dorothy Norwood and Friends
	Albertina Walker, Shirley Caesar - Jesus Is Mine
	Winans with Vanessa Bell Armstrong - "Choose Ye"

Best Traditional Folk Recording
	Riding the Midnight Train - Doc Watson
	Caught in the Act - Queen Ida
	Hot Steppin' with Rockin' Sidney - Rockin' Sidney
	20th Anniversary Concert - New Lost City Ramblers with Elizabeth Cotton, Pete Seeger, Highwood String Band
	Waitin' for My Ya Ya - Buckwheat Zydecko

Best Contemporary Folk Recording
	Tribute to Steve Goodman - Arlo Guthrie, John Hartford, Richie Havens, Bonnie Koloc, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Prine, others
	German Afternoons - John Prine
	I'm Alright - Loudon Wainwright III
	Last of the True Believers - Nanci Griffith
	No Easy Walk to Freedom - Peter, Paul & Mary

Best Traditional Blues Recording
	Showdown! - Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland
	Jealous - John Lee Hooker
	Live! Backstage Access - Willie Dixon
	Live from Chicago, Mr. Superharp Himself! - James Cotton
	Pressure Cooker - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Best Latin Pop Performance
	Jose Feliciano - "Lelolai"
	Jose Jose - "Pruebame"
	Pandora - "Como Te Va Mi Amor"
	Danny Rivera - Inolvidable Tito ...a Mi Me Pasa lo Mismo Que a Usted
	Yuri - "Yo Te Pido Amor"

Best Tropical Latin Performance
	Ruben Blades - Escenas
	Mario Bauza, Graciela - Afro-Cuban Jazz
	Willie Colon - Especial No. 5
	Celia Cruz, Tito Puente - Homenaje a Beny More, Vol. 3
	Willie Rosario - Nueva Cosecha

Best Mexican-American Performance
	Flaco Jiminez - Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio
	Rafael Buendia - Y ...Zas!
	Steve Jordan - Turn Me Loose
	Los Tigres del Norte - El Otro Mexico
	Salvador Torres - "Unidos Cantemos"
	Juan Valentin - Juan Valentin
	Los Yonics - "Corazon Vacio"

Best Reggae Recording
	Babylon the Bandit - Steel Pulse
	Brutal - Black Uhuru
	"Club Paradise" - Jimmy Cliff
	Linton Kwesi Johnson in Concert with the Dub Band - Linton Kwesi Johnson & the Dub Band
	Rasta Philosophy - Itals

Best Polka Recording
	Another Polka Celebration - Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
	I Remember Warsaw - Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra
	America's Favorites - Frank Yankovic
	By Special Request - Walter Ostanek
	Thank You Dear and Give Her Roses - Hank Haller Ensemble

Best New Age Recording
	Down to the Moon - Andreas Vollenweider
	Canyon - Paul Winter
	Rendezvous - Jean-Michel Jarre
	Windham Hill Records Sampler '86 - various artists
	A Winter's Solstice - various artists

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
	Patrick Williams - "Suite Memories"
	Jorge Calandrelli - "The First Letter" track from The Color Purple soundtrack
	Jorge Calandrelli - "Solfeggietto Metamorphosis"
	Bill Meyers - "AM/PM"
	Don Sebesky - "Cherokee"

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
	David Foster - "Somewhere" (Barbra Streisand)
	Jorge Calandrelli - "Forget the Woman"
	Clare Fischer - "Free Fall"
	Jeremy Lubbock - "A Time for Love"
	Rob McConnell - "Duke Ellington Medley" (Mel Torme - Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass)

Best Instrumental Composition
	Out of Africa (film soundtrack) - John Barry
	Aliens (film soundtrack) - James Horner
	"Earth Run" - Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin
	"Elektric City" - Chick Corea
	"J Mood" - Wynton Marsalis
	"Top Gun Anthem" (Top Gun film soundtrack) - Harold Faltermeyer
	Young Sherlock Holmes (film soundtrack) - Bruce Broughton

