1983 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1983 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1983 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: John Denver
  • Venue: Shrine Auditorium
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Date: February 23, 1983

Awards

Album of the Year

Best Album Notes

  • Bunny Berigan - Bunny Berigan (Giants of Jazz)
  • various artists - 60 Years of Country Music
  • Paul Whiteman - An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall
  • Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Duke Ellington 1941
  • various artists - The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time
  • Coasters - Young Blood

Best Album Package

  • Linda Ronstadt - Get Closer
  • Oingo Boingo - Nothing to Fear
  • Crusaders - Ongaku-Kai Live in Japan
  • The Go-Go's - Vacation Lyrics
  • Pieces of a Dream - We Are One

Best Arrangement for Voices

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording

  • Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Flying
  • Pat Metheny Group - Are You Going with Me
  • Earl Klugh - Balladina
  • Claus Ogerman featuring Ian Akkerman - Pavanc pour une Infante Defunte
  • Les Hooper Big Band - Pavane

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Richard Stoltzman, Richard Goode - Brahms: The Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120
  • Guarneri Quartet - Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D Major; Dohnanyi: Quartet No. 2 in D Flat Major, Op. 15
  • Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38, and No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
  • Cleveland Quartet with Pinchas Zuckerman, Bernard Greenhouse - Brahms: The String Sextets (B Flat Major, Op. 18, and G Major, Op. 36)
  • James Galway, Kung-Wha Chung, Phillip Moll, Moray Welsh - Bach: Trio Sonatas (BWV 1038, 1039, 1079)

Best Choral Performance

  • Margaret Hillis, choral master, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
  • Norbert Balatsch, chorus master, Vienna State Opera Chorus; Bernard Haitink conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (solos: Gundula Janowitz, Tom Krause) - Brahms: German Requiem
  • Laszlo Heltay, chorus master, Chorus of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (solos: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Siegfried Jerusalem) - Haydn: The Seasons
  • Nicholas Cleobury, chorus master, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchesta Chorus and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (solo: Sylvia McNair) - Poulenc: Gloria for Soprano, Choir and Orchestra (G Major)
  • Thomas Peck, chorus master, St. Louis Symphony Chorus; Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Rachmaninov: The Bells and Russian Songs (from album Rachmaninov Orchestral Music)&q
  • Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, choral conductor, Tolzer Knabenchor; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Concentus Musicus Wien - Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 30 (Nos. 120-123)

Best Classical Album

  • Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Frederica von Stade, Kenneth Riegel, Jose van Dam) - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
  • Igor Stravinsky; Robert Craft conducting the various orchesteras, ensembles, solo artists - Stravinsky: The Recorded Legacy
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony; Frances Tietov, harp - Debussy: La Mer; Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune; Danses Sacree et Profane

Best Classical Orchestral Recording

  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)
  • Christopher Hogwood conducting the Academy of Ancient Music - Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 1 (The Early Works)
  • Eduardo Mata conducting the Dallas Symphony - R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration; Don Juan; Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Holst: The Planets
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the Chicago Symphony - Debussy: La mer; Prelude a l' Apres-Midi d'un Faune; Danses Sacree et Profane

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Itzhak Perlman (Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B Minor
  • Rudolf Serkin (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony) - Beethoven: Concerto for Piano No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy (Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the Philharmonia) - Mozart: Concerto for Piano No. 22 in E Flat Major, K. 482 (Ashkenazy Plays and Conducts Mozart)
  • Alicia de Larrocha (Charles Dutoit conducting the Royal Philharmonic) - Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A Minor; Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
  • Joseph Silverstein (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony) - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra

  • Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
  • Ruth Laredo - Barber: Sonata for Piano, Op. 26; Souvenirs, Op. 28; Nocturne, Op. 33
  • Alicia de Larrocha - Granados: Danzas Espanolas
  • Isao Tomita - Grofe-Tomita: Grand Canyon Suite; Anderson-Tomita: Syncopated Clock
  • Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz at the Met (Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov)
  • Emanuel Ax - Schumann: Humoreske, Op. 20; Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
  • Ronald Smith - The Alkan Project (Etudes, Op. 39, in All the Minor Keys)

