1978 Grammy Awards |
Record of the Year “Just the Way You Are,” Billy Joel Album of the Year Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees, David Shire, Yvonne Elliman, Tevares, Kool and the Gang, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, MFSB, Trammps, Walter Murphy and Ralph MacDonald (RSO) Song of the Year “Just the Way You Are,” Billy Joel, songwriter Best New Artist of the Year A Taste of Honey Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male “Copacabana” (At the Copa), Barry Manilow Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female “You Needed Me,” Anne Murray Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees Best Pop Instrumental Performance Children of Sanchez, Chuck Mangione Group Best Rhythm and Blues Song “Last Dance,” Paul Jabara, songwriter Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male “On Broadway,” George Benson Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female “Last Dance,” Donna Summer Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus All'n All, Earth, Wind and Fire Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance “Runnin',” Earth, Wind and Fire Best Jazz Vocal Performance All Fly Home, Al Jarreau Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Montreux '77 Oscar Peterson Jam, Oscar Peterson Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group Friends, Chick Corea Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band Live in Munich, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Best Country Song “The Gambler,” Don Schlitz, songwriter Best Country Vocal Performance, Male “Georgia on My Mind,” Willie Nelson Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Here You Come Again, Dolly Parton Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group “Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson Best Country Instrumental Performance “One O'Clock Jump,” Asleep at the Wheel Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational “What a Friend,” Larry Hart Best Gospel Performance, Traditional Refreshing, Happy Goodman Family Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary Live in London, Andrae Crouch and the Disciples Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional Live and Direct, Mighty Clouds of Joy Best Latin Recording Homenaje a Beny Moré, Tito Puente (Tico) Best Inspirational Performance Happy Man, B.J. Thomas Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording I'm Ready, Muddy Waters (Blue Sky) Best Instrumental Arrangement “Main Title” (Overture Part One, The Wiz Original Soundtrack), Quincy Jones and Robert Freedman, arrangers Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) “Got to Get You Into My Life,” Maurice White, arranger Best Arrangement for Voices “Stayin' Alive,” Bee Gees, arrangers Best Instrumental Composition “Theme From Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” John Williams, composer Best Cast Show Album Ain't Misbehavin', Thomas “Fats” Waller and others, composers (RCA Red Seal) Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Close Encounters of the Third Kind, John Williams, composer (Arista) Album of the Year, Classical Brahms, Concerto for Violin in D Major, Itzhak Perlman; Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Chicago Symphony (Angel) Best Classical Orchestral Performance Beethoven, Symphonies (Complete), Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Best Chamber Music Performance Beethoven, Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Complete), Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy
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