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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Phil Ramone (producer) & Billy Joel for "Just the Way You Are"

Album Of The Year

--- Broadway Eddie , Richard Finch , Albhy Galuten , K.G. Productions , Ron Kersey , Arif Mardin , Bobby Martin , Bill Oakes , Freddie Perren , Karl Richardson , William Salter , Thomas J. Valentino (producers), Bee Gees , Ralph MacDonald , David Shire (producers and artists), Don Renaldo (conductor), Yvonne Elliman , K.C. And The Sunshine Band , Kool & The Gang , Walter Murphy , Tavares & Trammps for ''Saturday Night Fever''

Song Of The Year

--- Billy Joel for "Just the Way You Are"

Best New Artist

--- A Taste Of Honey

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- Jim Henson (producer) for ''The Muppet Show'' performed by The Muppets

Classical

Best Classical Orchestral Performance

--- Michel Glotz (producer), Herbert Von Karajan (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for '' Beethoven : Symphonies (9) (Complete)''

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

--- Luciano Pavarotti for ''Luciano Pavarotti - Hits From Lincoln Center''

Best Opera Recording

--- George Sponhaltz , John Coveney (producers), Julius Rudel (conductor), Beverly Sills , Alan Titus & the New York City Opera Orchestra for '' Lehár : The Merry Widow''

Best Choral Performance, Classical (other Than Opera)

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

Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (with Orchestra)

--- Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Vladimir Horowitz & the New York Philharmonic for '' Rachmaninoff : Con. No. 3 in D Minor for Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee)''

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

--- Vladimir Horowitz for ''The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78''

Best Chamber Music Performance

--- Itzhak Perlman & Vladimir Ashkenazy for '' Beethoven : Sonatas for Violin and Piano''

Best Classical Album

--- Christopher Bishop (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Brahms : Concerto For Violin in D''

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording

--- Steve Martin for ''A Wild and Crazy Guy''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

--- John Williams (composer) for "Theme From ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''"

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

---John Williams (composer) for ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Quincy Jones & Robert Freedman (arrangers) for "''The Wiz'' Main Title - Overture Part One" performed by various artists

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

--- Maurice White (arranger) for "Got to Get You Into My Life" performed by Earth, Wind & Fire

Best Arrangement For Voices

--- The Bee Gees (arrangers) for "Stayin' Alive"

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

--- Dolly Parton for ''Here You Come Again''

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

--- Willie Nelson for "Georgia on My Mind"

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson for "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"

Best Country Instrumental Performance

--- Asleep At The Wheel for "One O'Clock Jump"

Best Country Song

--- Don Schlitz (songwriter) for "The Gambler" performed by Kenny Rogers

Folk

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording

--- Muddy Waters for ''I'm Ready''

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

--- The Happy Goodman Family for ''Refreshing''

Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary Or Inspirational

--- Larry Hart for "What a Friend"

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional

--- Mighty Clouds Of Joy for ''Live and Direct''

Best Soul Performance, Contemporary

--- Andrae Crouch for ''Live in London'' performed by Andrae Crouch & The Disciples

Best Inspirational Performance

--- B. J. Thomas for ''Happy Man''

Historical

Best Historical Repackage Album

--- Michael Brooks (producer) for ''The Lester Young Story, Vol. 3''

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

--- Oscar Peterson for ''Montreaux '77 - Oscar Peterson Jam''

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

--- Chick Corea for ''Friends''

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

--- Mel Lewis & Thad Jones for ''Live in Munich''

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

--- Al Jarreau for ''All Fly Home''

Latin

Best Latin Recording

--- Tito Puente for ''Homenaje a Beny More''

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album

--- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & various artists for ''Ain't Misbehavin' ''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package

--- Johnny B. Lee & Tony Lane (art directors) for ''Boys in the Trees'' performed by Carly Simon

Best Album Notes

--- Michael Brooks (notes writer) for ''A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I & II'' performed by Bing Crosby

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

--- Anne Murray for "You Needed Me"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

--- Barry Manilow for "Copacabana (At the Copa)"

Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- The Bee Gees for ''Saturday Night Fever''

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

--- Chuck Mangione for ''Children of Sanchez''

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

--- Al Schmitt & Roger Nichols (engineers) for "FM (No Static At All)" performed by Steely Dan

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

--- Arthur Kendy , Edward T. Graham , Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for '' Varese : Ameriques/Arcana/Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese)''

Producer Of The Year

--- The Bee Gees , Albhy Galuten & Karl Richardson

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

--- Donna Summer for "Last Dance"

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

--- George Benson for "On Broadway"

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

--- Earth, Wind & Fire for ''All 'n All''

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

--- Earth, Wind & Fire for "Runnin' "

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Paul Jabara (songwriter) for "Last Dance" performed by Donna Summer

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Recording

--- Orson Welles for ''Citizen Kane''

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