Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording

27th Annual Grammy Awards • 1985

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1983 – September 30, 1984

Ben Kingsley won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording with "The Words Of Gandhi"

Winners & Nominees 1985

Winner
Nominees

  • The Words Of Gandhi

    Ben Kingsley

  • John Lennon Yoko Ono

    Heart Play (Unfinished Dialogue) (Album)

    John Lennon, Yoko Ono

  • Our Time Has Come (Album)

    Jesse L. Jackson

  • The Real Thing (Original Cast Recording)

    Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close

  • The Story Of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (Dialogue And Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack With Narration) (Album)

    Various Artists

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
1991 George Burns Gracie - A Love Story All Nominees
1990 Gilda Radner It's Always Something All Nominees
1989 Jesse L. Jackson Speech By Rev. Jesse Jackson All Nominees
1988 Garrison Keillor Lake Wobegon Days All Nominees
1987 Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Sam Phillips, Rick Nelson, Chips Moman Interviews From The Class Of '55 Recording Sessions All Nominees
1986 (Original Broadway Cast) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom All Nominees
1985 Ben Kingsley The Words Of Gandhi All Nominees
1984 William Warfield Copland: A Lincoln Portrait All Nominees