Grammy Awards of 1983 - Definition and Overview

The 25th Grammy Awards were held in 1983. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Award winners:

• Record of the Year
  • Toto (producer & artist) for "Rosanna"

• Album of the Year
  • Toto (producer & artist) for Toto IV

• Song of the Year
  • Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) for "Always on My Mind" performed by Willie Nelson

• Best New Artist
  • Men at Work

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
  • Clarence Gatemouth Brown for Alright Again

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • David Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) for In Harmony 2 performed by various artists

Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
  • Jay David Saks, Thomas Z. Shepard (producers), James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Sym. No. 7 in E Min. (Song of the Night)
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Zubin Mehta (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Verdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi)
• Best Opera Recording
  • Andrew Kazdin (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Jeannine Altmeyer, Hermann Becht, Peter Hofmann, Siegfried Jerusalem, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Ortrun Wenkel, Heinz Zednik & the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra for Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
• Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
  • Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor
• Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra)
  • Glenn Gould for Bach: The Goldberg Variations
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Richard Goode & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms: The Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120
• Best Classical Album
  • Samuel H. Carter (producer) & Glenn Gould for Bach: The Goldberg Variations

Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
  • Richard Pryor for Live on the Sunset Strip

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • John Williams (composer) for "Flying - Theme From E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
• Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
  • John Williams (composer) for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording
  • John Williams (arranger) for "Flying - Theme From E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • Jerry Hey & David Paich, Jeff Porcaro (arrangers) for "Rosanna" performed by Toto
• Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
  • David Paich (arranger) for "Rosanna" performed by Toto

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Juice Newton for "Break It to Me Gently"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Willie Nelson for "Always on My Mind"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Alabama for Mountain Music
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Roy Clark for "Alabama Jubilee"
• Best Country Song
  • Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James (songwriters) for "Always on My Mind" performed by Willie Nelson

Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
  • Queen Ida for Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance, Traditional
  • Blackwood Brothers for I'm Following You
• Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary
  • Amy Grant for Age to Age
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional
  • Al Green for Precious Lord
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary
  • Al Green for Higher Plane
• Best Inspirational Performance
  • Barbara Mandrell for He Set My Life to Music

Historical

• Best Historical Album
  • Alan Dell, Ethel Gabriel & Don Wardell (producers) for The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions - Vols.1,2 & 3

Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
  • Sarah Vaughan for Gershwin Live!
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
  • Mel Tormé for An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
  • The Manhattan Transfer for "Route 66"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • Miles Davis for We Want Miles
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group
  • Phil Woods for "More" Live
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
  • Count Basie for Warm Breeze
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
  • Pat Metheny Group for Offramp

Latin

• Best Latin Recording
  • Machito for Machito & His Salsa Big Band '82

Musical Show

• Best Cast Show Album
  • Henry Krieger (composer), Tom Eyen (lyricist), David Foster (producer) & various artists for Dreamgirls

Music Video

• Best Video of the Year
  • Olivia Newton-John for Olivia Physical

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package
  • John Kosh & Ron Larson (art directors) for Get Closer performed by Linda Ronstadt
• Best Album Notes
  • John Chilton & Richard M. Sudhalter (notes writers) for Bunny Berigan - Giants Of Jazz performed by Bunny Berigan

Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • Melissa Manchester for "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Lionel Richie for "Truly"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnesfor "Up Where We Belong"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Ernie Watts for "Chariots of Fire Theme (Dance Version)"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Al Schmitt, David Leonard, Greg Ladanyi & Tom Knox (engineers) for Toto IV performed by Toto
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Paul Goodman (engineer), James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)
• Producer of the Year
  • Toto
• Classical Producer of the Year
  • Robert Woods

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Jennifer Holliday for "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Marvin Gaye for "Sexual Healing"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Dazz Band for "Let It Whip"
  • Earth, Wind & Fire for "Wanna Be With You"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • Marvin Gaye for "Sexual Healing (Instrumental Version)"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon & Steve Lukather (songwriters) for "Turn Your Love Around" performed by George Benson

Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
  • Pat Benatar for "Shadows of the Night "
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
  • John Cougar Mellencamp for "Hurts So Good"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Survivor for "Eye of the Tiger "
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • A Flock of Seagulls for "D.N.A."

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
  • Tom Voegeli (producer) for Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Movie on Record performed by various artists