Best Musical Cast Show Album
	Follies in Concert - Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist
	Me and My Girl - Douglas Furber, R. Butler, lyricists; Nod Gay, composer
	The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Broadway recording) - Rupert Holmes, composer and lyricist. Rupert Holmes, producer
	Song and Dance - Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer; Don Black, Richard Maltby Jr., lyricists
	Sweet Charity - Dorothy Fields, lyricist; Cy Coleman, composer

Best Classical Album
	Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 - Vladimir Horowitz
	Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C and Variations - Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
	Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor - Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Benita Valente, Jerry Hadley, Florence Kopleff, John Cheek)
	Bernstein: Candide - John Manuceri conducting the New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Erie Mills, David Eisler, John Lankston, Joyce Castle, Scott Reeve, Jack Harrold, James Billings, Maris Clement)
	Copland: Billy the Kid and Rodeo (Complete Ballets) - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
	Mendelssohn: Symphonies No. 3 in A Minor ("Scottish") and No. 4 in A ("Italian") - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
	Pleasures of Their Company (Bach, Gounod, Villa-Lobos) - Kathleen Battle, Christopher Parkening

Best Classical Orchestral Recording
	Liszt: A Faust Symphony - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
	Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor ("Choral") - Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
	Copland: Billy the Kid and Rodeo (Complete Ballets) - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony
	Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Roman Festival - Riccardo Muti conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
	Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antarctica - Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Best Opera Recording
	Bernstein: Candide - John Mauceri conducting the New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Erie Mills, Maris Clement, David Eisler, John Lankston, Joyce Castle, Scott Reeve, Jack Harrold, James Billings)
	Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (solos: Barbara Hendricks, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Agnes Baltsa, Robert Lloyd, Felicity Palmer, Aldo Baldin)
	Verdi: Don Carlos - Claudio Abbado conducting the La Scala Opera Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Ruggero Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov)
	Verdi: Otello - Lorin Maazel conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala (solos: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz)
	Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera - Georg Solti conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra (solos: Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Price, Renato Bruson, Kathleen Battle, Christa Ludwig)

Best Chamber Music Performance
	Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax - Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C and Variations
	Benny Goodman, Berkshire String Quartet, Fritz Maag, Leon Pammers - Benny Goodman: Private Collection
	Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Rachmaninov: Cello and Piano Sonata
	Members of the Chicago Symphony winds, vocalists - Mozart: Music for Basset Horns (Divertimenti, Notturni, Adagios)
	Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Brahms: Violin and Piano Sonatas No. 1 in G, No. 2 in A and No. 3 in D Minor; Hungarian Dances

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with or without Orchestra
	Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
	Claudio Arrau (Davis conducting the Dresden State Orchestra) - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat ("Emperor")
	Dale Clevenger (Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Mozart: Horn Concertos
	Adolph Herseth (Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
	Wynton Marsalis (Salonen conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra) - Tomasi: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra; Jolivet: Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet; Concertino for Trumpet, String Orchestra and Piano
	Andras Schiff - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Best Choral Performance
	James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra; Margaret Hillis, choral director - Orff: Carmina Burana
	John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists - Bach: Mass in B Minor
	Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Singverein and Wiener Philharmoniker; Heimuth Froschauer, chorus master - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
	Riccardo Muti conducting the Westminser Choir and Philadelphia Orchestra; Joseph Flummerfelt, choral director - Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
	Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Choral Masterpieces

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
	Kathleen Battle (Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart
	Marilyn Horne (Davis conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Beautiful Dreamer (The Great American Songbook)
	Luciano Pavarotti (Chiaramello conducting the Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna) - Passione Pavarotti (Favorite Neapolitan Love Songs)
	Frederica von Stade (de Almeida conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 2
	Teresa Stratas (Schwarz conducting the Chamber Symphony) - Stratas Sings Weill

