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50th Annual Grammy Awards Winners and Nominees - - Oldies Music

By Robert Fontenot, About.com

Here are the oldies music artists who won and/or were nominated for the 50th annual Grammy Awards (held in Los Angeles on February 10, 2008). Click on a song title to hear a clip of it; click on an album title to compare prices and, if you like, buy the CD.

Winners are in bold text.

(For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007.)

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

"Dance Tonight", Paul McCartney
Track from: Memory Almost Full
{MPL/Hear Music)

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

"Steppin' Out," Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
Track from: An American Classic (DVD)
{RPM Records/Columbia)

Best Pop Vocal Album

Memory Almost Full, Paul McCartney
{MPL/Hear Music)
Read my review here!

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Cool Yule, Bette Midler
{Columbia)

Live In Concert 2006, Barbra Streisand
{Columbia)

James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor
{Columbia)

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

"Only Mama Knows", Paul McCartney
Track from: Memory Almost Full
{MPL/Hear Music)

"Radio Nowhere", Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Magic
{Columbia)

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

"Once Upon A Time In The West", Bruce Springsteen
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
[Sony Classical]

Best Rock Song

"Radio Nowhere", Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Magic
{Columbia)

Best Rock Album

Magic, Bruce Springsteen
{Columbia)

Revival, John Fogerty
{Fantasy)
Read my review here!

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

"Disrespectful", Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
{Burgundy/Sony/BMG)

"Baby", Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
{Stax)

Best R&B Album

Funk This, Chaka Khan
{Burgundy Records)

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

"How Long", Eagles
{Eagles Recording Co. II)

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

"Lost Highway", Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Track from: Last Of The Breed
(Lost Highway Records)

Best Gospel Performance

"Never Gonna Break My Faith", Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
Track from: Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Island Def Jam)

Best Traditional Blues Album

Live...And In Concert From San Francisco, Otis Rush
(Blues Express, Inc.)

Old School, Koko Taylor
(Alligator Records)

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Love, The Beatles
{Apple Records/Capitol Records)

Read my review here!

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

What It Is!: Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977), Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
{Rhino)

Best Historical Album

Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970, Alec Palao, compilation producer; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
{Rhino)

Best Surround Sound Album

Love, Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)
{Apple/Capitol Records)
Read my review here!

Best Short Form Music Video

"God's Gonna Cut You Down", Johnny Cash
Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer
(American Records/Lost Highway Records)

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