The Manhattan Transfer wins two Grammys for "Birdland" 1981

Manhattan Transfer's performance of Birdland received two Grammy Awards at the 23rd annual ceremony held February 25, 1981.  Janis Siegel won the award for Best Arrangement of Voices.  Manhattan Transfer won for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental. 

John Williams also took home two awards for his composition for The Empire Strikes Back: Best Instrumental Composition and Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special. 

Pat Benatar won her first Grammy for her album Crimes of Passion.  She received the Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female.

Ella Fitzgerald won her 10th Grammy that evening.  Her album A Perfect Match won for Best Jazz Performance, Female. 

Ella Fitzgerald wins 8th Grammy Award 1977

Ella Fitzgerald, first lady of jazz, won her eight Grammy Award at the 19th annual ceremony, held February 19, 1977. She won Best Jazz Vocal Performance for Fitzgerald and Pass...Again, the second album of four she recorded with guitarist Joe Pass.

George Benson won Record of the Year for This Masquerade.  It was in contention for Album of the Year and Song of the Year.  I recognize every other album and song nominated in these three categories, and Benson's is the only one I do not know and, after listening to it just now, have never heard it before.  I suppose his music did not get any airplay in my area back then.

Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder won Album of the Year, and Barry Manilow's I Write the Songs won Song of the Year.

Starland Vocal Band won Best New Artist, beating Brothers Johnson, Boston(!), and Wild Cherry.  Unfortunately, they are best known for their only hit, Afternoon Delight, which won Best Arrangement for Voices (duo, group or chorus).

Natalie Cole won Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female for her Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady).

Helen Hayes, with Henry Fonda, James Earl Jones & Orson Welles, won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Recording for Great American Documents.  This win made Helen Hayes become the second person to become an EGOT, someone who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony.

Ella Fitzgerald wins Grammy for "All That Jazz" 1991

The Queen of Jazz Ella Fitzgerald won a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female for her performance of All That Jazz at the 33rd ceremony held February 20, 1991.   It was the title track from her last studio album of the same name, which was released in 1989.