1989 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
- Host: Billy Crystal
- Venue: Shrine Auditorium
- City: Los Angeles
- Date: February 22, 1989
Awards
Album of the Year
- George Michael - Faith Lyrics
- Bobby McFerrin - Simple Pleasures
- Steve Winwood - Roll With It
- Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun
- Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Best Album Notes
- Eric Clapton - Crossroads
- Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stratas, Nancy Culp, Lillian Gish & others; John McGlinn conducting the London Sinfonietta - Show Boat
- Hoagy Carmichael - Classic Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics
- Virginia Traditions - Southwest Virginia Blues
Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score written for a Motion Picture or Television
- Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su - The Last Emperor
- Alan Silvestri - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Joe Jackson - Tucker: The Man and His Dream
- John Williams - Empire of the Sun
- Maurice Jarre - Fatal Attraction
Best Album Package
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
- Eddie Daniels - Memos from Paradise
- Turtle Island String Quartet - A Night in Tunisia
- John Dankworth conducting the London Symphony Orchestra - Caravan
- Flim & the BB's - Jazz Patrol
- Henry Manicin & R.P.O. Pops - Suite from The Thorn Birds
Best Bluegrass Recording - Vocal or Instrumental
- Bill Monroe - Southern Flavor Lyrics
- Bela Fleck - Drive
- David Grisman - Home Is Where the Heart Is
- Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band - New Moon Rising
- Seldom Scene & Their Very Special Guests - Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration, Live at the Kennedy Center
Best Chamber Music Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
- Murray Perahia, George Solti, pianos; David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, percussion - Bartok: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion; Brahms: Variation on a Theme by Joseph Haydn for 2 Piano
- Gidon Kremer, violin; Martha Argerich, piano - Beethoven: Violin-Piano Sonatas No. 4 in A, Op. 23, and No. 5 in F, Op. 24
- Guarneri Quartet - Dvorak: String Quartet in F (American Quartet); Smetana: String Quartet in E Minor (From My Life)
- Kim Kashkashian, viola; Robert Levin, piano - Hindemith: Viola Sonata Op. 11, No. 4; Violin Sonata, 4; Op. 25, No. 4; Violin Sonatas, 1937
- James Levine, piano; Ensemble Wien-Berlin - Mozart: Quintet in E Flat for Piano and Winds, K. 452; Beethoven: Quintet in E Flat for Piano and Wi
Best Choral Performance
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - Verdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses
- John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists - Bach: Christmas Oratorio
- Margaret Hillis, choral director; Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Helmuth Froschauer, chorus master; Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Singverein and Vienna Philharmonic - Mozart: Requiem
- Trevor Pinnock conducting the English Concert Choir and English Concert - Vivaldi: Gloria; Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus
Best Classical Album
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - Verdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses
- Georg Solti conducting the Vienna State Opera Choir and Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Placido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova, Siegmund Nimsgern, Hans Sotin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau) - Wagner: Lohengrin
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for String Symphony; Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Sunday Morning, &quo - Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles
- Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the La Scala Opera Orchestra - Horowitz Plays Mozart (Piano Concerto No. 23 in A and Piano Sonata No. 13 in B Flat)
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
- Vladimir Horowitz, piano (Carlo Maria Giulini conducting La Scala Opera Orchestra) - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A
- Wynton Marsalis, trumpet (Raymond Leppard conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Baroque Music for Trumpets (Vivaldi, Telemann, Pachelbel, Haydn, von Biber)
- Zoltan Kocsis, piano (Ivan Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra) - Bartok: Works for Piano and Orchestra (Concerto No. 1, Concerto No. 2, Rhapsody for Piano and Orches
- Isaac Stern, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Claudio Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra) - Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102
- Itzhak Perlman, violin (Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra) - Bruch: Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor
- Isaac Stern, violin (Lorin Maazel conducting the Orchestre National de France) - Dutilleux: L'Arbre des Songes - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Gary Gray, clarinet (Harry Newstone conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - The Art of Gary Gray (Copland: Clarinet Concerto; Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes for Clarinet and Orche
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
- Alicia de Larrocha, piano - Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espagnola
- Keith Jarrett, piano - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
- Alfred Brendel, piano - Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage, Second Year: Italy
- Vladimir Horowitz, piano - Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 in B Flat, K. 333
- Maurizio Pollini, piano - Schubert: The Late Piano Sonatas (D. 958, 959, 960); 3 Piano Pieces, D. 946; Allegretto, D. 915
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
- Luciano Pavarotti, tenor (Emerson Buckley conducting the Symphonic Orchestra of Amelia Romagna Arturo Toscanini) - Luciano Pavarotti in Concert (arias from Lucia de Lammermoor, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Fedora, Turandot
- Jessye Norman, soprano (Geoffrey Parsons, accompanist) - Handel, Schubert, Schumann: Lieder (Jessye Norman - Live at Hohenems)
- Arleen Auger, soprano (Dalton Baldwin, accompanist) - Love Songs (Copland, R. Strauss, Poulenc, Mahler, Schumann, Gounod, Schubert)
- Christa Ludwig, soprano (James Levine, accompanist) - Schubert: Winterreise
- Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano (Gilbert Kalish, accompanist) - Songs of America (Stephen Foster, Elliott Carter, Ruth Crawford, Milton Babbitt, George Crumb, Carri
Best Comedy Recording
- Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam
- George Carlin - What Am I Doing in New Jersey?
