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    Album of the Year

    • David Shire
      Winners
      • Thomas J. Valentino(producer)
      • David Shire(producer)
      • William Salter(producer)
      • Karl Richardson(producer)
      • Freddie Perren(producer)
      • Bill Oakes(producer)
      • Bobby Martin(producer)
      • Arif Mardin(producer)
      • Ralph MacDonald(producer)
      • Ron Kersey(producer)
      • Albhy Galuten(producer)
      • The Bee Gees(artist)
      • Broadway Eddie(producer)
      • Harry Wayne Casey(producer)
      • Richard Finch(producer)
      • Barry Gibb
      • Robert Johnson
      • Maurice Gibb
      • MFSB
      • Walter Murphy
      For "Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack" (Various Artists)
      • Colin Davis
      • Vittorio Negri
      For "Sibelius: Symphonies (Complete)"
    • The Rolling Stones (Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts)
      Charlie Watts
      • The Rolling Stones
      • Charlie Watts
      For "Some Girls"
    • Olivia Newton-John
      • Olivia Newton-John
      • Albhy Galuten
      • Karl Richardson
      • Barry Gibb
      • John Farrar
      For "Grease (Original Soundtrack)"
    • Barry Manilow
      • Barry Manilow
      For "Even Now"

    Best Album Notes

    • Winner
      • Mike Brooks(album notes writer)
      For "A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I & II" artist: Bing Crosby
      • Dan Morgenstern
      For "The Individualism Of Pee Wee Russell"
    • Leonard Feather
      • Leonard Feather
      For "Ellington At Carnegie Hall 1943"

    Best Album Package

    • Winners
      • Tony Lane(art director)
      • Johnny Lee(art director)
      For "Boys In The Trees" artist: Carly Simon
      • John Berg
      For "Heads"
      • Tony Lane
      For "Bruce Roberts"
      • Johnny Lee
      For "Out Ot The Woods"

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

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      7.6 (227K)
      John Williams
    • John Williams
      Winner
      • John Williams(composer)
      For "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" artist: John Williams
    • [object Object]

      Battlestar Galactica

      7.2 (19K)
      Stu Phillips
      John Andrew Tartaglia
      Sue Collins
      Glen A. Larson
      For episode "Pilot (#1.0)".
    • [object Object]

      Holocaust

      8.0 (5.8K)
      Morton Gould
    • [object Object]

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (92K)
      Giorgio Moroder
      Billy Hayes
      Oliver Stone
    • [object Object]

      Revenge of the Pink Panther

      6.6 (24K)
      Henry Mancini(composer)
      Leslie Bricusse(lyricist)
    • Leslie Bricusse
      • Leslie Bricusse
      For "Revenge Of The Pink Panther"
    • Morton Gould
      • Morton Gould
      For "Holocaust: The Story Of The Family Weiss"
      • David Castle
      For "Midnight Express"

    Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

    • Maurice White
      Winner
      • Maurice White(arranger)
      For "Got To Get You Into My Life" artist: Earth, Wind & Fire
    • Chick Corea
      • Chick Corea(artist)
      For "Falling Alice"
      • Robert Freedman
      For "It Happens Very Softly"

    Best Arrangement for Voices

    • "The Bee Gees" Barry Gibb
      "The Bee Gees" Maurice Gibb
      Winners
      • Barry Gibb
      • Maurice Gibb
      For "Stayin' Alive" artist: Bee Gees
    • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
      • Quincy Jones
      For "Stuff Like That"
    • McCoy Tyner
      • McCoy Tyner
      For "Rotunda"
      • Gene Puerling
      For "Cry Me A River"

    Best Cast Show Album

    • Winner
      • Thomas Z. Shepard(producer)
      For "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Various Artists)
      • Thomas Z. Shepard
      For "The King And I"
    • Adolph Green
      Betty Comden
      • Adolph Green
      • Cy Coleman
      • Betty Comden
      For "On The Twentieth Century"

