1978 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1978 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1978 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: John Denver
  • Venue: Shrine Auditorium
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Date: February 23, 1978

Awards

Album of the Year

Album of the Year - Classical

  • Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Yehudi Menuhin, Lyndon Woodside - Concert of the Century (recorded live at Carnegie Hall May 18, 1976)
  • Christopher Parkening - Parkening and the Guitar
  • Antal Dorati conducting the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (solos: Auger, Ameling, Killebrew, Abnsjo, Luxon, Trimarchi, Shirley) - Haydn: Orlando Paladino
  • Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Ravel: Bolero; Debussy: La Mer and l'Apres-Midi d' un Faune
  • John De Main conducting the Houston Grand Opera Production (solos: Dale, Smith, Shakesnider, Lane, Brice, Smalls) - Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Best Album Notes

  • Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane - Flight Log
  • Billie Holiday - Stormy Blues

Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special

  • John Williams - Star Wars
  • Bill Conti - Rocky
  • Joe Brooks - You Light Up My Life
  • Kenny Ascher, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Rupert Holmes, Leon Russell, Barbra Streisand, Donna Weiss, Paul Williams, Kenny Loggins - A Star is Born
  • Marvin Hamlisch - The Spy Who Loved Me

Best Album Package

  • Ramsey Lewis - Love Notes
  • Lou Donaldson - Color As a Way of Life
  • Eric Gale - Ginseng Woman
  • Joni Mitchell - Hejira Lyrics
  • Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams
  • Melissa Manchester - Singin'
  • Paul McCartney & Wings - Wings over America
  • Yardbirds - Yardbirds Favorites

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Best Arrangement for Voices

Best Cast Show Album

  • Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin - Annie
  • Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart - I Love My Wife
  • Frank Loesser - Guys and Dolls
  • Micki Grant, Alex Bradford - Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God
  • Richard Maltby Jr., David Shire - Starting Here, Starting Now

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal

  • Juilliard Quartet - Schoenberg: Quartets for Strings (Complete)
  • David Munrow conducting the Early Music Consort of London - A Contemporary Elizabethan Concert (Dowland, Williams, Purcell, etc.)
  • Guarneri Quartet - Bartok: Quartets for Strings (6)
  • Prague String Quartet - Dvorak: Quartets No. 8 in E Major, Op. 80, and No. 10 in E Flat Major, Op. 51
  • Emanuel Ax, Cleveland Quartet - Dvorak: Quintet for Piano in A Major, Op. 81
  • Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Martine Geliot, Alla Rakha - Improvisations: West Meets East, Album 3
  • Pezzo Elegiaco, Vladimir Horowitz, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich - Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19, Andante; Tchaiskovsky: Trio for Piano in

Best Classical Performance - Choral

  • Georg Solti, conductor, Margaret Hillis, choral director - Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Verdi: Requiem
  • Colin Davis conducting the John Alldis Choir; London Symphony - Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ
  • David Willcocks conducting the King's College Choir, Cambridge; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Britten: Saint Nicholas
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Singverein; Berlin Philharmonic - Bruckner: Te Deum
  • Rafael Kubelik conducting the Chorus of Bavarian Radio and Bavarian Radio Symphony - Dvorak: Stabat Mater
  • Philip Ledger conducting the King's College Choir, Cambridge; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
  • Serge Baudo conducting the Stephen Caillat Chorus and Orchestre de Paris - Roussel: Psalm 80 , for tenor, chorus and orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Itzhak Perlman, violin (Perlman conducting the London Philharmonic) - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
  • Maurizio Pollini, piano (Bohm conducting the Vienna Philharmonic) - Beethoven: Concerto for Piano No. 4 in G Major
  • Alfred Brendel, piano (Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic) - Beethoven: Concertos for Piano (5)
  • Solomon, piano (Dobrowen, conductor) - Brahms: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83
  • Alicia de Larrocha, piano (De Burgos conducting the Royal Philharmonic) - Concertos from Spain (Surinach: Piano Concerto Montsalvage; Concerto Breve)
  • Jacqueline Du Pre, cello (Barenboim conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) - Elgar: Concerto for Cello, Op. 85
  • Lazar Berman, piano (Abbado conducting the London Symphony) - Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano No. 3 in D Minor
  • Mstislav Rostropovich, cello (Bernstein conducting the Orchestre National de France) - Schumann: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A Minor; Bloch: Schelomo

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra

  • Artur Rubinstein, piano - Beethoven: Sonata for Piano No. 18 in E Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3; Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
  • Igor Kipnis, harpsichord - Bach: Partitas for Harpsichord No. 1 in B Flat Major and No. 2 in C Minor
  • Glenn Gould, piano - Bach: The English Suites (Complete)
  • Daniel Adni, piano - Grainger: Piano Music of Percy Grainger
  • Alicia de Larrocha, piano - Granados: Goyescas
  • Itzhak Perlman, violin - Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler: Album 2
  • Michel Beroff, piano - Messiaen: 20 Regards de l'Enfant Jesus

