The20th Annual Grammy Awards were held February 23, 1978, and were broadcast live on American television. They were hosted byJohn Denver and recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1977.^[1][2]

• Aretha Franklin &Cheech & Chong - Appeared via videotape to wish the Grammy's a happy 20th birthday
• Steve Martin &Chicago - Best New Artist
• David Crosby,Stephen Stills, andGraham Nash - Album of the Year
• Minnie Pearl &Jerry Clower - Best Country Performance Male & Female
• Stephen Bishop &Andy Gibb - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Shaun Cassidy -That's Rock 'n' Roll
• Count Basie -Sweet Georgia Brown
• Joe Tex -Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)

• Record of the Year
  • Bill Szymczyk (producer) &The Eagles for "Hotel California"
• Album of the Year
  • Ken Caillat,Richard Dashut (producers) &Fleetwood Mac (producers and artist) forRumours
• Song of the Year
  • Barbra Streisand &Paul Williams (songwriters) for "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" performed by Barbra Streisand
  • Joe Brooks (songwriter) for "You Light Up My Life" performed byDebby Boone
• Best New Artist
  • Debby Boone

• Best Recording for Children
  • Christopher Cerf &Jim Timmens (producers) forAren't You Glad You're You performed by various artists

• Best Classical Orchestral Performance
  • Gunther Breest (producer),Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra forMahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Neville Marriner (conductor),Janet Baker & theAcademy of St. Martin in the Fields forBach: Arias
• Best Opera Recording
  • Thomas Z. Shepard (producer),John De Main (conductor),Donnie Albert,Carol Brice,Clamma Dale & theHouston Grand Opera Orchestra forGershwin:Porgy and Bess
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Georg Solti (conductor),Margaret Hillis (choir director) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus forVerdi: Requiem
• Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Itzhak Perlman & theLondon Philharmonic Orchestra forVivaldi: The Four Seasons
• Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Arthur Rubinstein forBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat/Schumann:Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • TheJuilliard String Quartet forSchoenberg:Quartets for Strings (Complete)
• Best Classical Album
  • Thomas Frost (producer),Leonard Bernstein (conductor),Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Vladimir Horowitz,Yehudi Menuhin,Mstislav Rostropovich,Isaac Stern,Lyndon Woodside & theNew York Philharmonic forConcert of the Century

• Best Comedy Recording
  • Steve Martin forLet's Get Small

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • John Williams (composer) for "Main Title FromStar Wars"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  • John Williams (composer) forStar Wars
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Harry Betts,Perry Botkin Jr. &Barry De Vorzon (arrangers) for "Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless)" performed by Barry De Vorzon
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Ian Freebairn-Smith (arranger) for "Love Theme FromA Star Is Born (Evergreen)" performed byBarbra Streisand
• Best Arrangement For Voices
  • The Eagles (arrangers) for "New Kid in Town"

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Crystal Gayle for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Kenny Rogers for "Lucille"
• Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
  • The Kendalls for "Heaven's Just a Sin Away"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins forCountry Instrumentalist of the Year
• Best Country Song
  • Richard Leigh (songwriter) for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" performed byCrystal Gayle

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
  • Muddy Waters forHard Again

• Best Gospel Performance, Traditional
  • The Oak Ridge Boys for "Just a Little Talk With Jesus"
• Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational
  • The Imperials forSail On
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional
  • James Cleveland forJames Cleveland Live at Carnegie Hall
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary
  • Edwin Hawkins forWonderful!
• Best Inspirational Performance
  • B. J. Thomas forHome Where I Belong

• Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
  • Oscar Peterson forThe Giants
• Best Jazz Performance by a Group
  • Phil Woods forThe Phil Woods Six - Live From the Showboat
• Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
  • Count Basie forPrime Time
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Al Jarreau forLook to the Rainbow

• Best Latin Recording
  • Mongo Santamaría forDawn

• Best Cast Show Album
  • Martin Charnin (composer),Charles Strouse (composer & producer),Larry Morton (producer) & the original cast withAndrea McCardle &Dorothy Loudon forAnnie

• Best Album Package
  • John Kosh (art director) forSimple Dreams performed byLinda Ronstadt
• Best Album Notes
  • George T. Simon (notes writer) forBing Crosby - A Legendary Performer performed byBing Crosby

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • Barbra Streisand for "Evergreen (Love Theme FromA Star Is Born)"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • James Taylor for "Handy Man"
• Best Pop Performance by a Group
  • Bee Gees for "How Deep Is Your Love"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • John Williams forStar Wars Soundtrack

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Al Schmitt,Bill Schnee,Elliot Scheiner &Roger Nichols (engineers) forAja performed bySteely Dan
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer),Georg Solti (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra forMaurice Ravel:Bolero
• Producer of the Year
  • Peter Asher

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Thelma Houston for "Don't Leave Me This Way"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Lou Rawls forUnmistakably Lou
• Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
  • The Emotions for "Best of My Love"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • The Brothers Johnson for "Q"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Leo Sayer &Vini Poncia (songwriters) for "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" performed by Leo Sayer

• Best Spoken Word Recording
  • Julie Harris forThe Belle of Amherst

• 20th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

• Grammy Awards ceremonies
• 1978 in California
• 1978 music awards
• 1978 in Los Angeles
• 1978 in American music
• 1978 awards in the United States
• February 1978 in the United States

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