39th Annual Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards were presented on February 26, 1997 for the 39th time. Last year celebrated two music artist "resurrection ". Created from a demo of John Lennon died in 1980 his former colleagues a new Beatles Single: Free as a Bird. And the late 1965 Nat King Cole came by modern mixed media to a duet with his daughter Natalie: When I Fall In Love. Both Grammy -worthy performance.

The most important music award of the USA was awarded in 90 categories in 26 fields, eight honorary Grammys were for lifetime achievement.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• " Change the World " by Eric Clapton

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• Falling Into You by Céline Dion

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• " Change the World " by Eric Clapton (Authors: Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Sims )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• LeAnn Rimes

Work behind the mixing desk

Producer of the Year (Producer Of The Year ):

• Babyface

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

• Joanna Nick Renz

Best mix an album without classical music ( Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical ):

• Q's Jook Joint by Quincy Jones

Best mix of a classical recording ( Best Classical Engineered Recording):

• Copland: Dance Symphony, Short Symphony, Organ Symphony by Saint Louis Symphony under the direction of Leonard Slatkin

Pop

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

• "Un - Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton

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

• " Change the World " by Eric Clapton

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

• " Free as a Bird by The Beatles

Best collaboration with vocals - Pop ( Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals ):

• " When I Fall in Love" by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole

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

• " The Sinister Minister " by Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

Best Pop Album ( Best Pop Album):

• Falling Into You by Céline Dion

Traditional Pop

Best Vocal Album - Traditional Pop ( Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album ):

• Here's to the Ladies by Tony Bennett

Rock

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

• "If It Makes You Happy" by Sheryl Crow

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

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

• " So Much to Say " by Dave Matthews Band

Best hard rock performance ( Best Hard Rock Performance ):

• " Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins

Best Metal performance ( Best Metal Performance):

• " Tire Me" by Rage Against the Machine

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

• " SRV Shuffle " by Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, BB King, Art Neville, Bonnie Raitt & Jimmie Vaughan

Best rock song ( Best Rock Song):

• "Give Me One Reason " by Tracy Chapman

Best Rock Album ( Best Rock Album):

• Sheryl Crow by Sheryl Crow

Alternative

Best Alternative Album ( Best Alternative Music Album ):

• Odelay by Beck

Rhythm & Blues

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

• " You're Makin ' Me High " by Toni Braxton

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

• " Your Secret Love" by Luther Vandross

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

• "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by the Fugees

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

• " Exhale ( Shoop Shoop )" by Whitney Houston (Author: Kenneth Edmonds )

Best R & B Album ( Best R & B Album):

• Words of the Tony Rich Project

Rap

Best solo performance - Rap ( Best Rap Solo Performance ):

• "Hey Lover" by LL Cool J

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

• " Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs- N-Harmony

Best Rap Album ( Best Rap Album):

• The score of the Fugees

Country

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

• " Blue" by LeAnn Rimes

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

• " Worlds Apart " by Vince Gill

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

Best collaboration with vocals - Country ( Best Country Collaboration With Vocals ):

• " High Lonesome Sound" by Alison Krauss & Union Station & Vince Gill

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

• " Jam Man " by Chet Atkins

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

• " Blue" by LeAnn Rimes (Author: Bill Mack )

Best Country Album ( Best Country Album):

• The Road to Ensenada by Lyle Lovett

Best Bluegrass Album ( Best Bluegrass Album):

• True Life Blues - The Songs Of Bill Monroe by various artists

New Age

Best New Age Album ( Best New Age Album):

• The Memory of Trees by Enya

Jazz

Best contemporary jazz performance ( Best Contemporary Jazz Performance):

• High Life by Wayne Shorter

Best Jazz Vocal Performance ( Best Jazz Vocal Performance):

• New Moon Daughter by Cassandra Wilson

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo ( Best Jazz Instrumental Solo):

• " Cabin Fever " by Michael Brecker

Best Jazz Instrumental performance, single artist or group ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group ):

• Tales from the Hudson by Michael Brecker

Best Performance by a large ensemble jazz ( Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance):

Best Latin jazz performance ( Best Latin Jazz Performance):

• Portraits of Cuba Paquito D' Rivera

Gospel

Best Rock Gospel Album ( Best Rock Gospel Album):

• Jesus Freak by dc Talk

Best Contemporary / Pop Gospel Album ( Best Pop / Contemporary Gospel Album):

• Tribute - The Songs of Andrae Crouch by various artists

Best Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album ( Best Gospel, Country Gospel Or Bluegrass Gospel Album):

• I Love to Tell the Story - 25 Timeless Hymns by Andy Griffith

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album ( Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album):