- Jonathan Winters - Jonathan Winters Finally Captured
- Weird Al Yankovic - Even Worse
- Whoopi Goldberg - Fontaine: Why Am I Straight?
Best Contemporary Blues Recording
- Robert Cray Band - Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
- Bobby Bland - Blues You Can Use
- Etta James - Seven Year Itch
- Robben Ford - Talk to Your Daughter
- Ry Cooder - LOW-COMMOTION Lyrics
Best Contemporary Composition
- Edo de Waart conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's - Nixon in China
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; soloists - A Quiet Place
- Suzanne Stephens, clarinet - Amour
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - String Symphony
- Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Orchestra; Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano - Symphony No. 4
Best Contemporary Folk Recording
- Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
- John Prine - John Prine Live
- Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked
- Sweet Honey in the Rock - Emergency
Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
- Asleep at the Wheel - Sugarfoot Rag
- Leo Kottke - Busy Signal
- Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller - Country Idyll
- Johnny Gimble - Still Fiddlin' Around
- Carlton Moody & the Moody Brothers - The Great Train Song Medley
Best Country & Western Song
Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration
- Roy Orbison, k.d. lang - Crying
- k.d. lang, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells - Honky Tonk Angels' Medley
- Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash - It's Such a Small World
- Dwight Yoakan, Buck Owens - Streets of Bakersfield
- Earl Thomas Conley, Emmylou Harris - We Believe in Happy Endings
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
Best Engineered Recording
Best Engineered Recording - Classical
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Verdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Mozart: Great C Minor Mass
- Bernard Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (Complete)
- Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Best Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
- Winans - The Winans Live at Carnegie Hall
- First Call - An Evening in December, Vol. 2
- DeGarmo & Key - D&K
- Whites - Doing It by the Book
- BeBe & CeCe Winans - Silent Night, Holy Night
Best Gospel Performance - Female
- Amy Grant - Lead Me On Lyrics
- Deniece Williams - Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Delores Winans - Precious Is the Name
- Margaret Becker - The Reckoning
- Sandi Patti - Almighty God
Best Gospel Performance - Male
- Larnelle Harris - Christmas
- Steve Green - Find Us Faithful
- Michael W. Smith - I 2 (Eye)
- Steven Curtis Chapman - Real Life Conversations
- Russ Taff - Russ Taff
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
Best Historical Album
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
- Cleo Laine - No One Is Alone
- Boz Scaggs - Funny
- Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr. - I Wish I'd Met You
- Thomas Dolby - The Keys to Her Ferrari
- Luciano Pavarotti - Volare Lyrics
Best Instrumental Composition
- Mike Post - Mike Post
- Chick Corea Elektric Band - Chick Corea
- Vancouver Symphony - David Foster
- John Williams - track from 1988 Summer Olympics album - John Williams
Best Jazz Fusion Performance
- Yellowjackets - Politics
- Tom Scott - Amaretto
- David Benoit - Every Step of the Way
- John Patitucci - John Patitucci
- Lyle Mays - Sweet Dreams
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
- Gil Evans & the Monday Night Orchestra - Bud and Bird
- Bill Holman Band - Bill Holman Band
- Woody Herman's Thundering Herd - Ebony
- Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band - Jacquet's Got It!
