Grammy Awards of 1978
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The 20th Grammy Awards were held in 1978, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1977.
Award winners:
- 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) for Rumors
- Song of the Year
- Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) for "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" performed by Barbra Streisand
- Joe Brooks (songwriter) for "You Light Up My Life" performed by Debby Boone
Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- Christopher Cerf & Jim Timmens (producers) for Aren't You Glad You're You performed by various artists
Classical
- Best Classical Orchestral Performance
- Gunther Breest (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Neville Marriner (conductor), Janet Baker & the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for Bach: Arias
- Best Opera Recording
- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), John De Main (conductor), Donnie Albert, Carol Brice, Clamma Dale & the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra for Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
- Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
- Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Verdi: Requiem
- Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Itzhak Perlman & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
- Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Arthur Rubinstein for Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat/Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- The Juilliard String Quartet for Schoenberg: 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 & the New York Philharmonic for Concert of the Century
Comedy
- Best Comedy Recording
- Steve Martin for Let's Get Small
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition
- John Williams (composer) for "Main Title From Star Wars"
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
- John Williams (composer) for Star 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 From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" performed by Barbra Streisand
- Best Arrangement For Voices
- The Eagles (arrangers) for "New Kid in Town"
Country
- 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 for Country Instrumentalist of the Year
- Best Country Song
- Richard Leigh (songwriter) for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" performed by Crystal Gayle
Folk
- Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
- Muddy Waters for Hard Again
Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance, Traditional
- The Oak Ridge Boys for "Just a Little Talk With Jesus"
- Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Insprirational
- The Imperials for Sail On
- Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional
- James Cleveland for James Cleveland Live at Carnegie Hall
- Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary
- Edwin Hawkins for Wonderful!
- Best Inspirational Performance
- B.J. Thomas for Home Where I Belong
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
- Oscar Peterson for The Giants
- Best Jazz Performance by a Group
- Phil Woods for The Phil Woods Six - Live From the Showboat
- Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
- Count Basie for Prime Time
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance
- Al Jarreau for Look to the Rainbow
Latin
- Best Latin Recording
- Mongo Santamaria for Dawn
Musical Show
- Best Cast Show Album
- Martin Charnin (composer), Charles Strouse (composer & producer), Larry Morton (producer) & the original cast with Andrea McCardle & Dorothy Loudon for Annie
Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Package
- John Kosh (art director) for Simple Dreams performed by Linda Ronstadt
- Best Album Notes
- George T. Simon (notes writer) for Bing Crosby - A Legendary Performer performed by Bing Crosby
Pop
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
- Barbra Streisand for "Love Theme From A 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
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner & Roger Nichols (engineers) for Aja performed by Steely Dan
- Best Engineered Recording, Classical
- Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Maurice RavelRavel: Bolero
- Producer of the Year
R&B
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- Thelma Houston for "Don't Leave Me This Way"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- Lou Rawls for Unmistakably Lou
- Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- The Emotions for "Best of My Love"
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- Brothers Johnson for "Q"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Leo Sayer & Vini Poncia (songwriters) for "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" performed by Leo Sayer
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- Julie Harris for The Belle of Amherst