Best Contemporary Composition
	Symphony No. 3 - Witold Lutoslawski
	Septet - Chick Corea
	Company - Philip Glass
	Mountain Songs (A Cycle of American Folk Music) - Robert Beaser
	Symphony No. 1 - Ellen Taafe Zwilich

Best Engineered Recording - Classical
	Paul Goodman - Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Vladimir Horowitz)
	Marc Aubort - Copland: Billy the Kid and Rodeo (Complete Ballets) (Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
	Paul Goodman - Bernstein: Candide (Mauceri conducting the New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra)
	James Lock - Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony)
	Michael Sheady - Respighi: The Pines of Rome, The Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals (Muti conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra)

Classical Producer of the Year
	Thomas Frost
	Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz
	Steven Epstein
	Jay David Saks
	Robert Woods

Best Comedy Recording
	Those of You with or without Children, You'll Understand - Bill Cosby
	Bob and Ray: A Night of Two Stars Recorded Live at Carnegie Hall - Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding
	I Have a Pony - Steven Wright
	Mud Will Be Flung Tonight! - Bette Midler
	Playin' with Your Head - George Carlin
	"Twist and Shout" - Rodney Dangerfield (Back to School film soundtrack)

Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording
	Interviews from the Class of '55, Recording Sessions - Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Sam Phillips, Rick Nelson, Chips Moman
	Gulliver - John Gielgud
	Hardheaded Boys - Bill Cosby
	Interview with the Vampire - F. Murray Abraham
	The Stories of Ray Bradbury - Ray Bradbury

Best Recording for Children
	The Alphabet - Sesame Street Muppets
	A Child's Gift of Lullaby's - Tanya Goodman
	"Itsy Bitsy Spider" - Carly Simon
	A Light in the Attic - Shel Silverstein
	One-Minute Bedtime Stories - Shari Lewis

Best Engineered Recording
	Tom Lord Alge, Jason Corsaro - Back in the High Life (Steve Winwood)
	Humberto Gatica - David Foster (David Foster)
	Mike Shipley - Dog Eat Dog (Joni Mitchell)
	Don Murray - GRP Live in Session (various artists)
	Jason Corsaro , Eric "ET" Thorngren - Riptide (Robert Palmer)

Best Album Package
	Tutu - Eiko Ishioka
	Songs Unspoken - Buddy Jackson
	Stereotomy - Andrew Ellis, Colin Chambers
	True Stories - Michael Hodgson, Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff
	The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 (Frank Sinatra) - John Berg

Best Album Notes
	Gary Giddins, Wilfed Sheed, Jonathan Schwartz, Murray Kempton, Andrew Sarris, Cameron Crowe - Biograph
	Richard Freed, Peter Eliot Stone - Virtuosi
	David Hall, John Stratton, Tom Owen, Robert Tuggle, David Hamilton - The Mapleson Cylinders
	Stephen Holden, Frank Conroy - The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 (Frank Sinatra)
	Lenny Kaye - Elektrock the Sixties

Best Historical Album
	Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Vols. 1-7 - various artists
	Biograph - Bob Dylan
	The Complete Keynote Collection (334 Jazz performances from the 1940s)
	The Mapleson Cylinders - various Metropolitan Opera artists
	The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 - Frank Sinatra

Producer of the Year
	Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
	David Foster
	Michael Omartian
	Paul Simon
	Russ Titelman, Steve Winwood

Best Music Video - Short Form
	Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits. Various directors
	Brother Where You Bound - Supertramp. Rene Daalder, director
	Runaway - Louis Cardenas. Cayce B. Redding, director
	Rupert and the Frog Song - Paul McCartney. Various directors
	So Excited - Pointer Sisters. Richard Perry, director

Best Music Video - Long Form
	Bring On the Night - Sting. Michael Apted, director