27th Annual Grammy Awards

On February 26, 1985, the American Music Grammy was awarded for the 27th time.

67 winners were distributed at the Grammy Awards 1985 at the 21 fields, a Ehrengrammy was awarded for lifetime achievement.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• Can not Slow Down by Lionel Richie

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner (Authors: Terry Britten, Graham Lyle )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Cyndi Lauper

Pop

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

• "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner

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 ):

• " Jump ( For My Love )" by the Pointer Sisters

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

• " Ghostbusters (Instrumental )" by Ray Parker Jr.

Rock

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

• "Better Be Good to Me" by Tina Turner

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

• "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen

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

• Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution

Best Performance by a rock instrumentals ( Best Rock Instrumental Performance ):

• "Cinema" by Yes

Rhythm & Blues

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

• " I Feel for You" by Chaka Khan

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

• "Caribbean Queen" by Billy Ocean

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

• " Yah Mo B There" by James Ingram & Michael McDonald

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

• Sound System by Herbie Hancock

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

• " I Feel for You" by Chaka Khan (Author: Prince)

Country

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

• In My Dreams by Emmylou Harris

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

• That's The Way Love Goes by Merle Haggard

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

• Mama He's Crazy by the Judds

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

• Wheel Hoss by Ricky Skaggs

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

• City Of New Orleans by Willie Nelson (Author: Steve Goodman)

Jazz

Best Jazz Vocal Performance ( Best Jazz Vocal Performance):

• Nothin 'But The Blues by Joe Williams

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

• Hot House Flowers by Wynton Marsalis

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

• New York Scene by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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

• 88 Basie Street by Count Basie

Best jazz fusion performance, vocal or instrumental ( Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental):

• First Circle by Pat Metheny Group

Gospel

Best Female Gospel presentation ( Best Gospel Performance, Female):

• Angels by Amy Grant

Best Male Gospel presentation ( Best Gospel Performance, Male):

• Michael W. Smith Michael W. Smith

Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group ( Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group):

• Keep The Flame Burning by Debby Boone & Phil Driscoll

Best female soul gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female):

• Sailin ' by Shirley Caesar

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

• Always Remember by Andrae Crouch

Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group ( Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group):

• Sailin 'On The Sea Of Your Love by Shirley Caesar & Al Green

Best Inspirational performance ( Best Inspirational Performance):

• Forgive Me by Donna Summer

Latin

Best Latin Pop performance ( Best Latin Pop Performance):

• Always In My Heart ( Siempre en mi corazon ) by Plácido Domingo

Best Tropical Latin performance ( Best Tropical Latin Performance):

• Palo pa Rumba by Eddie Palmieri

Best Mexican -American performance ( Best Mexican - American Performance)

• Me gustas tal como eres by Sheena Easton & Luis Miguel

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Recording ( Best Traditional Blues Recording):

• Blues Explosion by Sugar Blue, John P. Hammond, JB Hutto & The New Hawks, Luther Johnson, Koko Taylor & The Blues Machine and Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Folk

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

• Elizabeth Cotten Live! by Elizabeth Cotten

Reggae

Best Reggae Recording ( Best Reggae Recording):

• Anthem by Black Uhuru

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein ( Producer: Ron Haffkine )

Language

Best spoken or non-music recording ( Best Spoken Word Or Non- Musical Recording):

• The Words of Gandhi by Ben Kingsley

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

• Eat It by Weird Al Yankovic

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album ( Best Cast Show Album ):

• Sunday in the Park With George from the original cast ( music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

• The Natural by Randy Newman
• Olympic Fanfare and Theme ( the official music of the 23 Olympics ) by 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):

• Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution ( composer: Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, Prince, John L. Nelson)

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Arrangement On An Instrumental):

• Grace ( Gymnastics Theme) by Quincy Jones ( Arrangement: Jeremy Lubbock, Quincy Jones)

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

• Hard Habit To Break by Chicago ( Arrangement: David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock )

Best Vocal Arrangement for two or more voices ( Best Vocal Arrangement for Two Or More Voices):

• Automatic by Pointer Sisters

Packages and music accompanying

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

• She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper ( Artistic Director: Janet Perr )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Big Band Jazz by Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and others ( Producer: JR Taylor)

Historical Records

Best Historical Album ( Best Historical Album):

• Big Band Jazz by Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and others ( Author: Gunther Schuller, Martin Williams)

Production and Technology

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

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

• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in Bes of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin ( Producer: Jay David Saks )

Producer of the Year (not classical) (Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical ):

• James Anthony Carmichael and Lionel Richie
• David Foster

Classical Producer of the Year (Classical Producer of the Year ):

• Steven Epstein

Classical music

Best classical album ( Best Classical Album):

• Amadeus ( Original Soundtrack) by Ambrosian Opera Chorus, the Choristers of Westminster Abbey and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Best Classical Orchestral Recording ( Best Classical Orchestral Recording):

• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in Bes of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Bizet: Carmen ( Original Soundtrack) by Choeurs et Maitrise de Radio France and the Orchestre National de France under the direction of Lorin Maazel

Best choral performance (without Opera ) ( Best Choral Performance other than opera):

• Brahms: A German Requiem from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of James Levine

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

• Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter of Wynton Marsalis and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard

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

• Bach: Cello Suites unaccompanied by Yo- Yo Ma

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• Beethoven: The Late String Quartets by Juilliard String Quartet

Best Classical Vocal Performance ( Best Classical Vocal Performance ):

• Ravel: Songs of Maurice Ravel by Heather Harper, Jessye Norman, Jose van Dam, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble L' intercontemporain under the direction of Pierre Boulez

Best New Classical Composition ( Best New Contemporary Composition ):

• Antony And Cleopatra by Spolet Festival Orchestra, conducted by Christian Badea ( Composer: Samuel Barber)

Music Video

Best Music Video Short ( Best Video, Short Form ):

• " David Bowie (Video) " by David Bowie

Best Video Album ( Best Album ):

• Making Michael Jackson's Thriller by Michael Jackson

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Leonard Bernstein

• Eldridge Johnson