37th Annual Grammy Awards

37th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	March 1, 1995
Location	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
Hosted by	Paul Reiser
Most awards	Bruce Springsteen (4)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
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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. ^{[1] [2]} 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.

Performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Salt-N-Pepa	"Whatta Man/None of Your Business"
Mary Chapin Carpenter	"He Thinks He'll Keep Her"
John Michael Montgomery & All-4-One	"I Swear"
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang	"Moonglow"
Sheryl Crow	"All I Wanna Do"
Babyface	"When Can I See You"
Bonnie Raitt	"Love Sneakin' Up On You"
Melissa Etheridge	"Come To My Window"
Luther Vandross, Crosby, Stills & Nash & Booker T. & the M.G.'s	"Love the One You're With"
Bruce Springsteen	"Streets of Philadelphia"
Boyz II Men	"I'll Make Love To You"
Rollins Band	"Liar"

Presenters

Presenter(s)	Award(s)
Anita Baker & Vince Gill	Record of the Year & Album of the Year
Annie Lennox & George Michael	Song of the Year
Liz Phair & Adam Sandler	Best New Artist
Curtis Mayfield & Meshell Ndegeocello	Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Carly Simon & Tori Amos	Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Celine Dion & Andy Williams	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Jon Secada, Cassandra Wilson & Ruben Blades	Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
B.B. King & Al Green	Best Metal Performance
Coolio & Des'ree	Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
John Michael Montgomery & All-4-One	Producer of the Year
Steven Curtis Chapman, Faith Hill & Dwight Yoakam	Best Country Album

Award winners

General

Record of the Year

• "All I Wanna Do" – Sheryl Crow
  • Bill Bottrell, producer
• "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen
  • Chuck Plotkin, Bruce Springsteen, producers
• "Love Sneakin' Up On You" – Bonnie Raitt
  • Bonnie Raitt, Don Was, producers
• "I'll Make Love to You" – Boyz II Men
  • Babyface, producer
• "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" – Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings, producers

Album of the Year

• MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett
  • David Kahne, producer
• The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 – José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Zubin Mehta
  • Tibor Rudas, producer
• Seal – Seal
  • Trevor Horn, producer
• Longing in Their Hearts – Bonnie Raitt
  • Bonnie Raitt, Don Was, producers
• From the Cradle – Eric Clapton
  • Eric Clapton, Russ Titelman, producers

Song of the Year

• "Streets of Philadelphia"
  • Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Springsteen)
• I Swear
  • Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers, songwriters (All-4-One, and separately John Michael Montgomery)
• Circle of Life
  • Elton John, Tim Rice, songwriters (John)
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight
  • Elton John, Tim Rice, songwriters (John)
• All I Wanna Do
  • David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, Kevin Gilbert, songwriters (Crow)

Best New Artist

• Sheryl Crow
• Green Day
• Crash Test Dummies
• Counting Crows
• Ace of Base

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, Hansjörg 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
  • Ceán 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 Engineered Album, Classical
  • 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 Touré for Talking Timbuktu

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Tony Bennett

Television ratings

17.3 million viewers watched the 1995 Grammy Awards.

Notes

1. "37th Annual Grammy Awards - 1995". Rock On The Net. March 1, 1995. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
2. "1994 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.