Divamensch
The Grammys, continued
Jan 1: 1979 - - Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group - - "The Devil Went Down to Georgia, "The Charlie Daniels Band / Best Country Vocal
Performance, Male - - "The Gambler," Kenny Rogers
Jan 8: 1980 - - Best Opera Recording: *Lulu* / Best Classical Performance, Choral: Giulini, Mozart Requiem
Jan 15: 1981 - - Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group - - The Manhattan Transfer for "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)" / Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or
More Voices - - Gene Puerling (arranger) for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" performed by The Manhattan Transfer
Jan 22: 1982 - - Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for Sarah Vaughan, *Gershwin Live!* - - Diva, her performance of "The Man I Love" / Mensch, the original song
Jan 29: 1983 - - Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices: Arif Mardin and Chaka Khan for "Be Bop Medley" / Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying
Vocal(s): Nelson Riddle for the Linda Ronstadt album *What's New*
Feb 5: 1984 - - Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - -The Judds, "Mama, He's Crazy" / Best Country Vocal Performance, Female - - Emmylou
Harris, "In My Dreams"
Feb 12: 1985 - - All of the singers on the Record of the Year and Song of the Year "We Are the World" / Producer Quincy Jones
Feb 19: 1986 - - E John, G Knight & S Wonder on "That's What Friends Are For" / Dionne Warwick's singing on that song
Feb 26: 1987 - - Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group for W Marsalis, *Standard Time Vol 1* - - Diva, "Caravan" / Mensch, "Memories of You"
Mar 5: 1988 - -Best Contemporary Composition, *Nixon in China* - - Diva, Madame Mao / Mensch, Pat Nixon
Mar 12: 1989 - - Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female - - Ruth Brown for *Blues on Broadway* / Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male - - Harry Connick Jr, for *When
Harry Met Sally…*
Mar 19: 1990 - - Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Take 6, *So Much 2 Say - - Diva, the arrangements / Mensch, their execution
Mar 26: 1991 - - Best Opera Recording: *Goetterdaemmerung* - - Diva, Hildegarde Behrens / Mensch, Cheryl Studer
Apr 2: 1992 - - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female - - k. d. lang, *Constant Craving* - - Diva, lang's voice / Mensch, lang's style
Apr 9: 1993 - - Best Tropical Latin Album - - Gloria Estefan, *Mi Tierra* / Best Contemporary Folk Album - - Nanci Griffith, *Other Voices, Other Rooms*
Apr 16: 1994 - - Album of the Year: Tony Bennett, *MTV Unplugged* - - Diva, Tony the singer / Mensch, Tony the man
Apr 23: 1995 - - Best Spoken Word Album, Maya Angelou for "Phenomenal Woman" - - Diva, the confidence and sexy attitude / Mensch, the wisdom and the urge
to share the wisdom
Apr 30: 1996 - - Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin, *Whatcha Looking 4* / Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album - -
Andy Griffith, *I Love to Tell the Story*
May 7: 1997 - - Nominees for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance: Diva, Bernadette Peters, *Sondheim Etc* / Mensch, Rosemary Clooney, *Mothers &
Daughters*
May 14: 1998 - - Best Pop Album - - Madonna, *Ray of Light* / Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals - - Burt Bachrach and Elvis Costello, "I Still Have That Other Girl"
May 21: 1999 - - Best Musical Album for Children: *The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland* - - Diva, Oscar / Mensch, Elmo
May 28: 2000 - - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - - *Both Sides, Now: Joni Mitchell* / Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists - - Vince Mendoza
for *Both Sides, Now*
June 4: 2001 - - Best Opera Recording, *Les Troyens* - - Diva, Cassandre / Mensch, Didon
June 11: 2002 - - Best Instrumental Solo : Herbie Hancock for "My Ship" / The original song "My Ship"
June 18: 2003 - - A Tribute to Luther Vandross - - Patti LaBelle, Alicia Keys, Celine Dion, and Richard Marx / Best New Artist Presenters - - Sean Astin and Norah
Jones
June 25: 2004 - - Best Instrumental Rock Performance: Brian Wilson, "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" - - Diva, the myth / Mensch, the cow
July 2: 2005 - - Record of the Year: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Green Day / The 1933 song "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
July 9: 2006 - - Presenters of Best Rock Album - - Diva, Queen Latifah / Mensch, Al Gore
July 16: 2007 - - Springsteen duo - - Best Rock Song, "Radio Nowhere" / Best Rock Instrumental Performance, "Once Upon a Time in the West"
July 23: 2008 - - Best R & B Album, *Jennifer Hudson* - - Diva, "Pocketbook" / Mensch, "Jesus Promised Me a Home Over There"
July 30: 2009 - - Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Herb Alpert, "Besame Mucho" / Béla Fleck, "Throw Down Your Heart" (winner)
Aug 6: 2010 - - Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Jeff Beck, "Nessun Dorma" / Laurie Anderson, "Flow"
Aug 13: 2011 - - Best Historical Album Grammy: Band on the Run, Paul McCartney Archive Collection / The Bristol Sessions, 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country
Music
Aug 20: 2012 - - Best Jazz Vocal Album: winner Esperanza Spalding, *City of Roses* / Kurt Elling: 1619 Broadway, The Brill Building Project
Aug 27: 2013 - - Best Instrumental Arrangement: nominee Kim Richmond for "Invitation" / Nominee Nan Schwartz for "Skylark"
Sept 3: 2014 - -Best Spoken Word Album: Joan Rivers, *Diary of a Mad Diva* / Elizabeth Warren, *A Fighting Chance*
Sept 10: 2015 - - Best Musical Theater Album: *Hamilton* / *Fun Home*
Sept 17: 2016 - - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, Dorothea Röschmann and Mitsuko Uchida - -Diva, Berg / Mensch, Schumann
Sept 24: 2017 - - Best Spoken Word Album: Carrie Fisher, *The Princess Diarist* - - Diva, the book / Mensch, a posthumous win
Oct 1: 2018 - - Grammy Hall of Fame inductees - - Diva, Nina Simone, "Young, Gifted, and Black" / Mensch, Edward Meeker, "Take Me Out To the Ball Game"
Oct 8: 2019 - - Billie Eilish winning the four major general field awards / Billie herself
Oct 15: 2020 - - Best Historical Album - - nominee Prince, *1999 Super Deluxe Edition* / Winner: *It's Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers*
Oct 22: 2021 - - Best Music Film, Questlove's *Summer of Love* - - Diva, the performers / Mensch, the film itself
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