1986 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1986 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1986 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: Kenny Rogers
  • Venue: Shrine Auditorium
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Date: February 25, 1986

Awards

Album of the Year

Best Album Notes

  • Sam Cooke - Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club
  • Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, others - American Popular Song
  • Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, others - Bleecker and MacDougal: The Folk Scene of the 1960's
  • Koener, Ray and Glover, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Lovin' Spoonful, others - Crossroads: White Blues in the 1960's
  • Stan Getz - The Girl from Ipanema: The Bossa Nova Years

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

  • Sharon Robinson, John Gilutin, Bunny Hull, Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free, Keith Forsey, Harold Faltermeyer, Allee Willis, Dan Sembello, Marc Benno, Richard Theisen - Beverly Hills Cop
  • David Foster, John Parr, Billy Squire, John & Dino Elefante, Jon Anderson, Fee Waybill, Steve Lukather, Richard Marx, Jay Graydon, Stephen A. Kipner, Peter Beckett, Cynthia Weil - St. Elmo's Fire
  • John Colla, Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis, Lindsey Buckingham, Alan Silvestri, Eric Clapton, Sean Hopper - Back to the Future
  • Maurice Jarre - Witness
  • Maurice Jarre - A Passage to India

Best Album Package

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental

  • Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour - Early A.M. Attitude
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - March of the Tadpoles
  • Mannheim Steamroller - Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
  • Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani - Suite of Dances from 'Pacific Overtures'
  • George Russell & the Living Time Orchestra - The African Game

Best Cast Show Album

  • Stephen Sondheim, lyricist; Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor - West Side Story
  • Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector, George Shadow Morton, songwriters - Greatest Hits from Leader of the Pack

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma - Brahms: Cello and Piano Sonatas in E Major and F Major
  • Itzhak Perlman, Jorge Bolet, Juilliard String Quartet - Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21
  • Itzhak Perlman, Samuel Sanders - Dvorak: Sonatina in G and 4 Romantic Pieces; Smetana: From My Homeland
  • Andre Previn, Vienna Wind Soloists - Mozart: Piano and Wind Quintet in E Flat; Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintet in E Flat
  • Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline Du Pre - Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor

Best Choral Performance

  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra (solo: John Aler) - Berlioz: Requiem
  • Ton Koopman conducting the Choeur The Sixteen and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (solos: James Bowman, Paul Elliott, Gregory Reinhart) - Handel: Messiah
  • Lorin Maazel conducting the English Chamber Orchestra and Winchester Cathedral Choir (solos: Placido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Paul Miles-Kingston) - Lloyd Webber: Requiem
  • Daniel Barenboim conducting the Choeurs et Orchestre de Paris (solos: Ann Murray, Kathleen Battle, David Rendall, Matti Salminen) - Mozart: Requiem
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chor der Nationaloper Sofia, Wiener Philharmonic (solos: Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Jose Carreras, Jose van Dam) - Verdi: Requiem

Best Classical Album

  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solo: John Aler) - Berlioz: Requiem
  • Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim - Mozart: Violin and Piano Sonatas K. 296, 305, 306
  • Claudio Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite)
  • Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Respighi: Pines of Rome; The Birds; Fountains of Rome
  • Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano; Prelude for Piano; Short Story; Violin Piece; For Lily Pons; Sleepless Night; Promenade
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (solo: Elly Ameling) - Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete; Faure: Pelleas et Melisande
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Kaaren Erickson, Sylvia McNair, Alfreda Hodgson, Jon Humphrey, Richard Stilwell) - Handel: Messiah

Best Classical Orchestral Recording

  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Faure: Pelleas et Melisande
  • James Conlon conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra - Liszt: A Faust Symphony
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite)
  • Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony - Respighi: Pines of Rome; The Birds; Fountains of Rome

