Grammy Awards for 1979

By Patrick Mondout

A new category, "rock," was added in 1979, drawing the applause of rock fans everywhere who cringed when "A Taste of Honey" won the 1978 Grammy for Best New Artist. Their applause stopped however, when disco queen Donna Summer won a Grammy for Best Rock Female Vocal Performance. Summer had successfully campaigned at the '78 Grammys for a "disco" category to be created but lost to Gloria Gaynor (as did Rod Stewart).

Rickie Lee Jones somehow managed to beat Dire Straits (and fellow one-hit-wonders The Knack and comic acts Robin Williams and the Blues Brothers) for Best New Artist.

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

Record of the Year
	"After the Love Has Gone" - Earth, Wind and Fire
	"The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers
	"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
	"What a Fool Believes" - The Doobie Brothers
	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond

Song of the Year
	"After the Love Has Gone" - David Foster, Jay Graydon, Bill Champlin
	"Chuck E.'s in Love" - Rickie Lee Jones
	"Honesty" - Billy Joel
	"I Will Survive" - Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren
	"Minute by Minute" - Lester Abrams, Michael McDonald
	"Reunited" - Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren
	"She Believes in Me" - Steve Gibb
	"What a Fool Believes" - Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald

Album of the Year
	Bad Girls - Donna Summer
	Breakfast in America - Supertramp
	52nd Street - Billy Joel
	The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
	Minute by Minute - The Doobie Brothers

New Artist
	The Blues Brothers
	Dire Straits
	The Knack
	Rickie Lee Jones
	Robin Williams

Pop Male Vocalist
	Billy Joel - 52nd Street
	Robert John - "Sad Eyes"
	Kenny Rogers - "She Believes in Me"
	Rod Stewart - "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
	James Taylor - "Up on the Roof"

Pop Female Vocalist
	Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"
	Rickie Lee Jones - "Chuck E.'s in Love"
	Melissa Manchester - "Don't Cry Out Loud"
	Donna Summer - Bad Girls
	Dionne Warwick - "I'll Never Love This Way Again"

Pop Vocal Group
	Commodores - "Sail On"
	Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute
	Little River Band - "Lonesome Loner"
	Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond - "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
	Supertramp - Breakfast in America

Rock Male Vocalist
	Bob Dylan - "Gotta Serve Somebody"
	Joe Jackson - "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
	Robert Palmer - "Bad Case of Loving You"
	Rod Stewart - "Blondes (Have More Fun)"
	Frank Zappa - "Dancin' Fool"

Rock Female Vocalist
	Cindy Bullens - "Survivor"
	Rickie Lee Jones - "The Last Chance Texaco"
	Bonnie Raitt - "You're Gonna Get What's Coming"
	Carly Simon - "Vengeance"
	Donna Summer - "Hot Stuff"
	Tanya Tucker - TNT

Rock Vocal Group
	Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues
	The Cars - Candy-O
	Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing"
	Eagles - "Heartache Tonight"
	The Knack - "My Sharona"
	Styx - Cornerstone

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
	Herb Alpert - "Rise"
	Chuck Mangione - An Evening of Magic
	Zubin Mehta, New York Philharmonic - Manhattan (music from the film)
	Frank Mills - "Music Box Dancer"
	John Williams - "Theme from Superman (Main Title)"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
	Wings - "Rockestra Theme"
	Allman Brothers Band - "Pegasus"
	Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs
	Neil Larsen - "High Gear"
	Frank Zappa - "Rat Tomago"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	"After the Love Has Gone" - David Foster, Jay Graydon, Bill Champlin
	"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" - Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen
	"Deja Vu" - Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Anderson
	"Reunited" - Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren
	"We Are Family" - Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
	Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough"
	George Benson - "Love Ballad"
	Ray Charles - "Some Enchanted Evening"
	Isaac Hayes - "Don't Let Go"
	Elton John - "Mama Can't Buy You Love"
	Smokey Robinson - "Cruisin'"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
	Dionne Warwick - "Deja Vu"
	Natalie Cole - I Love You So
	Minnie Ripperton - Minnie
	Amii Stewart - "Knock on Wood"
	Donna Summer - "Dim All the Lights"
	Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo, Group or Chorus
	Earth, Wind & Fire - "After the Love Has Gone"
	Commodores - Midnight Magic
	McFadden & Whitehead - "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
	Peaches & Herb - "Reunited"
	Sister Sledge - "We Are Family"

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
	Earth, Wind & Fire - "Boogie Wonderland"
	Herbie Hancock - "Ready or Not"
	Hubert Laws - "Land of Passion"
	Harvey Mason - "Wave"
	Junior Walker - "Wishing on a Star"

Best Disco Recording
	"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
	"Boogie Wonderland" - Earth, Wind & Fire
	Bad Girls - Donna Summer
	"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" - Rod Stewart
	"Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
	Weather Report - 8:30
	George Benson - Livin' Inside Your Love
	Chick Corea Group - Chick Corea/Secret Agent
	Don Sebesky with Jazz Quintet & Soloists & Symphony Orchestra - Three Works for Jazz Soloists and Symphony Orchestra
	Stanley Turrentine - Betcha

Best Jazz Vocal Performance
	Ella Fitzgerald - Fine and Mellow
	Helen Humes - Sneakin' Around
	Eddie Jefferson - The Live-liest
	Sarah Vaughan - I Love Brazil
	Joe Williams - Prez and Joe

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
	Oscar Peterson - Jousts
	Pepper Adams - Reflectory
	Paul Desmond - Paul Desmond
	Dexter Gordon - Manhattan Symphonie
	Zoot Sims - Warm Tenor

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
	Gary Burton, Chick Corea - Duet
	Arnett Cobb - Arnett Cobb and the Muse All Stars/Live at Sandy's
	Bill Evans, Toots Thielemans - Affinity
	Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie - The Gifted Ones
	Great Jazz Trio (Hank Jones, Buster Williams, Tony Williams) - Love for Sale
	Zoot Sims - Warm Tenor

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
	Duke Ellington - At Fargo, 1940 Live
	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Kogun
	Louie Bellson & the Explosion - Note Smoking
	Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Umo - Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Umo
	Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra - Naturally

Best Country & Western Song
	"You Decorated My Life" - Bob Morrison, Debbie Hupp
	"All the Gold in California" - Larry Gatlin
	"Blue Kentucky Girl" - Johnny Mullins
	"Every Which Way but Loose" - Steve Dorff, Milton Brown, Snuff Garrett
	"If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" - David Bellamy

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
	Kenny Rogers - "The Gambler"
	Willie Nelson - "Whiskey River"
	Charley Pride - Burgers and Fries/When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone)
	Eddie Rabbitt - "Every Which Way but Loose"
	Hank Williams Jr. - Family Tradition

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
	Emmylou Harris - Blue Kentucky Girl
	Crystal Gayle - We Should Be Together
	Brenda Lee - "Tell Me What It's Like"
	Barbara Mandrell - Just for the Record
	Billie Jo Spears - "I Will Survive"

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo or Group with Vocal
	Charlie Daniels Band - "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
	Bellamy Brothers - "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"
	Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band - "All the Gold in California"
	Willie Nelson, Leon Russell - "Heartbreak Hotel"
	Kenny Rogers, Dottie West - "All I Ever Need Is You"

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
	Doc & Merle Watson - "Big Sandy/Leather Britches"
	Vassar Clements, Doug Jernigan, Jesse McReynolds, Buddy Spicher - Nashville Jam
	Floyd Cramer - In Concert
	Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass - Fantastic Pickin'
	Nashville Super Pickers - Live from Austin City Limits
	Osborne Brothers - Bluegrass Concerto

Best Gospel Performance - Contemporary or Inspirational
	Imperials - Heed the Call
	Andrus, Blackwood & Co. - Following You
	Amy Grant - My Father's Eyes
	Dan Peek - All Things Are Possible
	Evie Tornquist - Never the Same

Best Gospel Performance - Traditional
	Blackwood Brothers - Lift Up the Name of Jesus
	Dottie Rambo Choir - A Choral Concert of Love
	Mercy River Boys - Breakout
	Rex Nelon Singers - Feelings
	Cathedral Quartet - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet!

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Contemporary
	Andrae Crouch - I'll Be Thinking of You
	Cassietta George - Cassietta in Concert
	Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Walter Hawkins & Family, Edwin Hawkins, Push Choir, Jackie Verdell, Danniebelle, Bili Thedford, Jessy Dixon, Andrae Crouch - Push for Excellence
	Myrna Summers - Give Me Something to Hold On To
	Bili Thedford - More Than Magic
	Kevin Yancy directing Fountain of Life Joy Choir - "Thank You"

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Traditional
	Mighty Clouds of Joy - Changing Times
	Willie Banks & the Messengers - For the Wrong I've Done
	James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir - It's a New Day
	James Cleveland & Triboro Mass Choir, Albert Jamison, director - In God's Own Time
	Troy Ramey & the Soul Searchers - Try Jesus

Best Inspirational Performance
	B.J. Thomas - You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)
	Pat Boone - Just the Way I Am
	Mike Douglas - I'll Sing This Song for You
	Willie Nelson, Leon Russell - "I Saw the Light"
	Noel Paul Stookey - Band and Bodyworks

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
	Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live - Muddy Waters
	The Chieftains 7 - Chieftans
	Ice Pickin' - Albert Collins
	Laugh Your Blues Away - Uncle Dave Macon
	Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1 - Shaw & the Wolf Gang, Left Hand Frank & His Blues Band
	Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 3 - Lonnie Brooks Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins & Sons of the Blues
	New England Traditional Fiddling - John Edwards Memorial Foundation
	New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - Eubie Blake, Charles Mingus, Roosevelt Sykes, Clifton Chenier
	So Many Roads - Otis Rush

Best Latin Recording
	Irakere - Irakere
	Cross Over - Fania All Stars
	Eternos - Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco
	Touching You, Touching Me - Airto Moreira

Best Instrumental Composition
	"Theme from Superman (Main Title)" - John Williams
	"Ambiance" - Marian McPartland
	"Angela (Theme from Taxi)" - Bob James
	Central Park - Chick Corea
	Rise - Andy Armer, Randy Badazz

Best Instrumental Arrangement
	Claus Ogerman - "Soulful Strut" (George Benson)
	Jeremy Lubbock, Harvey Mason - "Wave" (Harvey Mason)
	Claus Ogerman - "Lazy Afternoon" (Freddie Hubbard)
	Don Sebesky - "Sebastian's Theme" (Don Sebesky)
	John Serry - "Sabotage" (John Serry)

Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
	Superman - John Williams
	Alien - Jerry Goldsmith
	Apocalypse Now - Carmine Coppola
	Ice Castles - Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson, Marvin Hamlisch, composers
	The Muppet Movie - Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher, composers and lyricists

Best Cast Show Album
	Sweeney Todd - Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist
	Ballroom - Billy Goldenberg, composer; Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, lyricists
	The Grand Tour - Jerry Herman, composer and Lyricist
	I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road - Gretchen Cryer
	They're Playing Our Song - Marvin Hamlisch, composer; Carole Bayer Sager, lyricist

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
	Michael McDonald - "What a Fool Believes" (Doobie Brothers)
	Jerry Hey, David Foster - "After the Love Has Gone" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
	Byron Olson - "Everything Must Change" (Bernard Ighner)
	Artie Butler, Barry Manilow - "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (Dionne Warwick)
	Richard Evans - "Round Midnight" (Richard Evans)
	Tom Tom 84 - "September" (Earth, Wind & Fire)

Best Classical Album
	Brahms: Symphonies (4) (Complete) - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
	Britten: Peter Grimes - Colin Davis conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (solos: Vickers, Harper, Summers)
	The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79 (solo: Vladimir Horowitz)
	Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition; Stravinksy: The Firebird Suite - Riccardo Muti conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
	Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Philharmonic; Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Vishnevskaya, Gedda)
	Webern: The Complete Works of Anton Webern, Vol. 1 - Pierre Boulez conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra and Julliard String Quartet

Best Classical Orchestral Recording
	Brahms: Symphonies (4) (Complete) - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony
	Holst: The Planets - Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic
	Ives: Three Places in New England - Dennis Russell Davies conducting the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
	Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major - Andre Previn conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony
	Rachmaninov: Symphonies No. 2 in E Minor and No. 3 in A Minor - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony
	Sibelius: Four Legens from the "Kalevala" - Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
	Zalenka: Orchestral Works (Complete) - Alexander Van Wijnkoop conducting the Camerata Bern; Andreas Holschneider, producer

