Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, January 9, 1992 TAG: 9201090383
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: MARY CAMPBELL ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: NEW YORK LENGTH: Medium
STREISAND, COLE AMONG GRAMMY NOMINEES
R.E.M. received seven nominations, and Bryan Adams garnered six to lead the pop pack today as Grammy nominations were announced.R.E.M. and Adams, who have never won a single Grammy between them, were followed by three women who have won a total of 12 Grammies: Bonnie Raitt, Amy Grant and Natalie Cole.
Raitt was nominated five times this year and has won four of the music industry awards in the past; Amy Grant was nominated four times this year and is a past winner of five awards; Cole, nominated four times, has already won three Grammies.
Nominees for record (single) of the year were Grant's "Baby Baby," Adams' "I Do it For You," R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion," Raitt's "Something to Talk About" and Cole's "Unforgettable," which also features the taped voice of her late father, Nat King Cole.
Song of the year nominees were "Baby Baby," "I Do it for You," "Losing My Religion," "Unforgettable" and "Walking in Memphis," sung by Marc Cohn.
Album of the year nominees were Grant for "Heart in Motion," Raitt for "Luck of the Draw," R.E.M. for "Out of Time," Paul Simon for "The Rhythm of the Saints" and Cole for "Unforgettable."
Barbra Streisand and Cole were nominated for best traditional pop performance, Streisand for the song "Warm all Over" and Cole for "Unforgettable."
Other nominees in the category were Harry Connick Jr. for his album "Blue Light, Red Light" and Johnny Mathis for his album, "In a Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington."
Adams, Cohn, George Michael, Michael Bolton, Seal and Aaron Neville were nominated for best male pop vocal. Adams was nominated for "I Do It for You," the theme song from the movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves."
Seal was nominated for the single "Crazy," Michael for "Freedom 90," Cohn for "Walking in Memphis," Neville for his album "Warm Your Heart" and Bolton for his single "When a Man Loves a Woman."
In the category for best female pop vocal, the nominees included Whitney Houston for her single "All the Man I Need," Grant for "Baby Baby," Mariah Carey for her album "Emotions," Raitt for her single "Something to Talk About," and Oleta Adams for "Get Here."
Nominees in the category of jazz instrumental solo were Phil Woods for "All Bird's Children," David Sanborn for "Another Hand," Toots Thielemans for "Bluesette," Dave Grusin for "How Long Has This Been Going On" and Stan Getz for "I Remember You."
Best jazz instrumental group nominees included Chick Corea and his Akoustic band "Live," David Sanborn for "Another Hand," Grusin for "The Gershwin Connection," Lionel Hampton and The Golden Men of Jazz for "Live at the Blue Note" and the Oscar Peterson Trio for "Saturday Night at the Blue Note."
Best jazz vocal performance nominees were: Mel Torme for "Ellington Medley," Take 6 for "He Is Christmas," Cole for "Long 'Bout Midnight," Shirley Horn for "You Won't Forget Me" and Manhattan Transfer for "The Offbeat of Avenues."
Besides Cohn and Seal, best new artist nominees were Boyz II Men, C & C Music Factory and Color Me Badd. The latter, a four-man vocal group, was featured in the film "New Jack City."
The nominees, in a record 80 categories, were announced at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. They were culled from more than 8,600 entries.
The winners of this year's Grammies for lifetime achievement - rhythm and blues great James Brown, legendary bluesman Muddy Waters, rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and jazz saxophonist John Coltrane - were previously announced.
Brown is the only one of the four still alive.