1987 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1987 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1987 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: Billy Crystal
  • Venue: Shrine Auditorium
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Date: February 24, 1987

Awards

Album of the Year

Best Album Notes

  • Frank Sinatra - The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943-1952
  • Virtuosi - Richard Freed, Peter Eliot Stone

Best Album Package

  • Eiko Ishioka - Tutu
  • Andrew Ellis, Colin Chambers - Stereotomy
  • Buddy Jackson - Songs Unspoken
  • John Berg - The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 (Frank Sinatra)
  • Michael Hodgson, Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - True Stories

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental

  • Patrick Williams - Suite Memories
  • Bill Meyers - AM/PM
  • Don Sebesky - Cherokee
  • Jorge Calandrelli - Solfeggietto Metamorphosis
  • Jorge Calandrelli - The First Letter track from The Color Purple soundtrack

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax - Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C and Variations
  • Benny Goodman, Berkshire String Quartet, Fritz Maag, Leon Pammers - Benny Goodman: Private Collection
  • Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Brahms: Violin and Piano Sonatas No. 1 in G, No. 2 in A and No. 3 in D Minor; Hungarian Dances
  • Members of the Chicago Symphony winds, vocalists - Mozart: Music for Basset Horns (Divertimenti, Notturni, Adagios)
  • Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Rachmaninov: Cello and Piano Sonata

Best Choral Performance

  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra; Margaret Hillis, choral director - Orff: Carmina Burana
  • John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists - Bach: Mass in B Minor
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Singverein and Wiener Philharmoniker; Heimuth Froschauer, chorus master - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
  • Riccardo Muti conducting the Westminser Choir and Philadelphia Orchestra; Joseph Flummerfelt, choral director - Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Choral Masterpieces

Best Classical Album

  • Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mendelssohn: Symphonies No. 3 in A Minor (Scottish) and No. 4 in A (Italian)
  • John Manuceri conducting the New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Erie Mills, David Eisler, John Lankston, Joyce Castle, Scott Reeve, Jack Harrold, James Billings, Maris Clement) - Bernstein: Candide
  • Kathleen Battle, Christopher Parkening - Pleasures of Their Company (Bach, Gounod, Villa-Lobos)
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Copland: Billy the Kid and Rodeo (Complete Ballets)
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Benita Valente, Jerry Hadley, Florence Kopleff, John Cheek) - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
  • Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax - Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C and Variations

Best Classical Orchestral Recording

  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Liszt: A Faust Symphony
  • Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antarctica
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony - Copland: Billy the Kid and Rodeo (Complete Ballets)
  • Riccardo Muti conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Roman Festival
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with or without Orchestra

  • Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
  • Andras Schiff - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
  • Claudio Arrau (Davis conducting the Dresden State Orchestra) - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat (Emperor)
  • Adolph Herseth (Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
  • Dale Clevenger (Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Mozart: Horn Concertos
  • Wynton Marsalis (Salonen conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra) - Tomasi: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra; Jolivet: Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet; Concertino for Trum

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Kathleen Battle (Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart
  • Marilyn Horne (Davis conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Beautiful Dreamer (The Great American Songbook)
  • Frederica von Stade (de Almeida conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 2
  • Luciano Pavarotti (Chiaramello conducting the Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna) - Passione Pavarotti (Favorite Neapolitan Love Songs)
  • Teresa Stratas (Schwarz conducting the Chamber Symphony) - Stratas Sings Weill

Best Comedy Recording

  • Bill Cosby - Those of You with or without Children, You'll Understand
  • Bette Midler - Mud Will Be Flung Tonight!
  • Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding - Bob and Ray: A Night of Two Stars Recorded Live at Carnegie Hall
  • George Carlin - Playin' with Your Head
  • Rodney Dangerfield (Back to School film soundtrack) - Twist and Shout
  • Steven Wright - I Have a Pony

Best Contemporary Composition

  • Witold Lutoslawski - Symphony No. 3
  • Ellen Taafe Zwilich - Symphony No. 1
  • Philip Glass - Company
  • Robert Beaser - Mountain Songs (A Cycle of American Folk Music)
  • Chick Corea - Septet

Best Contemporary Folk Recording

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group or Soloist

  • Ricky Skaggs - Raisin' the Dickens
  • Mark O'Connor - Meanings Of
  • New Grass Revival - Seven by Seven
  • Albert Lee - Speechless
  • Jerry Douglas - Under the Wire

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo or Group with Vocal

Best Country & Western Song

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Country Vocal Performance - Female

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
  • Mauceri conducting the New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra - Bernstein: Candide
  • Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Copland: Billy the Kid and Rodeo (Complete Ballets)
  • Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Liszt: A Faust Symphony
  • Muti conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Respighi: The Pines of Rome, The Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals

Best Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus

  • Sandi Patti, Deniece Williams - They Say
  • Petra - Back to the Street Lyrics
  • CeCe Winans, Carman - Our Blessed Saviour Has Come
  • DeGarmo & Key - Street Light
  • First Call - Undivided

