Awards & Winners

1989 Grammy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1989 Grammy Awards. Check awards winners of 32nd Annual Grammy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

32nd Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Bobby Brown

Honored for : Every Little Step
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Smokey Robinson We've Saved The Best For Last (Kenny G with Smokey Robinson)
Bobby Brown Every Little Step
Prince Batdance
Luther Vandross She Won't Talk to Me
Al Jarreau Heart's Horizon
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

Soul II Soul, Caron Wheeler

Honored for : Back to Life (a cappella)
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Caron Wheeler Back to Life (a cappella)
Soul II Soul Back to Life (a cappella)
BeBe & CeCe Winans Celebrate New Life
Aretha Franklin Gimme Your Love (feat. Aretha Franklin)
James Brown Gimme Your Love (feat. Aretha Franklin)
Whitney Houston It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (feat. Whitney Houston)
Aretha Franklin It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (feat. Whitney Houston)
Deniece Williams We Sing Praises
Natalie Cole We Sing Praises
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff

Honored for : If You Don't Know Me by Now
(Songwriters)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Leon Huff If You Don't Know Me by Now
Kenneth Gamble If You Don't Know Me by Now
Babyface Superwoman
L.A. Reid Superwoman
James Samuel Harris Miss You Much
Terry Lewis Miss You Much
Babyface Every Little Step
L.A. Reid Every Little Step
Calvin Lewis When a Man Loves a Woman
Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance

k.d. lang

Honored for : Absolute Torch and Twang
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
k.d. lang Absolute Torch and Twang
Emmylou Harris Bluebird
Rosanne Cash I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
Dolly Parton Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That
Kathy Mattea Willow in the Wind
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Lyle Lovett

Honored for : Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
Rodney Crowell After All This Time
Randy Travis It's Just a Matter of Time
Clint Black Killin' Time
Keith Whitley I'm No Stranger to the Rain
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Michael Bolton

Honored for : How Am I Supposed to Live Without You
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Bolton How Am I Supposed to Live Without You
Prince Batman: Motion Picture Soundtrack
Richard Marx Right Here Waiting
Roy Orbison You Got It
Billy Joel We Didn't Start the Fire
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville

Honored for : Don't Know Much
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Aaron Neville Don't Know Much
Linda Ronstadt Don't Know Much
Fine Young Cannibals She Drives Me Crazy
The B-52's Love Shack
Simply Red If You Don't Know Me By Now
Mike + The Mechanics Living Years
Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance

Metallica

Honored for : One
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Faith No More The Real Thing
Queensrÿche I Don't Believe in Love
Dokken Beast From the East
Soundgarden Ultramega OK
Metallica One
Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Jr.

Honored for : There's a Tear in My Beer
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chris Hillman You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Roger McGuinn You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Dwight Yoakam Sin City
k.d. lang Sin City
Hank Williams, Jr. There's a Tear in My Beer
Hank Williams There's a Tear in My Beer
Buck Owens Act Naturally
Ringo Starr Act Naturally
Levon Helm Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Ricky Skaggs Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Roy Acuff Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Emmylou Harris Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Johnny Cash Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance

Living Colour

Honored for : Cult Of Personality
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Aerosmith Love in an Elevator
Great White Once Bitten Twice Shy
Mötley Crüe Dr. Feelgood
Guns N' Roses G N' R Lies
Living Colour Cult Of Personality
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Miles Davis

Honored for : Aura
(Soloist)
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album

Peter Gabriel

Honored for : Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Chick Corea Akoustic Band

Honored for : Chick Corea Akoustic Band
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Bruce Hornsby

Honored for : The Valley Road
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bruce Hornsby The Valley Road
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Valley Road
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Miles Davis

Honored for : Aura
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance

Randy Scruggs

Honored for : Amazing Grace
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jerry Douglas If You've Got the Money (Honey I've Got the Time)
Asleep at the Wheel Black and White Rag
Randy Scruggs Amazing Grace
John Hartford All I Got Is Gone Away
New Grass Revival Big Foot
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Don Was, Bonnie Raitt

Honored for : Nick of Time
(Artist, Producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Don Was Nick of Time
Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time
Traveling Wilburys Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Tom Petty Full Moon Fever
Fine Young Cannibals The Raw & The Cooked
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Jeffrey Silbar, Larry Henley

Honored for : Wind Beneath My Wings
(Songwriters)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Larry Henley Wind Beneath My Wings
Jeffrey Silbar Wind Beneath My Wings
Bruce Hornsby The End of the Innocence
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Cynthia Weil Don't Know Much
Barry Mann Don't Know Much
Tom Snow Don't Know Much
Mike Rutherford The Living Years
B.A. Robertson The Living Years
Billy Joel We Didn't Start the Fire
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Bonnie Raitt

