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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Toto (producer & artist) for "Rosanna"

Album Of The Year

--- Toto (producer & artist) for ''Toto IV''

Song Of The Year

--- Johnny Christopher , Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) for "Always on My Mind" performed by Willie Nelson

Best New Artist

--- Men At Work

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Recording

--- Clarence Gatemouth Brown for ''Alright Again ''

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- David Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) for ''In Harmony 2'' performed by various artists

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

--- Jay David Saks , Thomas Z. Shepard (producers), James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Mahler : Sym. No. 7 in E Min. (Song of the Night)''

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

--- Zubin Mehta (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for '' Verdi : Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi)''

Best Opera Recording

--- Andrew Kazdin (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Jeannine Altmeyer , Hermann Becht , Peter Hofmann , Siegfried Jerusalem , Gwyneth Jones , Manfred Jung , Donald McIntyre , Matti Salminen , Ortrun Wenkel , Heinz Zednik & the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra for '' Wagner : Der Ring des Nibelungen''

Best Choral Performance (other Than Opera)

--- Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for '' Berlioz : La Damnation de Faust''

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with Orchestra)

--- Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Elgar : Violin Concerto in B Minor''

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (without Orchestra)

--- Glenn Gould for '' Bach : The Goldberg Variations''

Best Chamber Music Performance

--- Richard Goode & Richard Stoltzman for '' Brahms : The Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120''

Best Classical Album

--- Samuel H. Carter (producer) & Glenn Gould for '' Bach : The Goldberg Variations''

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording

--- Richard Pryor for ''Live on the Sunset Strip''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

--- John Williams (composer) for "Flying - Theme From ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''"

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

--- John Williams (composer) for ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental Recording

--- John Williams (arranger) for "Flying - Theme From ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''"

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

--- Jerry Hey & David Paich , Jeff Porcaro (arrangers) for "Rosanna" performed by Toto

Best Vocal Arrangement For Two Or More Voices

--- David Paich (arranger) for "Rosanna" performed by Toto

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

--- Juice Newton for "Break It to Me Gently"

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

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

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Alabama for ''Mountain Music''

Best Country Instrumental Performance

--- Roy Clark for "Alabama Jubilee"

Best Country Song

--- Wayne Carson , Johnny Christopher & Mark James (songwriters) for "Always on My Mind" performed by Willie Nelson

Folk

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Folk Recording

--- Queen Ida for ''Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour ''

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

--- Blackwood Brothers for ''I'm Following You ''

Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary

--- Amy Grant for ''Age to Age''

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional

--- Al Green for ''Precious Lord''

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary

--- Al Green for ''Higher Plane''

Best Inspirational Performance

--- Barbara Mandrell for ''He Set My Life to Music''

Historical

Best Historical Album

--- Alan Dell , Ethel Gabriel & Don Wardell (producers) for ''The Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra Sessions - Vols.1,2 & 3''

Jazz

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

--- Sarah Vaughan for ''Gershwin Live!''

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

--- Mel Tormé for ''An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé''

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

--- The Manhattan Transfer for "Route 66"

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

--- Miles Davis for ''We Want Miles''

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group

--- Phil Woods for ''"More" Live''

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

--- Count Basie for ''Warm Breeze''

Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental

--- Pat Metheny Group for ''Offramp''

Latin

Best Latin Recording

--- Machito for ''Machito & His Salsa Big Band '82''

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album

--- Henry Krieger (composer), Tom Eyen (lyricist), David Foster (producer) & various artists for ''Dreamgirls''

Music video

Best Video Of The Year

--- Olivia Newton-John for ''Olivia Physical''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package

--- John Kosh & Ron Larson (art directors) for ''Get Closer'' performed by Linda Ronstadt

Best Album Notes

--- John Chilton & Richard M. Sudhalter (notes writers) for ''Bunny Berigan - Giants Of Jazz'' performed by Bunny Berigan

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

--- Melissa Manchester for "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

--- Lionel Richie for "Truly"

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes for "Up Where We Belong"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

--- Ernie Watts for "'' Chariots Of Fire '' Theme (Dance Version)"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

--- Al Schmitt , David Leonard , Greg Ladanyi & Tom Knox (engineers) for ''Toto IV'' performed by Toto

Best Classical Engineered Recording

--- Paul Goodman (engineer), James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Mahler : Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)''

Producer Of The Year

--- Toto

Classical Producer Of The Year

--- Robert Woods

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

--- Jennifer Holliday for "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)"

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

--- Marvin Gaye for "Sexual Healing"

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Dazz Band for "Let It Whip"

--- Earth, Wind & Fire for "Wanna Be With You"

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

--- Marvin Gaye for "Sexual Healing (Instrumental Version)"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Bill Champlin , Jay Graydon & Steve Lukather (songwriters) for "Turn Your Love Around" performed by George Benson

Rock

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

--- Pat Benatar for "Shadows of the Night "

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

--- John Cougar Mellencamp for "Hurts So Good"

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Survivor for "Eye of the Tiger "

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

--- A Flock Of Seagulls for "D.N.A."

Spoken

Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Recording

--- Tom Voegeli (producer) for ''Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Movie on Record'' performed by various artists

EXTERNAL LINKS

25th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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