• Face to Face by Cissy Houston

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album ( Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album):

• Whatcha Lookin ' 4 by Kirk Franklin

Best Gospel Choir Album ( Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus):

• Just a Word by Shirley Caesar's Outreach Convention Choir

Latin

Best Latin Pop performance ( Best Latin Pop Performance):

• Enrique Iglesias by Enrique Iglesias

Best Tropical Latin performance ( Best Tropical Latin Performance):

• La rosa de los vientos of Rubén Blades

Best Performance or Mexican-American Tejano music ( Best Mexican - American / Tejano Music Performance )

• Un millon de rosas by La Mafia

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album ( Best Traditional Blues Album):

• Deep in the Blues by James Cotton

Best Contemporary Blues Album ( Best Contemporary Blues Album):

• Just Like You by Keb 'Mo'

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album ( Best Traditional Folk Album ):

• Pete of Pete Seeger

Best Contemporary Folk Album ( Best Contemporary Folk Album ):

• The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen

Reggae

Best Reggae Album ( Best Reggae Album):

• Hall of Fame - A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary by Bunny Wailer

World Music

Best World Music Album ( Best World Music Album ):

• Santiago of the Chieftains

Polka

Best Polka Album ( Best Polka Album):

• Polka! All Night Long by Jimmy Sturr

For children

Best Musical Album for Children ( Best Musical Album For Children ):

• Dedicated to the One I Love by Linda Ronstadt

Best Spoken Album for Children ( Best Spoken Word Album For Children ):

• Stellaluna by David Holt

Language

Best Spoken or non-music album ( Best Spoken Word Or Non- Musical Album):

• It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Best Spoken Comedy Album ( Best Spoken Comedy Album):

• Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken

Musical Show

Best Musical Show Album ( Best Musical Show Album):

• Riverdance by Bill Whelan

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

• " Manhattan ( Iceland of Lights and Love )" by Herbie Hancock (Authors: Herbie Hancock, Jean Hancock )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• "An American Symphony ( Mr. Holland's Opus )" ( Arranger: Michael Kamen

Best Instrumental Arrangement with Sing Along ( Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal ( s ) ):

• " When I Fall in Love" by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole ( arrangers Alan Broadbent, David Foster)

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

• " Because You Loved Me" ( from Up Close ) by Céline Dion (Author: Diane Warren )

Best Instrumental Composition written for film or television ( Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television):

• Independence Day by David Arnold

Packages and music accompanying

Best Recording Package ( Best Recording Package):

• Ultra - Lounge ( Leopard Skin Sampler ) by various artists

Best Recording Package as a box ( Best Recording Package - Boxed ):

• The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings by Miles Davis & Gil Evans ( Author: Bill Kirchner, Bob Belden, George Avakian, Phil Schaap )

Historical Records

Best Historical Album ( Best Historical Album):

• The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Classical music

Best classical album ( Best Classical Album):

• Corigliano: Of Rage And Remembrance of the Men's Choir of the Washington Choral Arts Society, the Men's Chorus of Washington Oratorio Society and the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

Best Orchestral Performance ( Best Orchestral Performance):

• Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (scenes from the ballet ) from the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Britten: Peter Grimes by Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Janice Watson, London Symphony Chorus and the City of London Sinfonia under Richard Hickox

Best choir performance ( Best Choral Performance):

• Walton: Beshazzar 's Feast from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus under the direction of Andrew Litton

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

• Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos by Yefim Bronfman and the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Esa -Pekka Salonen

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

• The Romantic Master - Works of Saint- Saëns, Handel by Earl Wild

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• Corigliano: String Quartet from Cleveland Quartet

Best Small Ensemble Performance ( Best Small Ensemble Performance):

• Boulez: ... Exploring ante fixed by L' Ensemble intercontemporain under the direction of Pierre Boulez

Best Classical Vocal Performance ( Best Classical Vocal Performance ):

• Opera Arias - Works by Mozart, Wagner, Borodin Bryn Terfel and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine

Best Classical Contemporary Composition ( Best Classical Contemporary Composition ):

• String Quartet from Cleveland Quartet ( Composer: John Corigliano )

Music Video

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

• " Free as a Bird " by the Beatles

Best Music Video Long ( Best Long Form Music Video):

• The Beatles Anthology by The Beatles

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Frank Zappa
• Bobby Bland
• Everly Brothers
• Judy Garland
• Stéphane Grappelli
• Buddy Holly
• Charles Mingus
• Oscar Peterson

• Herb Alpert
• Jerry Moss
• Burt Bacharach
• Hal David
• Alan Jay Lerner
• Jerry Leiber
• Mike Stoller

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