Honored for : Nick of Time
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time
Linda Ronstadt Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
Paula Abdul Straight Up
Gloria Estefan Don't Wanna Lose You
Bette Midler Wind Beneath My Wings
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

The Neville Brothers

Honored for : Healing Chant
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Neville Brothers Healing Chant
Paul Shaffer Late Night
Kenny G Breadline Blues
Earl Klugh Whispers and Promises
Andreas Vollenweider Dancing With The Lion
Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Bonnie Raitt

Honored for : Nick of Time
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Cyndi Lauper I Drove All Night
Melissa Etheridge Brave and Crazy
Pat Benatar Let's Stay Together
Tina Turner Foreign Affair
Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time
Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Don Henley

Honored for : The End of the Innocence
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Petty Free Fallin'
Joe Cocker When the Night Comes
Neil Young Freedom
Lou Reed New York
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Traveling Wilburys

Honored for : Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
B.B. King When Love Comes to Town
U2 When Love Comes to Town
Living Colour Glamour Boys
The Rolling Stones Mixed Emotions
U2 Rattle and Hum
Traveling Wilburys Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Terry Bozzio, Jeff Beck, Tony Hymas

Honored for : Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Travis Walk
Andy Summers A Piece of Time
Joe Satriani The Crush of Love
Steve Morse High Tension Wires
Terry Bozzio Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
Jeff Beck Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
Tony Hymas Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Anita Baker

Honored for : Giving You the Best That I Got
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Anita Baker Giving You the Best That I Got
Vanessa L. Williams Dreamin'
Natalie Cole Good to Be Back
Janet Jackson Miss You Much
Aretha Franklin Through the Storm
Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Soul II Soul

Honored for : African Dance
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Soul II Soul African Dance
Babyface It's No Crime
Omar Hakim Constructive Criticism
Gerald Albright Bermuda Nights
Stix Hooper I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance

Young MC

Honored for : Bust a Move
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tone-L?c Funky Cold Medina
De La Soul Me Myself And I
Public Enemy Fight the Power
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson
Young MC Bust a Move
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Pat Metheny Group

Honored for : Letter From Home
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Ruth Brown

Honored for : Blues on Broadway
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Harry Connick, Jr.

Honored for : When Harry Met Sally...
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group

Dr. John, Rickie Lee Jones

Honored for : Makin' Whoopee
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rickie Lee Jones Makin' Whoopee
Dr. John Makin' Whoopee
Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Honored for : Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Highway 101 Honky Tonk Heart
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2
The Judds Young Love
Restless Heart Big Dreams in a Small Town
The Desert Rose Band She Don't Love Nobody
Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Rodney Crowell

Honored for : After All This Time
(Songwriter)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ben Mink Luck In My Eyes
k.d. lang Luck In My Eyes
Rodney Crowell After All This Time
Hank Williams There's a Tear in My Beer
Clint Black A Better Man
Hayden Nicholas A Better Man
John Hiatt She Don't Love Nobody
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female

CeCe Winans

Honored for : Don't Cry
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male

BeBe Winans

Honored for : Meantime
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus

Take 6

Honored for : The Savior Is Waiting
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male or Female

Al Green

Honored for : As Long as We're Together
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus

Daniel Winans

Honored for : Let Brotherly Love Continue
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album

José Feliciano

Honored for : Cielito Lindo
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto

Honored for : Ritmo en el corazón
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ray Barretto Ritmo en el corazón
Celia Cruz Ritmo en el corazón
Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

Los Lobos

Honored for : La Pistola y El Corazón
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album

John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt

Honored for : I'm in the Mood
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bonnie Raitt I'm in the Mood
John Lee Hooker I'm in the Mood
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Honored for : In Step
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album

Marcel Cellier

Honored for : Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Volume 2
(Producer)
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album

Indigo Girls

Honored for : Indigo Girls
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Polka Album

Jimmy Sturr

Honored for : All in My Love for You
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album

Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

Honored for : One Bright Day
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

Peter Schickele

Honored for : 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

J. Aaron Brown, David R. Lehman, Tanya Goodman Sykes

Honored for : The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 1
(Artist, Producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
David R. Lehman The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 1
Tanya Goodman Sykes The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 1
J. Aaron Brown The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 1
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

Jay David Saks

Honored for : Jerome Robbins' Broadway
(Producer)
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Dave Grusin

Honored for : The Fabulous Baker Boys
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition

Danny Elfman

Honored for : The Batman Theme
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Carly Simon