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

  • Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
  • Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic - Bartok: The Wooden Prince
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Ravel: Bolero
  • Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony - Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Janet Baker (Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields) - Bach: Arias
  • Donald Gramm (Hassard, accompanist) - But Yesterday Is Not Today (songs by Barber, Bowles, Copland, Chanler, etc.)
  • Gerard Souzay (Baldwin, accompanist) - Faure: Songs (Complete)
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Ponti, accompanist) - Ives: Songs
  • Luciano Pavarotti (Adler conducting the National Philharmonic) - Luciano Pavarotti - O Holy Night (O Holy Night, Sanctus, Ave Maria, etc)
  • Elisabeth Soderstrom (Ashkenazy, accompanist) - Rachmaninov: Songs, Vol. 2
  • Frederica von Stade (de Waart conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic) - Rossini/Mozart: Opera Arias
  • Elly Amcling (de Waart conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic) - Schubert on Stage
  • Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano, Mark Reshetin, bass (Rostropovich conducting the Moscow Philharmonic) - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14

Best Comedy Recording

  • Steve Martin - Let's Get Small
  • Ernie Kovacs - The Ernie Kovacs Album
  • George Carlin - On the Road
  • NBC's Saturday Night Live cast - Saturday Night Live
  • Richard Pryor - Are You Serious???

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

  • Hargus Pig Robbins - Country Instrumentalist of the Year
  • Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, Danny Davis - Chet, Floyd and Danny
  • Chet Atkins - Me and My Guitar
  • Asleep at the Wheel - Ragtime Annie
  • Jerry Reed - West Bound And Down Lyrics

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo or Group with Vocal

  • Kendalls - Heaven's Just a Sin Away
  • Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty - Dynamic Duo
  • George Jones, Tammy Wynette - Near You
  • Asleep at the Wheel - The Wheel
  • Oak Ridge Boys - Y'All Come Back Saloon

Best Country & Western Song

  • Richard Leigh - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
  • Archie Jordan, Hal David - It Was Almost Like A Song
  • Bobby Emmons, Chips Moman - Luckenbach, Texas
  • Glenn Frey, Don Henley - Desperado
  • Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum - Lucille

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Recording

  • Steely Dan - Aja Lyrics
  • Dave Grusin - Discovered Again!
  • James Taylor - J T
  • Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
  • Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Ravel: Bolero
  • Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
  • Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic - Bartok: The Wooden Prince
  • Davis conducting the London Symphony - Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ
  • De Main conducting the Houston Grand Opera - Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
  • Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording

  • Muddy Waters - Hard Again
  • Joe Turner - Things That I Used to Do
  • Junior Wells - Blues Hit Big Town
  • Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time
  • Willie Dixon - What Happened to My Blues

Best Gospel Performance - Contemporary or Inspirational

  • Imperials - Sail On
  • Michael Omartian - Adam Again
  • Larry Hart & the Soul Singers - Hart and Soul
  • Evie Tornquist - Mirror
  • Gary S. Paxton - More from the Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable Gary S. Paxton
  • Reba Rambo Gardner - Reba/Lady

Best Gospel Performance - Traditional

  • Oak Ridge Boys - Have a Little Talk with Jesus
  • Blackwood Brothers - Bill Gaither Songs
  • Speers - Cornerstone
  • Rambos - Naturally
  • Cathedral Quartet - Then and Now
  • LeFevres - Till He Comes

Best Inspirational Performance

  • B.J. Thomas - Home Where I Belong
  • Ray Price - How Great Thou Art
  • Quincy Jones, James Cleveland conducting the Wattsline Choir - O Lord, Come By Here
  • Carol Lawrence - Tell All the World About Love
  • Salome Bey, Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Sheila Ellis, Delores Hall, William Hardy Jr., Hector Jaime Mercado, Stanley Perryman, Mabel Robinson, William Thomas Jr. - Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Harry Betts, Perry Botkin Jr., Barry De Vorzon - Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless) (Barry De Vorzon)
  • Crusaders - Free as the Wind (Crusaders)
  • Chick Corea - Musicmagic (Return to Forever)
  • Herb Spencer - Roots Mural Theme (Quincy Jones)
  • Bob James - Scheherazade (Hubert Laws)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Main Title from Star Wars - John Williams
  • Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) - Bill Conti, Carol Connors, Ann Robbins
  • Birdland - Joe Zawinul
  • Bond '77/James Bond Theme - Marvin Hamlisch
  • Roots Medley (Motherland, Roots Mural Theme) - Quincy Jones, Gerald Fried

