Linda Ronstadt Grammy Nominations and Awards


Winners in each category are highlighted.




Grammy Awards for 1970

presented March 16, 1971.

 
     
 

Best Contemporary Female Vocalist

 
 

Bobbie Gentry - Fancy

 
 

Anne Murray - Snowbird

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - Long, Long Time

 
 

Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

 
 

Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall in Love Again

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1975

presented February 28, 1976.

 
     
 

Album of the Year

 
 

Between the Lines - Janis Ian

 
 

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John

 
 

Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt

 
 

One of These Nights - The Eagles

 
 

Still Crazy after All These Years - Paul Simon

 
     
 

Best Pop Female Vocalist

 
 

Judy Collins - Send in the Clowns

 
 

Janis Ian - At Seventeen

 
 

Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow?

 
 

Helen Reddy - Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel (album)

 
     
 

Best Country Vocal Performance - Female

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)

 
 

Jessi Colter - I'm Not Lisa

 
 

Emmylou Harris - If I Could Only Win Your Love

 
 

Loretta Lynn - The Pill

 
 

Dolly Parton - Jolene

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1976

presented February 19, 1977.

 
     
 

Best Pop Female Vocalist

 
 

Natalie Cole - Natalie (album)

 
 

Emmylou Harris - Here, There and Everywhere

 
 

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (album)

 
 

Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down the Wind (album)

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1977

presented February 23, 1978.

 
     
 

Record of the Year

 
 

Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt

 
 

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

 
 

Hotel California - The Eagles

 
 

Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand

 
 

You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone

 
     
 

Best Pop Female Vocalist

 
 

Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life

 
 

Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou

 
 

Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better

 
 

Barbra Streisand - Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)

 
     
 

Best Engineered Recording

 
 

Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Bill Schnee, Al Schmitt - Aja (Steely Dan)

 
 

Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut - Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)

 
 

Val Garay - Simple Dreams (Linda Ronstadt)

 
 

Val Garay - J T (James Taylor)

 
 

Bill Schnee - Discovered Again! (Dave Grusin)

 
     
 

Best Album Package

 
 

John Berg - Love Notes (Ramsey Lewis)

 
 

Glen Christensen - Hejira (Joni Mitchell)

 
 

Kosh - Simple Dreams (Linda Ronstadt)

 
 

Kosh - Singin' (Melissa Manchester)

 
 

MPL/Hipgnosis - Wings over America (Paul McCartney & Wings)

 
 

Paula Scher - Ginseng Woman (Eric Gale)

 
 

Paula Scher - Yardbirds Favorites (Yardbirds)

 
 

Abie Sussman, Bob Defrin - Color As a Way of Life (Lou Donaldson)

 
     
 

Producer of the Year

 
 

Peter Asher

 
 

Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

 
 

Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff

 
 

Richard Perry

 
 

Bill Szymczyk

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1978

presented February 15, 1979.

 
     
 

no nominations in any category for Linda Ronstadt

 
     
 

Producer of the Year

 
 

Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

 
 

Peter Asher

 
 

Quincy Jones

 
 

Alan Parsons

 
 

Phil Ramone

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1980

presented February 25, 1981.

 
     
 

Best Rock Female Vocalist

 
 

Joan Armatrading - How Cruel

 
 

Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion

 
 

Marianne Faithful - Broken English

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - How Do I Make You

 
 

Grace Slick - Dreams

 
     
 

Best Recording for Children

 
 

In Harmony/A Sesame Street Record - Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Muppets, Al Jarreau, Linda Ronstadt, Wendy Waldman, Libby Titus & Dr. John Livingston Taylor, George Benson & Pauline Wilson, Lucy Simon, Kate Taylor & the Simon/Taylor Family

 
 

Big Bird's Birdtime Stories - Sesame Street Muppets and cast

 
 

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street - Sesame Street Muppets and cast

 
 

Love - Sesame Street Muppets and cast

 
 

The People in Your Neighborhood - Sesame Street Muppets

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1982

presented February 23, 1983.

 
     
 

Best Pop Female Vocalist

 
 

Laura Branigan - Gloria

 
 

Melissa Manchester - You Should Hear How She Talks about You

 
 

Juice Newton - Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me

 
 

Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - Get Closer

 
     
 

Best Rock Female Vocalist

 
 

Pat Benatar - Shadows of the Night

 
 

Kim Carnes - Voyeur

 
 

Bonnie Raitt - Green Light

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - Get Closer

 
 

Donna Summer - Protection

 
     
 

Best Album Package

 
 

Kosh with Ron Larson - Get Closer (Linda Ronstadt)

 
 

Jules Bates - Nothing to Fear (Oingo Boingo)

 
 

Mick Haggerty, Ginger Canzoneri - Vacation (Go-Go's)

 
 

Denise Minobe, Ron Coro - We Are One (Pieces of a Dream)

 
 

George Osaki - Ongaku-Kai Live in Japan (Crusaders)

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1983

presented February 28, 1984.

