37th Annual Grammy Awards

The 37th Annual Grammy Awards were presented on March 1, 1995, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Bruce Springsteen was the night's biggest winner with 4 awards, including Song of the Year while opening the show with his Grammy nominated hit.

37th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	March 1, 1995
Location	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Paul Reiser
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

Award winners

• Record of the Year
  • Bill Bottrell (producer) & Sheryl Crow (artist) for "All I Wanna Do"
• Album of the Year
  • David Kahne (producer) & Tony Bennett (artist) for MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett
• Song of the Year
  • Bruce Springsteen for "Streets of Philadelphia"
• Best New Artist
  • Sheryl Crow

Alternative

• Best Alternative Music Performance
  • Green Day for Dookie

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Album
  • Eric Clapton for From the Cradle
• Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Pops Staples for Father Father

Children's

• Best Musical Album for Children
  • Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Chris Thomas, Hans Zimmer (producers) & various artists for The Lion King - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • Ted Kryczko, Randy Thornton (producers) & Robert Guillaume for The Lion King Read-Along

Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Cecilia Bartoli for The Impatient Lover - Italian Songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart
• Best Opera Recording
  • Martin Sauer (producer), Kent Nagano (conductor), Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, & the Orchestre of Opera De Lyon & Chorus for Floyd: Susannah
• Best Choral Performance
  • John Eliot Gardiner (choir director), the Monteverdi Choir & the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for Berlioz: Messe Solennelle
• Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra)
  • David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for The New York Album - Works of Albert, Bartók & Bloch
• Best Instrumental Soloist Performance Without Orchestra
  • Emanuel Ax for Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 32, 47, 53, 59
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Hansjorg Schellenberger & the Berlin Philharmonic for Beethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin)
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition
  • Stephen Albert (composer), David Zinman (conductor) & Yo-Yo Ma for Albert: Cello Concerto
• Best Classical Album
  • Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12

Comedy

• From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the "Spoken Word" field, below.

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Michael Brecker (composer) for "African Skies"
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Bruce Springsteen (composer) for Streets of Philadelphia
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • John Williams (composer) for Schindler's List
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Dave Grusin (arranger) for "Three Cowboy Songs"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals
  • Hans Zimmer & Lebo Morake (arrangers) for "Circle of Life" performed by Carmen Twillie

Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Shut Up and Kiss Me"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Vince Gill for "When Love Finds You"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Asleep at the Wheel & Lyle Lovett for "Blues for Dixie"
• Best Country Vocal Collaboration
  • Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood for "I Fall to Pieces"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Chet Atkins for "Young Thing"
• Best Country Song
  • Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers for "I Swear" performed by John Michael Montgomery
• Best Country Album
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter for Stones in the Road
• Best Bluegrass Album
  • Jerry Douglas & Tut Taylor (producers) for The Great Dobro Sessions performed by various artists

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album
  • Bob Dylan for World Gone Wrong
• Best Contemporary Folk Album
  • Johnny Cash for American Recordings

Gospel

• Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Andrae Crouch for Mercy
• Best Rock Gospel Album
  • Petra for Wake-Up Call
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • Albertina Walker for Songs of the Church - Live in Memphis
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • Take 6 for Join the Band
• Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album
  • Alison Krauss & The Cox Family for I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
• Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
  • Milton Brunson (choir director) for Through God's Eyes performed by the Thompson Community Singers
  • Hezekiah Walker (choir director) for Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College performed by the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir

Historical

• Best Historical Album
  • Michael Lang (producer) for The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books on Verve

Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • Benny Carter for "Prelude to a Kiss"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
  • Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter & Tony Williams for A Tribute to Miles
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • McCoy Tyner for "Journey"
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Etta James for Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
  • The Brecker Brothers for Out of the Loop
• Best Latin Jazz Performance
  • Arturo Sandoval for Danzón (Dance On)

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Luis Miguel for Segundo Romance
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
  • Cachao for Master Sessions Volume 1
• Best Mexican-American Performance
  • Vikki Carr for Recuerdo a Javier Solis

Musical show

• Best Musical Show Album
  • Phil Ramone (producer), Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist) & the original cast for Passion

Music video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
  • Cean Chaffin (video producer), David Fincher (video director) & The Rolling Stones for "Love is Strong"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
  • Ned O'Hanlon, Rocky Oldham (video producers), David Mallet (video director) & U2 for Zoo TV: Live from Sydney

New Age

• Best New Age Album
  • Paul Winter for Prayer for the Wild Things

Packaging and notes

• Best Recording Package
  • Buddy Jackson (art director) for Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys performed by Asleep at the Wheel
• Best Recording Package - Boxed
  • Chris Thompson (art director) for The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks performed by Ella Fitzgerald
• Best Album Notes
  • Dan Morgenstern & Loren Schoenberg (notes writers) for Louis Armstrong - Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man 1923-1934 performed by Louis Armstrong

Polka

• Best Polka Album
  • Walter Ostanek for Music and Friends performed by the Walter Ostanek Band

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Sheryl Crow for "All I Wanna Do"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Elton John for "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
  • All-4-One for "I Swear"
• Best Pop Vocal Collaboration
  • Al Green & Lyle Lovett for "Funny How Time Slips Away"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Booker T. & the M.G.'s for "Cruisin'"
• Best Pop Album
  • Bonnie Raitt for Longing in Their Hearts

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  • Ed Cherney (engineer) for Longing in Their Hearts, performed by Bonnie Raitt
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • William Hoekstra (engineer) for Copland: Music For Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.)
• Producer of the Year
  • Don Was
• Classical Producer of the Year
  • Andrew Cornall

R&B

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Toni Braxton for "Breathe Again"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Babyface for "When Can I See You"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Boyz II Men for "I'll Make Love to You"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Babyface (songwriter) for "I'll Make Love to You" performed by Boyz II Men
• Best R&B Album
  • Boyz II Men for II

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

• "U.N.I.T.Y." – Queen Latifah
• "Fantastic Voyage" – Coolio
• "Flava in Ya Ear" – Craig Mack
• "Gin and Juice" – Snoop Doggy Dogg
• "This D.J." – Warren G

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

• "None of Your Business" – Salt-N-Pepa
• "Ease My Mind" – Arrested Development
• "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" – Cypress Hill
• "Nuttin' But Love" – Heavy D & the Boyz
• "Regulate" – Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

Reggae

• Best Reggae Album
  • Bunny Wailer for Crucial! Roots Classics

Rock

• Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
  • Melissa Etheridge for "Come To My Window"
• Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
  • Bruce Springsteen for "Streets Of Philadelphia"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Aerosmith for "Crazy"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Pink Floyd for "Marooned"
• Best Hard Rock Performance
  • Soundgarden for "Black Hole Sun"
• Best Metal Performance
  • Soundgarden for "Spoonman"
• Best Rock Song
  • Bruce Springsteen for "Streets of Philadelphia"
• Best Rock Album
  • The Rolling Stones (artist) Don Was (producer) for "Voodoo Lounge"

Spoken Word

• Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album
  • Henry Rollins for Get In The Van - On The Road With Black Flag
• Best Spoken Comedy Album
  • Sam Kinison for Live From Hell

Traditional Pop

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tony Bennett for MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett

World

• Best World Music Album
  • Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure for Talking Timbuktu

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Tony Bennett

Television ratings

17.3 million viewers watched the 1995 Grammy Awards.