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This is truly the grand-daddy of all awards shows. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding musical achievements. The Grammys always prove to be a night of spectacle and performance that truly can't be missed.
Host: John Denver
Date: February 23, 1982
City: Los Angeles
The Nominees
Album Of The Year
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Winner:
John Lennon, Yoko Ono Double Fantasy - Steely Dan Gaucho
- Quincy Jones The Dude
- Kim Carnes Mistaken Identity
- Al Jarreau Breakin'' Away
Best Album Notes
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Winner:
Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard Dan Morgenstern - The Mario Lanza Collection The Mario Lanza Collection
- Pee Wee Russell Giants of Jazz
- James P. Johnson Giants of Jazz
- Fats Waller Giants of Jazz
Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Special
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Winner: John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Neil Diamond, Gilbert Becaud, Alan Lindgren, Richard Bennett, Doug Rhone The Jazz Singer
- Jonathan Tunick, Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary Endless Love
- Charles Fox, Dolly Parton 9 to 5
- John Morris The Elephant Man
Best Album Package
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Winner: Rolling Stones
Tattoo You
- Rick Springfield Working Class Dog
- Carla Bley Social Studies
- Understones Positive Touch
- The Eagles Eagles Live
Best Arrangement Of An Instrumental Recording
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Winner: Quincy Jones
Velas
- Jerry Goldsmith The Slaves
- John Williams, Boston Pops Southern Rampart Street Parade
- Dave Grusin Mountain Dance
- Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band A Bit Byas''D
Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental Or Vocal
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Winner:
Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor - Guarneri Quartet The Complete String Quartets of Brahms and Schumann
- Ray Still, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell Oboe Quartets (Mozart, J.C. Bach, Karl Stamitz, Wanhal)
- Tokyo String Quartet Bartok: Quartets for Strings (6) (Complete)
- Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman Bartok: Duos for 2 Violins
Best Classical Album
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Winner:
Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Isobel Buchanan, Mira Zakai) Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor - Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic (solos: Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman) Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
- Vladimir Horowitz The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
- Richard Bonynge conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra (solos: Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti) Live from Lincoln Center, Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti
- Teresa Stratas The Unknown Kurt Weill
Best Classical Orchestral Recording
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Winner:
Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor - Simon Rattle conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra Holst: The Planets
- James Levine conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke final version)
- Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Symphonic Picture); Cuban Overture and Second Rhapsody
- Christopher Hogwood, Jaap Schroder, conductors, Academy of Ancient Music Mozart: The Symphonies: Salzburg 1775-1983, Vol. 5
Best Classical Performance - Choral
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Winner:
Neville Marriner conducting the Chorus of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Haydn: The Creation - Richard Westenburg, choral conductor, Musica Sacra Chorus; Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic Verdi: Requiem
- Thomas Peck, choral director, St. Louis Symphony Chorus; Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible from Music from the Films
- Richard Cooke, choral conductor, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Eduardo Mata conducting the London Symphony Orff: Carmina Burana
- Robert Shaw, conductor, Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Boys'' Choir, Atlanta Symphony Orff: Carmina Burana
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Orchestra
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Winner:
Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman (Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic) Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary CelebratioN - Dylana Jenson (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D Minor; Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
- James Galway (Dutoit conducting the Royal Philharmonic) French Flute Concertos
- Stanley Drucker (Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic) Corigliano: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
- Emanuel Ax (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) Chopin: Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E Minor
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) Without Orchestra
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Winner:
Vladimir Horowitz The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80 - Pinchas Zukerman (Marc Neikrug, accompanist) Virtuoso Violin
- Itzhak Perlman (Samuel Sanders, accompanist) Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler, Album 3
- Murray Perahia Bartok: Sonata for Piano (1926); Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs; Suite, Op. 14
- Artur Rubinstein Artur Rubinstein, Schumann, Ravel, Debussy, Albeniz
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
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Winner:
Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti (Richard Bonynge conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra) Live from Lincoln Cneter, Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti - Elly Ameling (Dalton Baldwin, accompanist) Think on Me
- Teresa Stratas (Richard Woitach, accompanist) The Unknown Kurt Weill
- Frederica von Stade (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony) Ravel: Sheherazade
- Barbara Hendricks (Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony) Del Tredici: Final Alice
Best Comedy Recording
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Winner:
Rev. Du Rite Richard Pryor - Mel Brooks The Inquisition
- The Chipmunks Urban Chipmunk
- Soundtrack Airplane!
Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
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Winner: Chet Atkins
Country, After All These Years
- Merle Travis Travis Pickin'
- Johnny Gimble The Texas Fiddle Collection
- Chet Atkins, Doc Watson Reflections
- Barbara Mandrell Instrumental Medley: Mountain Dew, Fireball Mail, Old Joe Clark, Night Train, Uncle Joe's Boogie
Best Country & Western Song
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Winner: Dolly Parton
9 To 5
- Larry Collins, Sandy Pinkard You''re the Reason God Made Oklahoma
- Kye Fleming, Dennis W. Morgan I Was Country When Country Wasn''t Cool
- Ed Penney, Jerry Gillespie Somebody''s Knockin''
- Dallas Frazier Elvira
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group
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Winner: Oak Ridge Boys
Elvira
- David Frizzell, Shelly West You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma
- Dottie West, Kenny Rogers What Are We Doin' in Love
- Emmylou Harris, Don Williams If I Needed You
- Alabama Feels So Right
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
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Winner: Dolly Parton
9 To 5
- Terri Gibbs Somebody's Knockin'
- Rosanne Cash Seven Year Ache
- Juice Newton Queen Of Hearts
- Barbara Mandrell I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool
Best Engineered Recording
Best Engineered Recording - Classical
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Winner:
Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic; solos: Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration - Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Atlanta Boys'' Choir; solos: Blegen, Brown Orff: Carmina Burana; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber
- Eduardo Mata conducting the London Symphony; Richard Cooke conducting the London Symphony Chorus; solos: Hendricks, Aler, Hagegard Orff: Carmina Burana
- James Levine conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke final version)
- Simon Ruttle conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambroisian Singers Holst: The Planets
Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording
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Winner: B.B. King
There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
- Lonnie Brooks Blues Band, The Sons Seals Blues Band, Mighty Joe Young, Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine, Willie Dixon & the Chicago Blues Allstars Blues Deluxe
- Koko Taylor From the Heart of a Woman
- A.C. Reid & the Spark Plugs, Scotty & the Rib Tips, Lovie Lee with Carey Bell Living Chicago Blues Vol. 4
- Albert Collins Frozen Alive!
Best Gospel Performance - Contemporary Or Inspirational
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Winner:
Imperials Priority - Archers Spreadin' Like Wildfire
- Amy Grant In Concert
- Cynthia Clawson Finest Hour
- DeGarmo & Key This Ain't Hollywood
Best Gospel Performance - Traditional
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Winner:
J.D. Summer, James Blackwood, Hovie Lister, Rosie Rozell, Jake Hess The Masters V - Rambos Rambo Reunion
- Happy Goodman Family Goin' Higher
- Rusty Goodman Escape to the Light
- Lanny Wolfe Trio Can't Stop the Music
Best Historical Album
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Winner: Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael: from Star Dust to Ole Buttermilk Sky
- Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli The Quintet of the Hot Club of France (1936-1937)
- Miles Davis Miles Davis: Chronicle, The Complete Prestige Recordings
- Various Artists Birmingham Quartet Anthology
- Various Artists The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music
Best Inspirational Performance
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Winner: Bj Thomas
Amazing Grace
- Bob Dylan Shot of Love
- Don Williams Miracles
- Crusaders with Joe Cocker I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today
- Donna Summer I Believe In Jesus
- Barbara Mandrell In My Heart
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
Best Instrumental Composition
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Winner:
Mike Post Theme from Hill Street Blues - Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays As Falls Witchita, So Falls Wichita Falls
- John Corigliano Altered States
- Jerry Goldsmith The Slaves
- Gerry Mulligan For an Unfinished Woman
Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal Or Instrumental
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Winner: Grover Washington Jr.
