1982 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1982 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1982 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: John Denver
  • Venue: Shrine Auditorium
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Date: February 24, 1982

Awards

Album of the Year

  • John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
  • Al Jarreau - Breakin'' Away
  • Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity
  • Quincy Jones - The Dude
  • Steely Dan - Gaucho

Best Album Notes

  • Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard - Dan Morgenstern
  • Fats Waller - Giants of Jazz
  • James P. Johnson - Giants of Jazz
  • Pee Wee Russell - Giants of Jazz
  • The Mario Lanza Collection - The Mario Lanza Collection

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

  • John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Charles Fox, Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
  • John Morris - The Elephant Man
  • Jonathan Tunick, Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary - Endless Love
  • Neil Diamond, Gilbert Becaud, Alan Lindgren, Richard Bennett, Doug Rhone - The Jazz Singer

Best Album Package

  • Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
  • Eagles - Eagles Live
  • Understones - Positive Touch
  • Carla Bley - Social Studies
  • Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog

Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording

  • Quincy Jones - Velas
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - A Bit Byas''D
  • Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance
  • John Williams, Boston Pops - Southern Rampart Street Parade
  • Jerry Goldsmith - The Slaves

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal

  • Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor
  • Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman - Bartok: Duos for 2 Violins
  • Tokyo String Quartet - Bartok: Quartets for Strings (6) (Complete)
  • Ray Still, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell - Oboe Quartets (Mozart, J.C. Bach, Karl Stamitz, Wanhal)
  • Guarneri Quartet - The Complete String Quartets of Brahms and Schumann

Best Classical Album

  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Isobel Buchanan, Mira Zakai) - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
  • Teresa Stratas - The Unknown Kurt Weill
  • Richard Bonynge conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra (solos: Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti) - Live from Lincoln Center, Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti
  • Vladimir Horowitz - The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
  • Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic (solos: Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman) - Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration

Best Classical Orchestral Recording

  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
  • 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
  • James Levine conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke final version)
  • Simon Rattle conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra - Holst: The Planets

Best Classical Performance - Choral

  • 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
  • Robert Shaw, conductor, Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Boys'' Choir, Atlanta Symphony - Orff: Carmina Burana
  • Richard Cooke, choral conductor, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Eduardo Mata conducting the London Symphony - Orff: Carmina Burana
  • 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 Westenburg, choral conductor, Musica Sacra Chorus; Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic - Verdi: Requiem

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman (Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary CelebratioN
  • Emanuel Ax (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) - Chopin: Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E Minor
  • Stanley Drucker (Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Corigliano: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
  • James Galway (Dutoit conducting the Royal Philharmonic) - French Flute Concertos
  • Dylana Jenson (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) - Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D Minor; Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra

  • Vladimir Horowitz - The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
  • Artur Rubinstein - Artur Rubinstein, Schumann, Ravel, Debussy, Albeniz
  • Murray Perahia - Bartok: Sonata for Piano (1926); Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs; Suite, Op. 14
  • Itzhak Perlman (Samuel Sanders, accompanist) - Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler, Album 3
  • Pinchas Zukerman (Marc Neikrug, accompanist) - Virtuoso Violin

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti (Richard Bonynge conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra) - Live from Lincoln Cneter, Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti
  • Barbara Hendricks (Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Del Tredici: Final Alice
  • Frederica von Stade (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony) - Ravel: Sheherazade
  • Teresa Stratas (Richard Woitach, accompanist) - The Unknown Kurt Weill
  • Elly Ameling (Dalton Baldwin, accompanist) - Think on Me

Best Comedy Recording

  • Rev. Du Rite - Richard Pryor
  • soundtrack - Airplane!
  • Chipmunks - Urban Chipmunk
  • Mel Brooks - The Inquisition

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

  • Chet Atkins - Country, After All These Years
  • Barbara Mandrell - Instrumental Medley: Mountain Dew, Fireball Mail, Old Joe Clark, Night Train, Uncle Joe's Boogie
  • Chet Atkins, Doc Watson - Reflections
  • Johnny Gimble - The Texas Fiddle Collection
  • Merle Travis - Travis Pickin'