Best Gospel Performance - Female

  • Sandi Patti - Morning Like This
  • Cynthia Clawson - Immortal
  • Sheila Walsh - Shadowlands
  • Deniece Williams - So Glad I Know
  • Teri DeSario - Voices in the Wind

Best Gospel Performance - Male

  • Philip Bailey - Triumph
  • Steve Green - For God and God Alone
  • Larnelle Harris - From a Servant's Heart
  • BeBe Winans - It's Only Natural
  • Michael W. Smith - The Big Picture

Best Historical Album

  • various artists - Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Vols. 1-7
  • Bob Dylan - Biograph
  • Frank Sinatra - The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943-1952
  • various Metropolitan Opera artists - The Mapleson Cylinders

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • John Barry - Out of Africa (film soundtrack)
  • Bruce Broughton - Young Sherlock Holmes (film soundtrack)
  • Chick Corea - Elektric City
  • Harold Faltermeyer - Top Gun Anthem (Top Gun film soundtrack)
  • James Horner - Aliens (film soundtrack)
  • Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin - Earth Run
  • Wynton Marsalis - J Mood

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental

  • Bob James, David Sanborn - Double Vision
  • Lee Ritenour - Earth Run
  • Lyle Mays - Lyle Mays
  • The Chick Corea Elektric Band - Chick Corea

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band

  • Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen - The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen
  • Mel Lewis Orchestra - 20 Years at the Village Vanguard
  • Woody Herman & His Big Band - 50th Anniversary Tour
  • Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Let's Dance
  • Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Sentimental Journey

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

  • Wynton Marsalis - J Mood
  • Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Live at Sweet Basil
  • Gerry Mulligan, Scott Hamilton - Soft Lights and Sweet Music
  • Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette - Standards Live
  • Teddy Wilson, Benny Carter, Red Norvo, Louis Bellson, Remo Palmier, George Duvivier, Freddie Green - Swing Reunion

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

  • Miles Davis - Tutu
  • Eddie Daniels - Breakthrough
  • Dizzy Gillespie - Closer to the Source
  • Wynton Marsalis - Insane Asylum
  • Branford Marsalis - Royal Garden Blues

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

  • Clare Fischer & His Latin Jazz Sextet - 2 + 2 Plus - Free Fall
  • Arthur Prysock, Betty Joplin - Teach Me Tonight
  • Jackie Cain, Roy Kral - Bogie
  • Four Freshmen - Fresh!
  • L.A. Jazz Choir - From All Sides

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female

  • Diane Schuur - Timeless
  • Etta James (Etta James, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson) - Blues in the Night
  • Flora Purim - Esquinas
  • Sue Raney - Flight of Fancy
  • Maxine Sullivan - Uptown

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male

  • Bobby McFerrin - 'Round Midnight track from 'Round Midnight soundtrack
  • Mel Torme - An Elegant Evening
  • Joe Williams - I Just Want to Sing
  • Jimmy Witherspoon - Midnight Lady Called the Blues
  • Grady Tate - She's Out of My Life

Best Latin Pop Performance

  • Jose Feliciano - Lelolai
  • Pandora - Como Te Va Mi Amor
  • Danny Rivera - Inolvidable Tito ...a Mi Me Pasa lo Mismo Que a Usted
  • Jose Jose - Pruebame
  • Yuri - Yo Te Pido Amor

Best Mexican-American Performance

  • Flaco Jiminez - Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio
  • Salvador Torres - Unidos Cantemos
  • Rafael Buendia - Y ...Zas!
  • Los Yonics - Corazon Vacio
  • Los Tigres del Norte - El Otro Mexico
  • Juan Valentin - Juan Valentin
  • Steve Jordan - Turn Me Loose

Best New Age Recording

  • Andreas Vollenweider - Down to the Moon
  • Jean-Michel Jarre - Rendezvous
  • Paul Winter - Canyon
  • various artists - Windham Hill Records Sampler '86
  • various artists - A Winter's Solstice

Best Opera Recording

  • John Mauceri conducting the New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Erie Mills, Maris Clement, David Eisler, John Lankston, Joyce Castle, Scott Reeve, Jack Harrold, James Billings) - Bernstein: Candide
  • Claudio Abbado conducting the La Scala Opera Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Ruggero Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov) - Verdi: Don Carlos
  • Georg Solti conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra (solos: Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Price, Renato Bruson, Kathleen Battle, Christa Ludwig) - Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
  • Lorin Maazel conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala (solos: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz) - Verdi: Otello
  • Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (solos: Barbara Hendricks, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Agnes Baltsa, Robert Lloyd, Felicity Palmer, Aldo Baldin) - Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