 
     
 

Best Pop Female Vocalist

 
 

Irene Cara - Flashdance (What a Feeling)

 
 

Sheena Easton - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - What's New (album)

 
 

Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money

 
 

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

 
     
 

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

 
 

Nelson Riddle - What's New (Linda Ronstadt)

 
 

David Foster, Jay Graydon, Jeremy Lubbock - Mornin') (Al Jarreau)

 
 

Jerry Hey, Al Jarreau, Tom Canning, Jay Graydon - Step by Step (Al Jarreau)

 
 

Arif Mardin - Be Bop Medley" (Chaka Khan)

 
 

Lionel Richie, James Anthony - All Night Long (All Night) (Lionel Richie)

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1985

presented February 25, 1986.

 
     
 

Best Pop Female Vocalist

 
 

Pat Benatar - We Belong

 
 

Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love for You

 
 

Madonna - Crazy for You

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - Lush Life (album)

 
 

Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero

 
     
 

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

 
 

Nelson Riddle - Lush Life (Linda Ronstadt)

 
 

David Foster - Through the Fire" (Chaka Khan)

 
 

Frank Foster, Ralph Burns - Beyond the Sea (La Mer) (George Benson)

 
 

Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour - Harlequin (Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour)

 
 

Peter Wolf - Why Do People Fall in Love - (Dennis Edwards, Thelma Houston)

 
     
 

Best Album Package

 
 

Kosh, Ron Larson - Lush Life (Linda Ronstadt)

 
 

Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Jeri McManus - Hunting High and Low (a-ha)

 
 

Renee Hardaway, Johnny Lee - In Square Circle (Stevie Wonder)

 
 

Virginia Team - Highwayman (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson)

 
 

Murray Whiteman, Bill Levy, Stan Watts - Dangerous Moments (Martin Briley)

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1987

presented March 2, 1988.

 
     
 

Album of the Year

 
 

Bad - Michael Jackson

 
 

The Joshua Tree - U2

 
 

Sign O' the Times - Prince

 
 

Trio - Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris

 
 

Whitney - Whitney Houston

 
     
 

Song of the Year

 
 

Didn't We Almost Have It All - Michael Masser, Will Jennings

 
 

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

 
 

La Bamba - Richie Valens

 
 

Luka - Suzanne Vega

 
 

Somewhere Out There - James Horner, Barry Mann

 
     
 

Best Pop Vocal Group

 
 

Heart - Alone

 
 

Los Lobos - La Bamba

 
 

Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time of My Life

 
 

Linda Ronstadt, James Ingram - Somewhere Out There

 
 

Swing Out Sister - Breakout

 
     
 

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

 
 

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (album)

 
 

Desert Rose Band - The Desert Rose Band (album)

 
 

The Judds - Heartland (album)

 
 

O'Kanes - Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You

 
 

Restless Heart - I'll Still Be Loving You

 
     
 

Best Country & Western Song

 
 

Forever and Ever, Amen - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz

 
 

All My Ex's Live in Texas - Sanger D. Shafer, Lyndia J. Shafer

 
 

'80s Ladies - K.T. Oslin

 
 

I'll Still Be Loving You - Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch, Pam Rose

 
 

Telling Me Lies - Linda Thompson, Betsy Cook

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1988

presented February 22, 1989.

 
     
 

Best Mexican-American Performance

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - Canciones de Mi Padre

 
 

Los Bukis - Si Me Recuerdas

 
 

Los Freddy's - Vida Nueva

 
 

Flaco Jimenez - Flaco's Amigos

 
 

Jose Javier Solis - No Me Olvidaras

 
 

Los Tigres del Norte - Idolos del Pueblo

 
 

Pio Trevino & Majic - Quiero Verte Otra Vez

 
 

Los Yonics - Petalo y Espinas

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1989

presented February 22, 1990.

