60 YEARS OF THE ROCK ERA. This update: 1985 (Winners).

60 YEARS OF

ROCK

BEST OF 1985

-WINNERS-

TOP VOCAL PERFORMANCE 1985

CRAZY FOR YOU Madonna

WE ARE THE WORLD U.S.A .For Africa

SEA OF LOVE Robert Plant (The Honeydrippers)

FREEWAY OF LOVE Aretha Franklin

SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin

PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston

ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK Murray Head

NIKITA Elton John

I KNOW HIM SO WELL Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson

TOP MUSICAL PERFORMANCE 1985

MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits

IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) The Eurythmics

WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys

IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY (SET THEM FREE) Sting

WHAT YOU NEED INXS

TAKE ON ME A-Ha

RASPBERRY BERET Prince & The Revolution

JOHNNY COME HOME Fine Young Cannibals

AXEL F Harold Falermeyer

RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush

TOP SONG 1985

PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston

RUSSIANS Sting

THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) The Eurythmics

RASPBERRY BERET Prince & The Revolution

TAKE ON ME A-Ha

WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN The Style Council

FREEWAY OF LOVE Aretha Franklin

HEAD OVER HEELS Tears For Fears

SHINE LIKE IT DOES Inxs

TOP ALBUM 1985

WHITNEY HOUSTON Whitney Houston

THE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES Sting

BE YOURSELF TONIGHT The Eurythmics

OUR FAVOURITE SHOP The Style Council

PICTURE BOOK Simply Red

TOP GROUP 1985

DIRE STRAITS

THE STYLE COUNCIL

WHAM!

TEARS FOR FEARS

KOOL & THE GANG

A-HA

THE EURYTHMICS

FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

INXS

THE POINTER SISTERS

TOP MALE 1985

ELTON JOHN

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP

STING

BILLY IDOL

PRINCE

TOP FEMALE 1985

MADONNA

WHITNEY HOUSTON

ARETHA FRANKLIN

PAT BENATAR

TINA TURNER

RECORDING OF THE YEAR 1985

TAKE ON ME A-Ha

LIKE A VIRGIN Madonna

(DON’T YOU) FORGET ABOUT ME Simple Minds

WE ARE THE WORLD U.S.A .For Africa

WHITNEY HOUSTON [Album] Whitney Houston

DANCING IN THE STREET David Bowie & Mick Jagger

THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush

SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES

Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin

WEST END GIRLS The Pet Shop Boys

BROTHERS IN ARMS [Album] Dire Straits

ACT OF THE YEAR 1985

TEARS FOR FEARS

A-HA

WHITNEY HOUSTON

WHAM!

PRINCE

BRYAN ADAMS

STING

THE EURYTHMICS

SIMPLE MINDS

DIRE STRAITS

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1985

WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN

RUSSIANS

RAIN ON THE SCARECROW- John Cougar Mellencamp

THE BOYS OF SUMMER

ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK

IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY (SET THEM FREE)

ALL GONE AWAY

SUMMER OF ‘69

NIKITA

THE CHILDREN’S  CRUSADE

MOST INNOVATIVE RECORDING OF THE YEAR 1985

WEST END GIRLS- Pet Shop Boys

 

INDUSTRY FIGURE OF THE YEAR 1985

MICHAEL MASSER