GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
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53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)
nominees
Orchestral Intro
Sleepwalk
Flow
No Mystery
52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)
nominees
Besame Mucho
The Fire
Phoenix Rise
Funk Joint
51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)
nominees
Fortune Teller
Steppin' Out
Blast!
Love Appetite
50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)
nominees
Off The Grid
Paris Sunrise #7
Over The Rainbow
Simple Pleasures
49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)
48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)
nominees
In Our Time
T-Jam
George Duke
Gelo Na Montanha
Herbie Hancock Featuring Trey Anastasio
Agave
47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)
nominees
Take You Out
Song F
Rat Pack Boogie
Chasing Shadows
46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)
nominees
Patricia
Honey-Dipped
Seabiscuit
The Nutcracker Suite
45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)
nominees
As It Is
18
Playing With Fire
44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)
nominees
Room 335
Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather
Short Circuit
There You'll Be
43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)
nominees
Overture (Selmasongs) (Track)
Björk; Vincent Mendoza, conductor
Rebel Heart (Track)
Zona Mona (Track)
Camaleao (Track)
42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)
nominees
A Day In The Life (Track)
Night And Day (Track)
Song C (Track)
The Look Of Love (Track)
41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)
nominees
My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)
The X-files Theme (Track)
The Dust Brothers
Big Country (Track)
Follow Me (Track)
40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)
nominees
An Gaoth Aneas (Track)
Havana (Single)
Song For My Brother (Single)
Soulful Strut (Track)
39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)
nominees
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Track)
Mission Impossible (Track)
Lalo Schifrin With The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mission: Impossible (Theme From) (Track)
Kiss Lonely Goodbye (Harmonica With Orchestra) (Track)
38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)
nominees
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Track)
In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Track)
Song B (Single)
Yesterday (Track)
37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)
winner
Cruisin'
Booker T & The MG's
nominees
I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump (The Feather Theme) (Track)
Alan Silvestri, cond.
Sentimental (Single)
The Star Spangled Banner (Track)
Theme From NYPD Blue (Track)
36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)
nominees
Beauty And The Beast (Track)
James Galway Conducting The Galway Pops Orchestra
Forever In Love (Single)
Got To Be There (Single)
The Phantom Of The Opera (Track)
Anthony Inglis, cond; London Symphony Orchestra
35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)
34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)
nominees
Theme From Dying Young (Track)
Havana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album)
John Williams Conducts John Williams/ The Star Wars Trilogy (Album)
Saxuality (Album)
33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)
nominees
Going Home (Track)
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (Track)
Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) (Track)
Quincy Jones And Various Artists
What's Goin' On (Track)
Stanley Jordon
32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)
nominees
Late Night (Track)
Whispers And Promises (Album)
Breadline Blues (Track)
Dancing With The Lion (Single)
31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)
nominees
Always With Me, Always With You (Single)
Music From La Law And Otherwise
Pump Up The Volume (Single)
M/A/R/R/S
Silhouette (Album)
30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)
nominees
Keep Your Eye On Me (Album)
Light Years (Track)
Dragnet (Track)
The Art of Noise
It Might Be You (Track)
29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)
nominees
David Foster (Album)
Johnny's Theme (The Tonight Show Theme) (Track)
Overjoyed (Track)
The Brazilian (Track)
28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)
nominees
Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (Single)
Shake Down (Single)
Axel F (Single)
Harlequin (Album)
27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)
winner
Ghostbusters (Instrumental)
Ray Parker, Jr.
