Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording
28th Annual Grammy Awards • 1986
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1984 – September 30, 1985
(Original Broadway Cast) won the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording with "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Winners & Nominees 1986
Winner
Nominees
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
(Original Broadway Cast)
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Catch 22
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
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Zukerman Bound (Album)
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 |