23rd Annual Grammy Awards

Award winners

• Record of the Year
• *Michael Omartian & Christopher Cross for "Sailing"
• Album of the Year
• *Michael Omartian & Christopher Cross for Christopher Cross
• Song of the Year
• *Christopher Cross for "Sailing"
• Best New Artist
• *Christopher Cross

  Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *David Levine & Lucy Simon for In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record performed by various artists

  Classical

• Best Classical Orchestral Recording
• *Raymond Minshull, Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• *Henry Lewis, Leontyne Price & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Prima Donna, Vol. 5 - Great Soprano Arias From Handel to Britten
• Best Opera Recording
• *Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath, Pierre Boulez, Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for Berg: Lulu
• Best Choral Performance, Classical
• *Carlo Maria Giulini, Norbert Balatsch & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for Mozart: Requiem
• Best Classical Performance- Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
• *Bernard Haitink, Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Concertgebouw Orchestra for Brahms: Violin and Cello Concerto in A Minor
• *Seiji Ozawa, Itzhak Perlman & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
• *Itzhak Perlman for The Spanish Album
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• *Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman for Music for Two Violins
• Best Classical Album
• *Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath, Pierre Boulez, Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas, & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for Berg: Lulu

  Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
• *Rodney Dangerfield for No Respect

  Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• *John Williams for The Empire Strikes Back
• Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
• *John Williams for The Empire Strikes Back
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
• *Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones for "Dinorah, Dinorah" performed by George Benson
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist
• *Christopher Cross & Michael Omartian for "Sailing" performed by Christopher Cross
• Best Arrangement for Voices
• *Janis Siegel for "Birdland" performed by The Manhattan Transfer

  Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• *Anne Murray for "Could I Have This Dance?"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• *George Jones for "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
• Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
• *Emmylou Harris & Roy Orbison for "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
• *Gilley's Urban Cowboy Band for "Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown"
• Best Country Song
• *Willie Nelson for "On the Road Again"

  Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
• *Norman Dayron for Rare Blues performed by various artists

  Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance, Traditional
• *Blackwood Brothers for We Come to Worship
• Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational
• *The Archers, Cynthia Clawson, Andrae Crouch, Tramaine Hawkins, Walter Hawkins, Dony McGuire, Reba Rambo & B.J. Thomas for The Lord's Prayer
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional
• *James Cleveland & the Charles Fold Singers for Lord, Let Me Be an Instrument
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary
• *Shirley Caesar for Rejoice
• Best Inspirational Performance
• *Debby Boone for With My Song I Will Praise Him

  Historical

• Best Historical Reissue Album
• *Keith Hardwick for Segovia - The EMI Recordings 1927-39

  Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
• *Ella Fitzgerald for A Perfect Match
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
• *George Benson for "Moody's Mood"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
• *Bill Evans for I Will Say Goodbye
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group
• *Bill Evans for We Will Meet Again
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band
• *Count Basie for On the Road
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
• *The Manhattan Transfer for "Birdland"

  Latin

• Best Latin Recording
• *Cal Tjader for La Onda Va Bien

  Musical show

• Best Cast Show Album
• *Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice & the original cast with Patti Lupone & Mandy Patinkin for Evita - Premier American Recording

  Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• *Roy Kohara for Against the Wind performed by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
• Best Album Notes
• *David McClintick for Trilogy: Past, Present and Future performed by Frank Sinatra

  Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• *The Rose-Bette Midler
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• *This Is It-Kenny Loggins
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Guilty-Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• *One on One-Bob James & Earl Klugh

  Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• *James Guthrie for The Wall performed by Pink Floyd
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• *Karl-August Naegler, Pierre Boulez & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for Berg: Lulu
• Producer of the Year,
• *Phil Ramone
• Classical Producer of the Year
• *Robert Woods

  R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• *Stephanie Mills for "Never Knew Love Like This Before"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• *George Benson for Give Me the Night
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *The Manhattans for "Shining Star"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
• *George Benson for "Off Broadway"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• *James Mtume & Reggie Lucas for "Never Knew Love Like This Before" performed by Stephanie Mills

  Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
• *Pat Benatar for Crimes of Passion
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
• *Billy Joel for Glass Houses
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band for Against the Wind
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
• *The Police for "Reggatta de Blanc"

  Spoken word

• Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
• *Pat Carroll for Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein

  Trivia

• Christopher Cross became the first artist to win all four general-field awards in one night: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.