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Yo-Yo Ma (Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) - Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85; Walton: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
  • Andre Previn (Previn conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
  • Michael Tilson Thomas (Thomas conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic) - Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano
  • James Galway (Chung conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - James Galway Plays Khachaturian (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Spartacus, Masquerade and Gayaneh
  • Itzhak Perlman (Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra) - Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D Minor
  • Andras Schiff (Dorati conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra) - Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor; Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra

  • Vladimir Ashkenazy - Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit, Pavane pour une Infante Defunte, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
  • Claudio Arrau - Chopin: 4 Scherzos; Polonaise; Fantaisie, Op. 61
  • Francois-Rene Duchable - Chopin: Piano Sonatas No. 2 in B Flat Minor and No. 3 in B Minor
  • Michael Tilson Thomas - Gershwin: Preludes for Piano: Short Story; Violin Piece; For Lily Pons; Sleepless Night; Promenade
  • Julian Bream - Guitarra: The Guitar in Spain (Mudarra, Guera, Boccherini, Sor, Tarrega, Albeniz, Falla, Turina, etc

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • John Aler (Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus) - Berlioz: Requiem
  • Elly Ameling (Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) - Belioz: Les Nuits d'Ete
  • Frederica von Stade (Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra) - Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete; Debussy: La Damoiselle Elue
  • Kiri Te Kanawa (Tate conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Canteloube: Chants 'Auvergne, Vol. 2; Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
  • Marilyn Horne (Foster conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo) - Marilyn Horne Sings (Offenbach, Cherubini, Saint-Saens, etc.)
  • Placido Domingo, Pilar Lorengar (Navarro conducting the ORF Symphonie Orchestra) - Zarzuela Arias and Duets (Arias Only)

Best Comedy Recording

Best Contemporary Composition

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber - Requiem
  • George Perle - Serenade No. 3 for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
  • John Adams - Harmonium for Large Orchestra and Chorus
  • Philip Glass - Satyagrah
  • Robert Starer - Violin Concerto

Best Country & Western Song

  • Jimmy L. Webb - Highwayman
  • Bob McDill - Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On
  • Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver, Don Schlitz - Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')
  • Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting for a Train Lyrics
  • Kent M. Robbins - Love Is Alive
  • Mike Reid, Troy Seals, Fred Parris - Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)
  • Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell - I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Country Instrumental Performance

  • Cosmic Square Dance - Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler
  • Folsom Prison Blues - Earl Scruggs
  • Lasso the Moon - Charlie McCoy
  • Vasser Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland - Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland
  • Windy and Warm - Doc & Merle Watson

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; solo: John Aler - Berlioz: Requiem
  • Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; solo: Elly Ameling - Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete; Faure: Pelleas et Melisande
  • Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor
  • Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
  • Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite)
  • Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Respighi: Pines of Rome; The Birds; Fountains of Rome
  • Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete)

Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

  • Rockin' Sidney, Maison de Soul - My Toot Toot
  • BeauSoleil - Zydeco Gris Gris
  • Buckwheat Zydeco - Turning Point
  • Clifton Chenier - Live at the San Francisco Blues Festvial
  • Dewey Balfa - Souvenirs

Best Gospel Performance - Duo or Group

  • Larnelle Harris, Sandi Patti - I've Just Seen Jesus
  • Petra - Beat The System Lyrics
  • De Garmo & Key - Commander Sozo and the Charge of the Light Brigade
  • Randy Stonehill, Amy Grant - I Could Never Say Goodbye
  • The Imperials - Let the Wind Blow

Best Gospel Performance - Female

Best Gospel Performance - Male

  • Larnelle Harris - How Excellent Is Thy Name
  • James Blackwood - Fifty Golden Years
  • Steve Green - He Holds the Keys
  • Russ Taff - Medals
  • Phil Driscoll - Power of Praise

Best Historical Album

  • Melba, Schumann-Heink, Caruso, Price, Verrett, Domingo, 94 others - 100 Singers, 100 Years
  • Mills Brothers, Ink Spots, Four Blackbirds, Ink Spots, others - The Human Orchestra (Rhythm Quartets in the Thirties)
  • Fred Astaire, Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, others - American Popular Song
  • Bill Evans - Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings
  • Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday on Verve 1946-1959

