Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The 29th Grammy Awards were held in 1987. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Record of the Year Russ Titelman (producer), Steve Winwood (producer & artist) for "Higher Love" Album of the Year Paul Simon (producer & artist) for Graceland Song of the Year Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) for "That's What Friends Are For" performed by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder Best New Artist Bruce Hornsby & the Range 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 (producers) for The Alphabet performed by the Sesame Street cast Classical Best Classical Orchestral Recording Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Liszt: A Faust Symphony Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Andre Previn (conductor), Kathleen Battle & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart Best Opera Recording Elizabeth Ostrow (producer), John Mauceri (conductor), 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 (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & 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 and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C & Variations Best Contemporary Composition Witold Lutoslawski (composer) & Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) for Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3 Best Classical Album Thomas Frost (producer) & 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 (composer) for Out of Africa Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Patrick Williams (arranger) for "Suite Memories" performed by Bill Watrous & Patrick Williams Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals David Foster (arranger) 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 Old Days)" Best Country Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist) Ricky Skaggs for "Raisin' the Dickins" Best Country Song Jamie O'Hara (songwriter) 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 (producers) 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 (producers) 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 Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental Bob James & David Sanborn for Double Vision Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Miles Davis for Tutu Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group Wynton Marsalis for J Mood Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band Doc Severinsen for The Tonight Show Band With Doc Severinsen Latin Best Latin Pop Performance Jose Feliciano for "Le Lo Lai" Best Tropical Latin Performance Rubén Blades for Escenas Best Mexican-American Music Performance Flaco Jimenez for Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio Musical Show Best Cast Show Album Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & 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 (video director) & Sting for "Bring on the Night" New Age Best New Age Album Andreas Vollenweider for Down to the Moon Packaging and Notes Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography Eiko Ishioka (art director) 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 Jimmy Sturr for I Remember Warsaw Pop Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Barbra Streisand for The Broadway Album Best Male Pop Vocal Performance 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 Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens for "Top Gun Anthem" Production and engineering Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical Jason Corsaro & Tom Lord-Alge (engineers) for "Back in the High Life" Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Best Classical Engineered Recording Paul Goodman (engineer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 Classical Producer of the Year Thomas Frost R&B Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Anita Baker for Rapture Best Male R&B Vocal Performance James Brown for "Living in America" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Prince & the Revolution for "Kiss" Best R&B Instrumental Performance Yellowjackets for "And You Know That" Best R&B Song Anita Baker, Gary Bias & Louis A. Johnson (songwriters) for "Sweet Love" performed by Anita Baker Reggae Best Reggae Album Steel Pulse for Babylon the Bandit Rock Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Tina Turner for "Back Where You Started" Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Robert Palmer for "Addicted to Love" Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Eurythmics for "Missionary Man" Best Rock Instrumental Performance The Art of Noise & Duane Eddy for "Peter Gunn" Spoken Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album Carl Perkins, Chips Moman, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison & Sam Phillips for Interviews From the Class of '55 Recording Sessions Other Grammy Award Years 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 This article is from Wikipedia. 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