1980 - 23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards

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GRAMMY Winner
Genre
GRAMMY Category
Title of the Work
Artist Performing Work
Christopher Cross,artist. Michael Omartian,producer. General Record Of The Year Sailing Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross,artist. Michael Omartian,producer. General Album Of The Year Christopher Cross Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross,songwriter. General Song Of The Year Sailing Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross,artist. General Best New Artist Christopher Cross
Bette Midler,artist. Pop Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female The Rose Bette Midler
Kenny Loggins,artist. Pop Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male This Is It Kenny Loggins
Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb,artists. Pop Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal Guilty Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
Bob James & Earl Klugh,artists. Pop Best Pop Instrumental Performance One On One Bob James & Earl Klugh
Pat Benatar,artist. Rock Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female Crimes Of Passion Pat Benatar
Billy Joel,artist. Rock Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male Glass Houses Billy Joel
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band (Drew Abbott, Chris Campbell, Alto Reed, Bob Seger, David Teegarden),artist. Rock Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal Against The Wind Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Police (Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers),artist. Rock Best Rock Instrumental Performance Reggatta De Blanc The Police
Stephanie Mills,artist. R&B Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female Never Knew Love Like This Before Stephanie Mills
George Benson,artist. R&B Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Give Me The Night George Benson
Manhattans (Gerald Alston, Sonny Bevens, Kenneth Kelley, Winfred "Blue" Lovett),artist. R&B Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal Shining Star The Manhattans
George Benson,artist. R&B Best R&B Instrumental Performance Off Broadway George Benson
James Mtume & Reggie Lucas,songwriters. R&B Best Rhythm & Blues Song Never Knew Love Like This Before Stephanie Mills
Manhattan Transfer (Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel),artist. Jazz Best Jazz Fusion Performance Birdland The Manhattan Transfer
Anne Murray,artist. Country Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Could I Have This Dance? Anne Murray
George Jones,artist. Country Best Country Vocal Performance, Male He Stopped Loving Her Today George Jones
Emmylou Harris & Roy Orbison,artists. Country Best Country Performance Duo Or Group That Lovin' You Feelin' Again Emmylou Harris & Roy Orbison
Gilley's Urban Cowboy Band (Mickey Gilley),artist. Country Best Country Instrumental Performance Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown Gilley's Urban Cowboy Band
Willie Nelson,songwriter. Country Best Country Song On The Road Again Willie Nelson
Andrae Crouch, Archers (Janice Archer, Steve Archer, Tim Archer), B.J. Thomas, Cynthia Clawson, Dony McGuire, Reba Rambo, Tramaine Hawkins & Walter Hawkins,artists. Gospel Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary Or Inspirational The Lord's Prayer Reba Rambo, Dony McGuire, B.J. Thomas, Andrae Crouch, Walter Hawkins, Tramaine Hawkins, Cynthia Clawson, The Archers
Blackwood Brothers (Cecil Blackwood, James Blackwood Jr., James Blackwood Sr., Tommy Fairchild, Pat Hoffmaster, Ken Turner),artist. Gospel Best Gospel Performance, Traditional We Come To Worship Blackwood Brothers
Shirley Caesar,artist. Gospel Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary Rejoice Shirley Caesar
Charles Fold Singers & James Cleveland,artists. Gospel Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional Lord, Let Me Be An Instrument James Cleveland & The Charles Fold Singers
Debby Boone,artist. Gospel Best Inspirational Performance With My Song I Will Praise Him Debby Boone
Norman Dayron,producer. Folk Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording Rare Blues (Various Artists)
Cal Tjader,artist. Latin Best Latin Recording La Onda Va Bien Cal Tjader
David Levine & Lucy Simon,producers. Childrens Best Recording For Children In Harmony/A Sesame Street Record (Various Artists)
Rodney Dangerfield,artist. Comedy Best Comedy Recording No Respect Rodney Dangerfield
Pat Carroll,narrator. Spoken Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein Pat Carroll
John Williams,composer. Composing Best Instrumental Composition The Empire Strikes Back John Williams
John Williams,composer. Composing Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special The Empire Strikes Back John Williams
Andrew Lloyd Webber,composer. Tim Rice,lyricist. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice,producers. Original Cast With Patti Lupone, Mandy Patinkin,artist. Musical Show Best Cast Show Album Evita - Premier American Recording Various Artists
Ella Fitzgerald,artist. Jazz Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female A Perfect Match - Ella And Basie Ella Fitzgerald
George Benson,artist. Jazz Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male Moody's Mood George Benson
Bill Evans,soloist. Jazz Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist I Will Say Goodbye Bill Evans
Bill Evans,artist. Jazz Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group We Will Meet Again Bill Evans
Count Basie,artist. Jazz Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band On The Road Count Basie
Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones,arrangers. Arranging Best Instrumental Arrangement Dinorah, Dinorah George Benson
Christopher Cross & Michael Omartian,arrangers. Arranging Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Sailing Christopher Cross
Janis Siegel,arranger. Arranging Best Arrangement For Voices Birdland Manhattan Transfer
Roy Kohara,art director. Packaging Best Album Package Against The Wind Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
David McClintick,album notes writer. Notes Best Album Notes Trilogy: Past, Present And Future Frank Sinatra
Keith Hardwick,producer. Historical Best Historical Reissue Album Segovia - The EMI Recordings 1927-39 Andres Segovia
James Guthrie,engineer. Engineer Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical The Wall Pink Floyd
Phil Ramone,producer. Producer Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical) Phil Ramone
Pierre Boulez,artist. Gunther Breest & Michael Horwath,producers. Franz Mazura, Teresa Stratas, Toni Blankenheim & Yvonne Minton,artists. Orchestre De L'Opera De Paris,orchestra. Classical Best Classical Album Berg: Lulu (Complete Version) Pierre Boulez, conductor