Best Inspirational Performance

  • Jennifer Holliday - Come Sunday
  • Pat Boone - 16,000 Faces
  • Barbara Mandrell - Christmas at Our House
  • Glen Campbell - No More Light
  • Kool & The Gang - You Are the One

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme
  • Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  • David Foster - Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire
  • Harold Faitermeyer - Axel F
  • Thad Jones - With Bells On

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental

  • David Sanborn - Straight to the Heart
  • Spyro Gyra - Alternating Currents
  • Wayne Shorter - Atlantis
  • Stanley Jordan Group - Magic Touch
  • Weather Report - Sportin' Life
  • Miles Davis - You're Under Arrest

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band

  • John Barry, Bob Wilber - The Cotton Club (film soundtrack)
  • Lionel Hampton - Ambassador at Large
  • Louie Bellson - Don't Stop Now!
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - March of the Tadpoles
  • George Russell & the Living Time Orchestra - The African Game

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

  • Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes from the Underground
  • Miles Davis - Human Nature
  • Stanley Jordan - Magic Touch
  • James Moody - Meet Benny Bailey track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
  • Dizzy Gillespie - Sing Joy Spring track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

  • Manhattan Transfer - Vocalese
  • Rare Silk - American Eyes
  • Barry Manilow, Sarah Vaughan - Blue
  • University of Northern Colorado Vocal Jazz I - Hot IV
  • Phil Mattson & the P.m. Singers - Night in the City
  • Manhattan Transfer, Jon Hendricks - Ray's Rockhouse track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
  • Manhattan Transfer, Four Freshmen - To You track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female

  • Cleo Laine - Cleo at Carnegie the 10th Anniversary Concert
  • Flora Purim - 20 Years Blue
  • Tania Maria - Made in New York
  • Cheryl Bentyne - Meet Benny Bailey track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
  • Janis Siegel - Sing Joy Spring track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
  • Maxine Sullivan - The Great Songs from the Cotton Club

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male

  • Jon Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin - Another Night in Tunisia track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)
  • George Benson - Beyond the Sea
  • David Frishberg - Live at Vine Street
  • Mark Murphy - Mark Murphy Sings Nat's Choice, The Nat King Cole Songbook, Vol. 1
  • Alan Paul - Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford track from Vocalese (Manhattan Transfer)

Best Latin Pop Performance

  • Lani Hall - Es Facil Amar
  • Jose Feliciano, Jose Jose - Por Ella
  • Jose Jose - Reflexiones
  • Lucia Mendez - Solo una Mujer
  • Jose Feliciano - Yo Soy Tuyo

Best Mexican-American Performance

  • Vikki Carr - Simplemente Mujer
  • Los Humildes - 13 Aniversario/13 Album/13 Exitos
  • Juan Valentin - 20 Exitos Romanticos con Juan Valentin
  • Rocio Durcal - Canta a Juan Gabriel
  • Maria de Lourdes - Mujer Importante
  • Santiago Jiminez Jr. - Santiago Strikes Again

Best Music Video - Long Form

  • Wham! - Wham! The Video

Best New Classical Artist

Best Opera Recording

  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge) - Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
  • Georges Pretre conducting the Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan (solos: Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Juan Pons, Alberto Rinaldi, Florindo Andreolli) - Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (soundtrack)
  • Giuseppe Sinopoli conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden (solos: Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Kurt Rydi, Robert Gambill) - Puccini: Manon Lescaut
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus (solos: Jose van Dam, Dunja Vejzovic, Kurt Moll, Peter Hofmann) - Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)
  • Riccardo Chailly conducting the London Sinfonietta and London Sinfonietta Chorus (solos: Philip Langridge, Cathryn Pope, Samuel Ramey, Sarah Walker, John Dobson) - Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress

