The27th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1985, atShrine Auditorium,Los Angeles, and were broadcast live in theUnited States byCBS. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1984.^[1][2]

• Huey Lewis & The News -The Heart of Rock & Roll
• Hank Williams Jr. &BB King - All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight
• Cyndi Lauper -Time After Time
• Amy Grant -Angels
• Stevie Wonder -I Just Called To Say I Love You
• Debbie Allen,Nia Peeples & The cast ofWest Side Story -America
• Tina Turner -What's Love Got To Do With It
• Rev. James Cleveland & theSouthern California Community Choir,Andrae Crouch,Pops Staples,Deniece Williams,Clark Sisters - Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus
• Chaka Khan &Melle Mel -I Feel For You
• Howard Jones,Thomas Dolby,Herbie Hancock, &Stevie Wonder - Synth instrumental
• Kenny Loggins -Footloose
• Julia Migenes-Johnson
• Prince &Sheila E. -Baby I'm A Star
• Shel Silverstein - Unknown

• Laurie Anderson &Ray Davies - Best New Artist;Hulk Hogan acted as her bodyguard
• Dee Snider &Sheila E. - Best Pop Vocal Performance Male
• Jeffrey Osborne &Wendy & Lisa - Best Long Form Album
• Linda Rondstadt &Michael Tilson Thomas - PresentedLeonard Bernstein with the Lifetime Achievement Award
• Julian Lennon &Andy Summers - Best Female Pop Performance
• Henry Mancini &Andrew Lloyd Webber - Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
• The Judds - Best Male Country Vocal Performance
• Anne Murray &Sammy Hagar - Producer of the Year
• Jermaine &Philip Bailey - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
• Andy Williams - Introduced the Grammy Hall of Fame
• Randy Newman &Kim Carnes - Song of the Year
• Diana Ross - Record of the Year

Record of the Year^[3]

• "What's Love Got To Do With It" –Tina Turner
  • Terry Britten, producer
• "Hard Habit To Break" –Chicago
  • David Foster, producer
• "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" –Cyndi Lauper
  • Rick Chertoff, producer
• "The Heart Of Rock And Roll" –Huey Lewis and the News
  • Huey Lewis and the News, producers
• "Dancing In The Dark" –Bruce Springsteen
  • Jon Landau,Chuck Plotkin,Little Steven & Bruce Springsteen, producers

Album of the Year

• Can't Slow Down –Lionel Richie
  • James Anthony Carmichael & Lionel Richie, producers
• She's So Unusual –Cyndi Lauper
  • Rick Chertoff, producer
• Purple Rain –Prince &The Revolution
  • Prince & The Revolution, producers
• Born in the U.S.A. –Bruce Springsteen
  • Jon Landau,Chuck Plotkin & Bruce Springsteen, producers
• Private Dancer –Tina Turner
  • Terry Britten,Carter,Leon "Ndugu" Chancler,Wilton Felder,Rupert Hine,Joe Sample, Greg Walsh &Martyn Ware, producers

Song of the Year^[4]

• "What's Love Got To Do With It"
  • Terry Britten andGraham Lyle, songwriters (Tina Turner)
• "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
  • Phil Collins, songwriter (Phil Collins)
• "Hello"
  • Lionel Richie, songwriter (Lionel Richie)
• "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
  • Stevie Wonder, songwriter (Stevie Wonder)
• "Time After Time"
  • Cyndi Lauper andRob Hyman, songwriters (Cyndi Lauper)

Best New Artist

• Cyndi Lauper
• Sheila E.
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• Corey Hart
• The Judds

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
  • Sugar Blue,John P. Hammond,J.B. Hutto & the New Hawks,Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson,Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine &Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble forBlues Explosion

• Best Recording for Children
  • Ron Haffkine (producer) &Shel Silverstein forWhere the Sidewalk Ends

• Best Classical Orchestral Recording
  • Jay David Saks (producer),Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & theSt. Louis Symphony forProkofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor),Heather Harper,Jessye Norman &José van Dam, theBBC Symphony Orchestra & theEnsemble InterContemporain forRavel: Songs of Maurice Ravel
• Best Opera Recording
  • Michel Glotz (producer),Lorin Maazel (conductor),Julia Migenes-Johnson,Plácido Domingo,Ruggero Raimondi,Faith Esham, the Choeur de Radio France andMaîtrise de Radio France & theOrchestre National de France forBizet:Carmen (Original Soundtrack)
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • James Levine (conductor),Margaret Hillis (choir director) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus forBrahms: A German Requiem
• Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Raymond Leppard (conductor),Wynton Marsalis & theEnglish Chamber Orchestra forWynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova:Handel,Purcell,Torelli,Fasch,Molter
• Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Yo-Yo Ma forBach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • TheJuilliard String Quartet forBeethoven: The Late String Quartets
• Best New Classical Composition
  • Samuel Barber (composer) &Christian Badea (conductor) forAntony and Cleopatra
• Best Classical Album
  • John Strauss (producer),Neville Marriner (conductor), theAmbrosian Opera Chorus,Choristers of Westminster Abbey & theAcademy of St Martin in the Fields forAmadeus (Original Soundtrack)