nominees
I Just Called To Say I Love You (Instrumental) (Single)
Jump (For My Love) (Instrumental) (Single)
Nightsongs (Album)
The Natural (Album)
26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)
nominees
Blow Your Own Horn (Album)
Breakdown (Track)
Friends (Album)
Larry Cartlon
Love Theme From Flashdance (Track)
25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)
nominees
As We Speak (Track)
Crazy For You (Album)
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
Hooked On Classics (Album)
Louis Clark, conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)
nominees
Hooked On Classics (Single)
Louis Clark, conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Late Night Guitar (Album)
RIT (Side 2-Instrumentals) (Album)
Velas (Track)
23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)
nominees
Beyond (Single)
Ravel's Bolero (Single)
Henry Mancini, conductor
South Bay Strut (Track)
The Doobie Brothers
Yoda's Theme
22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)
nominees
An Evening Of Magic (Album)
Manhattan - Music From The Woody Allen Film
Zubin Mehta And The New York Philharmonic
Music Box Dancer (Track)
Superman - Main Title
21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)
nominees
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Guitar Monsters (Album)
Star Wars And Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Album)
Zubin Mehta, Conducting The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
The Pink Panther Theme ('78) (Single)
20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)
nominees
Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)
Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless) (Album)
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (Single)
Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky")
19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)
nominees
A Fifth Of Beethoven (Single)
Walter Murphy And The Big Apple Band
Back To Back (Album)
The Brecker Brothers Band
Contusion (Track)
Wired (Album)
18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)
nominees
Chase The Clouds Away (Single)
The Rockford Files
Tom Cat (Album)
Tom Scott And The L.A. Express
Brazil (Single)
17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)
nominees
Rhapsody In White (Album)
Along Came Betty (Track)
Head Hunters (Album)
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (Album)
16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)
nominees
Birds Of Fire (Track)
John McLaughlin Conducting Mahavishnu Orchestra
Frankenstein (Single)
Space Race (Single)
You've Got It Bad Girl (Instrumental Portions) (Album)
15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)
nominees
Doc (Album)
Joy (Single)
The Inner Mounting Flame (Album)
Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin
Brass On Ivory (Album)
Caravanserai
Money Runner (Single)
Pictures At An Exhibition (Album)
Emerson, Lake And Palmer
Theme From The Garden Of The Finzi Continis (Single)
(Various Artists)
Amazing Grace (Album)
Pipes And Drums And Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragon Guards
14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)
nominees
Burt Bacharach (Album)
Theme From Love Story
Theme From Summer Of '42
Theme From Summer Of '42
10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)
nominees
Casino Royale
Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Mission: Impossible (Album)
Music To Watch Girls By
Bob Crewe Generation
9th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1966)
nominees
Batman Theme (Album)
Born Free
Chet Atkins Picks On The Beatles
Dr. Zhivago (Soundtrack)
8th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1965)
nominees
Girl Talk (Album)
The Great Race
Walk In The Black Forest
Yakety Axe
7th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1964)
nominees
As Long As He Needs Me
Cotton Candy
Golden Boy (String Version)
The Beatles Song Book (Album)
Hollyridge Strings Conducted By Stu Phillips
6th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1963)
nominees
Andre Previn In Hollywood (Album)
Our Man In Hollywood
Hail The Conquering Nero
More
Encore: Woody Herman, 1963
Themes For Young Lovers
Fly Me To The Moon And The Bossa Nova Pops
Quincy Jones Plays The Hip Hits
Richard Rodgers Bandbook
The Page 7...An Explosion In Pop Music
5th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1962)
nominees
Hatari!
Hoedown! (Album)
Stranger On The Shore
Walk On The Wild Side (Album)
Big Band Bossa Nova
Jazz Pops (Single)
The Stripper (Album)
Viva Bossa Nova! (Album)
Big Band Bossa Nova
4th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1961)
nominees
A Touch Of Elegance
The Greatest Horn In The World
West Side Story
Calcutta
I Dig Dancers
Mr. Lucky Goes Latin
The Lerner And Loewe Bandbook
A Concert In Jazz
3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1960)
nominees
The Concert Jazz Band
The Count Basie Story
Theme From A Summer Place (Single)
Bandland
Big Hits By Prado (Album)
Girls And Boys On Broadway
The Blues And The Beat (Album)
Infinity In Sound
2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1959)
nominees
More Music From Peter Gunn (Album)
Music From M Squad
Strings Aflame
Two Sides Of Winterhalter (Album)
Breakfast Dance And Barbecue
For The Very First Time
New Sounds At The Roosevelt
Pops And Prado (Album)
Sound Spectacular
Just For Kicks
1st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1958)
nominees
Patricia (Album)
Peter Gunn
Burnished Brass (Album)
Tea For Two Cha Cha
Warren Covington And Tommy Dorsey Orcehstra
Cross Country Suite
I Want To Live
Kane Is Able
Other Worlds, Other Sounds (Album)
Peter Gunn (Album)
Young Man's Lament
Andre Previn, Dave Rose
