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Grammy Awards of 1987

Award Winners

* Album of the Year
o Paul Simon (producer & artist) for Graceland

* Song of the Year
o Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) for "That's What Friends Are For" performed by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder

* Best New Artist
o Bruce Hornsby & the Range

Blues

* Best Traditional Blues Recording
o Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland & Robert Cray for Showdown!

Children's

* Best Recording for Children
o Jim Henson, Kathryn King & Geri Van Rees (producers) for The Alphabet performed by the Sesame Street cast

Classical

* Best Classical Orchestral Recording
o Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Liszt: A Faust Symphony
* Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
o Andre Previn (conductor), Kathleen Battle & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart
* Best Opera Recording
o Elizabeth Ostrow (producer), John Mauceri (conductor), James Billings, Joyce Castle, Maris Clement, David Eisler, Jack Harrold, John Lankston, Erie Mills, Scott Reeve & the New York City Opera Orchestra for Bernstein: Candide
* Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
o James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Orff: Carmina Burana
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
o Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
* Best Chamber Music Performance
o Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C & Variations
* Best Contemporary Composition
o Witold Lutosławski (composer) & Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) for Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3
* Best Classical Album
o Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985

Comedy

* Best Comedy Recording
o Bill Cosby for Those of You With or Without Children, You'll Understand

Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Composition
o John Barry (composer) for Out of Africa
* Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
o Patrick Williams (arranger) for "Suite Memories" performed by Bill Watrous & Patrick Williams
* Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals
o David Foster (arranger) for "Somewhere" performed by Barbra Streisand

Country

* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
o Reba McEntire for "Whoever's in New England"
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
o Ronnie Milsap for Lost in the Fifties Tonight
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o The Judds for "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)"
* Best Country Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist)
o Ricky Skaggs for "Raisin' the Dickins"
* Best Country Song
o Jamie O'Hara (songwriter) for "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" performed by The Judds

Folk

* Best Traditional Folk Recording
o Doc Watson for Riding the Midnight Train
* Best Contemporary Folk Recording
o Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein & Hank Neuberger (producers) for Tribute to Steve Goodman performed by various artists

Gospel

* Best Gospel Performance, Female
o Sandi Patti for Morning Like This
* Best Gospel Performance, Male
o Philip Bailey for Triumph
* Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
o Deniece Williams & Sandi Patti for "They Say"
* Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
o Deniece Williams for "I Surrender All"
* Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
o Al Green for "Going Away"
* Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
o The Winans for Let My People Go

Historical

* Best Historical Album
o Aziz Goksel & Bob Porter (producers) for Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Vols. 1-7 performed by various artists

Jazz

* Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
o Diane Schuur for Timeless
* Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
o Bobby McFerrin for "Round Midnight"
* Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
o 2+2 Plus for Free Fall
* Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
o Miles Davis for Tutu
* Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
o Wynton Marsalis for J Mood
* Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
o Doc Severinsen for The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen
* Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
o Bob James & David Sanborn for Double Vision

Latin

* Best Latin Pop Performance
o Jose Feliciano for "Le Lo Lai"
* Best Tropical Latin Performance
o Rubén Blades for Escenas
* Best Mexican-American Performance
o Flaco Jimenez for Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio

Musical Show

* Best Cast Show Album
o Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original 1986 cast for Follies in Concert

Music Video

* Best Music Video, Short Form
o Dire Straits for "Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms"
* Best Music Video, Long Form
o Michael Apted (video director) & Sting for Bring on the Night

New Age

* Best New Age Recording
o Andreas Vollenweider for Down to the Moon

Packaging and Notes

* Best Album Package
o Eiko Ishioka (art director) for Tutu performed by Miles Davis
* Best Album Notes
o Andrew Sarris, Frank Conroy, Gary Giddins, Jonathan Schwartz, Murray Kempton, Stephen Holden & Wilfrid Sheed for The Voice - The Columbia Years 1943-1952 performed by Frank Sinatra

Polka

* Best Polka Recording
o Eddie Blazonczyk for Another Polka Celebration performed by Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
o Jimmy Sturr for I Remember Warsaw performed by Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra

Pop

* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
o Barbra Streisand for The Broadway Album
* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
o Steve Winwood for "Higher Love"
* Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder for "That's What Friends Are For"
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance, (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
o Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens for "Top Gun Anthem"

Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
o Jason Corsaro & Tom Lord-Alge (engineers) for Back in the High Life performed by Steve Winwood
* Best Engineered Recording, Classical
o Paul Goodman (engineer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
* Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
o Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
* Classical Producer of the Year
o Thomas Frost

R&B

* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
o Anita Baker for Rapture
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
o James Brown for "Living in America"
* Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o Prince & the Revolution for "Kiss"
* Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
o Yellowjackets for "And You Know That"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
o Anita Baker, Gary Bias & Louis A. Johnson (songwriters) for "Sweet Love" performed by Anita Baker

Reggae

* Best Reggae Recording
o Steel Pulse for Babylon the Bandit

Rock

* Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
o Tina Turner for "Back Where You Started"
* Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
o Robert Palmer for "Addicted to Love"
* Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o Eurythmics for "Missionary Man"
* Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
o The Art of Noise & Duane Eddy for "Peter Gunn"

Spoken

* Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
o Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chips Moman, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins & Sam Phillips for Interviews From the Class of '55 Recording Sessions