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#1 Singles of 1979 :: 1979 Grammy Awards :: 1979 in Television
1979 Movies and Awards :: Events of 1979 :: What did it cost in 1979?
Again - we were all about the music! I laugh when my kids think they "discovered" Aerosmith, Santana and Sting and so many more that have transcended the decades - without further ado - here is a reminder of the 1979 Grammy Winners!
- Record of the Year "What a Fool Believes," Doobie Brothers
- Album of the Year 52nd Street, Billy Joel
- Song of the Year "What a Fool Believes," Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald, songwriters
- Best New Artist Rickie Lee Jones
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male 52nd Street, Billy Joel
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female "I'll Never Love This Way Again," Dionne Warwick
- Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus Minute by Minute, Doobie Brothers
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance "Rise," Herb Alpert
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male "Gotta Serve Somebody," Bob Dylan
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female "Hot Stuff," Donna Summer
- Best Rock Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group "Heartache Tonight," Eagles
- Best Rock Instrumental Performance "Rockestra Theme," Wings
- Best Rhythm and Blues Song "After the Love Has Gone," David Foster, Jay Graydon and Bill Champlin, songwriters
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," Michael Jackson
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female "Deja Vu," Dionne Warwick
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus "After the Love Has Gone," Earth, Wind and
- Fire Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance "Boogie Wonderland," Earth, Wind and Fire
- Best Disco Recording "I Will Survive," Gloria Gaynor
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance Fine and Mellow, Ella Fitzgerald
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Jousts, Oscar Peterson
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group Duet, Gary Burton and Chick Corea
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band At Fargo, 1940 Live, Duke Ellington
- Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental 8:30, Weather Report
- Best Country Song "You Decorated My Life," Debbie Hupp and Bob Morrison, songwriters
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male "The Gambler," Kenny Rogers
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Blue Kentucky Girl, Emmylou Harris
- Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," Charlie Daniels Band
- Best Country Instrumental Performance "Big Sandy/Leather Britches," Doc and Merle Watson
- Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational Heed the Call, Imperials
- Best Gospel Performance, Traditional Lift Up the Name of Jesus, Blackwood Brothers
- Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary I'll Be Thinking of You, Andrae Crouch
- Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional Changing Times, Mighty Clouds of Joy
- Best Latin Recording Irakere, Irakere
- Best Inspirational Performance You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer), B.J. Thomas
- Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live, Muddy Waters
- Best Instrumental Arrangement "Soulful Strut," Claus Ogerman, arranger
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) "What a Fool Believes," Michael McDonald, arranger
- Best Instrumental Composition "Main Title Theme From Superman," John Williams, composer
- Best Cast Show Album Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim, composer and Iyricist
- Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Superman, John Williams, composer
- Best Classical Album Brahms, Symphonies Complete, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra (London)
- Best Classical Orchestral Recording Brahms, Symphonies Complete, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra (London)
- Best Chamber Music Performance Copland, Appalachian Spring, Dennis Russell Davies conducting St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
- Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) Bartók, Concertos for Piano nos. 1 and 2, Maurizio Pollini; Abbado conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79, Vladimir Horowitz
- Best Opera Recording Britten, Peter Grimes, Colin Davis conducting Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; solos: Vickers, Harper and Summers
- Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) Brahms, A German Requiem, Sir Georg Solti, conductor and Margaret Hillis, choral director, Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance O Sole Mio, Luciano Pavarotti
- Best Comedy Recording Reality...What a Concept, Robin Williams Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording Ages of Man (Readings From Shakespeare), Sir John Gielgud
- Best Recording for Children The Muppet Movie, Jim Henson, creator (Atlantic)
- Best Album Package Breakfast in America, Mike Doud and Mick Haggerty, art directors
- Best Album Notes Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Sessions, Bob Porter and James Patrick, annotators
- Best Historical Reissue Billie Holiday (Giants of Jazz) (Time Life)
- Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) Larry Butler
- Classical Producer of the Year James Mallinson
#1 Singles of 1979 :: 1979 Grammy Awards :: 1979 in Television
1979 Movies and Awards :: Events of 1979 :: What did it cost in 1979?
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