21st Annual Grammy Awards

At the Grammy Awards in 1979, 21 times the U.S. music awards were given.

The Grammys were doing to music creators in 52 categories from 17 fields.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

  • "Just the Way You Are " by Billy Joel (Author: Billy Joel )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

  • A Taste of Honey

Pop

Best Female Vocal Performance - Pop ( Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female):

Best Male Vocal Performance - Pop ( Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male):

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop ( Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ):

  • "Saturday Night Fever" by the Bee Gees

Best instrumental performance - Pop ( Best Pop Instrumental Performance ):

Rhythm & Blues

Best Female Vocal Performance - R & B ( Best R & B Vocal Performance, Female):

Best Male Vocal Performance - R & B ( Best R & B Vocal Performance, Male):

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop ( Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ):

  • " All ' n' All" by Earth, Wind & Fire

Best instrumental performance - R & B ( Best R & B Instrumental Performance ):

  • " Runnin ' " by Earth, Wind & Fire

Best R & B Song ( Best R & B Song):

  • " Last Dance " by Donna Summer (Author: Paul Jabara )

Country

Best Female Vocal Performance - Country ( Best Country Vocal Performance, Female):

Best Male Vocal Performance - Country ( Best Country Vocal Performance, Male):

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ( Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal):

  • Mamas Do not Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals ( Best Country Instrumental Performance ):

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

  • The Gambler by Kenny Rogers (Author: Don Schlitz )

Jazz

Best Jazz Vocal Performance ( Best Jazz Vocal Performance):

Best Jazz Instrumental performance, soloist ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist ):

  • Montreaux '77 - Oscar Peterson Jam by Oscar Peterson

Best Jazz Instrumental performance, group ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group):

Best Jazz Instrumental performance, Big Band ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band ):

  • Live in Munich by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra

Gospel

Best traditional gospel performance ( Best Gospel Performance, Traditional):

  • Refreshing of the Happy Goodman Family

Best Contemporary or Inspirational Gospel presentation ( Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary Or Inspirational ):

  • What A Friend by Larry Hart

Best Traditional Soul Gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional):

  • Live and Direct from the Mighty Clouds Of Joy

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary):

  • Live In London by Andrae Crouch & The Disciples

Best Inspirational performance ( Best Inspirational Performance):

  • Happy Man by B. J. Thomas

Latin

Best Latin Recording ( Best Latin Recording)

  • Homenaje a Beny More from Tito Puente

Folk

Best ethno folk or traditional folk recording ( Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording):

  • I'm Ready by Muddy Waters

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

  • The Muppet Show from the Muppets ( Producer: Jim Henson )

Language

Best spoken recording ( Best Spoken Word Recording):

  • Citizen Kane by Orson Welles

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

  • A Wild and Crazy Guy by Steve Martin

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album ( Best Cast Show Album ):

  • Is not Misbehavin 'by various artists ( Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

  • Theme From Close Encounters of the Third Child ( Composer: John Williams)

Best album of original music written for a film or a TV Special ( Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special):

  • Close Encounters of the Third Child ( Composer: John Williams)

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

  • The Wiz Main Title - Overture Part One by various artists ( arranger Quincy Jones, Robert Freedman )

Best Arrangement with Sing Along ( Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocals):

  • Got To Get You Into My Life by Earth, Wind & Fire ( Arranger: Maurice White )

Best Vocal Arrangement ( Best Arrangement For Voices):

  • Stayin 'Alive by the Bee Gees ( arrangers: Bee Gees )

Packages and accompanying music

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

  • Boys In The Trees by Carly Simon ( Artistic Director: Johnny B. Lee, Tony Lane )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

  • A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I & II by Bing Crosby ( Author: Michael Brooks)

Historical Records

Best historical, new aufgelegtes Album ( Best Historical Album Repackage ):

  • The Lester Young Story, Vol 3 by Lester Young (producer: Michael Brooks)

Production and Technology

Best technical recording without classical music ( Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical ):

Best technical Classical Recording ( Best Engineered Recording, Classical):

  • Edgar Varèse: Ameriques / Arcana / ionization ( Boulez Conducts Varèse of the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez ( Technology: Arthur Kendy, Edward T. Graham, Ray Moore)

Producer of the Year (Producer Of The Year ):

  • The Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

Classical music

Best classical album ( Best Classical Album):

Best Classical Orchestral Performance ( Best Classical Orchestral Performance):

  • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 (total absorption) of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

Best choral performance, Classic (no opera ) ( Best Choral Performance, Classical, Other Than Opera):

  • Beethoven: " Missa Solemnis " by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

Best solo instrument performance with orchestra ( Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists with Orchestra ):

  • Rachmaninoff: " Concerto No. 3 in D Minor for Piano" ( Horowitz Golden Jubilee) by Vladimir Horowitz and the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Eugene Ormandy

Best solo instrument performance without orchestra ( Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists without Orchestra ):

  • "The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78 " by Vladimir Horowitz

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

  • Beethoven: " Sonatas for Violin and Piano" by Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy

Best solo classical vocal performance ( Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance):

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1979 not awarded.

  • Goddard Lieberson
  • Frank Sinatra

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