GRAMMY AWARDS OF 1988

The 30th Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1988. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Contents

Award winners:

Blues

Children's

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

Gospel

Historical

Jazz

Latin

Musical Show

Music video

New Age

Packaging and Notes

Polka

Pop

Production and engineering

R&B

Reggae

Rock

Spoken

External links

Award winners:

★ Record of the Year

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★ Paul Simon for "Graceland"

★ Album of the Year

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★ Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois (producers) & U2 for ''The Joshua Tree''

★ Song of the Year

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★ Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil & James Horner (songwriters) for "Somewhere Out There" performed by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

★ Best New Artist

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★ Jody Watley

Blues

★ Best Traditional Blues Recording

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★ Professor Longhair for ''Houseparty New Orleans Style''

★ Best Contemporary Blues Recording

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★ The Robert Cray Band for ''Strong Persuader''

Children's

★ Best Recording for Children

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★ Tom Bradshaw, Mark Sottnick (producers), Bobby McFerrin (producer & artist) & Jack Nicholson for ''The Elephant's Child''

Classical

★ Best Orchestral Recording

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★ Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for ''Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor''

★ Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

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★ Kathleen Battle for ''Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital''

★ Best Opera Recording

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★ Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for ''R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos''

★ Best Choral Performance (other than opera)

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★ Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for ''Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd''

★ Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)

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★ James Levine (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Vienna Philharmonic for ''Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 4''

★ Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)

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★ Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz in Moscow''

★ Best Chamber Music Performance

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★ Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman & for ''Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios''

★ Best Contemporary Composition

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★ Krzysztof Penderecki (composer & conductor), Mstislav Rostropovich & the Philharmonia Orchestra for ''Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2''

★ Best Classical Album

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★ Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz in Moscow''

Comedy

★ Best Comedy Recording

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★ Robin Williams for ''A Night at the Met''

Composing and arranging

★ Best Instrumental Composition

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★ Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins & Wayne Shorter (composers) for ''Call Sheet Blues'' performed by various artists

★ Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television

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★ James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) for ''Somewhere Out There'' performed by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

★ Best Album or Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television

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★ Ennio Morricone (composer) for ''The Untouchables''

★ Best Arrangement on an Instrumental

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★ Bill Holman (arranger) for ''Take The "A" Train'' performed by the Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen

★ Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

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★ Frank Foster (arranger) for ''Deedles' Blues'' performed by Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra

Country

★ Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

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★ K. T. Oslin for ''80's Ladies''

★ Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

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★ Randy Travis for ''Always & Forever''

★ Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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★ Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt for ''Trio''

★ Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet

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★ Ronnie Milsap & Kenny Rogers for ''Make No Mistake, She's Mine''

★ Best Country Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist)

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★ Asleep at the Wheel for ''String of Pars''

★ Best Country Song

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★ Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz (songwriters) for ''Forever and Ever, Amen'' performed by Randy Travis

Folk

★ Best Traditional Folk Recording

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★ Ladysmith Black Mambazo for ''Shaka Zulu''

★ Best Contemporary Folk Recording

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★ Steve Goodman for ''Unfinished Business''

Gospel

★ Best Gospel Performance, Female

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★ Deniece Williams for ''I Believe In You''

★ Best Gospel Performance, Male

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★ Larnelle Harris for ''The Father Hath Provided''

★ Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus

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★ Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart for ''Crack the Sky''

★ Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female

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★ CeCe Winans for ''For Always''

★ Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male

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★ Al Green for ''Everything's Gonna Be Alright''

★ Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus

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★ Anita Baker & The Winans for ''Ain't No Need to Worry''

Historical

★ Best Historical Album

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★ Orrin Keepnews (producer) for ''Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings''

Jazz

★ Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

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★ Diane Schuur for ''Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra''

★ Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

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★ Bobby McFerrin for ''What Is This Thing Called Love''

★ Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

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★ Dexter Gordon for ''The Other Side of Round Midnight''

★ Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

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★ Wynton Marsalis for ''Marsalis Standard Time - Volume I''

★ Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

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★ Mercer Ellington for ''Digital Duke''

★ Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental

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★ Pat Metheny Group for ''Still Life (Talking)''

Latin

★ Best Latin Pop Performance

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★ Julio Iglesias for ''Un Hombre Solo''

★ Best Tropical Latin Performance

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★ Eddie Palmieri for ''La Verdad - The Truth''

★ Best Mexican-American Performance

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★ Los Tigres del Norte for ''Gracias! America Sin Fronteras''

Musical Show

★ Best Musical Cast Show Album

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★ Claude-Michel Schonberg (composer), Herbert Kretzmer (lyricist), Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg (producers), & the original Broadway cast for ''Les Miserables''

Music video

★ Best Concept Music Video

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★ Genesis for ''Land of Confusion''

★ Best Performance Music Video

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★ Anthony Eaton (video producer) for ''The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert'' performed by various artists

New Age

★ Best New Age Performance

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★ Yusef Lateef for ''Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony''

Packaging and Notes

★ Best Album Package

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★ Bill Johnson (art director) for ''King's Record Shop'' performed by Rosanne Cash

★ Best Album Notes

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★ Orrin Keepnews (notes writer) for ''Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings'' performed by Thelonious Monk

Polka

★ Best Polka Recording

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★ Jimmy Sturr for ''A Polka Just For Me''

Pop

★ Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

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★ Whitney Houston for "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"

★ Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

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★ Sting for ''Bring on the Night''

★ Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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★ Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes for "(I've Had) the Time of My Life"

★ Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)

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★ Larry Carlton for "Minute By Minute"

Production and engineering

★ Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

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★ Bruce Swedien & Humberto Gatica (engineers) for ''Bad'' performed by Michael Jackson

★ Best Engineered Recording, Classical

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★ Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for ''Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem''

★ Producer of the Year, (Non Classical)

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★ Narada Michael Walden

★ Classical Producer of the Year

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★ Robert Woods

R&B

★ Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

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★ Aretha Franklin for ''Aretha''

★ Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

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★ Smokey Robinson for 'Just To See Her'

★ Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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★ Aretha Franklin & George Michael for "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"

★ Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)

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★ David Sanborn for "Chicago Song"

★ Best Rhythm & Blues Song

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★ Bill Withers (songwriter) for "Lean on Me" performed by Club Nouveau

Reggae

★ Best Reggae Recording

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★ Peter Tosh for ''No Nuclear War''

Rock

★ Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo

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★ Bruce Springsteen for ''Tunnel of Love''

★ Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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★ U2 for ''The Joshua Tree''

★ Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)

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★ Frank Zappa for ''Jazz From Hell''

Spoken

★ Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording

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★ Garrison Keillor for ''Lake Wobegon Days''

External links

★ 30th Grammy Awards, from the Internet Movie Database
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