 
     
 

Best Pop Female Vocalist

 
 

Paula Abdul - Straight Up

 
 

Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Loose You

 
 

Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings

 
 

Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time

 
 

Linda Ronstadt - Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (album)

 
     
 

Pop Vocal Group

 
 

The B-52s - Love Shack

 
 

Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy

 
 

Mike and the Mechanics - The Living Years

 
 

Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville - Don't Know Much

 
 

Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now

 
     
 

Best Engineered Recording

 
 

George Massenburg - Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (Linda Ronstadt)

 
 

Bill Bottrell - Like a Prayer (Madonna)

 
 

Mike Campbell, Don Smith, Bill Botrell - Full Moon Fever (Tom Petty)

 
 

Neil Dorfsman - Flowers in the Dirt (Paul McCartney)

 
 

Josiah Gluck - Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (Patti Austin, Dave Brubeck, Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour)

 
 

Don Murray, Ed Rak - Migration (Dave Grusin)

 
     
 

Producer of the Year

 
 

Peter Asher

 
 

Emilio Estefan Jr., Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald

 
 

Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson

 
 

L.A. Reid, Babyface

 
 

Prince

 
 

Tears for Fears, David Bascombe

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1990

presented February 20, 1991.

 
     
 

Pop Vocal Group

 
 

The B-52s - Roam

 
 

Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You

 
 

Bruce Hornsby and the Range - Across the River

 
 

The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

 
 

Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville - All My Life

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1992

presented February 24, 1993.

 
     
 

Best Tropical Latin Album

 
 

Frenesi - Linda Ronstadt

 
 

Soy Dichoso - Ray Barretto

 
 

Amor y Control - Ruben Blades

 
 

Tributo a Ismael Rivera - Celia Cruz

 
 

Gracias - El Gran Combo

 
     
 

Best Mexican-American Album

 
 

Mas Canciones - Linda Ronstadt

 
 

Un Nuevo Comienzo - Los Diablos

 
 

Con Sentimiento y Sabor - Los Tigres del Norte

 
 

Unsung Highways - Emilio Navaira

 
 

I Love My Freedom, I Love My Texas - Mingo Saldivary y Sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1996

presented February 26, 1997.

 
     
 

Best Musical Album for Children

 
 

Dedicated to the One I Love - Linda Ronstadt

 
 

John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Wintersongs - John McCutcheon

 
 

Around the World and Back Again - Tom Chapin

 
 

Blanket Full of Dreams - Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer

 
 

Love Songs and Lullabyes for Daddy's Little Dreamer - various artists

 
     

Grammy Awards for 1999

presented February 22, 2000.

 
     
 

Best Country Album

 
 

Ride with Bob - Asleep at the Wheel

 
 

Fly - Dixie Chicks

 
 

Trio II - Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton

 
 

Cold Hard Truth - George Jones

 
 

Forget About It - Alison Krauss

 
     
 

Best Country Collaboration

 
 

Alabama featuring *N Sync - God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You

 
 

Asleep at the Wheel featuring Manhattan Transfer and Willie Nelson - Going Away Party

 
 

Asleep at the Wheel featuring Dixie Chicks - Roly Poly

 
 

Clint Black with Lisa Hartman Black - When I Said I Do

 
 

Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton - After the Gold Rush

 
     
 

Best Contemporary Folk Album

 
 

Cajunization - Beausoleil

 
 

Fellow Workers - Ani DiFranco, Utah Phillips

 
 

In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine

 
 

Western Wall - The Tucson Sessions - Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris

 
 

Mule Variations - Tom Waits

 
     

Grammy Awards for 2002

presented February 23, 2003.

 
     
 

Best Traditional Folk Album

 
 

Fiddlers 4 - Fiddlers 4 (Bruce Molsky, Michael Doucet, Darol Anger, Rushad Eggleston)

 
 

Postcards - Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer

 
 

Blue Country Heart - Jorma Kaukonen

 
 

High Lonesome Cowboy - Peter Rowan, Don Edwards

 
 

Evangeline Made - A Tribute to Cajun Music - various artists (Ronstadt / Fogerty/ Lowe)

 

Legacy - Doc Watson, David Holt

 
     

Grammy Awards for 2006

presented February 11, 2007.

 
     
 

Best Traditional Folk Album

 
 

I Stand Alone - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

 
 

Gonna Let it Shine - Odetta

 
 

Adieu False Heart - Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy

 
 

We Shall Overcome: the Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen

 
 

A Distant Land to Roam - Ralph Stanley

 
     
 

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

 
 

Adieu False Heart - Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy
Gary Paczoca, Engineer

 
 

At War With The Mystics - The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, Engineers

 
 

Like Red On A Rose- Alan Jackson
Brandon Bell, Terry Christian & Gary Paczosa, Engineers

 
 

The Phat Pack - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Marcelo Pennell, Dean Sharenow & Tommy Vicari, Engineers

 
 

Suitcase - Keb Mo
Rik Pekkonen & John Porter, Engineers

 
     


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