Best Polka Recording

  • Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones - Another Polka Celebration
  • Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra - I Remember Warsaw
  • Frank Yankovic - America's Favorites
  • Hank Haller Ensemble - Thank You Dear and Give Her Roses
  • Walter Ostanek - By Special Request

Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group or Soloist

  • Top Gun Anthem - Harold Faltermeyer, Steve Stevens
  • David Foster - David Foster
  • Johnny's Theme (The Tonight Show theme) - Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen
  • Overjoyed - Stanley Clarke
  • The Brazilian - Genesis

Best Recording for Children

  • Sesame Street Muppets - The Alphabet
  • Carly Simon - Itsy Bitsy Spider Lyrics
  • Shari Lewis - One-Minute Bedtime Stories
  • Shel Silverstein - A Light in the Attic
  • Tanya Goodman - A Child's Gift of Lullaby's

Best Reggae Recording

  • Steel Pulse - Babylon The Bandit Lyrics
  • Black Uhuru - Brutal
  • Itals - Rasta Philosophy
  • Jimmy Cliff - Club Paradise
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson & the Dub Band - Linton Kwesi Johnson in Concert with the Dub Band

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group or Soloist

  • Yellowjackets - And You Know That
  • Kenny G. - Duotones
  • Kashif - Movie Song
  • Stanley Clarke - Shades
  • Billy Cobham - Zanzibar Breeze

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson, Gary Bias - Sweet Love
  • Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight - Living in America
  • James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately
  • Luther Vandross, Nat Adderley Jr. - Give Me the Reason
  • Prince & the Revolution - Kiss

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Rock Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group or Soloist

  • Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn
  • Yes - Amazing Grace Lyrics
  • Fabulous Thunderbirds - Down at Antones
  • Alan Parsons Project - Where's the Walrus?
  • Eric Johnson - Zap

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus

  • Winans - Let My People Go
  • Winans with Vanessa Bell Armstrong - Choose Ye
  • Dorothy Norwood, Rev. F.C. Barnes, Rev. Janice Brown, Albertina Walker, Rev. James Cleveland - Dorothy Norwood and Friends
  • James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir - James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir
  • Albertina Walker, Shirley Caesar - Jesus Is Mine

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female

  • Deniece Williams - I Surrender All
  • Shirley Caesar - Celebration
  • Candi Staton - Sing a Song
  • Albertina Walker - Spirit
  • Tramaine - The Search Is OVer

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male

  • Al Green - Going Away
  • Derrick Brinkley - Glorious Day
  • Daryl Coley - Just Daryl
  • Howard Smith - Totally Committed
  • Rodney Friend - Worthy

Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording

  • Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Sam Phillips, Rick Nelson, Chips Moman - Interviews from the Class of '55, Recording Sessions
  • Bill Cosby - Hardheaded Boys
  • F. Murray Abraham - Interview with the Vampire
  • John Gielgud - Gulliver
  • Ray Bradbury - The Stories of Ray Bradbury

Best Traditional Blues Recording

  • Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland - Showdown!
  • Willie Dixon - Live! Backstage Access
  • Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Pressure Cooker
  • James Cotton - Live from Chicago, Mr. Superharp Himself!
  • John Lee Hooker - Jealous

Best Traditional Folk Recording

  • Doc Watson - Riding the Midnight Train
  • Buckwheat Zydecko - Waitin' for My Ya Ya
  • New Lost City Ramblers with Elizabeth Cotton, Pete Seeger, Highwood String Band - 20th Anniversary Concert
  • Queen Ida - Caught in the Act
  • Rockin' Sidney - Hot Steppin' with Rockin' Sidney

Best Tropical Latin Performance

  • Ruben Blades - Escenas
  • Mario Bauza, Graciela - Afro-Cuban Jazz
  • Willie Colon - Especial No. 5
  • Celia Cruz, Tito Puente - Homenaje a Beny More, Vol. 3
  • Willie Rosario - Nueva Cosecha

Classical Producer of the Year

  • Thomas Frost
  • Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz
  • Jay David Saks
  • Robert Woods
  • Steven Epstein

Hall of Fame

  • Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Martha Tilton, vocal; Ziggy Elman, trumpet - And the Angels Sing
  • Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill Lyrics
  • Juilliard Quartets - Bartok: Quartets
  • Original Broadway Cast with Ezio Pinza and Mary Martin - South Pacific
  • The Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care
  • Victor DeSabata conducting the Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala, Milan; Maria Callas, Giuseppe DiStefano, Tito Gobbi - Puccini Tosca

Lifetime Achievement Awards

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

  • Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder - That's What Friends Are For
  • Mike and the Mechanics - All I Needs Is a Miracle
  • Simply Red - Holding Back The Years Lyrics
  • Patti LaBelle, Michael McDonald - On My Own
  • Peter Cetera, Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall

Producer of the Year

Record of the Year

Rock Female Vocalist

Rock Male Vocalist

Rock Vocal Group

Song of the Year

Trustees Award

Top Winning Artist

Most Nominated Artist

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