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GRAMMY Rewind Returns With History-Making Performances, Acceptance Speeches & More

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Diving into the archives, GRAMMY Rewind presents a series of classic and beloved GRAMMY performances and acceptance speeches, starting with Willie Nelson performing "Always On My Mind" at the 25th GRAMMY Awards
Rachel Brodsky
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Aug 30, 2019 - 10:20 am

It won't be long before GRAMMY season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're taking you into the archives where some of our most classic and beloved GRAMMY performances (and acceptance speeches!) reside. 

To kick things off, outlaw country hero Willie Nelson performs his '82 gem "Always On My Mind" at the 25th GRAMMY Awards in 1983. Nelson won the Best Country Vocal Performance (Male) GRAMMY for "Always On My Mind" that year. Check out his performance below. 

Willie Nelson Performs "Always On My Mind" In 1983

Other upcoming GRAMMY Rewind editions offer performances from pop titan Cyndi Lauper performing "Time After Time" at the 27th GRAMMY Awards, Mariah Carey performing "Vision Of Love" at the 33rd GRAMMY Awards and much more. 

Subscribe to our YouTube channel and visit our video page to watch each GRAMMY Rewind episode, along with other exclusive content, as it's released.

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GRAMMY Rewind: 25th Annual GRAMMY Awards

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Tim McPhate
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Dec 2, 2014 - 4:06 pm

(For a list of 54th GRAMMY Awards nominees, click here.)

Music's Biggest Night, the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, will air live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

In the weeks leading up to the telecast, we will take a stroll down music memory lane with GRAMMY Rewind, highlighting the "big four" categories — Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist — from past awards shows. In the process, we'll examine the winners and the nominees who just missed taking home a GRAMMY, while also shining a light on the artists' careers and the eras in which the recordings were born.

Join us as we take an abbreviated journey through the trajectory of pop music from the 1st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 1959 to last year's 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards.

25th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Feb. 23, 1983

Album Of The Year
Winner: Toto, Toto IV
John Cougar, American Fool
Donald Fagen, The Nightfly
Billy Joel, The Nylon Curtain
Paul McCartney, Tug Of War

Toto IV, which featured such well-crafted hits as "Rosanna" and "Africa," took Album Of The Year honors over a strong field. McCartney and Fagen received their first nominations in this category as solo artists. McCartney had previously won in the category with the Beatles and had been nominated with his subsequent group Paul McCartney And Wings. Fagen had previously been nominated with Steely Dan. Joel, who won the award three years earlier for 52nd Street, was back in the finals with The Nylon Curtain. John Mellencamp (then known as John Cougar) rounded out the field with American Fool, the album that made him a star. It spawned the hits "Hurts So Good," which won a GRAMMY for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male; and "Jack & Diane," Mellencamp's lone No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single.

Record Of The Year
Winner: Toto, "Rosanna"
Joe Jackson, "Steppin' Out"
Paul McCartney And Stevie Wonder, "Ebony And Ivory"
Willie Nelson, "Always On My Mind"
Vangelis, "Chariots Of Fire"

Toto took honors for "Rosanna," which made them the first group or duo to win Album Of The Year and Record Of The Year in the same year since Simon & Garfunkel achieved the feat 12 years earlier. McCartney and Wonder were nominated for their glossy brotherhood anthem "Ebony And Ivory." Wonder had previously been nominated in the category for "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life." This was McCartney's first nomination in the category since the Beatles ("I Want To Hold Your Hand," "Hey Jude" and "Let It Be" were all Record Of The Year contenders). Vangelis' "Chariots Of Fire" was the first instrumental movie theme to be nominated for Record Of The Year since Isaac Hayes' 1971 classic "Theme From Shaft." Nelson, cited for "Always On My Mind," was the first country artist to be nominated in the category since Kenny Rogers, who received nods in 1979 and 1980 for "The Gambler" and "Lady," respectively. (The song won Nelson a GRAMMY for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male.) Jackson rounded out the field with his stylish "Steppin' Out," which broke the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982.

Song Of The Year
Winner: Willie Nelson, "Always On My Mind"
Donald Fagen, "I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)"
Paul McCartney And Stevie Wonder, "Ebony & Ivory"
Survivor, "Eye Of The Tiger"
Toto, "Rosanna"

"Always On My Mind" (written by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson) became the first song to win both Song Of The Year and Best Country Song since Bobby Russell's "Little Green Apples" took both awards in 1968. McCartney, who won Song Of The Year with John Lennon for "Michelle" in 1966, was nominated for "Ebony And Ivory." "I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)" marked the first Song Of The Year award for Fagen. The other two nominated songs were written by members of the groups that made them hits: "Eye Of The Tiger," written by Survivor's Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik;; and "Rosanna," written by Toto's David Paich. Featured in the hit movie Rocky III, "Eye Of The Tiger" won Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals honors and was also nominated for an Academy Award.

