| MILESDAVIS | Jazz trumpeter who won a Grammy Award for his 1987 album, Tutu (5,5) |
| IRENE | Lead Belly received a Grammy Award for his version of the American folk song, Goodnight ... |
| MURAKAMI | Haruki, Japanese writer noted for his 1987 novel Norwegian Wood (8) |
| RUSSTITELMAN | American record producer who has won Grammy Awards for his work with Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton |
| DIANA | Michael Jackson song from his 1987 Bad album, Dirty ----- (5) |
| HERBALPERT | Jazz trumpeter who led the Tijuana Brass: 2 wds. |
| LOUISPRIMA | U.S. jazz trumpeter who voiced orangutan King Louie in the 1967 animated film The Jungle Book (5,5) |
| CLARKTERRY | American swing and bebop trumpeter who was a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz |
| GEORGEBURNS | Oh God! comedian who won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at age 95: 2 wds. |
| JIMMYCARTER | 39th US president who won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at age 94: 2 wds. |
| DAVID | ___ Bowie English singer who won a Grammy Award for best music video in 1985 |
| ADELE | She won a Grammy Award for Chasing Pavements (5) |
| GUNSNROSES | Hard rock band with the multiplatinum 1987 album Appetite for Destruction: 3 wds. |
| THESOULCAGES | Sting hit from their third studio album which won them a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1992: 3 wds. |
| MYFAITHINYOU | If I Ever Lose ___ single that won Sting a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance (Male) in 1994: 4 wds. |
| CLAPTON | Eric, guitarist who won a Grammy Award in 1992 for the song 'Tears in Heaven' (7) |
| PAPA | *___ Was a Rollin' Stone song covered by The Temptations that won a Grammy Award |
| BAHA | ___ Men (group that won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Dance Recording) |
| HERBIEHANCOCK | American keyboardist whose album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award |
| MIND | Let Me Blow Ya ___ 2001 hit by Eve featuring Gwen Stefani that won a Grammy Award |
