30th Annual Grammy Awards

On March 2, 1988, awarded the Grammy celebrated 30th anniversary.

In 71 categories from 23 fields, the Grammy Awards were presented in 1988. Excellent musical performances that were released between October 1986 and September 1987,.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• Graceland by Paul Simon

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• The Joshua Tree by U2

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Jody Watley

Pop

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

• I Wanna Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston

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

• Bring on the Night by Sting

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

• ( I've Had ) The Time of My Life by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

Best instrumental performance - Pop ( Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Orchestra, Group Or Soloist ):

• Minute by Minute by Larry Carlton

Rock

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

• Tunnel of Love by Bruce Springsteen

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

• The Joshua Tree by U2

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

• Jazz from Hell by Frank Zappa

Rhythm & Blues

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

• Aretha by Aretha Franklin

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

• Just to See Her by Smokey Robinson

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

• I Knew You Were Waiting ( For Me ) by Aretha Franklin & George Michael

Best instrumental performance - R & B ( Best R & B Instrumental Performance, Orchestra, Group Or Soloist ):

• Chicago Song by David Sanborn

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

• Lean on Me by Club Nouveau (Author: Bill Withers )

Country

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

• 80 's Ladies by K. T. Oslin

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

• Always & Forever by Randy Travis

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

• Trio of Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt

Best Country Vocal Performance as a duet ( Best Country Vocal Collaboration, Duet ):

• Make No Mistake, She 's Mine by Ronnie Milsap & Kenny Rogers

Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals (Orchestra, Group or Soloist ) ( Best Country Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group Or Soloist ):

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

• Forever And Ever, Amen by Randy Travis (Authors: Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz )

New Age

Best New Age performance ( Best New Age Performance ):

• Yusef Lateef 's Little Symphony by Yusef Lateef

Jazz

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female ( Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female):

• Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra by Diane Schuur

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male ( Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male):

• What Is This Thing Called Love by Bobby McFerrin

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

• The Other Side Of Round Midnight by Dexter Gordon

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

• Marsalis Standard Time - Volume I by Wynton Marsalis

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

• Digital Duke of Mercer Ellington

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

• Still Life ( Talking) by Pat Metheny Group

Gospel

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

• I Believe In You by Deniece Williams

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

• The Father Hath Provided by Larnelle Harris

Best Gospel Performance by a duo, a group or a choir ( Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir Or Chorus):

• Crack The Sky by Mylon LeFevre & Broken Heart

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

• CeCe Winans For Always by

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

• Everything's Gonna Be Alright by Al Green

Best Soul Gospel Performance by a duo, a group or a choir ( Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir Or Chorus):

• Is not No Need To Worry by Anita Baker & The Winans

Latin

Best Latin Pop performance ( Best Latin Pop Performance):

• Un hombre solo by Julio Iglesias

Best Tropical Latin performance ( Best Tropical Latin Performance):

• La verdad - The Truth by Eddie Palmieri

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

• Gracias! América sin fronteras of Los Tigres del Norte

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Recording ( Best Traditional Blues Recording):

• House Party New Orleans Style by Professor Longhair

Best Contemporary Blues Recording ( Best Contemporary Blues Recording):

• Strong Persuader by Robert Cray Band

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Recording ( Best Traditional Folk Recording):

• Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Best Contemporary Folk Recording ( Best Contemporary Folk Recording):

• Unfinished Business by Steve Goodman

Reggae

Best Reggae Recording ( Best Reggae Recording):

• No Nuclear War by Peter Tosh

Polka

Best Polka Recording ( Best Polka Recording):

• A Polka Just For Me by Jimmy Sturr

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• The Elephant's Child by Bobby McFerrin ( producer: Bobby McFerrin, Tom Bradshaw, Mark Sottnick )

Language

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

• Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

Musical Show

Best Musical Cast Show Album ( Best Musical Cast Show Album ):

• Les Misérables Original Broadway Cast ( music: Claude- Michel Schönberg, Text: Herbert Kretzmer; producer: Alain Boublil, Claude- Michel Schönberg)

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

• Call Sheet Blues by various artists (composers: Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins, Wayne Shorter)

Best Song written specifically for film or television ( Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or Television):

Best album of original instrumental background music written for film or television ( Best Album Of Original Instrumental Background Score Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television):

• The Untouchables by Ennio Morricone

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Arrangement On An Instrumental):

• Take the " A" Train of the Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen ( Arranger: Bill Holman )

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

• Deedles ' Blues Diane Schuur and of the Count Basie Orchestra ( Arranger: Frank Foster)

Packages and accompanying music

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

• King's Record Shop by Rosanne Cash ( Artistic Director: Bill Johnson)

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings of Thelonious Monk ( Author: Orrin Keepnews )

Historical Records

Best Historical Album ( Best Historical Album):

• Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings of Thelonious Monk ( producer: Orrin Keepnews )

Production and Technology

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

• Bad by Michael Jackson ( Technology: Bruce Swedien, Humberto Gatica )

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

• Fauré: Requiem / Duruflé: Requiem from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Robert Shaw ( technique: Jack Renner )

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

• Narada Michael Walden

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

• Robert Woods

Classical music

Best classical album ( Best Classical Album):

• Horowitz in Moscow by Vladimir Horowitz

Best Orchestral Recording ( Best Orchestral Recording):

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos by Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey, Anna Tomowa - Sintow and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of James Levine

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

• Hindemith: When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd (lilac - Requiem) by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Robert Shaw

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

• Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 and 4 of Itzhak Perlman and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of James Levine

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

• Horowitz in Moscow by Vladimir Horowitz

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios by Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman

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

• Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital by Kathleen Battle

Best Contemporary Composition ( Best Contemporary Composition ):

• Cello Concerto No. 2 by Krzysztof Penderecki

Music Video

Best Concept Music Video ( Best Concept Music Video):

• Land Of Confusion by Genesis

Best concert music video ( Best Performance Music Video):

• The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert by various artists

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and Trustees Award were not awarded.

1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014

• Musical Event 1988
• Awards Ceremony 1988
• Grammy Awards