Awards & Winners

1985 Grammy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1985 Grammy Awards. Check awards winners of 28th Annual Grammy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

28th Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Ronnie Milsap

Honored for : Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Willie Nelson Forgiving You Was Easy
Lee Greenwood I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)
Mel McDaniel Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On
Ricky Skaggs You Make Me Feel Like a Man
Ronnie Milsap Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)
Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

The Judds

Honored for : Why Not Me

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dolly Parton Real Love
Kenny Rogers Real Love
Marie Osmond Meet Me in Montana
Dan Seals Meet Me in Montana
Alabama Can't Keep A Good Man Down
Waylon Jennings Highwayman
Kris Kristofferson Highwayman
Johnny Cash Highwayman
Willie Nelson Highwayman
The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters
The Judds Why Not Me
Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Jimmy Webb

Honored for : Highwayman

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob McDill Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On
Kent Robbins Love Is Alive
Rosanne Cash I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me
Rodney Crowell I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me
Mike Reid Lost in the Fifties Tonight
Fred Parris Lost in the Fifties Tonight
Troy Seals Lost in the Fifties Tonight
Dave Loggins 40 Hour Week (For a Livin')
Don Schlitz 40 Hour Week (For a Livin')
Lisa Silver 40 Hour Week (For a Livin')
Guy Clark Desperados Waiting For A Train
Jimmy Webb Highwayman
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance

Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler

Honored for : Cosmic Square Dance

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Knopfler Cosmic Square Dance
Chet Atkins Cosmic Square Dance
Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Quincy Jones

Honored for : We Are the World

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Nominee Nominated Work
Huey Lewis & the News The Power of Love
Don Henley Boys of Summer
Dire Straits Money for Nothing
Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA
Quincy Jones We Are the World
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham

Honored for : No Jacket Required

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston
U.S.A. for Africa We Are the World
Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Phil Collins No Jacket Required
Hugh Padgham No Jacket Required
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson

Honored for : We Are the World

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mick Jones I Want to Know What Love Is
Daryl Hall Everytime You Go Away
Sting Money for Nothing
Mark Knopfler Money for Nothing
Mike Campbell The Boys of Summer
Don Henley The Boys of Summer
Michael Jackson We Are the World
Lionel Richie We Are the World
Grammy Award for Best New Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Julian Lennon
A-ha
Katrina and the Waves
Freddie Jackson
Sade
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Whitney Houston

Honored for : Saving All My Love for You

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tina Turner We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Pat Benatar We Belong
Madonna Crazy for You
Linda Ronstadt Lush Life
Whitney Houston Saving All My Love for You
Tina Turner We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Pat Benatar We Belong
Madonna Crazy for You
Linda Ronstadt Lush Life
Whitney Houston Saving All My Love for You
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Phil Collins

Honored for : No Jacket Required

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Nominee Nominated Work
Glenn Frey The Heat Is On
Paul Young Every Time You Go Away
Stevie Wonder Part-Time Lover
Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Phil Collins No Jacket Required
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Quincy Jones

Honored for : We Are the World

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Nominee Nominated Work
Philip Bailey Easy Lover
Phil Collins Easy Lover
Mr. Mister Broken Wings
Huey Lewis & the News The Power of Love
Foreigner I Want To Know What Love Is
Quincy Jones We Are the World
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Jan Hammer

Honored for : Miami Vice Theme

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Foster Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (Instrumental)
Harold Faltermeyer Axel F
Dave Grusin Harlequin (Arlequim Desconhecido)
Lee Ritenour Harlequin (Arlequim Desconhecido)
Spyro Gyra Shakedown
Jan Hammer Miami Vice Theme
Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Tina Turner

Honored for : One Of The Living

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nona Hendryx Rock This House
Melba Moore Read My Lips
Pat Benatar We Belong
Cyndi Lauper What a Thrill
Tina Turner One Of The Living
Nona Hendryx Rock This House
Melba Moore Read My Lips
Cyndi Lauper What a Thrill
Pat Benatar We Belong
Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Don Henley

Honored for : Boys of Summer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mick Jagger Just Another Night
John Fogerty Centerfield
Bryan Adams Reckless
John Mellencamp Scarecrow
Don Henley Boys of Summer
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Dire Straits

Honored for : Money for Nothing

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jefferson Starship We Built This City
Eurythmics Would I Lie To You?
Heart Heart
Tina Turner It's Only Love
Bryan Adams It's Only Love
Dire Straits Money for Nothing
Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Jeff Beck

Honored for : Escape

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stevie Ray Vaughan Say What!
Double Trouble Say What!
Big Guitars from Texas Guitar Army
Northern Star Back to Earth
Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force
Jon Butcher Axis The Ritual
Jeff Beck Escape
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Aretha Franklin

