1985 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1985 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1985 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: John Denver
  • Venue: Shrine Auditorium
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Date: February 26, 1985

Awards

Album of the Year

Best Album Notes

  • Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, others - Big Band Jazz
  • Elvis Presley - A Golden Celebration
  • Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Amadeus (original soundtrack recording)
  • James Sundquist - An Anthology of Sacred Carols for Classical Guitar
  • various artists - Virginia Traditions Work Songs (field recordings 1936-80)

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

  • Prince & the Revolution, John L. Nelson, Lisa & Wendy - Purple Rain
  • Bill Wolfer, Dean Pitchford, Kenny Loggins, Tom Snow, Sammy Hagar, Michael Gore, Eric Carmen, Jim Steinman - Footloose
  • Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman - Yentl
  • Phil Collins, Stevie Nicks, Peter Gabriel, Stuart Adamson, Mike Rutherford, August Darnell, Michel Colombier, Larry Carlton - Against All Odds
  • Ray Parker Jr., Kevin O'Neal, Brian O'Neal, Bobby Alessi, David Immer, Tom Bailey, Graham Russell, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Diane Warren & the Doctor Mick Smiley, Elmer Bernstein - Ghostbusters

Best Album Package

  • Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual Lyrics
  • Andy Summers, Robert Fripp - Bewitched
  • John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Eddie Money, Rosanne Cash, others - Every Man Has a Woman
  • John Waite - No Brakes
  • Willie Nelson - Willie Nelson

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental

  • Quincy Jones - Grace (Gymnastics Theme) (from The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad at Los Angeles)
  • Stewart Copeland - Brothers on Wheels (track from Rumble Fish soundtrack)
  • James Galway, Henry Mancini - Cameo for Flute ...for James
  • Wynton Marsalis - Stardust
  • Don Sebesky - Waltz for Debbie

Best Cast Show Album

  • Jimmy McHugh, Arthur Malvin, Dorothy Fields, George Oppenheim, Harold Adamson, music and lyrics - Sugar Babies

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Juilliard String Quartet - Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
  • The Cleveland Quartet with Emanuel Ax - Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
  • Guarneri Quartet, Pinchas Zukerman - Brahms: The String Quintets in F & G
  • Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Ikwhan Bae, Carol Shive, Karen Dreyfus, Fred Sherry - Corea: Lyric Suite for Sextet
  • Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim - Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301-4

Best Choral Performance

  • Margaret Hillis, choral conductor, Chicago Symphony Chorus; James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony - Brahms: A German Requiem
  • Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Orchestra Chorus and Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; City of Birmingham Symphony - Britten: War Requiem
  • Christopher Hogwood conducting the Westminster Cathedral Boys' Choir; Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music - Mozart: Requiem
  • Riccardo Chailly conducting the RSO Berlin Chorus; RSO Berlin Orchestra - Orff: Carmina Burana
  • Riccardo Chailly conducting the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Cleveland Orchestra - Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78

Best Classical Album

  • Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Choristers of Westminster Abbey; soloists - Amadeus (soundtrack)
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony (solo: Alfred Brendel) - Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Kathleen Battle, Hakan Hagegard) - Brahms: A German Requiem
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100
  • Raymond Leppard conducting the English Chamber Orchestra (solos: Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova) - Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter

Best Classical Orchestral Recording

  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100
  • Claudio Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony - Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great)
  • Morton Gould conducting the American Symphony - Gould: Burchfield Gallery and Apple Waltzes
  • Neville Marriener conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Amadeus (soundtrack)

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova (Leppard conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter
  • Alfred Brendel (Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos
  • Emanuel Ax (Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor
  • Julian Bream (Gardiner conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe) - Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Invocation and Dance; 3 Spanish Pieces (Music of Spain, Vol. 8)
  • Itzhak Perlman (Barenboim conducting the Orchestre de Paris) - Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22; Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor,

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra

  • Yo-Yo Ma - Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites
  • Emil Gilels - Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B Flat Major, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier)
  • Julian Bream - Music of Spain, Vol. 7: A Celebration of Andres Segovia
  • Glenn Gould - R. Strauss: Glenn Gould Play Strauss (Sonata; 5 Pieces, Op. 3)
  • Alicia de Larrocha - Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Jessye Norman, Jose van Dam, Heather Harper (Boulez conducting the members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and BBC Symphony) - Ravel: Songs of Maurice Ravel
  • Hakan Hagegard, Kathleen Battle (James Levine, accompanist) - Brahms: Songs of Brahms
  • Dame Janet Baker (George Parsons, accompanist) - Mahler's Songs of Youth
  • Jessye Norman (Maazel conducting the Wiener Philharmonic) - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
  • Kiri Te Kanawa (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major, 4th Movement

Best Comedy Recording

  • Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It Lyrics
  • Fireside Theatre - The 3 Faces of Al (Nick Danger)
  • Richard Pryor - Here and Now
  • Rick Dees - Hurt Me Baby, Make Me Write Bad Checks!
  • Rodney Dangerfield - Rappin' Rodney