Honored for : Let the River Run
(Artist)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
U2 Angel of Harlem
Randy Newman I Love To See You Smile
Marvin Hamlisch The Girl Who Used To Be Me
Marilyn Bergman The Girl Who Used To Be Me
Alan Bergman The Girl Who Used To Be Me
Prince Partyman
Carly Simon Let the River Run
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

Gilda Radner

Honored for : It's Always Something
(Narrator)
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

Roger Gorman

Honored for : Sound + Vision
(Art Director)
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

Phil Schaap

Honored for : Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
(Album Notes Writer)
Grammy Award for Best Historical Album

Andy McKaie

Honored for : The Chess Box
(Producer)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

George Massenburg

Honored for : Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
(Engineer)
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Peter Asher

(Producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Babyface
L.A. Reid
Prince
Jorge Casas
Emilio Estefan
Clay Ostwald
David Bascombe
Tears for Fears
Peter Asher
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

Emerson String Quartet, Wolf Erichson

Honored for : Die 6 Streichquartette (Emerson String Quartet)
(Artist, Producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Emerson String Quartet Die 6 Streichquartette (Emerson String Quartet)
Wolf Erichson Die 6 Streichquartette (Emerson String Quartet)
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

Emerson String Quartet

Honored for : Die 6 Streichquartette (Emerson String Quartet)
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement

Dave Grusin

Honored for : Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War
(Arranger)
Grammy Award for Best Music Video

Michael Jackson, Jim Blashfield, Frank DiLeo, Paul Diener, Jerry Kramer

Honored for : Leave Me Alone
(Artist/Producer, Video Producer, Video Director/Video Producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hank Williams There's A Tear In My Beer
Hank Williams, Jr. There's A Tear In My Beer
Mike + The Mechanics The Living Years
Enya Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Trevor Rabin Something To Hold On To
Michael Jackson Leave Me Alone
Jim Blashfield Leave Me Alone
Frank DiLeo Leave Me Alone
Jerry Kramer Leave Me Alone
Paul Diener Leave Me Alone
Grammy Award for Best Music Film

Janet Jackson, Dominic Sena, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Aristides McGarry

Honored for : Rhythm Nation 1814
(Video Director/Video Producer, Video Director, Artist, Video Producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Jackson Moonwalker
Pink Floyd Delicate Sound of Thunder
New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block: Hangin' Tough Live
Eurythmics Savage
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814
Dominic Sena Rhythm Nation 1814
Valerie Faris Rhythm Nation 1814
Jonathan Dayton Rhythm Nation 1814
Aristides McGarry Rhythm Nation 1814
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Steve Reich

Honored for : Different Trains
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical

Robert Woods

(Producer)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Dave Grusin

Honored for : My Funny Valentine
(Arranger)
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

Robert Shaw

Honored for : Britten: War Requiem
(Conductor)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Yo-Yo Ma

Honored for : Barber: Cello Concerto / Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

András Schiff

Honored for : English Suites, BWV 806-811 (piano: Andras Schiff)
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

Jack Renner

Honored for : Britten: War Requiem
(Engineer)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo

Dawn Upshaw

Honored for : Knoxville - Summer Of 1915 (Music Of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky)
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Levine Wagner: Die Walkuere
Cord Garben Wagner: Die Walkuere
James Morris Wagner: Die Walkuere
Kurt Moll Wagner: Die Walkuere
Gary Lakes Wagner: Die Walkuere
Jessye Norman Wagner: Die Walkuere
Christa Ludwig Wagner: Die Walkuere
Hildegard Behrens Wagner: Die Walkuere
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

Leonard Bernstein

Honored for : Symphonie No. 3 (New York Philharmonic, New York Choral Artists & Brooklyn Boys' Chorus feat. conductor: Leonard Bernstein, contralto: Christa Ludwig)
(Conductor)
Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Bette Midler, Arif Mardin

Honored for : Wind Beneath My Wings
(Artist, Producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arif Mardin Wind Beneath My Wings
Bette Midler Wind Beneath My Wings
Billy Joel We Didn't Start the Fire
Fine Young Cannibals She Drives Me Crazy
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Mike + The Mechanics Living Years
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Trustees Award
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Todd Duncan, Anne Brown

Honored for : Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Oscar Levant, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

Honored for : Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Ray Charles

Honored for : I've Got A Woman / Come Back
(I've Got A Woman)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

New York Philharmonic, Dimitris Mitropoulos, Mack Harrell, Eileen Farrell

Honored for : Los clásicos de la Ópera, No. 23: Wozzeck (Orquesta Filarmónica de Nueva York feat. conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Chuck Berry

Honored for : Roll Over Beethoven / Drifting Heart
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Honored for : Black, Brown and Beige
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Todd Duncan, Anne Brown

Honored for : Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess