The 24th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1982, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and were broadcast live on American television. The event recognized the accomplishments of musicians during the year 1981. Quincy Jones was the major recipient of awards with a total of five Grammys. The much coveted Album of the Year award went to Jack Douglas, John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Double Fantasy, and Song of the Year went to Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon for "Bette Davis Eyes". Award winners Record of the Year Val Garay (producer) & Kim Carnes for "Bette Davis Eyes" Album of the Year Jack Douglas (producer), John Lennon & Yoko Ono (producers and artists) for Double Fantasy Song of the Year Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) for "Bette Davis Eyes" performed by Kim Carnes Best New Artist Sheena Easton Children's Best Recording for Children Dennis Scott & Jim Henson (producers) for Sesame Country performed by The Muppets, Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn & Tanya Tucker Classical Best Classical Orchestral Recording James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Richard Bonynge (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland & the New York City Opera Orchestra for Live From Lincoln Center - Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti Best Opera Recording James Mallinson (producer), Charles Mackerras (conductor), Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Žídek, Václav Zítek & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Janáček: From the House of the Dead Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Neville Marriner (conductor) & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus for Haydn: The Creation Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Zubin Mehta (conductor), Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman & the New York Philharmonic for Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz for The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80 Best Chamber Music Performance Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman for Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor Best Classical Album James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Comedy Best Comedy Recording Richard Pryor for Rev. Du Rite Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Composition Mike Post (composer) for "The Theme From Hill Street Blues" Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion