Grammy Awards of 1985

The 27th Grammy Awards were held in 1985, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1984.

• Record of the Year
  • Terry Britten[?] (producer) for "What's Love Got To Do With It" performed by Tina Turner

• Album of the Year
  • James Anthony Carmichael[?] & Lionel Richie (producers) for Can't Slow Down performed by Lionel Richie

• Song of the Year
  • Terry Britten[?] (songwriter) for "What's Love Got To Do With It" performed by Tina Turner

• Best New Artist
  • Cyndi Lauper

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Album or Recording[?]
  • John Hammond[?], Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Sugar Blue[?], Koko Taylor & her Blues Machine[?], Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson[?], J.B. Hutto & the New Hawks[?] for Blues Explosion

Children's

• Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken[?]
  • Ron Haffkine[?] (producer) for Where The Sidewalk Ends performed by Shel Silverstein

Classical

• Best Classical Album[?]
  • Choristers Of Westminster Abbey[?] & the Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields[?] for Amadeus (Original Soundtrack) conducted by Neville Marriner[?]
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance[?]
  • Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra[?] for Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat conducted by Leonard Slatkin[?]
• Best Opera Recording[?]
  • Choeurs Et Maitrise De Radio France[?] & Orchestre National De France[?] Bizet: Carmen (Original Soundtrack) conducted by Lorin Maazel[?]
• Best Choral Performance, Classical[?]
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra for A German Requiem conducted by James Levine[?]
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)[?]
  • Wynton Marsalis for Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli[?], Fasch[?], Molter[?] performed by Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova[?] & the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard[?]
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)[?]
  • Yo-Yo Ma for Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites
• Best Chamber Music Performance[?]
  • Juilliard String Quartet[?] for Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
• Best Classical Vocal Performance[?]
  • Heather Harper[?], Jessye Norman[?] & Jose Van Dam[?] for Ravel: Songs Of Maurice Ravel
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition[?]
  • Samuel Barber (composer) for Antony And Cleopatra

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
  • Weird Al Yankovic for Eat It

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)[?]
  • John Williams (composer) for "Olympic Fanfare And Theme" the official music of the XXIII Olympiad
  • Randy Newman for "The Natural"
• Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television[?]
  • Wendy Melvoin[?] (composer) for Purple Rain performed by Prince & the Revolution
• Best Arrangement For Voices[?]
  • The Pointer Sisters[?] for "Automatic"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement[?]
  • Quincy Jones for "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)[?]
  • David Foster[?] & Jeremy Lubbock[?] (arrangers) for "Hard Habit To Break" perormed by Chicago

Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance[?]
  • Emmylou Harris for "In My Dreams"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Merle Haggard for "That's The Way Love Goes"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[?]
  • The Judds[?] for "Mama He's Crazy"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Ricky Skaggs[?] for "Wheel Hoss"
• Best Country Song
  • Steve Goodman (songwriter) for "City Of New Orleans" performed by Willie Nelson

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording[?]
  • Elizabeth Cotton[?] for Elizabeth Cotten Live!

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance, Female[?]
  • Amy Grant for "Angels"
• Best Gospel Performance, Male[?]
  • Michael W. Smith for Michael W. Smith
• Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus[?]
  • Phil Driscoll[?] for "Keep The Flame Burning" performed by Debby Boone[?] & Phil Driscoll[?]
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female[?]
  • Shirley Caesar[?] for Sailin'
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male[?]
  • Andrae Crouch[?] for "Always Remember"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus[?]
  • Al Green & Shirley Caesar[?] for "Sailin' On The Sea Of Your Love"
• Best Inspirational Performance[?]
  • Donna Summer for "Forgive Me"

Historical

• Best Historical Album[?]
  • J.R. Taylor[?] (producer) for Big Band Jazz performed by Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb[?], Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & Others

Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Album[?]
  • Joe Williams for Nothin' But The Blues
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist[?]
  • Wynton Marsalis for Hot House Flowers
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group[?]
  • Art Blakey for New York Scene performed by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers[?]
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance[?]
  • Count Basie for 88 Basie Street
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance[?]
  • Pat Metheny Group[?] for First Circle

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance[?]
  • Placido Domingo for Always In My Heart (Siempre En Mi Corazon)
• Best Tropical Latin Performance[?]
  • Eddie Palmieri[?] for Palo Pa Rumba
• Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance[?]
  • Sheena Easton[?] for "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" performed by Sheena Easton[?] & Luis Miguel[?]

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album[?]
  • Stephen Sondheim (lyricist) & Thomas Z. Shepard[?] (producer) for Sunday In The Park With George performed by the Original Cast

Music Video

• Best Music Video, Short Form[?]
  • David Bowie for David Bowie
• Best Music Video, Long Form[?]
  • Michael Jackson for Making Michael Jackson's Thriller

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography[?]
  • Janet Perr[?] (art director) for She's So Unusual performed by Cyndi Lauper
• Best Album Notes[?]
  • Martin Williams[?] (notes writer) for Big Band Jazz performed by Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb[?], Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & Others

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tina Turner for "What's Love Got To Do With It"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Phil Collins for "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Pointer Sisters[?] for "Jump (For My Love)"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Ray Parker Jr.[?] for "Ghostbusters (Instrumental)"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical[?]
  • Humberto Gatica[?] (engineer) for 17 performed by Chicago
• Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical[?]
  • James Anthony Carmichael[?] & Lionel Richie
  • David Foster[?]
• Best Classical Engineered Recording[?]
  • Paul Goodman[?] (engineer) for Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat, Op. 100 conducted by Leonard Slatkin[?]
• Classical Producer Of The Year[?]
  • Steven Epstein[?]

R&B

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Chaka Khan[?] for "I Feel For You"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Billy Ocean for "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • James Ingram[?] & Michael McDonald for "Yah Mo B There"
• Best R&B Song
  • Prince (songwriter) for "I Feel For You" performed by Chaka Khan[?]
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Herbie Hancock for Sound System

Reggae

• Best Reggae Album
  • Black Uhuru for Anthem

Rock

• Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
  • Tina Turner for "Better Be Good To Me"
• Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
  • Bruce Springsteen for "Dancing In The Dark"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Prince & the Revolution for Purple Rain - Music From The Motion Picture
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Yes for "Cinema"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album[?]
  • Ben Kingsley for The Words of Gandhi