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

  • Phil Woods - The Phil Woods Six - Live from the Showboat
  • John Coltrane - Afro Blue Impressions
  • Tommy Flanagan Trio - Eclypso
  • Dexter Gordon - Homecoming, Live at the Village Vanguard
  • Mel Lewis - Mel Lewis and Friends

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

  • Oscar Peterson - The Giants
  • Hank Jones - 'Bop Redux
  • John Coltrane - Afro Blue Impressions
  • Jaco Patorius - Heavy Weather
  • Phil Woods - The Phil Woods Six - Live from the Showboat

Best Jazz Performance - Big Band

  • Count Basie & His Orchestra - Prime Time
  • Buddy Rich - Buddy Rich Plays and Plays and Plays
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Road Time
  • Woody Herman - The 40th Anniversary, Carnegie Hall Concert

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

  • Al Jarreau - Look to the Rainbow
  • Joao Gilberto - Amoroso
  • Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae at the Great American Music Hall
  • Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill - John Lewis
  • Irene Kral - Kral Space

Best Latin Recording

  • Mongo Santamaria - Dawn
  • Eydie Gorme, Danny Rivera - Muy Amigos/Close Friends
  • Machito Orchestra with Lalo Rodriguez - Fire Works
  • Ray Barretto Band - Tomorrow: Barretto Live
  • Tito Puente - La Leyenda

Best Opera Recording

  • John De Main conducting the Houston Grand Opera Production (solos: Albert, Dale, Smith, Shakesnider, Lane, Brice, Smalls) - Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
  • Antal Dorati conducting the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (solos: Auger, Ameling, Killbrew, Ahnsjo, Luxon, Shirley, Trimarchi) - Haydn: Orlando Paladino
  • Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Soderstrom, Kniplova) - Janacek: Katya Kabanova
  • Colin Davis conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (solos: Caballe, Carreras, Wixell, Ramey) - Puccini: Tosca
  • Eugen Jochum conducting the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Fischer-Dieskau, Domingo, Ludwig, Ligendza) - Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Bailey, Martin, Talvela, Kollo, Krenn, Jones) - Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
  • Jerzy Semkow conducting the Polish National Raido Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Talvela, Gedda) - Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
  • Stanley Silverman conducting the original cast of the New York Shakespeare Festival (solos: Julia, Alexander, Greene) - Weill: Threepenny Opera

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Recording for Children

  • Sesame Street cast & Muppets - Aren't You Glad You're You
  • Jim Henson's Muppets - The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album
  • read by Peter Ustinov - Russell Hoban: The Mouse and His Child
  • various (written by Charles M. Schulz) - A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • various artists (Lily Tomlin, Muhammad Ali, Jimmy Carter, etc) - Dope! The Dope King's Last Stand

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

  • Brothers Johnson - Q
  • Brecker Brothers - Funky Sea, Funky Dew
  • Salsoul Orchestra - Getaway
  • Stuff - More Stuff
  • Blackbyrds - The Unfinished Business

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Leo Sayer, Vini Poncia - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
  • Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Carry Gilbert - Don't Leave Me This Way
  • Lionel Richie - Easy Lyrics
  • Maurice White, Al McKay - Best of My Love
  • Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Thomas McClary, William King, Lionel Richie, Ronald LaPread - Brick House

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo, Group or Chorus

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Contemporary

  • Edwin Hawkins & the Edwin Hawkins Singers - Wonderful!
  • Jessy Dixon - Born Again
  • Mighty Clouds of Joy - God Is Not Dead
  • Danniebelle - He Is King
  • Larnelle Harris - More

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Traditional

  • James Cleveland - James Cleveland Live at Carnegie Hall
  • Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - I'm Just Another Soldier
  • Rev. Cleavant Derricks & Family - Satisfaction Guaranteed
  • Savannah Choir & Rev. Isaac Douglas - Stand Up for Jesus
  • James Cleveland & the Greater Metropolitan Church of Christ Choir - The Lord Is My Life

Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording

  • Julie Harris - The Belle of Amherst
  • Alex Haley - Alex Haley Tells the Story of His Search for Roots
  • Harry Truman speaking with Ben Gradus - The Truman Tapes
  • original cast, Ntozake Shange, writer - For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf
  • read by Christopher Tolkien - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Silmarillion of Beren and Luthien

Hall of Fame

  • Art Tatum - The Genius of Art Tatum, Vols. 1-13
  • Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit Lyrics
  • Edward R. Murrow - I Can Hear It Now, Vols. 1-3
  • Gene Austin - My Blue Heaven
  • Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Bach-Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

Producer of the Year

  • Peter Asher
  • Richard Perry
  • Bill Szymczyk
  • Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
  • Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff

Record of the Year

Song of the Year

  • Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams - Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
  • Joe Brooks - You Light Up My Life
  • Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights
  • Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey - Hotel California
  • Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager - Nobody Does It Better
  • Richard Leigh - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Top Winning Artist

Most Nominated Artist

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