    Best Chamber Music Performance

    • Itzhak Perlman at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
      Winners
      • Vladimir Ashkenazy(artist)
      • Itzhak Perlman(artist)
      For "Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin And Piano"
      • Pierre Boulez(artist)
      For "Berg: Chamber Concerto For Piano And Violin/ Four Pieces For Clarinet And Piano"
    • Itzhak Perlman at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
      • Itzhak Perlman(artist)
      • Pinchas Zukerman
      For "Duets For Two Violins"
    • Artur Rubinstein
      • Artur Rubinstein
      • Guarneri Quartet
      For "Mozart: Quartets For Piano And Strings"
    • Mstislav Rostropovich in Soldiers of Music (1991)
      • Mstislav Rostropovich
      For "Schubert: Quintet In C Major For Strings"
      • Martha Argerich
      For "Bartók: Sonata For 2 Pianos And Percussion/ Mozart: Andante With 5 Variations For Piano, 4 Hands/ Debussy: En Blanc Et Noir For 2 Pianos"
      • David Munrow
      For "The Art Of The Recorder"
      • John Williams
      For "John Williams And Friends"
      • Peter Oundjian
      For "Bartók: Quartet No. 2 For Strings, Op. 17 And Quartet No. 6"

    Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera)

    • Winners
      • Georg Solti(conductor)
      • Margaret Hills
      For "Beethoven: Missa Solemnis" artist: Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra
      • Georg Solti(artist)
      For "Walton: Belshazzar's Feast"
    • Leonard Bernstein conducting "Quiz Concert: How Musicscal Are You?" to be broadcast on "The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People" December 10, 1978
      • Leonard Bernstein(artist)
      For "Haydn: Mass No. 9 In D Minor ("Lord Nelson Mass")"
    • Leonard Bernstein conducting "Quiz Concert: How Musicscal Are You?" to be broadcast on "The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People" December 10, 1978
      • Leonard Bernstein(artist)
      For "Stravinsky: Les Noces And Mass"
      • Leonard Slatkin
      For "Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky"
      • Neville Marriner
      For "Bach: Mass In B Minor"
    • Norbert Balatsch
      • Norbert Balatsch
      • Riccardo Muti
      For "Vivaldi: Gloria In D Major And Magnificat"

    Best Classical Album

    • Itzhak Perlman at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
      Winners
      • Carlo Maria Giulini(artist)
      • Itzhak Perlman(artist)
      • Christopher Bishop(producer)
      For "Brahms: Concerto For Violin In D"
      • Vladimir Horowitz
      For "Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee) (Album)"

    Best Classical Orchestral Performance

    • Herbert von Karajan
      Winners
      • Herbert von Karajan(conductor)
      • Michel Glotz
      For "Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete)" artist: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
      • Pierre Boulez(artist)
      • Andrew Kazdin
      For "Varese: Ameriques/ Arcana/ Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese)"
    • Andre Previn circa 1960s
      • André Previn
      • Christopher Bishop
      For "Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony"
    • Andre Previn circa 1960s
      • André Previn
      • Christopher Bishop
      For "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5"
      • Leonard Slatkin
      • Joanna Nickrenz
      For "Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor"
    • Zubin Mehta
      • Zubin Mehta
      • Andrew Kazdin
      For "Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring"
      • Carlo Maria Giulini
      • Christopher Bishop
      For "Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor"
      • Neville Marriner
      • Vittorio Negri
      For "Holst: The Planets"
      • Claudio Abbado
      For "Mahler: Symphony No. 4 In G Major"
      • Ken-David Masur
      For "Mendelssohn: Symphonies (5) Complete"

    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)

    • Winner
      • Vladimir Horowitz(artist)
      For "Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee)" artist: New York Philharmonic
    • Itzhak Perlman at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
      • Itzhak Perlman(artist)
      For "Brahms: Concerto For Violin In D Major"
    • Emanuel Ax
      • Emanuel Ax
      For "Chopin: Concerto No. 2 In F Minor For Piano"
    • Mstislav Rostropovich in Soldiers of Music (1991)
      • Mstislav Rostropovich
      For "Dvorák: Concerto For Cello in B Minor/ Saint-Saens: Concerto For Cello No. 1 In A Minor"
      • Murray Perahia
      For "Mozart: Concertos For Piano Nos. 21 In C Major And 9 In E Flat"
      • Rudolf Serkin
      For "Rudolf Serkin On Television"

    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)

    • Winner
      • Vladimir Horowitz(artist)
      For "The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78"
      • Maurizio Pollini
      For "Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas"
      • Paul Jacobs
      For "Debussy: Preludes For Piano, Books I and II"
      • Alfred Brendel
      For "Bach: Italian Concerto/Choral Prelude/Prelude S922 /Chromatic Fantasy And Fugue/Fantasy And Fugue (Album)"

    Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

    • Luciano Pavarotti
      Winner
      • Luciano Pavarotti(artist)
      For "Hits From Lincoln Center"
      • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
      For "Wagner: Arias"
      • Christa Ludwig
      For "Brahms: Alto Rhapsody"
    • Marilyn Horne
      • Marilyn Horne
      For "Ravel: Sheherazade"
    • Maria Callas circa 1955
      • Maria Callas
      For "Maria Callas/The Legend, The Unreleased Recordings (Album)"

    Best Comedy Recording

    • Steve Martin
      Winner
      • Steve Martin
      For the Album "A Wild and Crazy Guy"
    • Lily Tomlin
      • Lily Tomlin
      For the Album "On Stage"
    • Richard Pryor
      • Richard Pryor
      For the album "The Wizard Of Comedy".

