60 YEARS OF THE ROCK ERA. This update: 1981 (Winners). Tomorrow: 1982.

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60 YEARS OF

ROCK

BEST OF 1981

-WINNERS-

TOP VOCAL PERFORMANCE 1981

BEING WITH YOU Smokey Robinson

STOP DRAGGIN’ MY HEART AROUND

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks

DOUBLE FANTASY [Album] John Lennon

WIRED FOR SOUND Cliff Richard

BETTE DAVIS EYES Kim Carnes

THE BEST OF TIMES Styx

ARTHUR’S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO) Christopher Cross

ENDLESS LOVE Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

CAN YOU FEEL IT The Jacksons

FIRE AND ICE Pat Benatar

TOP MUSICAL PERFORMANCE 1981

WAITING ON A FRIEND The Rolling Stones

IN THE AIR TONIGHT Phil Collins

URGENT Foreigner

RAPTURE Blondie

WHEN THE WORLD IS RUNNING DOWN The Police

TIME OUT OF MIND Steely Dan

JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH Depeche Mode

FADE TO GREY Visage

GHOST TOWN The Specials

WHIP IT Devo

TOP SONG 1981

KISS ON MY LIST Hall & Oates

JUST THE TWO OF US Grover Washington Jr

WATCHING THE WHEELS John Lennon

MASTER BLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

UNDER PRESSURE Queen & David Bowie

JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH Depeche Mode

WIRED FOR SOUND Cliff Richard

WHIP IT Devo

YOU MAKE MY DREAMS Hall & Oates

CAN YOU FEEL IT The Jacksons

TOP ALBUM 1981

MAKING MOVIES Dire Straits

THE VISITORS Abba

THE DUDE Quincy Jones

THE FOX Elton John

COMPUTER WORLD Kraftwerk

TOP GROUP 1981

HALL & OATES

BLONDIE

FOREIGNER

THE ROLLING STONES

SPANDAU BALLET

THE POLICE

DIRE STRAITS

THE PRETENDERS

ADAM & THE ANTS

THE JACKSONS

TOP MALE 19813

PHIL COLLINS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

JOHN LENNON

STEVIE WONDER

CLIFF RICHARD

TOP FEMALE 1981

DIANA ROSS

PAT BENATAR

KIM WILDE

BARBRA STREISAND

SHEENA EASTON

RECORDING OF THE YEAR 1981

BETTE DAVIS EYES Kim Carnes

KISS ON MY LIST Hall & Oates

RAPTURE Blondie

ANT MUSIC Adam & The Ants

JESSIE’S GIRL Rick Springfield

ENDLESS LOVE Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

GHOST TOWN The Specials

IN THE AIR TONIGHT Phil Collins

TAINTED LOVE Soft Cell

DON’T YOU WANT ME Human League

ACT OF THE YEAR 1981

CHRISTOPHER CROSS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

BARBRA STREISAND

PAT BENATAR

JOHN LENNON

BLONDIE

THE POLICE

KRAFTWERK

LIONEL RICHIE

DIANA ROSS

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1981

9 TO 5 (Dolly Parton)

WATCHING THE WHEELS

SAME OLD LANG SYNE

ELTON'S SONG

IT’S MY TURN

ONE IN TEN- UB40

DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME

SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS

WOMAN

GHOST TOWN

MOST INNOVATIVE RECORDING OF THE YEAR 1981

GHOST TOWN- The Specials

 

INDUSTRY FIGURE OF THE YEAR 1981

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