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
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