    Best Country Instrumental Performance

    • Ray Benson
      Winners
      • Asleep at the Wheel(artist)
      • Floyd Domino
      • Ray Benson
      • Lucky Oceans
      For "One O'Clock Jump"
      • Doc Watson
      • Merle Watson
      For "Under The Double Eagle"
      • Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass
      For "Cookin' Country"

    Best Country Song

    • Winner
      • Don Schlitz(songwriter)
      For "The Gambler" artist: Kenny Rogers

    Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group

    • Waylon Jennings at an event for Good Morning America (1975)
      Willie Nelson in The Big Bounce (2004)
      Winners
      • Waylon Jennings(artist)
      • Willie Nelson(artist)
      For "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"
    • Kenny Rogers
      Dottie West in Hee Haw (1969)
      • Kenny Rogers
      • Dottie West
      For "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight"
      • The Oak Ridge Boys
      For "Cryin' Again"
      • Charlie Rich
      For "On My Knees"
      • The Statler Brothers
      For "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine"

    Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

    • Dolly Parton
      Winner
      • Dolly Parton(artist)
      For "Here You Come Again"
    • Emmylou Harris
      • Emmylou Harris
      For "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town"
    • Anne Murray
      • Anne Murray
      For "Walk Right Back"
    • Crystal Gayle
      • Crystal Gayle
      For "Talkin' In Your Sleep"
    • Barbara Mandrell
      • Barbara Mandrell
      For "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed"

    Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

    • Willie Nelson in The Big Bounce (2004)
      Winner
      • Willie Nelson(artist)
      For "Georgia On My Mind"
    • Ronnie Milsap
      • Ronnie Milsap
      For "Let's Take The Long Way Around The World"
    • Kenny Rogers
      • Kenny Rogers
      For "Love Or Something Like It"
    • Elvis Presley
      • Elvis Presley
      For "Softly, As I Leave You"
    • Waylon Jennings at an event for Good Morning America (1975)
      • Waylon Jennings
      For "I've Always Been Crazy"

    Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

    • Winners
      • Roger Nichols(engineer)
      • Al Schmitt(engineer)
      For "FM (No Static At All)" artist: Steely Dan
    • Alan Parsons
      • Alan Parsons
      For "Pyramid"

    Best Engineered Recording, Classical

    • Winners
      • Edward T. Graham(artist)
      • Arthur Kendy(engineer)
      • Ray Moore
      For "Varese: Ameriques/Arcana/Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese)" artist: Pierre Boulez
      • Jack Renner
      For "Frederick Fennell - Cleveland Symphonic Winds"
      • Marc Aubort
      For "Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky"
      • George Massenburg
      For "All 'N All"
      • Vittorio Negri
      For "Holst: The Planets"
      • Vittorio Negri
      For "Bach: Mass In B Minor"
      • Paul Goodman
      For "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique"
      • Doug Sax
      For "Wagner: Ride Of The Valkyries/ Tristan: Prelude Act I/ Gotterdammerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music/ Siegfried:Forest Mumurs"

    Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording

    • Muddy Waters
      Winner
      • Muddy Waters(artist)
      For "I'm Ready"
      • Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band
      For "Clifton Chenier And His Red Hot Louisiana Band In New Orleans"

    Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational

    • Winner
      • Larry Hart(artist)
      For "What A Friend"
      • Dony McGuire
      For "Destined To Be Yours"

    Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

    • Winner
      • The Happy Goodman Family(artist)
      For "Refreshing"
      • The Blackwood Brothers
      For "His Amazing Love"
      • George Beverly Shea
      For "The Old Rugged Cross"

    Best Historical Repackage Album

    • Winner
      • Michael Brooks
      For "The Lester Young Story, Vol. 3" artist: Lester Young
      • Michael Brooks
      For "A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I And II"
      • Bob Porter
      For "The Greatest Group Of Them All"

