29th Annual Grammy Awards

Performers

• Whitney Houston – "Greatest Love of All"
• Simply Red – "Money's Too Tight (to Mention)"
• Luther Vandross – "Give Me the Reason"
• Steve Earle – "Guitar Town"
• Randy Travis – "Diggin' Up Bones"
• Dwight Yoakam – "Guitars, Cadillacs"
• Willie Dixon – "I Just Want to Make Love to You"
• Albert King & B. B. King – "Let the Good Times Roll"
• Sandi Patty – "Let There Be Praise"
• Billy Idol – "To Be a Lover"
• Anita Baker – "God Bless the Child"
• Bobby McFerrin – "Round Midnight"
• Kathleen Battle – "Ave Maria (Schubert)"
• Janet Jackson – "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
• Ben E. King, Whitney Houston, Mick Hucknall & Luther Vandross – "Stand by Me"

Presenters

• Bob Geldof & The Bangles - Best Pop Vocal Performance Male
• Robert Palmer & Peter Cetera - Best Pop Vocal Performance Female
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds & Kenny Loggins - Best New Artist
• Ben E. King & Gregory Abbott - Best R&B Vocal Performance Male and Female
• Michael McDonald & Brian Wilson - Producer of the Year
• The Judds & The Gatlin Brothers - Best Country Vocal Performance Male
• Carol Bayer Sager - Introduces That's What Friends Are For
• Olivia Newton-John & Julio Iglesias - Song of the Year
• John Denver - Introduces the Grammy Hall of Fame
• Al Green & Ricky Skaggs - Best Gospel Performance
• Kim Carnes & James Ingram - Presented awards earlier
• The Beastie Boys - Best Rock Vocal Performance Male
• Ruben Blades & Miles Davis - Best Male Jazz Vocal Performance
• Larry Blackmon & Kris Kristofferson - Record of the Year
• Don Johnson & Whoopi Goldberg - Album of the Year

Award winners

• "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood
• *Russ Titelman & Steve Winwood, producers
• "Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel
• *Peter Gabriel & Daniel Lanois, producers
• "Greatest Love of All" – Whitney Houston
• *Michael Masser, producer
• "Addicted to Love" – Robert Palmer
• *Bernard Edwards, producer
• "That's What Friends Are For" – Dionne Warwick & Friends; Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder
• *Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager, producers

• Graceland – Paul Simon
• *Paul Simon, producer
• So – Peter Gabriel
• *Peter Gabriel & Daniel Lanois, producers
• Control – Janet Jackson
• *Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, producers
• The Broadway Album – Barbra Streisand
• * Peter Matz, producer
• Back in the High Life – Steve Winwood
• * Russ Titelman & Steve Winwood, producers

• "That's What Friends Are For"
• *Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager, songwriters
• "Sledgehammer"
• *Peter Gabriel, songwriter
• "Addicted to Love"
• *Robert Palmer, songwriter
• "Higher Love"
• *Steve Winwood & Will Jennings, songwriters
• "Graceland"
• *Paul Simon, songwriter

• Glass Tiger
• Nu Shooz
• Simply Red
• Timbuk3

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
• *Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland & Robert Cray for ''Showdown!''

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *Jim Henson, Kathryn King & Geri Van Rees for The Alphabet performed by the Sesame Street cast

Classical

• Best Classical Orchestral Recording
• *Michael Haas, Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Liszt: A Faust Symphony
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• *André Previn, Kathleen Battle & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart
• Best Opera Recording
• *Elizabeth Ostrow, John Mauceri, James Billings, Joyce Castle, Maris Clement, David Eisler, Jack Harrold, John Lankston, Erie Mills, Scott Reeve & the New York City Opera Orchestra for Bernstein: Candide
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
• *James Levine, Margaret Hillis & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Orff: Carmina Burana
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
• *Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• *Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4; Variations
• Best Contemporary Composition
• *Witold Lutosławski & Esa-Pekka Salonen for Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3
• Best Classical Album
• *Thomas Frost & Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985''

Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
• *Bill Cosby for ''Those of You With or Without Children, You'll Understand''

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• *John Barry for Out of Africa
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
• *Patrick Williams for "Suite Memories" performed by Bill Watrous & Patrick Williams
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals
• *David Foster for "Somewhere" performed by Barbra Streisand

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• *Reba McEntire for "Whoever's in New England"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• *Ronnie Milsap for Lost in the Fifties Tonight
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *The Judds for "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist)
• *Ricky Skaggs for "Raisin' the Dickens"
• Best Country Song
• *Jamie O'Hara for "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" performed by The Judds

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Recording
• *Doc Watson for Riding the Midnight Train
• Best Contemporary Folk Recording
• *Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein & Hank Neuberger for Tribute to Steve Goodman performed by various artists

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance, Female
• *Sandi Patti for Morning Like This
• Best Gospel Performance, Male
• *Philip Bailey for Triumph
• Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
• *Deniece Williams & Sandi Patti for "They Say"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
• *Deniece Williams for "I Surrender All"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
• *Al Green for "Going Away"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
• *The Winans for ''Let My People Go''

Historical

• Best Historical Album
• *Aziz Goksel & Bob Porter for Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Vols. 1-7 performed by various artists

Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
• *Diane Schuur for Timeless
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
• *Bobby McFerrin for "Round Midnight"
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
• *2+2 Plus for Free Fall
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
• *Miles Davis for Tutu
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
• *Wynton Marsalis for J Mood
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
• *Doc Severinsen for The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
• *Bob James & David Sanborn for ''Double Vision''

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
• *José Feliciano for "Le Lo Lai"
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
• *Rubén Blades for Escenas
• Best Mexican-American Performance
• *Flaco Jiménez for ''Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio y Más!''

Musical show

• Best Cast Show Album
• *Thomas Z. Shepard & the original 1986 cast for ''Follies in Concert''

Music video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
• *Dire Straits for "Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
• *Michael Apted & Sting for ''Bring on the Night''

New Age

• Best New Age Recording
• *Andreas Vollenweider for ''Down to the Moon''

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• *Eiko Ishioka for Tutu performed by Miles Davis
• Best Album Notes
• *Andrew Sarris, Frank Conroy, Gary Giddins, Jonathan Schwartz, Murray Kempton, Stephen Holden & Wilfrid Sheed for The Voice - The Columbia Years 1943-1952 performed by Frank Sinatra

Polka

• Best Polka Recording
• *Eddie Blazonczyk for Another Polka Celebration performed by Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
• *Jimmy Sturr for I Remember Warsaw performed by Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra

Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• *Barbra Streisand for The Broadway Album
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• *Steve Winwood for "Higher Love"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder for "That's What Friends Are For"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance, (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
• *Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens for "Top Gun Anthem"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• *Jason Corsaro and Tom Lord-Alge for Back in the High Life performed by Steve Winwood
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• *Paul Goodman & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
• Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
• *Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
• Classical Producer of the Year
• *Thomas Frost

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• *Anita Baker for Rapture
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• *James Brown for "Living in America"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Prince and The Revolution for "Kiss"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
• *Yellowjackets for "And You Know That"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• *Anita Baker, Gary Bias & Louis A. Johnson for "Sweet Love" performed by Anita Baker

Reggae

• Best Reggae Recording
• *Peter Tosh for ''No Nuclear War''

Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
• *Tina Turner for "Back Where You Started"
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
• *Robert Palmer for "Addicted to Love"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Eurythmics for "Missionary Man"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
• *Art of Noise & Duane Eddy for "Peter Gunn"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
• *Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chips Moman, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins & Sam Phillips for ''Interviews From the Class of '55 Recording Sessions''