Best Country & Western Song

  • Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 Lyrics
  • Dallas Frazier - Elvira
  • Ed Penney, Jerry Gillespie - Somebody''s Knockin''
  • Kye Fleming, Dennis W. Morgan - I Was Country When Country Wasn''t Cool
  • Larry Collins, Sandy Pinkard - You''re the Reason God Made Oklahoma

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

  • Ronnie Milsap - (There's) No Gettin' Over Me
  • John Anderson - I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)
  • Willie Nelson - Somewhere over the Rainbow
  • Eddie Rabbitt - Step by Step
  • George Jones - Still Doin' Time Lyrics

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic; solos: Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman - Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
  • Simon Ruttle conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambroisian Singers - Holst: The Planets
  • James Levine conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke final version)
  • Eduardo Mata conducting the London Symphony; Richard Cooke conducting the London Symphony Chorus; solos: Hendricks, Aler, Hagegard - Orff: Carmina Burana
  • 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

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording

  • B.B. King - There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
  • A.C. Reid & the Spark Plugs, Scotty & the Rib Tips, Lovie Lee with Carey Bell - Living Chicago Blues Vol. 4
  • Albert Collins - Frozen Alive!
  • Koko Taylor - From the Heart of a Woman
  • 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

Best Gospel Performance - Contemporary or Inspirational

  • Imperials - Priority
  • DeGarmo & Key - This Ain't Hollywood
  • Cynthia Clawson - Finest Hour
  • Amy Grant - In Concert
  • Archers - Spreadin' Like Wildfire

Best Gospel Performance - Traditional

  • J.D. Summer, James Blackwood, Hovie Lister, Rosie Rozell, Jake Hess - The Masters V
  • Lanny Wolfe Trio - Can't Stop the Music
  • Rusty Goodman - Escape to the Light
  • Happy Goodman Family - Goin' Higher
  • Rambos - Rambo Reunion

Best Historical Album

  • Hoagy Carmichael - Hoagy Carmichael: from Star Dust to Ole Buttermilk Sky
  • various artists - The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music
  • various artists - Birmingham Quartet Anthology
  • Miles Davis - Miles Davis: Chronicle, The Complete Prestige Recordings
  • Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli - The Quintet of the Hot Club of France (1936-1937)

Best Inspirational Performance

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Mike Post - Theme from Hill Street Blues
  • Gerry Mulligan - For an Unfinished Woman
  • Jerry Goldsmith - The Slaves
  • John Corigliano - Altered States
  • Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays - As Falls Witchita, So Falls Wichita Falls

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental

  • Grover Washington Jr. - Winelight
  • Tom Scott - Apple Juice
  • Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
  • Weather Report - Night Passage
  • Miles Davis - The Man with the Horn

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band

  • Gerry Mulligan and His Orchestra - Walk on the Water
  • Don Menza & His ''80''s Big Band - Burnin' (Blues for Bird)
  • Panama Francis & the Savoy Sultans - Panama Francis and the Savoy Sultans, Vol. 2
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Tanuki's Night Out
  • Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass - Tribute

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

  • Chick Corea, Gary Burton - Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert, Zurich, October 28, 1979
  • Vic Dickenson - Vic Dickenson Quintet
  • Red Rodney featuring Ira Sullivan - Live at the Village Vanguard
  • Al Cohn - Nonpareil
  • Zoot Sims - The Swinger

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

  • John Coltrane - Bye Bye Blackbird
  • Jimmy Rowles - Music's the Only Thing on My Mind
  • Pete Christlieb - Self Portrait
  • Ira Sullivan - The Incredible Ira Sullivan
  • Pepper Adams - The Master ...Pepper Adams

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female

  • Ella Fitzgerald - Digital III at Montreaux
  • Helen Humes - Helen
  • Ernestine Anderson - Never Made Your Move Too Soon
  • Etta Jones - Save Your Love for Me
  • Janet Lawson - The Janet Lawson Quintet