Winelight
- Miles Davis The Man with the Horn
- Weather Report Night Passage
- Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
- Tom Scott Apple Juice
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
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Winner:
Gerry Mulligan and His Orchestra Walk on the Water - Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass Tribute
- Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band Tanuki's Night Out
- Panama Francis & the Savoy Sultans Panama Francis and the Savoy Sultans, Vol. 2
- Don Menza & His ''80''s Big Band Burnin' (Blues for Bird)
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
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Winner:
Chick Corea, Gary Burton Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert, Zurich, October 28, 1979 - Zoot Sims The Swinger
- Al Cohn Nonpareil
- Red Rodney featuring Ira Sullivan Live at the Village Vanguard
- Vic Dickenson Vic Dickenson Quintet
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
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Winner: John Coltrane
Bye Bye Blackbird
- Pepper Adams The Master ...Pepper Adams
- Ira Sullivan The Incredible Ira Sullivan
- Pete Christlieb Self Portrait
- Jimmy Rowles Music's the Only Thing on My Mind
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group
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Winner: Manhattan Transfer
Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)
- Mel Torme, Janis Ian Silly Habits
- Hi-Lo''s Now
- Jackie & Roy East of Suez
- Clare Fischer''s 2 + 2 Clare Fischer and Salsa Picante Present 2 + 2
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female
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Winner: Ella Fitzgerald
Digital III at Montreaux
- Janet Lawson The Janet Lawson Quintet
- Etta Jones Save Your Love for Me
- Ernestine Anderson Never Made Your Move Too Soon
- Helen Humes Helen
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
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Winner: Al Jarreau
Blue Rondo a la Turk
- Jimmy Rowles Music's the Only Thing That's on My Mind
- Mel Torme Mel Torme and Friends Recorded Live at Marty's New York City
- Johnny Hartman Johnny Hartman Once in Every Life
- Joe Turner Have No Fear, Joe Turner Is Here
Best Latin Recording
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Winner:
Clare Fischer Guajira pa la Jeva - Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd Brazilian Soul
- Eddie Palmieri Eddie Palmieri
- Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria Summertime Digital at Montreaux, 1980
- Cal Tjader Gozame! Pero Yu ...
Best Opera Recording
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Winner:
Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Jiri Zahradnicek, Vaclav Zitek, Ivo Zidek) Janacek: From the House of the Dead - Marck Janowski conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus (solos: Eva Marton, Siegfried Jerusalem) Korngold: Violanta
- Raymond Leppard conducting the London Philharmonic; Glyndebourne Chorus (solos: Frederica von Stade, Richard Stiwell) Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d' Ulisse in Patria
- Lorin Maazel conducting the National Philharmonic; Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Tito Gobbi) Puccini: Le Villi
- Herbert van Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic; Chorus of Deutsche Opera Berlin (solos: Peter Hofmann, Dunja Veizovic, Kurt Moll, Jose van Dam, Siegmund Nimsgern, Victor von Halem) Wagner: Parsifal
- Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus (solos: Eberhard Waechter, Anja Silia) Berg: Wozzeck
- Claudio Scimone conducting the I Soloisti Veneti, Chorus of Prague (solos: Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey, Kathleen Battle) Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
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Winner:
Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton Theme from Hill Street Blues - Quincy Jones Velas
- Lee Ritenour Rit
- Earl Klugh Late Night Guitar
- Louis Clark conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Hooked on Classics
Best Recording For Children
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Winner:
Muppets, Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker Sesame Country - Pat Boone, various artists Ants'hillvania
- Jim Henson, creator Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra
- Janice Karman, Ross Bagdasarian, writers A Chipmunk Christmas (the Chipmunks & Santa Clause)
- Soundtrack The Fox and the Hound
Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
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Winner: David Sanborn
All I Need Is You