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Leontyne Price (Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic) - Verdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi)
  • Jessye Norman (Daniel Barcnboim conducting the Orchestra de Paris) - Berlioz: La Mort de Cleopatre
  • Elly Armstrong (Dalton Baldwin, accompanist) - Faure: La Bonne Chanson; Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis and Ariettes Oubliees
  • Frederica von Stade (Martin Katz, accompanist) - Frederica von Stade Live!
  • Kiri Te Kanawa (Gyorgy Fischer conducting the Vienna Chamber Orchestra) - Mozart: Concert Arias (Andromeda, Il Burbero di Buon Core, Artaserse, Idomeneo, Cerere Placata)

Best Comedy Recording

  • Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip
  • Bob & Doug McKenzie - Great White North
  • Eddie Murphy - Eddie Murphy
  • George Carlin - A Place for My Stuff
  • Steve Martin - The Steve Martin Brothers

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

  • Roy Clark - Alabama Jubilee
  • Doc & Merle Watson - Below Freezing
  • Poco - Feudin'
  • Albert Coleman's Atlanta Pops Orchestra - Just Hooked on Country
  • Joe Maphis - The Joe Maphis Flat-Pick-ing Spectacular

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo or Group with Vocal

Best Country & Western Song

  • Johnny Christopher, Wayne Carson, Mark James - Always on My Mind
  • D. Blackwell - I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home
  • Don Goodman, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy - Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
  • Kye Fleming, Dennis W. Morgan - Nobody
  • Tim DuBois - She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)
  • Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Frederica von Stade, Kenneth Riegel, Jose van Dam - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New World)
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Holst: The Planets

Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

  • Queen Ida - Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour
  • Boys of the Lough - In the Tradition
  • John Renbourn Group - Live in America
  • Klezmorim - Metropolis
  • various artists - Tennessee: Folk Heritage - The Mountain
  • various artists - Reggae Sunsplash '81: A Tribute to Bob Marley

Best Gospel Performance - Contemporary

  • Amy Grant - Age to Age
  • Reba Rambo - Lady Live
  • Sandi Patti - Lift Up the Lord
  • Andrae Crouch - My Tribute
  • Imperials - Stand By the Power

Best Gospel Performance - Traditional

  • Blackwood Brothers - I'm Following You
  • Rex Nelon Singers - Feeling at Home
  • Dottie Rambo - Makin' My Own Place
  • Cathedrals - Something Special
  • Masters - V, O, What Savior

Best Historical Album

  • Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra - The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions Vols, 1, 2, and 3
  • Bela Bartok - Bartok at the Piano, 1920-1945
  • Paul Whiteman - An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall
  • various artists - Minstrels and Tunesmiths: The Commercial Roots of Early Country Music
  • Bunny Berigan - Bunny Berigan (Giants of Jazz)

Best Inspirational Performance

  • Barbara Mandrell - He Set My Life to Music
  • Kansas - Crossfire Lyrics
  • Leontyne Price - God Bless America
  • B.J. Thomas - Miracle
  • Oak Ridge Boys - Would They Love Him Down in Shreveport

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • John Williams - Flying (Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
  • Claus Ogerman - In the Presence and Absence of Each Other, Parts 1, 2 and 3
  • John Williams - Adventures on Earth
  • Pat Metheny - Are You Going with Me
  • Tom Scott - Desire

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental

  • Pat Metheny Group - Offramp
  • David Sanborn - As We Speak
  • Tom Scott - Desire
  • Spyro Gyra - Incognito
  • Weather Report - Weather Report

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band

  • Count Basie & His Orchestra - Warm Breeze
  • Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass - Live in Digital
  • Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra - Make Me Smile and Other New Works by Bob Brookmeyer
  • Woody Herman Big Band - The Woody Herman Big Band Live at the Concord Jazz Festival 1981
  • Bob Florence Big Band - Westlake

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

  • Phil Woods Quartet - More Live
  • Art Farmer Quartet - A Work of Art
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Mitchell-Ruff Duo - Dizzy Gillespie: Live with the Mitchell-Ruff Duo
  • Tommy Flanagan Trio - Giant Steps
  • Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Straight Ahead

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

  • Miles Davis - We Want Miles
  • Ira Sullivan - Night and Day
  • Tommy Flanagan - The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan
  • Wynton Marsalis - Wynton Marsalis
  • Jimmy Rowles - Jimmy Rowles Plays Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