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male

  • Al Jarreau - Blue Rondo a la Turk
  • Joe Turner - Have No Fear, Joe Turner Is Here
  • Johnny Hartman - Johnny Hartman Once in Every Life
  • Mel Torme - Mel Torme and Friends Recorded Live at Marty's New York City
  • Jimmy Rowles - Music's the Only Thing That's on My Mind

Best Latin Recording

  • Clare Fischer - Guajira pa la Jeva
  • Cal Tjader - Gozame! Pero Yu ...
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria - Summertime Digital at Montreaux, 1980
  • Eddie Palmieri - Eddie Palmieri
  • Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd - Brazilian Soul

Best Opera Recording

  • Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Jiri Zahradnicek, Vaclav Zitek, Ivo Zidek) - Janacek: From the House of the Dead
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lorin Maazel conducting the National Philharmonic; Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Tito Gobbi) - Puccini: Le Villi
  • 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

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton - Theme from Hill Street Blues
  • Louis Clark conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics
  • Earl Klugh - Late Night Guitar
  • Lee Ritenour - Rit
  • Quincy Jones - Velas

Best Recording for Children

  • Muppets, Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker - Sesame Country
  • soundtrack - The Fox and the Hound
  • Janice Karman, Ross Bagdasarian, writers - A Chipmunk Christmas (the Chipmunks & Santa Clause)
  • Jim Henson, creator - Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra
  • Pat Boone, various artists - Ants'hillvania

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

  • David Sanborn - All I Need Is You
  • Noel Pointer - East St. Louis Melody
  • Wilton Felder - Inherit the Wind
  • Hiroshima - Winds of Change (Henka Non Nagare)
  • Ahmad Jamal - You're Welcome, Stop on By

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Bill Withers, William Salter, Ralph MacDonald - Just the Two of Us
  • Chas. Jankel, Kenny Young - Ai No Corrida
  • Harold Hudson, William King, Shirley King - Lady (You Bring Me Up)
  • Leon Haywood - She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
  • Marc Blatte, Larry Gottlieb - When She Was My Girl

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

  • James Ingram - One Hundred Ways track from Quincy Jone's The Dude
  • Teddy Pendergrass - I Can't Live without Your Love
  • Luther Vandross - Never Too Much Lyrics
  • Carl Carlton - She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
  • Rick James - Street Songs

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Contemporary

  • Andrae Crouch - Don't Give Up
  • Walter Hawkins - Walter Hawkins: The Hawkins Family
  • Edwin Hawkins - Edwin Hawkins Live
  • Winans - Introducing the Winans
  • Al Green - The Lord Will Make a Way

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Traditional

  • Al Green - The Lord Will Make a Way
  • Mighty Clouds of Joy - Cloudbust
  • Daniel Hawkins - Daniel Hawkins
  • Shirley Caesar - Go
  • James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir - Where Is Your Faith

Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording

  • Orson Welles - Donovan's Brain
  • Paul McCartney; Vic Garbarini, interviewer - The McCartney Interview
  • E.G. Marshall - Justice Holmes' Decisions
  • Ed McMahon - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
  • James Mason - Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita

Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices

  • A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Manhattan Transfer) - Gene Puerling
  • (The World of) Confirmation (Manhattan Transfer) - Milcho Leviev
  • Clare Fischer - 2+2 (Du, Du)
  • Kafka (Manhattan Transfer) - Bernard Kafka, Jay Graydon
  • The Night We Called It a Day (Hi-Lo''s) - Gene Puerling

Classical Producer of the Year

  • James Mallinson
  • Andrew Kazdin
  • Jay David Saks
  • Steven Epstein
  • Robert Woods

Hall of Fame

  • Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing
  • Bill Haley and the Comets - Rock Around the Clock
  • Kate Smith - God Bless America
  • Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
  • Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers - I'll Never Smile Again

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

Producer of the Year

Record of the Year

Rock Female Vocalist

Rock Male Vocalist

Rock Vocal Group

Song of the Year

Video of the Year

  • Michael Nesmith - Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts
  • Blondie - Eat To The Beat Lyrics
  • 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
  • Paul Simon - Paul Simon
  • various artists - The First National Kidisc

Top Winning Artist

Most Nominated Artist

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