- Ahmad Jamal You're Welcome, Stop on By
- Hiroshima Winds of Change (Henka Non Nagare)
- Wilton Felder Inherit the Wind
- Noel Pointer East St. Louis Melody
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
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Winner:
Bill Withers, William Salter, Ralph MacDonald Just the Two of Us - Marc Blatte, Larry Gottlieb When She Was My Girl
- Leon Haywood She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
- Harold Hudson, William King, Shirley King Lady (You Bring Me Up)
- Chas. Jankel, Kenny Young Ai No Corrida
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group
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Winner: Quincy Jones
The Dude
- Stanley Clarke, George Duke The Clarke/Duke Project
- Earth Wind & Fire Let's Groove
- Commodores Lady (you Bring Me Up)
- Pointer Sisters Black and White
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
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Winner: The Police
Behind My Camel
- Rush Yyz
- Dregs Unsung Heroes
- Robert Fripp The League of Gentlemen
- Kraftwerk Computer World
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Contemporary
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Traditional
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Winner: Al Green
The Lord Will Make a Way
- James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir Where Is Your Faith
- Shirley Caesar Go
- Daniel Hawkins Daniel Hawkins
- The Mighty Clouds of Joy Cloudbust
Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Recording
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Winner:
Orson Welles Donovan's Brain - James Mason Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita
- Ed McMahon 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
- E.G. Marshall Justice Holmes' Decisions
- Paul McCartney; Vic Garbarini, interviewer The McCartney Interview
Best Vocal Arrangement For Two Or More Voices
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Winner:
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Manhattan Transfer) Gene Puerling - The Night We Called It a Day (Hi-Lo''s) Gene Puerling
- Kafka (Manhattan Transfer) Bernard Kafka, Jay Graydon
- (The World of) Confirmation (Manhattan Transfer) Milcho Leviev
- Clare Fischer 2+2 (Du, Du)
Classical Producer Of The Year
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Winner:
James Mallinson - Robert Woods
- Steven Epstein
- Jay David Saks
- Andrew Kazdin
Hall Of Fame
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Winner:
Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers I'll Never Smile Again -
Winner: Miles Davis
Birth of the Cool
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Winner:
Kate Smith God Bless America -
Winner: Bill Haley & The Comets
Rock Around the Clock
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Winner: Benny Goodman
Pop Female Vocalist
Pop Male Vocalist
Pop Vocal Group
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Winner: Manhattan Transfer
Boy From New York City
- Pointer Sisters Slow Hand
- Daryl Hall & John Oates Private Eyes
- Steely Dan Gaucho
- Diana Ross, Lionel Richie Endless Love
Producer Of The Year
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Winner: Quincy Jones
- Robert John Mutt Lange, Mick Jones
- Lionel Richie
- Val Garay
- Arif Mardin
Record Of The Year
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Winner: Kim Carnes
Bette Davis Eyes
- John Lennon (just Like) Starting Over
- Diana Ross, Lionel Richie Endless Love
- Christopher Cross Arthur's Theme (best That You Can Do)
- Bill Withers, Grover Washington Jr. Just the Two of Us
Rock Male Vocalist
Rock Vocal Group
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Winner: The Police
Don't Stand So Close To Me
- Rolling Stones Tattoo You
- Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
- REO Speedwagon Hi Fidelity
- Foreigner 4
Song Of The Year
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Winner:
Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon Bette Davis Eyes - Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)
- Lionel Richie Endless Love
- Bill Withers, William Salter, Ralph MacDonald Just the Two of Us
- Dolly Parton 9 To 5
Video Of The Year
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Winner: Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts
- Various Artists The First National Kidisc
- Paul Simon Paul Simon
- Blondie Eat To The Beat
- Eubie Blake, Kenny Barron, Arthur Blythe, Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Charles Earland, Rodney Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Roland Hanna, Bobby Hucherson, Bob James, Hubert Laws, Buddy Williams One-Night Stand: A Keyboard Event

