‘Oldies’ win Grammys

Press, 26 February 1987, Page 6

‘Oldies’ win Grammys

NZPA-Reuter Los Angeles Veteran performers and songwriters were the big winners at the twentyninth annual Grammy Awards last evening, with Paul Simon and Steve Winwood capturing the most prestigious awards. Barbra Streisand, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick, Robert Palmer, James Brown, Vladimir Horowitz, and Sir Georg Solti, were among the “old-timers” whose work was singled out for recognition by their peers in the music industry. Winwood, who had never been nominated before this year in spite of having churned out hit records for more than 20 years, won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Pop Vocalist" honours for the single “Higher Love” from his “Back in the High Life” album. '

“As far as I’m concerned, I’m the big winner,” said the 38-year-

old Englishman, who first gained recognition in the mid-1960s with the Spencer Davis Group and went on to greater success with Traffic and a solo career, t

Paul Simon, aged 43, won the “Album of the Year” Grammy for "Graceland,” parts of which were recorded in South Africa with local black musicians. . Dionne (Warwick) and Friends’ “That’s What Friends Are For,” which has raised more than $1,400,000 for A.I.D.S. ■ research, also won two Grammys; “Song of the Year” and “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.”

Streisand won her eighth Grammy, and her first since 1980, as “Best Female Pop Vocal Performer of the Year” for her “Broadway” album.

Tina Turner won for “Best Female Rock Vocal Performance” with “Back

Where You Started,” and Robert Palmer, aged 38, won the male version of the same award for his single “Addicted to Love.” The Eurythmics won for “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group” for “Missionary Man.”

James Brown, aged 54, wop for “Best Male Rhythm and Blues Vocal” for “Living in America.” In the classical field, Vladimir Horowitz, aged 83, won two Grammys, for “Best Album” and “Best Performance by an. Instrumental Soloist” for “Horowitz: The Studio Recordings.” Sir Georg Solti, the Chicago Symphony conductor, won for “Best Orchestral Recording” for “Liszt: A Faust Symphony” to bring his alltime leading Grammy total to 25. Horowitz and Henry Mancini share second with 20 each.