24th Annual Grammy Awards

24th Annual Grammy Awards
Date February 24, 1982
Location Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles
Host Quincy Jones
Television/Radio coverage
Network CBS

The 24th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1982 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and were broadcast live on American television. The event recognized the accomplishments of musicians during the year 1981. Quincy Jones was the major recipient of awards with a total of five Grammies.[1][2]

The much coveted 'Album of the Year' award went to Jack Douglas, John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Double Fantasy, and Song of the Year went to Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon for "Bette Davis Eyes".

Award winners

Children's

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording

Gospel

Historical

Jazz

Latin

Musical show

Music video

Packaging and notes

Pop

Production and engineering

R&B

Rock

Spoken

References

  1. "Grammys go to music's best". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 25 February 1982. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. "1981 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

External links

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