GRAMMY Winner

Pierre Boulez,conductor. Gunther Breest & Michael Horwath,producers. Franz Mazura, Teresa Stratas, Toni Blakenheim & Yvonne Minton,artists. Orchestre De L'Opera De Paris,orchestra. Classical Best Opera Recording Berg: Lulu (Complete Version) Pierre Boulez, conductor
Norbert Balatsch,chorus master. Carlo Maria Giulini,conductor. Philharmonia Chorus,chorus. Philharmonia Orchestra,orchestra. Classical Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) Mozart: Requiem Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor; Norbert Balatsch, chorus master
Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman,artists. Classical Best Chamber Music Performance Music For Two Violins (Moszkowski: Suite For Two Violins/Shostakovich: Duets/Prokofiev: Sonata For Two Violins) Itzhak Perlman, violin; Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Itzhak Perlman,artist. Seiji Ozawa,conductor. Boston Symphony Orchestra,orchestra. Classical Best Classical Performance- Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Orchestra) Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D Itzhak Perlman, violin
Itzhak Perlman & Mstislav Rostropovich,artists. Bernard Haitink,conductor. Concertgebouw Orchestra,orchestra. Classical Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist OR Soloists (With Orchestra) Brahms: Violin And Cello Concerto In A Minor (Double Concerto) Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Itzhak Perlman, violin
Itzhak Perlman,artist. Classical Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (Without Orchestra) The Spanish Album Itzhak Perlman, violin
Leontyne Price,artist. Henry Lewis,conductor. Philharmonia Orchestra,orchestra. Classical Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Prima Donna, Vol. 5 - Great Soprano Arias From Handel To Britten Leontyne Price, soprano
Karl-August Naegler,engineer. Pierre Boulez,artist. Orchestre De L'Opera De Paris,orchestra. Engineer Best Engineered Recording, Classical Berg: Lulu (Complete Version) Pierre Boulez, conductor
Robert Woods,producer. Producer Classical Producer Of The Year Robert Woods