• Best Comedy Recording
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic for "Eat It"

• Best Instrumental Composition (tie)
  • Randy Newman (composer) for "The Natural"
  • John Williams (composer) for "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" the official music of theXXIII Olympiad
• Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or A Television Special
  • Lisa Coleman,John L. Nelson,Prince (musician) &Wendy Melvoin (composers) forPurple Rain performed by Prince
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
  • Quincy Jones &Jeremy Lobbock (arrangers) for "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" performed by Quincy Jones
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • David Foster &Jeremy Lubbock (arrangers) for "Hard Habit To Break" performed byChicago (band)
• Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
  • Anita Pointer,June Pointer &Ruth Pointer (arrangers) for "Automatic" performed byThe Pointer Sisters

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Emmylou Harris for "In My Dreams"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Merle Haggard for "That's the Way Love Goes"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Judds for "Mama He's Crazy"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Ricky Skaggs for "Wheel Hoss"
• Best Country Song
  • Steve Goodman (songwriter) for "City of New Orleans" performed byWillie Nelson

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
  • Elizabeth Cotten forElizabeth Cotten Live!

• Best Gospel Performance, Female
  • Amy Grant for "Angels"
• Best Gospel Performance, Male
  • Michael W. Smith forMichael W. Smith 2
• Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Debby Boone &Phil Driscoll for "Keep The Flame Burning"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
  • Shirley Caesar forSailin'
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
  • Andrae Crouch for "Always Remember"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Shirley Caesar &Al Green for "Sailin' on the Sea of Your Love"
• Best Inspirational Performance
  • Donna Summer for "Forgive Me"

• Best Historical Album
  • J.R. Taylor (producer) forBig Band Jazz performed byCount Basie,Tommy Dorsey,Benny Goodman,Fletcher Henderson,Chick Webb,Paul Whiteman & others

• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • Wynton Marsalis for "Hot House Flowers"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
  • Art Blakey forNew York Scene performed by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
  • Count Basie for88 Basie Street
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
  • Pat Metheny Group forFirst Circle
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Joe Williams forNothin' but the Blues

• Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Plácido Domingo forSiempre en Mi Corazón—Always in My Heart
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
  • Eddie Palmieri forPalo Pa Rumba
• Best Mexican-American Performance
  • Sheena Easton &Luis Miguel for "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres"

• Best Cast Show Album
  • Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist),Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast forSunday in the Park with George

• Best Video, Short Form
  • David Bowie forJazzin' for Blue Jean
• Best Video Album
  • Michael Jackson forMaking Michael Jackson's Thriller

• Best Album Package
  • Janet Perr (art director) forShe's So Unusual performed byCyndi Lauper
• Best Album Notes
  • Gunther Schuller &Martin Williams (notes writers) forBig Band Jazz performed byPaul Whiteman,Fletcher Henderson,Chick Webb,Tommy Dorsey,Count Basie,Benny Goodman & others

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • Tina Turner for "What's Love Got to Do with It"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Phil Collins for "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Pointer Sisters for "Jump (For My Love)"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Ray Parker Jr. for "Ghostbusters (Instrumental)"

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Humberto Gatica (engineer) forChicago 17 performed byChicago
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Paul Goodman (engineer),Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & theSaint Louis Symphony forProkofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (Tie)
  • James Anthony Carmichael &Lionel Richie
  • David Foster
• Producer of the Year, Classical
  • Steven Epstein

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Chaka Khan for "I Feel for You"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Billy Ocean for "Caribbean Queen"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • James Ingram &Michael McDonald for "Yah Mo B There"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • Herbie Hancock for "Sound System"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Prince, songwriter for "I Feel for You" performed byChaka Khan

• Best Reggae Recording
  • Black Uhuru forAnthem

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
  • Tina Turner for "Better Be Good to Me"
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
  • Bruce Springsteen for "Dancing in the Dark"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Princeand The Revolution forPurple Rain
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Yes for "Cinema"

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
  • Ben Kingsley forThe Words of Gandhi

• 27th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

• Grammy Awards ceremonies
• 1985 in California
• 1985 music awards
• 1985 in Los Angeles
• 1985 in American music
• 1985 awards in the United States
• February 1985 in the United States

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