Posts tagged "1983 Grammy Awards"

Award Show Sundays: He’s Marvin Gaye, Bitch

Time for another legendary award show moment-check out Marvin Gaye being given his first Grammy by Rick James & Grace Jones.

Award Show Sundays: A Hot Summer Night?

Today, let’s go back in the wayback machine to 1983. Your presenters? The long-winded Quincy Jones (who thankfully, decided not to editorialize while making his presentation) and the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer? The category? Best Pop Vocal Performance by a female. The nominees? My girl Bolivia Neutron-Bomb, Linda Ronstadt (singing a toothpaste commercial), Laura Branigan, Melissa Manchester, and Juice Newton. Random questions: Is Donna that tall or is Q that short? I knew Donna was from New England, but […]