Honored for : Freeway Of Love

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Nominee Nominated Work
Patti LaBelle New Attitude
Whitney Houston You Give Good Love
Chaka Khan I Feel for You
Teena Marie Lovergirl
Aretha Franklin Freeway Of Love
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Stevie Wonder

Honored for : In Square Circle

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stevie Wonder In Square Circle
Al Jarreau High Crime
Philip Bailey Chinese Wall
Freddie Jackson You Are My Lady
Luther Vandross The Night I Fell in Love
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

Commodores

Honored for : Nightshift

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Pointer Sisters Contact
Eurythmics Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
Aretha Franklin Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
Ashford & Simpson Solid
Eddie Kendricks The Way You Do the Things You Do
Hall & Oates The Way You Do the Things You Do
David Ruffin The Way You Do the Things You Do
Commodores Nightshift
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen

Honored for : Freeway of Love

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Nominee Nominated Work
LaLa You Give Good Love
David Foster Through the Fire
Tom Keane Through the Fire
Cynthia Weil Through the Fire
Dennis Lambert Nightshift
Walter Orange Nightshift
Franne Golde Nightshift
Bunny Hull New Attitude
Sharon Robinson New Attitude
Jon Gilutin New Attitude
Jeffrey Cohen Freeway of Love
Narada Michael Walden Freeway of Love
Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Ernie Watts

Honored for : Musician

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sly and Robbie Bass and Trouble
Jeff Lorber Pacific Coast Highway
Paul Hardcastle Rain Forest
Dave Valentin Love Light In Flight
Five Star First Avenue
Barney Rachabane Caribbean Queen
Ernie Watts Musician
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

David Sanborn

Honored for : Straight to the Heart
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Cleo Laine

Honored for : Cleo at Carnegie: The 10th Anniversary Concert
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Bobby McFerrin, Jon Hendricks

Honored for : Another Night In Tunisia

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jon Hendricks Another Night In Tunisia
Bobby McFerrin Another Night In Tunisia
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group

The Manhattan Transfer

Honored for : Vocalese
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Wynton Marsalis

Honored for : Black Codes
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Wynton Marsalis

Honored for : Black Codes (From the Underground)
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Bob Wilber, John Barry

Honored for : The Cotton Club

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Wilber The Cotton Club
John Barry The Cotton Club
Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Rosanne Cash

Honored for : I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me

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Nominee Nominated Work
Juice Newton You Make Me Want to Make You Mine
Emmylou Harris The Ballad of Sally Rose
Janie Fricke She's Single Again
Dolly Parton Real Love
Rosanne Cash I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female

Amy Grant

Honored for : Unguarded
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male

Larnelle Harris

Honored for : How Excellent Is Thy Name
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male

Marvin Winans

Honored for : Bring Back The Days Of Yea and Nay
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus

The Winans

Honored for : Tomorrow
Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance

Jennifer Holliday

Honored for : Come Sunday
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

Tito Puente

Honored for : Mambo Diablo

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tito Puente Mambo Diablo
Eddie Palmieri Solito
Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

Vikki Carr

Honored for : Simplemente mujer
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album

B.B. King

Honored for : My Guitar Sings the Blues
Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Rockin' Sidney

Honored for : My Toot Toot
Grammy Award for Best Polka Album

Frank Yankovic

Honored for : 70 Years of Hits
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album

Jimmy Cliff

Honored for : Cliff Hanger
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

Mike Berniker

Honored for : Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition

Jan Hammer

Honored for : Miami Vice Theme
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female

Shirley Caesar

Honored for : Martin
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dan Sembello Beverly Hills Cop
Allee Willis Beverly Hills Cop
Bunny Hull Beverly Hills Cop
Micki Free Beverly Hills Cop
Howie Rice Beverly Hills Cop
Richard Charles Theisen II Beverly Hills Cop
Marc Benno Beverly Hills Cop
Howard Hewett Beverly Hills Cop
Jon Gilutin Beverly Hills Cop
Harold Faltermeyer Beverly Hills Cop
Sue Sheridan Beverly Hills Cop
Sharon Robinson Beverly Hills Cop
Hawk Wolinski Beverly Hills Cop
Keith Forsey Beverly Hills Cop
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

John McClure

Honored for : West Side Story (1957 original Broadway cast)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement

Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour

Honored for : Early A.M. Attitude

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lee Ritenour Early A.M. Attitude
Dave Grusin Early A.M. Attitude
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Nelson Riddle

Honored for : Lush Life
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices

Bobby McFerrin, Cheryl Bentyne

Honored for : Another Night in Tunisia

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Nominee Nominated Work
Cheryl Bentyne Another Night in Tunisia
Bobby McFerrin Another Night in Tunisia
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

Ron Larson, Kosh

Honored for : Lush Life

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ron Larson Lush Life
Kosh Lush Life
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

Peter Guralnick

Honored for : Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Neil Dorfsman

Honored for : Brothers in Arms
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

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Nominee Nominated Work
Phil Collins
Hugh Padgham
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

Robert Shaw, Robert Woods, John Aler

Honored for : Berlioz: Requiem / Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele / Verdi: Te Deum (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, tenor: John Aler, bass: John Cheek)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Shaw Berlioz: Requiem / Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele / Verdi: Te Deum (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, tenor: John Aler, bass: John Cheek)
John Aler Berlioz: Requiem / Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele / Verdi: Te Deum (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, tenor: John Aler, bass: John Cheek)
Robert Woods Berlioz: Requiem / Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele / Verdi: Te Deum (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, tenor: John Aler, bass: John Cheek)
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

Robert Shaw, Robert Woods

Honored for : Berlioz: Les nuits d'été / Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, soprano: Elly Ameling)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Woods Berlioz: Les nuits d'été / Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, soprano: Elly Ameling)
Robert Shaw Berlioz: Les nuits d'été / Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, soprano: Elly Ameling)
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

Robert Shaw

Honored for : Berlioz: Requiem / Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele / Verdi: Te Deum (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, tenor: John Aler, bass: John Cheek)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo

John Aler

Honored for : Berlioz: Requiem / Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele / Verdi: Te Deum (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, tenor: John Aler, bass: John Cheek)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Honored for : Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

Jack Renner

Honored for : Berlioz: Requiem / Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele / Verdi: Te Deum (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Robert Shaw, tenor: John Aler, bass: John Cheek)
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical
Grammy Award for Best Historical Album

John Pfeiffer

Honored for : RCA/Met - 100 Singers - 100 Years
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge, Georg Solti, James Mallinson

Honored for : Moses und Aron (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus feat. conductor Sir Georg Solti)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Franz Mazura Moses und Aron (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus feat. conductor Sir Georg Solti)
Georg Solti Moses und Aron (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus feat. conductor Sir Georg Solti)
Philip Langridge Moses und Aron (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus feat. conductor Sir Georg Solti)
James Mallinson Moses und Aron (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus feat. conductor Sir Georg Solti)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Yo-Yo Ma

Honored for : Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto For Cello & Orch.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Honored for : Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit; Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

Whoopi Goldberg

Honored for : Whoopi Goldberg - Original Broadway Show Recording
Grammy Award for Best Music Video

Quincy Jones, Tom Trbovich

Honored for : We Are The World - The Video Event
Grammy Award for Best Music Film

Bruce Gowers, Huey Lewis & the News

Honored for : Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock 'n' Roll

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bruce Gowers Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock 'n' Roll
Huey Lewis & the News Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock 'n' Roll
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album

Lani Hall

Honored for : Es Facil Amar
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

Steve Buckingham, Jim Henson

Honored for : Follow That Bird - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Nominee Nominated Work
Steve Buckingham Follow That Bird - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Jim Henson Follow That Bird - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

Eddie Palmieri

Honored for : Solito

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tito Puente Mambo Diablo
Eddie Palmieri Solito
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax

Honored for : Cello Sonatas

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Nominee Nominated Work
Yo-Yo Ma Cello Sonatas
Emanuel Ax Cello Sonatas
Grammy Award for Best New Classical Artist

Chicago Pro Musica

Honored for : Stravinsky: L' Histoire Du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale - Suite), Walton: Façade (An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring)
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Tina Turner

Honored for : What's Love Got to Do With It (1984)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mick Jones I Want to Know What Love Is
Daryl Hall Everytime You Go Away
Sting Money for Nothing
Mark Knopfler Money for Nothing
Mike Campbell The Boys of Summer
Don Henley The Boys of Summer
Michael Jackson We Are the World
Lionel Richie We Are the World
Grammy Trustees Award
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Chick Webb and His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald

Honored for : A-Tisket A-Tasket / Liza
(For A-Tisket A-Tasket)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Glenn Gould

Honored for : The Goldberg Variations (feat. piano: Glenn Gould)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Wanda Landowska

Honored for : Bach: Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Art Tatum

Honored for : Deep Purple / Tea For Two
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Carl Perkins

Honored for : Blue Suede Shoes / Honey, Don't!
(Blue Suede Shoes)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Sons of the Pioneers

Honored for : Cool Water / Tumbling Tumbleweeds
(Award for 'Cool Water')