Best Rhythm & Blues Song

32nd Annual Grammy Awards • 1990

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1988 – September 30, 1989

Simply Red won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Song with "If You Don't Know Me By Now"

Winners & Nominees 1990

Winner
Nominees

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
2000 Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle No Scrubs All Nominees
1999 Lauryn Hill Doo Wop (That Thing) All Nominees
1998 R. Kelly I Believe I Can Fly All Nominees
1997 Babyface Exhale (Shoop Shoop) All Nominees
1996 Stevie Wonder For Your Love All Nominees
1995 Babyface I'll Make Love To You All Nominees
1994 Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis That's The Way Love Goes All Nominees
1993 Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons End Of The Road All Nominees
1992 Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross, Teddy Vann Power Of Love/Love Power All Nominees
1991 M.C. Hammer, Rick James, Alonzo Miller U Can't Touch This All Nominees
1990 Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff If You Don't Know Me By Now All Nominees
1989 Anita Baker, Randy Holland, Skip Scarborough Giving You The Best That I Got All Nominees
1988 Bill Withers Lean On Me All Nominees
1987 Anita Baker, Gary Bias, Louis A. Johnson Sweet Love All Nominees
1986 Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden Freeway Of Love All Nominees
1985 Prince I Feel For You All Nominees
1984 Michael Jackson Billie Jean All Nominees
1983 Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather Turn Your Love Around All Nominees
1982 Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, Bill Withers Just The Two Of Us All Nominees
1981 Reggie Lucas, James Mtume Never Knew Love Like This Before All Nominees
1980 Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon After The Love Has Gone All Nominees
1979 Paul Jabara Last Dance All Nominees
1978 Vini Poncia, Leo Sayer You Make Me Feel Like Dancing All Nominees
1977 David Paich, Boz Scaggs Lowdown All Nominees
1976 Harry Wayne Casey, Willie Clarke, Richard Finch, Betty Wright Where Is The Love All Nominees
1975 Stevie Wonder Living For The City All Nominees
1974 Stevie Wonder Superstition All Nominees
1973 Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield Papa Was A Rollin' Stone All Nominees
1972 Bill Withers Ain't No Sunshine All Nominees
1971 Ronald Dunbar, General Johnson Patches All Nominees
1970 Richard Spencer Color Him Father All Nominees
1969 Steve Cropper, Otis Redding (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay All Nominees
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