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo or Group with Vocal

Best Country & Western Song

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Country Instrumental Performance

  • Ricky Skaggs - Wheel Hoss
  • Carlton Moody & the Moody Brothers - Cotton-Eyed Joe
  • Chet Atkins - East Tennessee Christmas
  • Whites - Move It on Over
  • Doc & Merle Watson - Twin Sisters

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100
  • Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; solo: Battle, Hagegard - Brahms: A German Requiem
  • Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony; solo: Ax - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor
  • Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony; solo: Te Kanawa - Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
  • Leppard conducting the English Chamber Orchestra; solo: Marsalis, Editz, Gruberova - Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter

Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

  • Elizabeth Cotten - Elizabeth Cotten Live!
  • Boys of the Lough - Open Road
  • Buckwheat Zydecko - 100% Fortified Zydeco
  • Queen Ida - On a Saturday Night
  • Rocking Dopsie - Good Rockin'

Best Gospel Performance - Duo or Group

  • Debby Boone, Phil Driscoll - Keep the Flame Burning
  • Mylon LeFevre, Broken Heart - Live Forever
  • Steve Camp, Michele Pillar - Love's Not a Feeling
  • New Gaither Vocal Band - New Point of View
  • Petra - Not Of This World Lyrics

Best Gospel Performance - Female

  • Amy Grant - Angels Lyrics
  • Kathy Troccoli - Heart and Soul
  • Michele Pillar - Look Who Loves You
  • Sandi Patti - Songs from the Heart
  • Debby Boone - Surrender

Best Gospel Performance - Male

  • Michael W. Smith - Michael W. Smith 2
  • Phil Driscoll - Celebrate Freedom
  • Bob Bailey - I'm Walkin'
  • Leon Patillo - J.E.S.U.S.
  • Steve Taylor - Meltdown

Best Historical Album

  • Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, others - Big Band Jazz
  • various artists - World's First Entertainment Recordings 1889-1896
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt, introducting by Clifton Fadiman - History Speaks: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Elvis Presley - A Golden Celebration
  • various artists - Cotton Club Stars

Best Inspirational Performance

  • Donna Summer - Forgive Me Lyrics
  • Lisa Whelchel - All Because of You
  • Philip Bailey - The Wonders of His Love
  • Pat Boone - What I Believe
  • Deniece Williams - Whiter Than Snow

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Randy Newman - The Natural
  • Elmer Bernstein - Ghostbusters (main title theme)
  • John Williams - Olympic Fanfare and Theme (from The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad at Los Angeles)
  • Mike Post, Peter Carpenter - The A-Team
  • Wynton Marsalis - Hot House Flowers

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental

  • Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
  • Spyro Gyra - Access All Areas
  • David Sanborn - Backstreet
  • Miles Davis - Decoy
  • Earl Klugh - Wishful Thinking

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band

  • Count Basie & His Orchestra - 88 Basie Street
  • Bob Florence Limited Edition - Magic Time
  • Carla Bley Band - Misterioso
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Ten Gallon Shuffle
  • Woody Herman Big Band - World Class

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

  • Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - New York Scene
  • Philly Joe Jones - Dameronia: Look Stop Listen
  • Phil Woods, Chris Swansen - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
  • Frank Foster, Frank Wess - Two for the Blues
  • Clare Fischer - Whose Woods Are These

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

  • Wynton Marsalis - Hot House Flowers
  • Ira Sullivan - Ira Sullivan ...Does It All
  • Pepper Adams, Kenny Wheeler - Live at Fat Tuesday's
  • Zoot Sims - Quietly There
  • Tommy Flanagan - Thelonica

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

  • Joe Williams - Nothin' but the Blues
  • Mel Torme - An Evening at Charlie's
  • Lorez Alexandria - Harlem Butterfly
  • Sue Raney - Ridin' High
  • Carmen McRae - You're Lookin' at Me

Best Latin Pop Performance

  • Placido Domingo - Always in My Heart (Siempre en Mi Corazon)
  • Jose Feliciano - Como Tu Quieres
  • Menudo - Evolucion
  • Johnny - Invitame
  • Maria Conchita - Maria Conchita
  • Jose Jose - Secretos

Best Mexican-American Performance

  • Sheen Easton, Luis Miguel - Me Gustas Tal Como Eres
  • Roberto Carlos - Concavo y Convexo
  • Raphael - Eternamente Tuyo
  • Juan Gabriel - Recuerdos II
  • Yolanda Del Rio - Un Amor Especial

Best New Classical Composition

  • Samuel Barber - Antony and Cleopatra
  • Frank Zappa - The Perfect Stranger
  • Joseph Schwantner - Magabunda (4 Poems of Agueda Pizzaro)
  • Morton Gould - Apple Waltzes
  • Vincent Persichetti - Winter Cantata

Best Opera Recording

  • Loren Maazel conducting the Orchestre National de France; Choeurs et Maitrise de Radio France (solos: Julia Migenes-Johnson, Faith Esham, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi) - Bizet: Carmen (film soundtrack)
  • Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic; Glyndebourne Chorus (solos: Thomas Allen, Carole Vaness, Richard Van Allan, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Gale, Keith Lewis, John Rawnsley, Dimitri Kavrakos) - Mozart: Don Giovanni
  • Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Elisabeth Soderstrom, Peter Dvorsky, Wieslav Ochman, Eva Randova) - Janacek: Jenufa
  • Colin Davis conducting the members of the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (solos: Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Robert Tear) - Britten: The Turn of the Screw
  • Riccardo Muti conducting the Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (solos: Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson, Nicolai Ghiaurov) - Verdi: Ernani

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Recording for Children

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein
  • film soundtrack - The Muppets Take Manhattan
  • Agapleland at Play with Holly Heart - Holly Heart
  • Flashbeagle - Peanuts
  • Singsational Servants - Kids Praise 4

Best Reggae Recording

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

  • James Ingram, Michael McDonald - Yah Mo B There
  • Shalamar - Dancing In The Sheets Lyrics
  • Kashif, Al Jarreau - Edgartown Groove
  • Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson - Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)
  • Joyce Kennedy, Jeffrey Osborne - The Last Time I Made Love

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

  • Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)
  • Jeffrey Osborne - Don't Stop
  • Jeffrey Osborne - In the Name of Love
  • James Ingram - It's Your Night
  • Stevie Wonder - The Woman in Red Lyrics

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Rythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

  • Herbie Hancock - Sound-System
  • Crusaders - Ghetto Blaster
  • Grover Washington Jr. - Inside Moves
  • Sheila E. - Strawberry Strawcake
  • Stanley Clarke - Time Exposure

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo or Group

  • Shirley Caesar, Al Green - Sailin' on the Sea of Your Love
  • Edwin Hawkins - Angels Will Be Singing
  • BeBe & CeCe Winans - Lord Lift Us Up
  • Richard Smallwood Singers - Psalms
  • Shirley Caesar, Anne Caesar Price - Rejoice

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female

  • Shirley Caesar - Sailin'
  • Kristle Edwards - Jesus, Come Lay Your Head on Me
  • Tata Vega - Oh, It Is Jesus
  • Albertina Walker - The Impossible Dream
  • Danniebelle Hall - Unmistakably Danniebelle

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male

  • Andrae Crouch - Always Remember
  • Jessy Dixon - Sanctuary
  • James Cleveland - The Prayer
  • Al Green - Trust in God
  • Mel Carter - Willing

Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording

  • Ben Kingsley - The Words of Gandhi
  • Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close - The Real Thing (Broadway Cast)
  • John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Heart Play (Unfinished Dialogue)
  • Rev. Jesse Jackson - Our Time Has Come

Best Traditional Blues Recording

  • John Hammond, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Sugar Blue, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine, Luther Guitar Junior Johnson, J.B. Hutton & the New Hawks - Blues Explosion
  • Albert King - I'm in a Phone Booth, Baby
  • Bobby Bland - You've Got Me Loving You
  • Joe Turner - Kansas City Here I Come
  • Johnny Winter - Guitar Slinger

Best Tropical Latin Performance

  • Palo Pa Rumba - Eddie Palmieri
  • Bien Sabroso! - Poncho Sanchez
  • Breaking the Ice - El Gran Combo
  • Buscando America - Ruben Blades
  • Criollo - Willie Colon
  • Y Ahora! - Los Socios del Ritmo

Best Video - Short Form

  • David Bowie - David Bowie
  • Ashford & Simpson - Ashford and Simpson
  • Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate Lyrics
  • Phil Collins - Phil Collins
  • Rubber Rodeo - Rubber Rodeo Scenic Views
  • Thomas Dolby - Thomas Dolby

Best Video Album

  • Michael Jackson - Making Michael Jackson's Thriller
  • Billy Joel - Billy Joel Live from Long Island
  • The Cars - Heartbeat City Lyrics
  • David Bowie - Serious Moonlight
  • Devo - We're All Devo
  • Eurythmics - Eurythmics Sweet Dreams

Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices

Classical Producer of the Year

  • Steven Epstein
  • Thomas Z. Shepard
  • Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz
  • Jay David Saks
  • Robert E. Woods

Hall of Fame

  • Count Basie & His Orchestra - April in Paris
  • Gene Autry - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  • Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel (T for Texas)
  • Pablo Casals - Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
  • Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm

Lifetime Achievement Awards

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

Producer of the Year

  • Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael
  • David Foster Lyrics
  • Prince & the Revolution
  • Robert John Mutt Lange, Cars
  • Michael Omartian

Record of the Year

Rock Female Vocalist

Rock Male Vocalist