The 29th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1987, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
Paul Simon won Album of the Year for Graceland, and Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager won Song of the Year for "That's What Friends Are For".
Performers
Presenters
Award winners
Record of the Year
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Best New Artist
Blues
Children's
Classical
- Best Classical Orchestral Recording
- Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Liszt: A Faust Symphony
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- André Previn (conductor), Kathleen Battle & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart
- Best Opera Recording
- 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)
- 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)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4; Variations
- Best Contemporary Composition
- Witold LutosÃ
Âawski (composer) & Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) for LutosÃ
Âawski: Symphony No. 3
- Best Classical Album
- Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
Comedy
Composing and arranging
Country
Folk
Gospel
Historical
Jazz
Latin
Musical show
Music video
New Age
Packaging and notes
Polka
Pop
Production and engineering
R&B
Reggae
Rock
Spoken
References