- Gene Harris All-Star Big Band - Tribute to Count Basie
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
- McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, David Murray, Cecil McBee, Roy Haynes - Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
- Chick Corea Elektric Band - Amnesia
- Branford Marsalis Quartet - Random Abstract
- Keith Jarrett Trio - Still Live
- Wynton Marsalis Quartet - The Wynton Marsalis Quartet Live at Blues Alley
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
- Michael Brecker - Don't Try This at Home
- Rob Wasserman - Duets
- Miles Davis - Music from Siesta
- Branford Marsalis - Random Abstract
- Wynton Marsalis - The Wynton Marsalis Quartet Live at Blues Alley
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
- Take 6 - Spread Love
- Lena Horne, Joe Williams - I Won't Leave You Again
- Jackie Cain, Roy Krat - One More Rose
- Cunninghams - Strings 'n' Swing I Remember Bird
- Carmen McRae, Betty Carter - The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female
- Betty Carter - Look What I Got!
- Rickie Lee Jones - Autumn Leaves
- Carmen McRae - Fine and Mellow
- Peggy Lee - Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues
- Lena Horne - The Men in My Life
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
- Bobby McFerrin - Brothers
- Mel Torme - A Vintage Year
- Mose Allison - Every Since the World Ended
- Joao Gilberto - Live in Montreaux
- Mark Murphy - September Ballads
Best Latin Pop Performance
- Roberto Carlos - Roberto Carlos
- Dyango - Cae la Noche
- Raphael - Las Apariencias Enganan
- Jose Jose - Soy Asi
- Jose Luis Perales - Sueno de Libertad
Best Mexican-American Performance
- Linda Ronstadt - Canciones de Mi Padre
- Flaco Jimenez - Flaco's Amigos
- Los Tigres del Norte - Idolos del Pueblo
- Jose Javier Solis - No Me Olvidaras
- Los Yonics - Petalo y Espinas
- Pio Trevino & Majic - Quiero Verte Otra Vez
- Los Bukis - Si Me Recuerdas
- Los Freddy's - Vida Nueva
Best Musical Cast Show Album
- Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg. Stephen Sondheim, music and lyrics - Into the Woods
- Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stratas, Nancy Culp, Lillian Gish, others. John McGlinn conducting the London Sinfonietta. Jerome Kern, composer; Oscar Hammerstein, lyricist - Show Boat
- Maureen McGovern, Larry Kert, Jack Gilford. Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the New York Choral Artists & Orchestra of St. Luke's. George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin - Of Thee I Sing/Let 'Em Eat Cake
Best New Age Performance
- Shadowfax - Folksongs for a Nuclear Village
- Mark Isham - Castalia
- Paul Winter - Down in Belgorod
- Steve Khan, Rob Mounsey - Local Color
- Suzanne Ciani - Neverland
Best Opera Recording
- Georg Solti conducting the Vienna State Opera Choir and Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova, Hans Sotin) - Wagner: Lohengrin
- Edo de Waart conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's (solos: Sanford Sylvan, James Maddalena, Thomas Hammons, John Duykers, Carolann Page) - Adams: Nixon in China
- John Pritchard conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Luciano Pavarotti, Agnes Baltsa, Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberova, Leo Nucci) - Mozart: Idomeneo
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Austrian Radio Symphony (solos: Chester Ludgin, Beverly Morgan, John Brandstetter, Peter Kazaras, Jean Kraft, Wendy White) - Bernstein, Wadsworth: A Quiet Place
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of Santa Cecilia (solos: Angelina Reaux, Jerry Hadley, Barbara Daniels, Thomas Hampson) - Puccini: La Boheme
- Richard Bonynge conducting the Welsh National Opera Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballe, Samuel Ramey) - Bellini: Norma
Best Orchestral Recording
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Sunday Morning, Eagles, Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony - Rorem: String Symphony
- Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Copland: Appalachian Spring (Complete); Letter from Home; John Henry; Cortege Macabre from Grohg
- Roger Norrington conducting the London Classical Players - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
Best Polka Recording
- Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra - Born to Polka
- Jimmy Weber & the Sounds - Sounds from a Polka Party
- Lenny Gomulka's Chicago Push - Join the Polka Generation