    Best Inspirational Performance

    • B.J. Thomas
      Winner
      • B.J. Thomas(artist)
      For "Happy Man"
    • Debby Boone
      • Debby Boone
      For "First Class"
    • Billy Preston
      • Billy Preston
      For "Behold"
      • Anita Kerr
      For "Precious Memories"
      • Larry Hart
      For "Goin' Up In Smoke"
    • Tennessee Ernie Ford c. 1960
      • Tennessee Ernie Ford
      For "He Touched Me"

    Best Instrumental Arrangement

    • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
      Winners
      • Robert Freedman(arranger)
      • Quincy Jones(arranger)
      For "The Wiz Main Title - Overture Part One"
    • Chick Corea
      • Chick Corea(artist)
      For "Mad Hatter Rhapsody"
      • Alan Broadbent
      For "Aja"

    Best Instrumental Composition

    • John Williams
      Winner
      • John Williams(artist)
      For "Theme From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" artist: John Williams
    • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
      • Quincy Jones
      For "End Of The Yellow Brick Road"
    • Chick Corea
      • Chick Corea(artist)
      For "Friends"
    • Chuck Mangione
      • Chuck Mangione
      For "Consuelo's Love Theme"
      • Lee Ritenour
      For "The Captain's Journey"

    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

    • Winners
      • Mel Lewis(artist)
      • Thad Jones(artist)
      For "Live In Munich"
      • Rob McConnell
      For "Big Band Jazz"
    • Dexter Gordon
      • Dexter Gordon
      For "Sophisticated Giant"
      • Thad Jones
      For "Thad Jones Greetings And Salutations"

    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

    • Chick Corea
      Winner
      • Chick Corea(artist)
      For "Friends"
    • Stan Getz
      • Stan Getz
      For "The Peacocks"
      • Phil Woods
      For "Song For Sisyphus"

    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

    • Oscar Peterson in Life and Times (1996)
      Winner
      • Oscar Peterson(soloist)
      For "Montreaux '77 - Oscar Peterson Jam"
    • Stan Getz
      • Stan Getz
      For "Stan Getz Gold"
    • Dexter Gordon
      • Dexter Gordon
      For "Sophisticated Giant"

    Best Jazz Vocal Performance

    • Al Jarreau
      Winner
      • Al Jarreau(artist)
      For "All Fly Home"
    • Ray Charles, c. 1967.
      • Ray Charles
      For "True To Life"
    • Sarah Vaughan, c. 1945.
      • Sarah Vaughan
      For "How Long Has This Been Going On"
    • Mel Tormé
      • Mel Tormé
      For "Together Again - For The First Time"

    Best Latin Recording

    • Tito Puente in Calle 54 (2000)
      Winner
      • Tito Puente(artist)
      For "Homenaje a Beny More"
    • Laurindo Almeida
      • Laurindo Almeida
      For "Laurindo Almeida Trio"
    • Eddie Palmieri
      • Eddie Palmieri
      • Eddie Palmieri Sr.
      For "Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo"
      • Mongo Santamaria
      For "Mongo A La Carte"

    Best New Artist

    • Winner
      • A Taste of Honey(artist)
    • Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro, David Hungate, Bobby Kimball, and TOTO
      Jeff Porcaro
      Steve Lukather at the premiere for Crazy.
      • TOTO
      • Jeff Porcaro
      • Steve Lukather
    • David Paich
      • David Paich
    • Elvis Costello
      • Elvis Costello
    • Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, Ben Orr, David Robinson, and The Cars
      • The Cars

    Best Opera Recording

    • Winners
      • Julius Rudel(conductor)
      • John Coveney(producer)
      • George Sponhaltz(producer)
      For "Lehar: The Merry Widow" artist: New York City Opera Orchestra
      • Colin Davis
      • Erik Smith
      For "Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito"
    • Herbert von Karajan
      • Herbert von Karajan
      • Michel Glotz
      For "(R.) Strauss: Salome (Album)"
    • Zubin Mehta
      • Zubin Mehta
      • Günther Breest
      For "Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West"
      • Julius Rudel
      • Christopher Bishop
      For "Charpentier: Louise (Album)"

    Best Pop Instrumental Performance

    • Chuck Mangione
      Winner
      • Chuck Mangione
      For "Children Of Sanchez"
    • John Williams
      • John Williams
      For "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"
    • Henry Mancini
      • Henry Mancini
      For "The Pink Panther Theme ('78)"
    • Chet Atkins
      Les Paul
      • Chet Atkins
      • Les Paul
      For "Guitar Monsters"
    • Zubin Mehta
      • Zubin Mehta
      For "Star Wars And Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"

    Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus

    • Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, and The Bee Gees
      "The Bee Gees" Barry Gibb
      "The Bee Gees" Maurice Gibb
      Winners
      • The Bee Gees(artist)
      • Barry Gibb
      • Maurice Gibb
      For "Saturday Night Fever"
    • Philip Bailey, Earth Wind & Fire, Ralph Johnson, and Verdine White at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
      Philip Bailey
      • Earth Wind & Fire
      • Philip Bailey
      For "Got To Get You Into My Life"
    • Roberta Flack
      • Roberta Flack
      • Donny Hathaway
      For "The Closer I Get To You"
    • Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, and Steely Dan
      Donald Fagen
      Walter Becker of Steely Dan performs during the band's 'Jamalot Ever After Summer Tour 2014' at Concord Pavilion on July 10, 2014 in Concord, Calif.
      • Steely Dan
      • Donald Fagen
      • Walter Becker
      For "FM (No Static At All)"
    • Lionel Richie
      Lionel Richie, William King, Ronald La Pread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, Milan Williams, and The Commodores
      • Lionel Richie
      • The Commodores
      • Thomas McClary
      For "Three Times A Lady"
    • Lionel Richie
      • Lionel Richie
      For "Natural High"

    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

    • Anne Murray
      Winner
      • Anne Murray(artist)
      For "You Needed Me"
    • Donna Summer in Donna Summer: She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
      • Donna Summer(artist)
      For "Mac Arthur Park"
    • Barbra Streisand at an event for The Guilt Trip (2012)
      • Barbra Streisand(artist)
      For "You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Solo Version) (Track)"
    • Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Ken Sansom, and Carly Simon in Piglet's Big Movie (2003)
      • Carly Simon
      For "You Belong To Me"
    • Olivia Newton-John
      • Olivia Newton-John
      For "Hopelessly Devoted To You"

    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

    • Barry Manilow
      Winner
      • Barry Manilow(artist)
      For "Copacabana (At The Copa)"
      • Dan Hill
      For "Sometimes When We Touch"

    Best R&B Instrumental Performance

    • Philip Bailey, Earth Wind & Fire, Ralph Johnson, and Verdine White at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
      Philip Bailey
      Winners
      • Earth Wind & Fire(artist)
      • Philip Bailey
      For "Runnin'"
    • Stanley Clarke at an event for Undercover Brother (2002)
      • Stanley Clarke
      For "Modern Man"
    • Steve Ferrone in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)
      • Steve Ferrone
      For "Sweet And Sour (Track)"
      • Brothers Johnson
      For "Streetwave (Track)"

    Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus

    • Philip Bailey, Earth Wind & Fire, Ralph Johnson, and Verdine White at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
      Philip Bailey
      Winners
      • Earth Wind & Fire(artist)
      • Philip Bailey
      For "All 'n All"
    • Michael Jackson
      Diana Ross in Mahogany (1975)
      • Michael Jackson(artist)
      • Diana Ross
      For "Ease On Down The Road (Single)"
    • Lionel Richie
      • Lionel Richie
      For "Easy"
    • Lionel Richie
      Lionel Richie, William King, Ronald La Pread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, Milan Williams, and The Commodores
      • Lionel Richie
      • The Commodores
      For "Natural High"

    Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

    • Donna Summer in Donna Summer: She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
      Winner
      • Donna Summer(artist)
      For "Last Dance"
    • Aretha Franklin
      • Aretha Franklin
      For "Almighty Fire"
    • Natalie Cole
      • Natalie Cole
      For "Our Love"
    • Chaka Khan
      • Chaka Khan
      For "I'm Every Woman"

    Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

    • George Benson
      Winner
      • George Benson(artist)
      For "On Broadway"
    • Ray Charles, c. 1967.
      • Ray Charles
      For "I Can See Clearly Now"
    • Lou Rawls
      • Lou Rawls
      For "When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All"
    • Teddy Pendergrass live in Los Angeles
      • Teddy Pendergrass
      For "Close The Door (Single)"

    Best Recording for Children

    • Jim Henson at an event for The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989)
      Winners
      • Jim Henson(produced and performed by)
      • Frank Oz(performed by)
      • Jerry Nelson(performed by)
      • Richard Hunt(performed by)
      • Dave Goelz(performed by)
      For "The Muppet Show" artist: The Muppets
    • [object Object]

      Charlie Brown's All Stars!