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
	Dennis Russell Davies conducting the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra - Copland: Appalachian Spring
	Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zuerkman; Pay and Ensemble Inter-Contemporain - Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin; 4 Pieces for Clarinet and Piano
	Michael Debost, James Galway - Telemann: 6 Sonatas for 2 Flutes
	Fitzwilliam Quartet - Shostakovich: Quartets Nos. 5 and 6
	Yoshikazu Fukumura conducting the Koto Flute, Ransom Wilson and the New Koto Ensemble of Tokyo - Vivaldi: 4 Flute Concertos
	Tokyo Quartet - Debussy: Quartet in G Minor; Ravel: Quartet in F
	Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Pinchas Zukerman - Dohnanyi: Serenade, Op. 10; Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8
	Pinchas Zukerman, Claude Bolling with Max Hediguer, Marcel Sabiani - Bolling: Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
	Maurizio Pollini (Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Bartok: Concertos for Piano Nos. 1 and 2
	Maurice Andre (Lopez-Cobos conducting the London Philharmonic) - Trumpet Concertos by Haydn, Telemann, Albinoni and Marcello
	James Galway (Gerhardt conducting the National Philharmonic) - "Annie's Song" and Other Galway Favorites
	Anne-Sophie Mutter (von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) - Mozart: Concertos for Violin No. 3 in G Major and No. 5 in A Major
	Isaac Stern, Jean-Pierre Rampal (Jerusalem Music Center Chamber Orchestra) - Isaac Stern and Jean-Pierre Rampal Play Vivaldi and Telemann
	Barry Tuckwell (English Chamber Orchestra) - Horn Concertos by Joseph Haydn and Michael Haydn
	Krystian Zimerman (Giulini conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic) - Chopin: Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E Minor

Best Classical Peformance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
	Vladimir Horowitz - The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79
	Julian Bream - Villa-Lobos: Etudes (12) and Suite Populaire Brasilienne
	Glenn Gould - Bach: Toccatas, Vol. 1
	Paul Jacobs - Debussy: Estampes, Images, Books 1 and 2
	Igor Kipnis - Scarlatti: Sonatas (12)
	Ursula Oppens - Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated
	Maurizio Pollini - Boulez: Sonata for Piano No. 2
	Artur Rubinstein - Franck: Prelude Chorale and Fugue for Piano; Bach-Busoni: Chaconne; Mozart: Rondo in A Minor
	Rosalyn Tureck - Bach: Goldberg Variations

Best Opera Recording
	Britten: Peter Grimes - Colin Davis conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (solos: Vickers, Harper, Summers)
	Hindemith: Mathis der Maler - Rafael Kubelik conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony and Bavarian Radio Chorus (solos: Fischer-Dieskau, King)
	Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Philharmonic, Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Vishnevskaya, Gedda)
	Verdi: Otello - James Levine conducting the National Philharmonic (solos: Domingo, Scotto, Milnes)
	Verdi: Rigoletto - Julius Rudel conducting the Philharmonia Orchestera and Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Sills, Kraus, Milnes)

Best Classical Performance - Choral
	Georg Solti, conductor, Margaret Hillis, choral director, Chicago Symphony and Chorus - Brahms: A German Requiem
	Maurice Abravanel, conductor, Newell B. Wright, choral director, Utah Chorale and Utah Symphony - Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
	Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chorus of the Orchestre de Paris and the Orchestre de Paris - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
	Leonard Bernstein conducting the Radio Chorus of the N.O.S. Hilversum and Concertgebouworkest - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
	Lorin Maazel, conductor; Robert Page, choral director, Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus - Berlioz: Requiem
	John Oliver conducting the Tanglewood Festival Chorus - American Music for Chorus
	Andre Prevein conducting the London Symphony Chorus; Richard Hickox, chorus master; St. Clement Danes School Boys' Choir; Keith Walters, choral director; London Symphony - Britten: Spring Symphony
	Jerzy Semkow, conductor, Thomas Peck, choral director, St. Louis Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Beethoven: Choral Fantasy; Elegiac Song; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
	Luciano Pavarotti (Bologna Orchestra) - O Sole Mio (Favorite Neapolitan Songs)
	Elly Ameling (Baldwin, accompanist) - Mozart: Lieder
	Victoria de los Angeles (Moore, accompanist) - Victoria de los Angeles in Concert
	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Richter, accompanist) - Schubert: Lieder
	Jan de Gaetani (Dunkel, Anderson, Kalish, accompanists) - Ravel: Chansons Madecasses
	Yevgeny Nesterenko (Shenderovich, Krainev, accompanists) - Mussorgsky: Songs
	Leontyne Price (Garvey, accompanist) - Lieder by Schubert and Richard Strauss
	Frederica von Stade (Katz, accompanist) - Frederica von Stade Song Recital

