21st Annual Grammy Awards

21st Annual Grammy Awards
21st Annual Grammy Awards
Date	February 15, 1979
Location	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	John Denver
Most awards	Bee Gees (4)
Most nominations	–
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 21st Annual Grammy Awards were held in 1979, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1978.^[1]^[2]

Presenters

Donna Summer & Andy Gibb - Record of the Year
John Denver & Eubie Blake - Best New Artist
Steve Martin - Best Pop Vocal Performance Male
Dionne Warwick & Quincy Jones - Best R&B Performance Female
Paul Williams & Frankie Valli - Best Pop Vocal Performance Female]]
Glen Campbell & Tanya Tucker - Best Country Vocal Performance Duo/Group
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge - Best Country Performance Male
Neil Diamond - Album of the Year

Performers

Award winners

Record of the Year
- Phil Ramone (producer) & Billy Joel for "Just the Way You Are"
Album of the Year
- Broadway Eddie, Richard Finch, Albhy Galuten, K.G. Productions, Ron Kersey, Arif Mardin, Bobby Martin, Bill Oakes, Freddie Perren, Karl Richardson, William Salter, Thomas J. Valentino (producers), Bee Gees, Ralph MacDonald, David Shire (producers and artists), Don Renaldo (conductor), Yvonne Elliman, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Kool & the Gang, Walter Murphy, Tavares & Trammps for Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
Song of the Year
- Billy Joel for "Just the Way You Are"
Best New Artist
- A Taste of Honey

Musical show

Best Cast Show Album
- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & various artists for Ain't Misbehavin'

Packaging and notes

Best Album Package
- Johnny B. Lee & Tony Lane (art directors) for Boys in the Trees performed by Carly Simon
Best Album Notes
- Michael Brooks (notes writer) for A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I & II performed by Bing Crosby

Pop

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Al Schmitt & Roger Nichols (engineers) for "FM (No Static at All)" performed by Steely Dan
Best Engineered Recording, Classical
- Arthur Kendy, Edward T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Varese: Ameriques/Arcana/Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese)
Producer of the Year
- The Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten & Karl Richardson

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- Donna Summer for "Last Dance"
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- George Benson for "On Broadway"
Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Earth, Wind & Fire for All 'n All
Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- Earth, Wind & Fire for "Runnin'"
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Paul Jabara (songwriter) for "Last Dance" performed by Donna Summer

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Recording
- Orson Welles for Citizen Kane

References

^ "In the groove: Grammys go disco". The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 16, 1979. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
^ "1978 Grammy Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
^ LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. link. Accessed 2008 April 30.

[1] "In the groove: Grammys go disco". The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 16, 1979. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

[2] "1978 Grammy Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

[3] LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. link. Accessed 2008 April 30.

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