Grammy Awards of 1985

Infobox Grammy Awards
name = 27th


imagesize = 125px
date = February 26th
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network = CBS
next = 1986
last = 1984

The 27th Grammy Awards were held February 26, 1985, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1984.

Award winners:

*Record of the Year
**Terry Britten (producer) & Tina Turner for "What's Love Got to Do with It?"

*Album of the Year
**James Anthony Carmichael (producer) & Lionel Richie (producer & artist) for "Can't Slow Down"

*Song of the Year
**Terry Britten & Graham Lyle (songwriters) for "What's Love Got to Do with It?" performed by Tina Turner

*Best New Artist
**Cyndi Lauper

Blues

*Best Traditional Blues Recording
**Sugar Blue, John P. Hammond, J.B. Hutto & the New Hawks, Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine & Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for "Blues Explosion"

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Ron Haffkine (producer) & Shel Silverstein for "Where the Sidewalk Ends"

Classical

*Best Classical Orchestral Recording
**Jay David Saks (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for "Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat"
*Best Classical Vocal Performance
**Pierre Boulez (conductor), Heather Harper, Jessye Norman & Jose Van Dam, the BBC Symphony Orchestra & the Ensemble Intercontemporain for "Ravel: Songs of Maurice Ravel"
*Best Opera Recording
**Michel Glotz (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Choeurs et Maitrise de Radio France & the Orchestre National de France for "Bizet: Carmen (Original Soundtrack)"
*Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
**James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for "Brahms: A German Requiem"
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
**Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the English Chamber Orchestra for "Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter"
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
**Yo-Yo Ma for "Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites"
*Best Chamber Music Performance
**The Juilliard String Quartet for "Beethoven: The Late String Quartets"
*Best New Classical Composition
**Samuel Barber (composer) & Christian Badea (conductor) for "Antony and Cleopatra"
*Best Classical Album
**John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), the Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey & the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for "Amadeus (Original Soundtrack)"

Comedy

*Best Comedy Recording
**"Weird Al" Yankovic for "Eat It"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Composition
**Randy Newman (composer) for "The Natural"
**John Williams (composer) for "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" the official music of the XXIII Olympiad
*Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or A Television Special
**Lisa Coleman, John L. Nelson, Prince & Wendy Melvoin (composers) for "Purple Rain" performed by Prince & the Revolution
*Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
**Jeremy Lubbock & Quincy Jones (arrangers) for "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" performed by Quincy Jones
*Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
**David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock (arrangers) for "Hard Habit to Break" performed by Chicago
* Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
**The Pointer Sisters (arrangers) for "Automatic"

Country

*Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
**Emmylou Harris for "In My Dreams"
*Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
**Merle Haggard for "That's the Way Love Goes"
*Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
**The Judds for "Mama He's Crazy"
*Best Country Instrumental Performance
**Ricky Skaggs for "Wheel Hoss"
*Best Country Song
**Steve Goodman (songwriter) for "City of New Orleans" performed by Willie Nelson

Folk

*Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
**Elizabeth Cotton for "Elizabeth Cotten Live!"

Gospel

*Best Gospel Performance, Female
**Amy Grant for "Angels"
*Best Gospel Performance, Male
**Michael W. Smith for "Michael W. Smith"
*Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group
**Debby Boone & Phil Driscoll for "Keep The Flame Burning"
*Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
**Shirley Caesar for "Sailin' "
*Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
**Andrae Crouch for "Always Remember"
*Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group
**Shirley Caesar & Al Green for "Sailin' on the Sea of Your Love"
*Best Inspirational Performance
**Donna Summer for "Forgive Me"

Historical

*Best Historical Album
**J.R. Taylor (producer) for "Big Band Jazz" performed by Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Paul Whiteman & others

Jazz

*Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
**Wynton Marsalis for "Hot House Flowers"
*Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
**Art Blakey for "New York Scene" performed by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
*Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
**Count Basie for "88 Basie Street"
*Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
**Pat Metheny Group for "First Circle"
*Best Jazz Vocal Performance
**Joe Williams for "Nothin' But the Blues"

Latin

*Best Latin Pop Performance
**Plácido Domingo for "Always in My Heart (Siempre en Mi Corazon)"
*Best Tropical Latin Performance
**Eddie Palmieri for "Palo Pa Rumba"
*Best Mexican-American Performance
**Sheena Easton & Luis Miguel for "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres"

Musical Show

*Best Cast Show Album
**Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast for "Sunday In the Park With George"

Music video

*Best Video, Short Form
**David Bowie for "David Bowie"
*Best Video Album
**Michael Jackson for "Making Michael Jackson's Thriller"

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Package
**Janet Perr (art director) for "She's So Unusual" performed by Cyndi Lauper
*Best Album Notes
**Gunther Schuller & Martin Williams (notes writers) for "Big Band Jazz" performed by Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & others

Pop

*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
**Tina Turner for "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
**Phil Collins for "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
*Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
**The Pointer Sisters for "Jump (For My Love)"
*Best Pop Instrumental Performance
**Ray Parker Jr. for "Ghostbusters (Instrumental)"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
**Humberto Gatica (engineer) for "17" performed by Chicago
*Best Engineered Recording, Classical
**Paul Goodman (engineer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony for "Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100"
*Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
**James Anthony Carmichael & Lionel Richie
**David Foster
*Classical Producer of the Year
**Steven Epstein

R&B

*Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
**Chaka Khan for "I Feel for You"
*Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
**Billy Ocean for "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
*Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
**James Ingram & Michael McDonald for "Yah Mo B There"
*Best R&B Instrumental Performance
**Herbie Hancock for "Sound System"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Song
**Prince (songwriter) for "I Feel For You" performed by Chaka Khan

Reggae

*Best Reggae Recording
**Black Uhuru for "Anthem"

Rock

*Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
**Tina Turner for "Better Be Good to Me"
*Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
**Bruce Springsteen for "Dancing in the Dark"
*Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
**Prince & the Revolution for "Purple Rain - Music From the Motion Picture"
*Best Rock Instrumental Performance
**Yes for "Cinema"

poken

*Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
**Ben Kingsley for "The Words of Gandhi"

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454765/ 27th Grammy Awards] at the Internet Movie Database

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