Record of the Year
Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
Album of the Year
Double Fantasy
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Song of the Year
Bette Davis Eyes
Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon - songwriters
Best New Artist
Sheena Easton
Best Pop Vocal Performance Male
Breakin Away
Al Jarreau
Best Pop Vocal Performance Female
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Live On Broadway
Lena Horne
Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal
Boy From New York City
Manhattan Transfer
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
The Theme From Hill Street Blues
Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton
Best Rock Vocal Performance Male
Jessie's Girl
Rick Springfield
Best Rock Vocal Performance Female
Fire and Ice
Pat Benatar
Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Police
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Behind My Camel
Police
Best Rhythm and Blues Song
Just the Two of Us
Bill Withers, William Salter and
Ralph MacDonald - songwriters
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance Male
One Hundred Ways
James Ingram
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance Female
Hold On I'm Comin'
Aretha Franklin
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By aDuo or Group With Vocal
The Dude
Quincy Jones
Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance
All I Need Is You
David Sanborn
Best Jazz Vocal Performance Male
Blue Rondo a la Turk
Al Jarreau
Best Jazz Vocal Performance Female
Digital III at Montreux
Ella Fitzgerald
Best Jazz Vocal Performance Duo or Group
Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)
Manhattan Transfer
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist
Bye Bye Blackbird
John Coltrane
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Group
Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert -
Zurich, October 28, 1979
Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Big Band
Walk on the Water
Gerry Mulligan and His Orchestra
Best Jazz Fusion Performance Vocal or Instrumental
Winelight
Grover Washington, Jr.
Best Country Song
9 to 5
Dolly Parton - songwriter
Best Country Vocal Performance Male
(There's) No Gettin' Over Me
Ronnie Milsap
Best Country Vocal Performance Female
9 to 5
Dolly Parton
Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal
Elvira
Oak Ridge Boys
Best Country Instrumental Performance Country
After All These Years
Chet Atkins
Best Gospel Performance Contemporary or Inspirational
Priority
Imperials
Best Gospel Performance Traditional
The Masters V
J.D. Sumner, James Blackwood, Hovie Lister,
Rosie Rozell and Jake Hess
Best Soul Gospel Performance Contemporary
Don't Give Up
Andrae Crouch
Best Soul Gospel Performance Traditional
The Lord Will Make a Way
Al Green
Best Latin Recording
Guajira Pa la Jeva
Clare Fischer
Best Inspirational Performance
Amazing Grace
B.J. Thomas
Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
B.B. King
Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording
Velas
Quincy Jones and Johnny Mandel - arrangers
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
Ai No Corrida
Quincy Jones and Jerry Hey - arrangers
Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Gene Puerling - arranger
Best Instrumental Composition
The Theme From Hill Street Blues
Mike Post - composer
Best Cast Show Album
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Live on Broadway
Various composers and lyricists
Best Album of Original Score Written for a
Motion Picture or a Television Special
Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Williams - composer
Best Classical Album
Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
Sir Georg Solti - Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Best Classical Orchestral Recording
Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
Sir Georg Solti - Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Best Chamber Music Performance
Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio in A Minor
Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell and Vladimir Ashkenazy
Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist(s)
(With Orchestra)
Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman
Zubin Mehta - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist(s)
(Without Orchestra)
The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
Vladimir Horowitz
Best Opera Recording
Janácek - From the House of the Dead
Sir Charles Mackerras - Vienna Philharmonic
Solos: Zahradnicek, Zitek and Zidek
Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)
Haydn - The Creation
Neville Marriner - Chorus of Academy of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
Live From Lincoln Center - Sutherland-Horne-Pavarotti
Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne and Luciano Pavarotti
Best Comedy Recording
Rev. Du Rite
Richard Pryor
Best Spoken Word Documentary or Drama Recording
Donovan's Brain
Orson Welles
Best Recording for Children
Sesame Country
Muppets, Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn,
Tanya Tucker
Jim Henson
Best Album Package
Tatoo You
Peter Corriston - art director
Best Album Notes
Erroll Garner - Master of the Keyboard
Dan Morgenstern - annotator
Best Historical Album
Hoagy Carmichael: From Star Dust to Ole Buttermilk Sky
Video of the Year
Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts
Michael Nesmith
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
Quincy Jones
Classical Producer of the Year
James Mallinson
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