25th Annual Grammy Awards
The 25th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 1983, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
Album of the Year went to Toto for Toto IV, and Song of the Year went to Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson for "Always on My Mind".
Awards
General
;Record of the Year- "Rosanna" – Toto
- * Toto, producer
- Toto IV – Toto
- * Toto, producer
- "Always on My Mind"
- * Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson, songwriters
- Men at Work
- 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
- *Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
- Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist
- *Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor
- Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist
- *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
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
- *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 "
- 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