30th Annual Grammy Awards

The 30th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1988, at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.[1][2]

30th Annual Grammy Awards
DateMarch 2, 1988
LocationRadio City Music Hall, New York City
Hosted byBilly Crystal
Most awardsLinda Ronstadt (3)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
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Album of the Year went to U2 for The Joshua Tree, and Song of the Year went to Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and James Horner for "Somewhere Out There".

PerformersEdit

Artist(s) Song(s)
Whitney Houston "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
George Benson "Twice The Love"/ "Let's Do It Again"
Cab Calloway "Let's Take the Long Way Home"
Billy Joel "New York State of Mind"
Los Lobos "La Bamba"
Suzanne Vega "Luka" / "Tom's Diner"
George Strait "All My Ex's Live in Texas"
K. T. Oslin "80's Ladies"
Randy Travis "Forever and Ever, Amen"
Betsy Cook & Linda Thompson "Telling Me Lies"
Restless Heart "I'll Still Be Loving You"
Terence Trent D'Arby "If You Let Me Stay" / "The First Cut Is the Deepest"
Michael Jackson "The Way You Make Me Feel" / "Man in the Mirror"
Jocko Henderson featuring
The Angels
The Cadillacs
Dion
The Flamingos
The Regents
Lou Reed
Ruben Blades
Buster Poindexter

Award winnersEdit

Record of the Year

Album of the Year

Song of the Year

Best New Artist

BluesEdit

Children'sEdit

ClassicalEdit

ComedyEdit

Best Comedy Recording

Composing and arrangingEdit

CountryEdit

FolkEdit

GospelEdit

HistoricalEdit

JazzEdit

LatinEdit

Musical showEdit

Music videoEdit

New AgeEdit

Packaging and notesEdit

PolkaEdit

Best Polka Recording

PopEdit

Production and engineeringEdit

R&BEdit

ReggaeEdit

RockEdit

SpokenEdit

External linksEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "New, Old Musicians Win Awards at Grammys". The Press-Courier. 2 March 1988. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ^ "1987 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.