  • Manhattan Transfer - Route 66 Lyrics
  • Singers Unlimited - Easy to Love
  • Jackie & Roy - High Standards
  • Jon Hendricks & Company - Love
  • Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante with 2 + 2 - One Night in a Dream

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female

  • Sarah Vaughan - Gershwin Live!
  • Ella Fitzgerald - A Classy Pair
  • Chaka Khan - Echoes of an Era
  • Maxine Sullivan - Maxine Sullivan with the Ike Isaacs Quartet
  • Cleo Laine - Smilin' Through

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male

  • Mel Torme - An Evening with George Shearing and Mel Torme
  • Joe Williams - 8 to 5 I Lose
  • Bill Henderson - A Tribute to Johnny Mercer
  • Mark Murphy - Bop for Kerouac
  • Dave Frisberg - The Dave Frisberg Songbook, Vol. 1

Best Latin Recording

  • Machito - Machito and His Salsa Big Band '82
  • Jose Feliciano - Escenas de Amore
  • Julio Iglesias - Momentos Lyrics
  • Ray Barretto - Rhythm of Life
  • Willie Colon/Ruben Blades - Canciones del Solar de los Aburidos

Best Opera Recording

  • Pierre Boulez conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (solos: Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Orton Wenkel, Peter Hofmann, Manfred Jung, Siegfried Jerusalem, Heinz Zednik, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salimen, Herman - Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
  • Charles Dutoit conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique du Monte Carlo (solos: Jessye Norman, Alain Vanzo, Philippe Huttenlocher - Faure: Penelope
  • Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus (solos: Lucia Popp, Eva Randova, Dalibor Jedlicka) - Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen
  • Heinz Wallberg conducting the Munich Radio Orchestera, Bavarian Radio Chorus (solos: Lucia Popp, Siegfried Jerusalem, Hermann Prey, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Sigmund Nimsgren) - Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chours and Vienna Boys' Choir (solos: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Piero de Palma, Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Hendricks, Gottfriedl Hornik - Puccini: Turandot
  • James Levine conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Renata Scott, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson) - Puccini: Tosca

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • Ernie Watts - Chariots of Fire (theme, dance version)
  • David Sanborn - As We Speak
  • Earl Klugh - Crazy for You
  • John Williams - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Louis Clark conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics

Best Recording for Children

  • Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Kenny Loggins, Carly Simon, Lucy Simon, Teddy Pendergrass, Crystal Gayle, Lou Rawls, Deniece Williams, Janis Ian, Dr. John - In Harmony 2
  • Birdwing Kids Korus - I Am God's Project
  • Candle with the Agapeland Singers - Animals and Other Things
  • Chipmunks - The Chipmunks Go Hollywood
  • Lou Rawls - Here Comes Garfield
  • Smurfs - Best of Friends

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Contemporary

  • Al Green - Higher Plane
  • Edwin Hawkins - Edwin Hawkins Live with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra
  • Andrae Crouch - Finally
  • Mighty Clouds of Joy - Miracle Man
  • Larnelle Harris - Touch Me, Lord

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Traditional

  • Al Green - Precious Lord
  • Ben Moore - He Believes in Me
  • Jessy Dixon - Jesus Is Alive and Well
  • Mighty Clouds of Joy - Miracle Man
  • Andrae Crouch - We Need to Hear from You

Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording

  • John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson - No Man's Land
  • Roger Rees - Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby

Best Traditional Blues Recording

  • Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Alright Again
  • Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Roomful of Blues - He Was a Friend of Mine
  • Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers - Genuine Houserocking Music
  • Johnny Otis - The New Johnny Otis Show
  • Sippie Wallace - Sippie

Classical Producer of the Year

  • Robert Woods
  • Steven Epstein
  • Jay David Saks
  • Glenn Gould, Samuel Carter
  • James Mallinson

Hall of Fame

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

  • Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Thompson - Always on My Mind
  • David Paich - Rosanna
  • Donald Fagen - IGY (What a Beautiful World)
  • Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peternik - Eye of the Tiger
  • Paul McCartney - Ebony And Ivory Lyrics

Trustees Award

  • Les Paul

Video of the Year

  • Olivia Newton-John - Olivia Physical
  • Elton John - Visions: Elton John
  • Royal Opera conducted by Georges Pretre with Placido Domingo - The Tales of Hoffman
  • Tubes - The Tubes Video
  • various artists - Fun and Games

Top Winning Artist

Most Nominated Artist

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