Best New Artist
Winner: Men At Work
Asia
Jennifer Holliday
Human League
Stray Cats

Australia's Men At Work, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 with their hits "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under," took the award for Best New Artist. Asia, comprising former members of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and Yes, was also nominated. Asia's chart-topping debut album spawned the hits "Heat Of The Moment" and "Only Time Will Tell." The field also included Human League, an English group who topped the chart with "Don't You Want Me"; Stray Cats, a rockabilly trio from New York who scored such hits as "Rock This Town" and "Stray Cat Strut"; and Holliday, who became the toast of Broadway (and won a Tony Award for best actress in a musical) with her performance in "Dreamgirls." She won a GRAMMY for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female for her performance of the musical's signature song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going."

Come back to GRAMMY.com Jan. 24 as we revisit the 30th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Meanwhile, visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Facebook and Twitter for updates and breaking GRAMMY news.

 

 

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GRAMMY Rewind: Watch Jay-Z, Rihanna And Kanye West Win Best Rap/Sung Collaboration In 2010

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In our latest edition of GRAMMY Rewind, watch Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West win Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Run This Town” at the 52nd GRAMMYs
Rachel Brodsky
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Dec 4, 2019 - 9:59 am

Let's take a trip back in time to 2010: one year after hip-hop king Jay-Z released his 11th studio album, The Blueprint 3, which famously featured the song "Run This Town" featuring assists from Rihanna and Kanye West.

Come the 52nd GRAMMY Awards, "Run This Town" earned two golden gramophones: Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Check out Jay's acceptance speech for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration below.

GRAMMY Rewind: Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West Win

Walking up on stage with Rihanna, Jay expressed his thanks to the song's counterparts. "I wanna thank Rihanna for her contribution, she made the song everything it is. I wanna thank the genius that is Kanye West, also the executive producer of Blueprint 3."

Enjoy the video above, and keep an eye out for more editions of GRAMMY Rewind, where we revisit history-making GRAMMY performances, acceptance speeches and much more.

GRAMMY Rewind Returns With History-Making Performances, Acceptance Speeches & More

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GRAMMY Rewind: Watch Tina Turner Win Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, At The 1985 GRAMMYs

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In this latest edition of GRAMMY Rewind, pop icon Tina Turner wins Best Pop Vocal Performance in 1985 for "What's Love Got To Do with It" at the 27th GRAMMY Awards
Rachel Brodsky
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Nov 22, 2019 - 10:20 am

In 1985, pop deity Tina Turner was enjoying a major career resurgence with her ultra-popular renditions of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" and "What's Love Got To Do with It (earlier recorded by Bucks Fizz).

Also that year, at the 27th GRAMMY Awards, Turner won three golden gramophones for Private Dancer track: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. 

Tina Turner Wins Best Pop Vocal Performance

"I've been waiting for this opportunity for such a long time, and I can't stay for as long as I'd like to say. But I want to say that I have to thank many people," Turner said in her acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Performance, which you can watch above in our latest edition of GRAMMY Rewind.

In 2012, "What's Love Got to Do with It" was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame—her third induction.

Check out Turner's acceptance speech above, and stay tuned for more GRAMMY Rewind episodes every Friday.

GRAMMY Rewind Returns With History-Making Performances, Acceptance Speeches & More

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GRAMMY Rewind: Watch Taylor Swift Win Album Of The Year For 'Fearless' In 2010

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"This is for my dad. This is for all those times that you said I could do whatever I wanted in life. And my mom, you're my best friend," the pop performer said at the time
Rachel Brodsky
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Nov 15, 2019 - 10:00 am

In 2010, pop powerhouse Taylor Swift was just beginning to come into her own as a household name, with ultra-catchy singles like "You Belong With Me" and "Love Story," among others, from her sophomore 2008 album, Fearless.

Swift took home four trophies that night at the 52nd GRAMMY Awards, one of which was for Album Of The Year. Re-experience her acceptance speech below for this latest edition of GRAMMY Rewind:

Taylor Swift Wins Album Of The Year In 2010

"I just hope that you know how much this means to me... that we get to take this back to Nashville!" she said onstage. "Our families are freaking out in their living rooms! My dad and my little brother are losing their minds in our living room right now.

"This is for my dad," she continued. "This is for all those times that you said I could do whatever I wanted in life. And my mom, you're my best friend. This is the story all of us when we're 80 years old and we are telling the same stories over and over again to our grandkids and they're so annoyed with us, this is the story we're going to be telling over and over again in 2010 that we got to win Album Of The Year at the GRAMMYs."

Watch Swift's thank you speech above, and look out for more Friday editions of GRAMMY Rewind!

GRAMMY Rewind Returns With History-Making Performances, Acceptance Speeches & More

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