25th Annual Grammy Awards

Presenters

• Stevie Wonder & Dionne Warwick - Album of the Year
• Bill Ivey - Presented Les Paul with the Trustees Award
• Lionel Richie & Olivia Newton-John - Record of the Year
• George Carlin & Michael McDonald - Best Female Rock Performance
• Lily Tomlin & Tony Bennett - Best New Artist
• Quincy Jones & Donna Summer - Best Pop Vocal Performance Duo/Group & Best Pop Vocal Performance Female
• Henry Mancini - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance & Song of the Year
• Rick James & Grace Jones - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
• Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas as Bob and Doug McKenzie - Rules & Voting Procedure

Performers

• Ray Charles, Count Basie, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard - What I'd Say/One O'Clock Jump/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Joy, Joy, Joy/Wish You Were Here Tonight
• Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
• Kenny Rogers - Through the Years
• Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
• Men At Work - Down Under
• Eddie Murphy
• Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind
• Alabama - Gonna Have A Party
• Lena Horne - Believe In Yourself
• Harvey & the Moonglows - Ten Commandments of Love
• Gladys Knight & the Pips - Heard It Through the Grapevine
• The Spinners - Mighty Love
• Leontyne Price - Vissi d'arte
• Linda Ronstadt - Get Closer
• Bill Monroe - Muleskinner Blues
• Masters V - I'll Fly Away
• Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
• Ricky Skaggs - Don't Get Above Your Raisin'
• Miles Davis - You're Under Arrest

Awards

General

• * Toto, producer
• "Always on My Mind" - Willie Nelson
• * Chips Moman, producer
• "Chariots of Fire" - Vangelis
• * Vangelis, producer
• "Ebony and Ivory" - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
• * George Martin, producer
• "Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson
• * David Kershenbaum & Joe Jackson, producers

• * Toto, producer
• American Fool - John Cougar
• *John Mellencamp & Don Gehman, producers
• The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
• * Gary Katz, producer
• The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel
• * Phil Ramone, producer
• Tug of War - Paul McCartney
• * George Martin, producer

• * Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson, songwriters
• "Ebony and Ivory"
• * Paul McCartney, songwriter
• "Rosanna"
• * David Paich, songwriter
• "Eye of the Tiger"
• * Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik, songwriters
• "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)"
• * Donald Fagen, songwriter

• Asia
• Jennifer Holliday
• The Human League
• Stray Cats

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
• *Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown for ''Alright Again''

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *David Levine & Lucy Simon for In Harmony 2 performed by various artists

Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
• *Jay David Saks, Thomas Z. Shepard, James Levine & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Sym. No. 7 in E Min.
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• *Zubin Mehta, Leontyne Price & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Verdi: Arias
• Best Opera Recording
• *Andrew Kazdin, Pierre Boulez, 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, Margaret Hillis & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
• Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
• *Daniel Barenboim, 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 & 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 for "Flying - Theme From "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
• Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
• *John Williams for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording
• *John Williams for "Flying - Theme From "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
• *Jerry Hey & David Paich, Jeff Porcaro for "Rosanna" performed by Toto
• Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
• *David Paich 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 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 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, Tom Eyen, David Foster & various artists for ''Dreamgirls''

Music video

• Best Video of the Year
• *Olivia Newton-John for Physical

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• *John Kosh & Ron Larson for Get Closer performed by Linda Ronstadt
• Best Album Notes
• *John Chilton & Richard M. Sudhalter 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 "

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• *Al Schmitt, David Leonard, Greg Ladanyi & Tom Knox for Toto IV performed by Toto
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
• *Paul Goodman, James Levine & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor
• 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 "
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• *Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon & Steve Lukather 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 for Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Movie on Record performed by various artists