European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday february 24, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Don t worry be Happy grabs grammy Tracy Chapman holds one of three grammy she won. . Oslin with her award for hold me. Bobby Mcferrin with one of his four grammy. Los Angeles a Tracy Chap Man a quiet and retiring newcomer who brought a disquieting reality to the pop charts with her self titled debut up won three grammy awards wednesday night but the record and song of the year was Bobby Mcferrin s ebullient Don worry be Mcferrin whose voice and body Are his Only instruments and who won his first grammy in 1985 for jazz vocals was the night s big Winner with four of the coveted miniature gramophone. Heals won the male jazz vocal award for the song Brothers in addition to the pop vocal prize for his Don t both big winners lost to George Michael for album of the year. He won for his Platinum Faith a crossover blend of ballads Rock and soulful pop including the hit single i want your Hewon last year s re award for his duet with aretha Franklin. The British vocalist was the first White Solo artist to top billboard s Black charts with Faith which sold More than 12million copies in its first year of release. I really got to go to the bathroom now Mcferrin said As he collected his fourth and biggest prize of the night record of the year. I made my first record when i was 12.my sister and i wrote about love As we understood it our dog and our family. An this is really quite a Way from there. This is by no Means a gauge of Artis tic ability he continued thanking the other nominees. It s really an Honor Anda Tracy Chapman ranging from Fol to pop Ballad to reggae has sold More than 4 million copies for the 24-year-Oldsinger-songwriter who looks uncompromisingly at poverty racism inequality and human rights. Chapman who Only a year ago was singing in Small Boston cafes while studying anthropology at Tufts univer sity dazzled the National Academy of recording arts & sciences much like an other newcomer did nine years ago Christopher Cross. Cross who also wrote his entire debut up won five grammy in 1980 including album song and record of the want to thank my family my Mother who bought me my first guitar my sister who s always been my Best audience Best critic and Best Friend Chapman said tearfully As she accepted the award for Best female pop won that award for her no. 1 single fast car which tells of a High school dropout who supports her alcoholic father and wants to escape her misery in a fast car with her unemployed Boyfriend. In a new category hard Rock Metal vocal or instrumental the High voltage rockers Jethro Tull won for Crest of a Singer Anita Baker took two rhythm & blues trophies As the 31st annual Gram my awards pre broadcast ceremonies got under Way at the shrine Dorfsman was named producer of the year for British Rocker sting album. Nothing like the Mcferrin who performed at the Cere monies As the grammy symphony or Chestra had five nominations. He demonstrated his vocal pyrotechnics in accepting the award for the year s Best song. While working on his simple pleas ures up he explained he was stuck for a song and started playing on the piano Doo Wah do oooo and that led to a Kanga a Kanga which eventually yielded the a Cappella tune that has be come a byword for the late 80s. I think it was so popular because i went to the spirit Mcferrin said backstage. I think Given the mood atthe time it was such that people wanted something uplifting and Jovial an funny. The Tempo was another a Capella group the sextet take six won the soul gospel duo group award for its self titled debut country music Randy Travis won Best male vocal with old 8 x 10" . Oslin won female vocal honors for hold me which was voted Best coun try song. The Mother daughter duo the judds won Best country group for give Little Tina Turner won the female Rock vocalist prize with Tina live in Robert Palmer won male Rock vocalist for simply Manhattan Transfer the closely harmonious jazz vocal quartet won Best pop performance by a duo or group forts single pop Singer Linda Ronstadt won in the mexican american category for her album canc Iones de i padre dedicated to her father s heritage. Chapman nominated six times won est contemporary Folk recording for her album. Baker took Best rhythm & blues so Gand Best female vocal performance in that category for giving you the bes that i she shared Best song a song writing award with skip Scarbourough and Randy Holland. In the rap category which was hit by Boycott by some of the major nominees the Best song was parents just Don t understand by . Jazzy Jeff & the fresh Prince who were among those not attend ing the show because the award was Given during the pre telecast personally Felt that the Boycott was negative said Kool Moe Dee an award presenter. I understand that they Felt a Little upset because they did t get the rap segment on television but i think it was More important for the rap fans for Ameri Ca to see rappers in a different Terence Trent d Arby won Best male rhythm & blues vocal for introducing the Hartline according to Terence rent d Arby. Irish rockers u2 won grammy for Roc performance by a group for the single de sire and music video performance for where the streets have no lifetime achievement awards were Given posthumously to dancer actor Fred Astaire blues Singer Bessie Smith jazz pianist Art Tatum cellist Pablo Casals. The lifetime award was also presented to violinist Jascha Heifetz Singer actress Lena Home Soprano leontyne Price Singer Sarah Vaughan and trumpeter dizzy Gillespie. Willie Dixon the 73-year-old blues master whose songs have been hits for so Many Rock groups finally won his first grammy for his hidden charms album in the Best traditional blues re cording category. He mounted the stage with the Aid of a Cane and received standing ovation. I be been in the music business for about 50 years Dixon said backstage. It s about time Don t you think Dixon s compositions for Rock group include such hits As spoonful for the British super group Cream in the late 1960s.the late Roy Orbison won his third grammy sharing Best country vocal collaboration with country Singer . Lang for their version of Orbison s other winners included the Rev. Jess Jackson for Best spoken word recording for a speech included on aretha Frank Lin s one lord one Faith one baptism album. Franklin s album also won est female soul gospel performance. The National Academy of recording arts and sciences award show had 76 categories but some were presented be fore the televised portion. Grammy winners Are determined by balloting among members of the Academy who Are recording artists songwriters musicians producers and technicians. Atheist group demands Bible free hotel rooms Memphis Tenn. A a group of atheists and agnostics is asking major hotel chains to Supply them with Bible free rooms saying the Bible makes for gruesome bedtime Why should innocent people go into a hotel room with an open Bible that is instructing you to kill homosexuals to kill blasphemers said Annie , editor of free thought today the newsletter of a group called the Freedom from religion foun Dation. Gaylor said her group has written to a dozen hotel chains including Holiday inns of Memphis asking for Bible free rooms for atheists and agnostics. We re asking for Freedom from the Bible. We Renot saying they can t offer the Bible to their other customers she said wednesday from her office i Madison wis. Ralph Berry a spokesman for the Holiday corp.,said the bibles at Holiday inns Are supplied by Gideons International a Christian organization Andare there to be read or not read As hotel guests prefer. It s personal Choice to read them if they d like to read them. We Don t intend on pulling them out Berry said. In calling for Bible free hotel and Motel rooms Gaylor compared the request to the desires of non smokers who want smoke free rooms. We want a non superstition Section along with anon smoking Section she said. Gaylor said her group has 3,200 members paying$30 annual membership fees and Many of them Are offended when they Check into hotels and find Bible sin their rooms
