25th Annual Grammy Awards

The 25th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 1983, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.^[1][2]

25th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	February 23, 1983
Location	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
Hosted by	John Denver
Most awards	John Williams (3)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
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Album of the Year went to Toto for Toto IV, and Song of the Year went to Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson for "Always on My Mind".

Presenters

• Stevie Wonder & Dionne Warwick - Album of the Year
• Bill Ivey - Presented Les Paul with the Trustees Award
• Lionel Richie & Olivia Newton-John - Record of the Year
• George Carlin & Michael McDonald - Best Female Rock Performance
• Lily Tomlin & Tony Bennett - Best New Artist
• Quincy Jones & Donna Summer - Best Pop Vocal Performance Duo/Group & Best Pop Vocal Performance Female
• Henry Mancini - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance & Song of the Year
• Rick James & Grace Jones - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
• Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas as Bob and Doug McKenzie - Rules & Voting Procedure

Performers

• Ray Charles, Count Basie, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard - What I'd Say/One O'Clock Jump/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Joy, Joy, Joy/Wish You Were Here Tonight
• Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
• Kenny Rogers - Through the Years
• Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
• Men At Work - Down Under
• Eddie Murphy
• Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind

Awards

General

Record of the Year

• "Rosanna" – Toto
  • Toto, producer
• "Always on My Mind" - Willie Nelson
  • Chips Moman, producer
• "Chariots of Fire" - Vangelis
  • Vangelis, producer
• "Ebony and Ivory" - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
  • George Martin, producer
• "Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson
  • David Kershenbaum & Joe Jackson, producers

Album of the Year

• Toto IV – Toto
  • Toto, producer
• American Fool - John Cougar
  • John Mellencamp & Don Gehman, producers
• The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
  • Gary Katz, producer
• The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel
  • Phil Ramone, producer
• Tug of War - Paul McCartney
  • George Martin, producer

Song of the Year

• "Always on My Mind"
  • Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson, songwriters (Willie Nelson)
• "Ebony and Ivory"
  • Paul McCartney, songwriter (Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder)
• "Rosanna"
  • David Paich, songwriter (Toto)
• "Eye of the Tiger"
  • Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik, songwriters (Survivor)
• "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)"
  • Donald Fagen, songwriter (Donald Fagan)

Best New Artist

• Men at Work
• Asia
• Jennifer Holliday
• The Human League
• Stray Cats

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 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 Warnes for "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