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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Bill Szymczyk (producer) & The Eagles for "Hotel California"

Album Of The Year

--- Ken Caillat , Richard Dashut (producers) & Fleetwood Mac (producers and artist) for ''Rumours''

Song Of The Year

--- Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) for "Love Theme From ''A Star Is Born'' (Evergreen)" performed by Barbra Streisand

--- Joe Brooks (songwriter) for "You Light Up My Life" performed by Debby Boone

Best New Artist

--- Debby Boone

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- Christopher Cerf & Jim Timmens (producers) for ''Aren't You Glad You're You'' performed by various artists

Classical

Best Classical Orchestral Performance

--- Gunther Breest (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Mahler : Symphony No. 9 in D''

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

--- Neville Marriner (conductor), Janet Baker & the Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields for '' Bach : Arias''

Best Opera Recording

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Best Choral Performance (other Than Opera)

--- Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for '' Verdi : Requiem''

Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (with Orchestra)

--- Itzhak Perlman & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for '' Vivaldi : The Four Seasons''

Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (without Orchestra)

---: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12''

Best Chamber Music Performance

---The Juilliard String Quartet for '' Schoenberg : Quartets for Strings (Complete)''

Best Classical Album

--- Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Vladimir Horowitz , Yehudi Menuhin , Mstislav Rostropovich , Isaac Stern , Lyndon Woodside & the New York Philharmonic for ''Concert of the Century''

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording

--- Steve Martin for ''Let's Get Small''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

--- John Williams (composer) for "Main Title From ''Star Wars''"

Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special

---John Williams (composer) for ''Star Wars''

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Harry Betts , Perry Botkin Jr. & Barry De Vorzon (arrangers) for " Nadia's Theme (''The Young and the Restless'')" performed by Barry De Vorzon

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

--- Ian Freebairn-Smith (arranger) for "Love Theme From ''A Star Is Born'' (Evergreen)" performed by Barbra Streisand

Best Arrangement For Voices

--- The Eagles (arrangers) for "New Kid in Town"

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

--- Crystal Gayle for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

--- Kenny Rogers for "Lucille"

Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- The Kendalls for "Heaven's Just a Sin Away"

Best Country Instrumental Performance

--- Hargus Pig Robbins for ''Country Instrumentalist of the Year''

Best Country Song

--- Richard Leigh (songwriter) for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" performed by Crystal Gayle

Folk

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording

--- Muddy Waters for ''Hard Again''

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

--- The Oak Ridge Boys for "Just a Little Talk With Jesus"

Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary Or Insprirational

--- The Imperials for ''Sail On''

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional

--- James Cleveland for ''James Cleveland Live at Carnegie Hall''

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary

--- Edwin Hawkins for ''Wonderful!''

Best Inspirational Performance

--- B. J. Thomas for ''Home Where I Belong''

Jazz

Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist

--- Oscar Peterson for ''The Giants''

Best Jazz Performance By A Group

--- Phil Woods for ''The Phil Woods Six - Live From the Showboat''

Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band

--- Count Basie for ''Prime Time''

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

--- Al Jarreau for ''Look to the Rainbow''

Latin

Best Latin Recording

--- Mongo Santamaria for ''Dawn''

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album

--- Martin Charnin (composer), Charles Strouse (composer & producer), Larry Morton (producer) & the original cast with Andrea McCardle & Dorothy Loudon for ''Annie''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package

--- John Kosh (art director) for ''Simple Dreams'' performed by Linda Ronstadt

Best Album Notes

--- George T. Simon (notes writer) for ''Bing Crosby - A Legendary Performer'' performed by Bing Crosby

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

--- Barbra Streisand for "Love Theme From ''A Star Is Born''"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

--- James Taylor for "Handy Man"

Best Pop Performance By A Group

--- Bee Gees for "How Deep Is Your Love"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

---John Williams for ''''

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

--- Al Schmitt , Bill Schnee , Elliot Scheiner & Roger Nichols (engineers) for ''Aja'' performed by Steely Dan

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

--- Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Maurice RavelRavel : Bolero''

Producer Of The Year

--- Peter Asher

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

--- Thelma Houston for "Don't Leave Me This Way"

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

--- Lou Rawls for ''Unmistakably Lou''

Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus

--- The Emotions for "Best of My Love"

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

--- Brothers Johnson for "Q"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Leo Sayer & Vini Poncia (songwriters) for "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" performed by Leo Sayer

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Recording

--- Julie Harris for ''The Belle of Amherst''

EXTERNAL LINKS

20th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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