24th Annual Grammy Awards

Award winners

• Record of the Year
• *Val Garay & Kim Carnes for "Bette Davis Eyes"
• Album of the Year
• *Jack Douglas, John Lennon & Yoko Ono for Double Fantasy
• Song of the Year
• *Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon for "Bette Davis Eyes" performed by Kim Carnes
• Best New Artist
• *Sheena Easton

  Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *Dennis Scott & Jim Henson for Sesame Country performed by The Muppets, Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn & Tanya Tucker

  Classical

• Best Classical Orchestral Recording
• *James Mallinson, Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• *Richard Bonynge, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland & the New York City Opera Orchestra for Live From Lincoln Center - Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti
• Best Opera Recording
• *James Mallinson, Charles Mackerras, Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Žídek, Václav Zítek & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Janáček: From the House of the Dead
• Best Choral Performance
• *Neville Marriner & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus for Haydn: The Creation
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
• *Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman & the New York Philharmonic for Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
• *Vladimir Horowitz for The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• *Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman for Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor
• Best Classical Album
• *James Mallinson, Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor

  Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
• *Richard Pryor for Rev. Du Rite

  Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• *Mike Post for "The Theme From Hill Street Blues"
• Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
• *John Williams for Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
• *Quincy Jones & Johnny Mandel for "Velas" performed by Quincy Jones
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal
• *Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones for "Ai No Corrida" performed by Quincy Jones
• Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
• *Gene Puerling for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" performed by The Manhattan Transfer

  Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• *Dolly Parton for "9 to 5"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• *Ronnie Milsap for " No Gettin' Over Me"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *The Oak Ridge Boys for "Elvira"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
• *Chet Atkins for Country After All These Years
• Best Country Song
• *Dolly Parton for "9 to 5"

  Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
• *There Must Be a Better World Somewhere-B.B.King

  Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance, Traditional
• *The Masters V for The Masters V
• Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational
• *The Imperials for Priority
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional
• *Al Green for The Lord Will Make a Way
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary
• *Andrae Crouch for Don't Give Up
• Best Inspirational Performance
• *B.J. Thomas for Amazing Grace

  Historical

• Best Historical Album
• *Michael Brooks & George Spitzer for Hoagy Carmichael - From Stardust to Ole Buttermilk Sky

  Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
• *Ella Fitzgerald for Digital III at Montreux
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
• *Al Jarreau for " Blue Rondo à la Turk"
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
• *The Manhattan Transfer for "Until I Met You "
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
• *John Coltrane for Bye Bye Blackbird
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group
• *Chick Corea & Gary Burton for In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
• *Gerry Mulligan for Walk on the Water
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
• *Grover Washington, Jr. for Winelight

  Latin

• Best Latin Recording
• *Clare Fischer for "Guajira Pa la Jeva"

  Musical show

• Best Cast Show Album
• *Quincy Jones & Lena Horne for

  Music video

• Video of the Year
• *Michael Nesmith for Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts

  Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• *Peter Corriston for Tattoo You performed by The Rolling Stones
• Best Album Notes
• *Dan Morgenstern for Erroll Garner - Master of the Keyboard performed by Erroll Garner

  Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• *Lena Horne for
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• *Al Jarreau for Breakin' Away
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *The Manhattan Transfer for "The Boy from New York City"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• *Larry Carlton & Mike Post for "The Theme from Hill Street Blues"

  Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• *Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner, Jerry Garszva & Roger Nichols for Gaucho performed by Steely Dan
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• *Andrew Kazdin, Edward T. Graham, Ray Moore, Zubin Mehta, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, & the New York Philharmonic for Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
• Producer of the Year
• *Quincy Jones
• Classical Producer of the Year
• *James Mallinson

  R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• *Aretha Franklin for "Hold On I'm Comin'"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• *James Ingram for "One Hundred Ways"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Quincy Jones for The Dude
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
• *David Sanborn for "All I Need Is You"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• *Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter for "Just the Two of Us" performed by Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers

  Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
• *Pat Benatar for "Fire and Ice"
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
• *Rick Springfield for "Jessie's Girl"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *The Police for "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
• *The Police for "Behind My Camel"

  Spoken

• Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
• *Orson Welles for Donovan's Brain