Best Polka Recording

  • Frank Yankovic - 70 Years of Hits
  • Brass Release - Brass with Class
  • Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones - Polka Fireworks
  • L'il Wally & Orchestra - Polskie Czucie Polish Feelings
  • Lenny Gomulka & the Chicago Push - Simply Polkamentary

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme
  • Harold Faitermeyer - Axel F
  • Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour - Harlequin
  • David Foster - Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire
  • Spyro Gyra - Shake Down

Best Recording for Children

  • Jim Henson's Muppets and the Sesame Street cast - Follow That Bird (film soundtrack)
  • Children of the World - We Are the World
  • Candle and the Agapeland Singers - Bullfrogs and Butterflies, Part II
  • Christopher Plummer, narrator; Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Philharmonica Orchestra - E.T.A. Hoffman, Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker
  • Dudley Moore, John Williams & the Boston Pops Orchestra - Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

Best Reggae Recording

  • Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger
  • The Blue Riddim Band - Alive in Jamaica
  • Melody Makers featuring Ziggy Marley - Play the Game Right
  • Burning Spear - Resistance
  • Judy Mowatt - Working Wonders

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

  • Ernie Watts - Musican
  • Sly & Robbie - Bass and Trouble
  • Barney Rachabane - Caribbean Queen
  • Five Star - First Avenue
  • Dave Valentin - Love Light in Flight
  • Jeff Lorber - Pacific Coast Highway
  • Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen - Freeway of Love
  • David Foster, Tom Keane, Cynthia Weil - Through the Fire
  • LaLa - You Give Good Love
  • Sharon Robinson, Jon Gilutin, Bunny Hull - New Attitude
  • Walter Orange, Dennis Lambert, Franne Golde - Nightshift

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

  • Commodores - Nighshift
  • Pointer Sisters - Contact
  • Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
  • Ashford & Simpson - Solid
  • Daryl Hall, John Oates, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendrick - The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

  • Jeff Beck - Escape
  • Northern Star - Back to Earth
  • Big Guitars from Texas - Guitar Army
  • Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force Lyrics
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Say What!
  • Jon Butcher Axis - The Ritual

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo or Group

  • Winans - Tomorrow
  • Sandra Crouch, Jean Johnson - Completely Yes
  • Edwin Hawkins with Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Have Mercy
  • Carvin Winans, Michael Winans - Tomorrow track from Tomorrow
  • Sandra Crouch & Friends - We're Waiting

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female

  • Shirley Caesar - Martin
  • Vernessa Mitchell - Blessed Assurance
  • Vanessa Bell Armstrong - Chosen
  • Deleon Richards - Deleon
  • Dorothy Norwood - Lift Him Up

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male

  • Marvin Winans - Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay
  • Rev. Marvin Yancy - Heavy Load
  • Howard McCrary - So Good
  • Philip Nicholas - Stop Your Searchin' (Try God!)
  • Douglas Miller - Unspeakable Joy

Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording

  • Broadway cast - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Alan Arkin - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  • Dick Cavett - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  • John Le Carre - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre
  • Philip Roth - Zuckerman Bound by Philip Roth

Best Traditional Blues Recording

  • My Guitar Sings the Blues - B.B. King
  • Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker and His Houserockers - Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker & His Houserockers
  • Members Only - Bobby Bland
  • Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long - Joe Turner, Jimmy Witherspoon
  • Queen of the Blues - Koko Taylor
  • Serious Business - Johnny Winter
  • When a Guitar Plays the Blues - Roy Buchanan

Best Tropical Latin Performance

  • Eddie Palmieri - Solito
  • Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble - Mambo Diablo
  • Bonny Cepeda y Orquesta - Noche de Discotheque
  • Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco - De Nuevo
  • Mongo Santamaria & His Latin Jazz Orchestra - Free Spirit, Espirito Libre
  • Ruben Blades - Mucho Mejor

Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices

Classical Producer of the Year

  • Robert E. Woods
  • Jay Da&#