- Stas Bulanda's Average Polka Band - Let's Have a Party
- Walter Ostanek & His Band - All Aboard It's Polka Time
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- David Sanborn - Close-Up
- Joe Satriani - Always with Me, Always with You
- Mike Post - Music from L.A. Law and Otherwise
- M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume
- Kenny G - Silhouette
Best Rap Performance
Best Recording for Children
- Candle - The Bible: The Amazing Book
Best Reggae Recording
- Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - Conscious Party
- Jimmy Cliff - Hanging Fire
- Toots - Toots in Memphis
- UB40 - UB40
- UB40, Chrissie Hynde - Breakfast in Bed
Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
- Chick Corea - Light Years
- Cornell Dupree & Who It Is - Coast to Coast
- Paul Jackson Jr. - I Came to Play
- George Howard - Reflections
- Gerald Albright - So Amazing
- Doc Powell - What's Going On
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Anita Baker, Skip Scarborough - Giving You the Best That I Got
- Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons - Don't Be Cruel
- Jimmy George - I'll Always Love You
- Johnny Kemp, Gene Griffin - Just Got Paid
- Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller - Any Love
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
- Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
- Luther Vandross - Any Love Lyrics
- Stevie Wonder - Characters
- Teddy Pendergrass - Joy
- Al B. Sure - Nite and Day
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Best Song written specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
- Phil Collins - Two Hearts (Buster)
- Whitney Houston - One Moment in Time (1988 Summer Olympic Album One Moment in Time)
- Beach Boys - Kokomo (Cocktail)
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
- Take 6 - Take 6
- Clark Sisters - Conqueror
- New Jersey Mass Choir - Hold Up the Light
- Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples - Oh Happy Days
- Ronald Winans Family & Friends Choir - Ron Winans Family and Friends Choir
- Edwin Hawkins - That Name
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female
- Aretha Franklin - One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
- CeCe Winans - I Have a Father
- Shirley Caesar - Live ...in Chicago
- Vanessa Bell Armstrong - Pressing On
- Tremaine Hawkins - The Joy That Floods My Soul
Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male
- BeBe Winans - Abundant Life
- Melvin Williams - Back to the Cross
- Marvin Winans - Dancin' in the Spirit
- Walter Hawkins - solo tracks from Special Gift
- Richard Smallwood - You Did It All
Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording
- Rev. Jesse Jackson - Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson, July 27 - track from Aretha Franklin's One Lord, One Faith, One Baptis
- John Gielgud - A Christmas Carol
- Jonathan Winters - Winters' Tale
- various artists, Garrison Keillor - A Prairie Home Companion: The 2nd Annual Farewell Performance
- John Cleese - The Screwtape Letters
Best Traditional Blues Recording
- Willie Dixon - Hidden Charms
- Guitar Slim Jr. - The Story of My Life
- James Cotton - Live at Antone's Nightclub
- Johnny Copeland - Ain't Nothin' but a Party
- Rockin' Dopsie - Saturday Night Zydecko
Best Traditional Folk Recording
- various artists - Folkways: A Vision Shared - A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
- Bob Dylan - Pretty Boy Floyd
- Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir - Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Journey of Dreams
- Van Morrison, Chieftains - Irish Heartbeat
Best Tropical Latin Performance
- Ruben Blades, Son de Solar - Antecedente
- Oscar D'Leon - La Salsa Soy Yo
- Pete Escovedo - Mister E.
- Johnny Pacheco, Pete El Conde Rodriguez - Salsobita
- Eddie Santiago - Sigo Astrevido
Classical Producer of the Year
- Robert Woods
- Thomas Frost
- Andrew Cornall
- Joanna Nickrenz
- Steven Epstein
Hall of Fame
- Artur Schnabel & Malcolm Sargent conducting the London Symphony (1,5) & London Philharmonic (2, 3, 4) - Beethoven: Concertos for Pianos Nos. 1-5
- Bela Bartok, piano; Joseph Szigeti, violin; Benny Goodman, clarinet - Bartok: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
- Billie Holiday - Love Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
- Charlie Parker Sextet - Ornithology
- Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land Lyrics
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