Best Engineered Recording - Classical
	Anthony Salvatore - Sondheim: Sweeney Todd, original cast
	Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz - Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 (Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony)
	Klaus Heimann - Bartok: Concertos for Piano Nos. 1 and 2 (Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony; solo: Pollini)
	Klaus Heimann - Prokofiev: Scythian Suite; Lieutenant Kije (Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony)
	Tom Jung - Copland: Appalachian Spring; Ives: Three Places in New England (Davis conducting the St. Paul Chamber Orchestera)
	John Kurlander - Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass; Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra)
	John Kurlander - Sibelius: Four Legends from the "Kalevala" (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra)
	Vittorio Negri - Britten: Peter Grimes (Davis conducting the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden; solos: Vickers, Harper, Summers)
	Jack Renner - Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra)
	Jack Renner - Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Borodin: Prince Igor (Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus)
	Isao Tomita - The Bermuda Triangle (Isao Tomita)

Classical Producer of the Year
	James Mallinson
	Marc Aubort & Joanna Nickrenz
	Andrew Kazdin
	Paul Myers
	Vittorio Negri
	Thomas Z. Shepard
	Robert Woods

Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
	The Ages of Man (readings from Shakespeare) - John Gielgud
	Apocalypse Now - Original motion picture soundtrack
	An American Player - Jim Morrison
	The Ox-Bow Incident - Henry Fonda
	Stare with Your Ears - Ken Nordine
	Orson Welles/Helen Hayes at Their Best - Orson Welles, Helen Hayes

Best Comedy Recording
	Reality... What a Concept - Robin Williams
	Comedy Is Not Pretty - Steven Martin
	I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow - Ray Stevens
	"Rubber Biscuit" - Blues Brothers
	Wanted - Richard Pryor

Best Recording for Children
	The Muppet Movie - Jim Henson, creator
	Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation - Anne Murray
	Sesame Disco! - Jim Henson, creator
	The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street - Jim Henson, creator
	You're in Love, Charlie Brown

Best Engineered Recording
	Peter Henderson - Breakfast in America (Supertramp)
	Gary Loizzo - Cornerstone (Styx)
	Alan Parsons - Eve (Alan Parsons Project)
	Lee Hershberg, Lloyd Clifft, Tom Knox, Roger Nichols - Rickie Lee Jones (Rickie Lee Jones)
	Phil Edwards - Just Friends (LA-4)

Best Album Package
	Mike Doud, Mick Haggerty - Breakfast in America (Supertramp)
	John Berg - Ramsey (Ramsey Lewis)
	Lynne Dresse Breslin - With Sound Reason (Sonny Fortune)
	Ron Coro/Johnny Lee - Near Perfect/Perfect (Martin Mull)
	Peter Corriston - Morning Dance (Spyro Gyra)
	John Gillespie - Fear of Music (Talking Heads)
	Hipgnosis - In Through the Out Door (Led Zeppelin)
	Tony Lane - Chicago 13 (Chicago)
	Michael Ross - Look Sharp! (Joe Jackson)

Best Album Notes
	Bob Porter, James Patrick - Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Sessions
	Melvin Maddocks - Billie Holiday (Giants of Jazz)
	Dan Morgenstern, Stanley Dance - Duke Ellington (Giants of Jazz)
	Dick Schory - The Magical Music of Walt Disney
	Richard M. Sudhalter - Hoagy Carmichael, a Legendary Performer and Composer

Best Historical Reissue
	Billie Holiday (Giants of Jazz)
	Duke Ellington (Giants of Jazz)
	The Magical Music of Walt Disney
	One Never Knows, Do One! The Best of Fats Waller
	A Tribute to E. Power Biggs

Producer of the Year
	Larry Butler
	Mike Chapman
	Quincy Jones
	Ted Templeman
	Maurice White

Hall of Fame
	Ballad for Americans - Paul Robeson (1940)
	"In a Mist" - Bix Beiderbecke (1927)
	Jelly Roll Morton: The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1949-50)