      7.5 (1.7K)
      Vince Guaraldi(composed and produced by)
      Bill Melendez(performed and produced by)
      Peter Robbins(performed by)
      Christopher Shea(performed by)
      Ann Altieri(performed by)
      Glenn Mendelson(performed by)
      Lynn Vanderlip(performed by)
      Geoffrey Ornstein(performed by)
      Karen Mendelson(performed by)
    • [object Object]

      The Hobbit

      6.7 (18K)
      Maury Laws(composed by)
      Orson Bean(performed by)
      John Huston(performed by)
      Hans Conried(performed by)
    • David Bowie
      • David Bowie
      For "Peter And The Wolf"
    • Jim Henson at an event for The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989)
      • Jim Henson
      For "Sesame Street Fever"

    Best Rhythm & Blues Song

    • Paul Jabara
      Winner
      • Paul Jabara(songwriter)
      For "Last Dance" artist: Donna Summer
    • Lionel Richie
      • Lionel Richie
      For "Easy"
    • Lionel Richie
      • Lionel Richie
      For "Brick House"
    • Nile Rodgers
      • Nile Rodgers
      For "Dance Dance Dance"
    • Kenny Gamble
      • Kenny Gamble
      For "Use Ta Be My Girl"

    Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary

    • Winner
      • Andraé Crouch(artist)
      For "Live In London"
    • Shirley Caesar at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
      • Shirley Caesar
      For "Reach Out And Touch"
    • Walter Hawkins
      • Walter Hawkins
      For "Love Alive II"
      • Loleatta Holloway
      For "You Light Up My Life"

    Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional

    • Winner
      • The Mighty Clouds of Joy(artist)
      For "Live And Direct"
      • James Cleveland
      • The Charles Fold Singers
      For "Tomorrow"
      • James Cleveland
      For "I Don't Feel Noways Tired"

    Best Spoken Word Recording

    • Orson Welles
      Winner
      • Orson Welles(artist)
      For "Citizen Kane"
    • Stan Cornyn
      • Stan Cornyn
      For "Roots"
    • Henry Fonda "Spencer's Mountain" 1963 Warner Bros.
      • Henry Fonda
      For "John Steinbeck: The Grapes Of Wrath (Excerpts)"
    • Claire Bloom
      • Claire Bloom
      For "Wuthering Heights (Album)"

    Producer of the Year

    • Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, and The Bee Gees
      Winners
      • The Bee Gees(producer)
      • Albhy Galuten(producer)
      • Karl Richardson(producer)
      • Maurice Gibb
    • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
      • Quincy Jones
    • Phil Ramone
      • Phil Ramone(engineer)
    • Peter Asher
      • Peter Asher
    • Alan Parsons
      • Alan Parsons
    • "The Bee Gees" Barry Gibb
      • Barry Gibb

    Record of the Year

    • Billy Joel
      Phil Ramone
      Winners
      • Billy Joel(artist)
      • Phil Ramone(producer)
      For "Just The Way You Are"
    • Anne Murray
      • Anne Murray
      For "You Needed Me"
    • Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, and The Bee Gees
      • The Bee Gees
      • Albhy Galuten
      • Karl Richardson
      • Barry Gibb
      • Maurice Gibb
      For "Stayin' Alive"
    • Chuck Mangione
      • Chuck Mangione
      For "Feels So Good"

    Song of the Year

    • Billy Joel
      Winner
      • Billy Joel(songwriter)
      For "Just The Way You Are" artist: Billy Joel
    • Alan Bergman
      Marilyn Bergman
      Neil Diamond
      • Alan Bergman
      • Marilyn Bergman
      • Neil Diamond
      For "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
    • Lionel Richie
      • Lionel Richie
      For "Three Times A Lady"
    • "The Bee Gees" Barry Gibb
      "The Bee Gees" Maurice Gibb
      • Barry Gibb
      • Maurice Gibb
      For "Stayin' Alive"

    Trustees Award

    • Frank Sinatra
      Winner
      • Frank Sinatra(artist)
    • Winner
      • Goddard Lieberson

    Album of the Year, Classical

    • Herbert von Karajan
      • Herbert von Karajan
      • Michel Glotz
      For "Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete"
      • Carlo Maria Giulini
      • Günther Breest
      For "Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 In E Minor ("New World")"
      • Neville Marriner
      • Vittorio Negri
      For "Bach: Mass In B Minor"
      • Claudio Abbado
      For "Mahler: Symphony No. 4 In G Major"
      • John Pfeiffer
      For "Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee)"

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    Event date

    February 15, 1979

    Event location

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