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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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