| RECIPIENT |
YEAR |
GENRE |
CATEGORY |
RECORDING |
| Quentin
"Footz" Davidson |
1994 |
WAMA
Board Award |
Hall
of Fame |
|
| Rachel
Cross |
1996 |
World
Music |
Vocalist |
|
|
Rachel Cross |
1997 |
World
Music |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Radiant |
1988 |
R&B/Urban
Contemporary |
Artist/Group |
|
| Radiant |
1988 |
General
Awards |
New
Artist |
|
| Randy
Barrett |
1996 |
Folk
- Traditional |
Male
Vocalist |
|
|
Randy Barrett |
1997 |
Bluegrass |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Rare
Essence |
1991 |
Go
Go |
Recording |
Lock
It |
| Rare
Essence |
1996 |
Go
Go |
Recording |
Body
Snatchers |
| RCI |
1985 |
General
Awards |
Sound
Company |
|
| Redeeming
Souls |
1989 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Harmony
Group/Quartet |
|
| Redeeming
Souls |
1991 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Recording |
To
My Father's House |
| Reuben
Brown |
1995 |
General
Awards |
Special
Recognition |
|
| Reverb |
1995 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Harmony
Group/Quartet |
|
| Richard
Harrington |
1994 |
WAMA
Board Award |
Special
Achievement |
|
| Richard
Smallwood |
1995 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Richard
Smallwood Singers |
1989 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Recording |
|
| Richard
Smallwood Singers |
1991 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Artist/Group |
|
| Richard
Smallwood Singers |
1993 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Artist/Group |
|
| Richard
Smallwood Singers |
1995 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Duo/Group |
|
|
Richard Smallwood |
1997 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Rick
Harris |
1991 |
Jazz |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Rick
Harris |
1992 |
Jazz |
Male
Vocalist |
|
|
Rideout-Petteway-Sansone |
1997 |
Irish/Celtic |
Recording |
|
| Roadducks |
1988 |
General
Awards |
Debut
Recording |
Get
Ducked |
| Roberta
Flack |
1996 |
WAMA
Board Award |
Hall
of Fame |
|
|
Robin Bullock |
1997 |
Folk
- Traditional |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Robin
Sugar" Williams" |
1993 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1985 |
Go
Go |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1985 |
Jazz |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1986 |
General
Awards |
Freelance
Musician |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1986 |
Jazz |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1987 |
R&B/Urban
Contemporary |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1988 |
Jazz |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1992 |
Jazz |
Artist/Group |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1992 |
General
Awards |
Musician
of the Year |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1994 |
Jazz
- Contemporary |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1994 |
Jazz
- Contemporary |
Recording |
Slanted |
| Ron
Holloway |
1995 |
Jazz
- Contemporary |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1995 |
Jazz
- Contemporary |
Recording |
Struttin' |
| Ron
Holloway |
1995 |
Jazz
- Traditional |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1995 |
Jazz
- Traditional |
Recording |
Struttin' |
| Ron
Holloway |
1996 |
Jazz
- Contemporary |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway |
1996 |
Jazz
- Traditional |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Ron
Holloway Group |
1993 |
Jazz
- Traditional |
Duo/Group |
|
| Ron
Holloway Group |
1994 |
Jazz
- Contemporary |
Duo/Group |
|
| Ron
Holloway Group |
1994 |
Jazz
- Traditional |
Duo/Group |
|
| Ron
Holloway Group |
1995 |
Jazz
- Contemporary |
Duo/Group |
|
| Ron
Holloway Group |
1995 |
Jazz
- Traditional |
Duo/Group |
|
| Ron
Holloway Group |
1996 |
Jazz
- Contemporary |
Duo/Group |
|
|
Ron Holloway Group |
1997 |
jJazz
- Traditional |
Duo/Group |
|
| Ron
Holloway Quartet |
1996 |
Jazz
- Traditional |
Duo/Group |
|
| Ronnie
Newmyer |
1994 |
General
Awards |
Special
Recognition |
|
| Root
Boy Slim |
1985 |
General
Awards |
Record
Design |
Dog
Secrets |
| Root
Boy Slim |
1988 |
General
Awards |
Best
Dressed Musician |
|
| Rory
Zuckerman |
1988 |
Children's
Music |
Artist/Group |
|
| Rosa
Lamoreaux |
1991 |
Classical |
Vocal
Soloist |
|
| Roy
Buchannan |
1988 |
General
Awards |
Hall
of Fame |
|
| Rumba
Club |
1993 |
Latino |
Artist/Group |
|
| Rumba
Club |
1995 |
Latino |
Duo/Group |
|
| Rumba
Club |
1996 |
Latino |
Duo/Group |
|
|
Rumba Club |
1997 |
Latino |
Duo/Group |
|
| Ruth
Brown |
1997 |
General
Awards |
Hall
of Fame |
|
| Ruth
Cogen |
1995 |
WAMA
Board Award |
Community
Service |
|
|
Ruthie and the Wranglers |
1997 |
Country |
Duo/Group |
|
|
Ruthie and the Wranglers |
1997 |
General
Awards |
Debut
Recording |
Wrangler
City |
|
Ruthie and the Wranglers |
1997 |
Country |
Recording |
Wrangler
City |
| Santiago
Rodriguez |
1994 |
Classical |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Santiago
Rodriguez |
1995 |
Classical |
Recording |
Rachmaninoff |
|
Sara Landymore |
1997 |
General
Awards |
Songwriter
of the Year |
|
| Scott
Barber |
1995 |
Metal/Hard
Rock |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Scott
Johnson |
1991 |
Alternative
Rock/Underground |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Seamus
Kennedy |
1993 |
Irish |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Seamus
Kennedy |
1994 |
Irish |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Seamus
Kennedy |
1995 |
Irish/Celtic |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Seamus
Kennedy |
1996 |
Irish/Celtic |
Male
Vocalist |
|
|
Seamus Kennedy |
1997 |
Irish/Celtic |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Seldom
Scene |
1985 |
Country/Roots
Rock |
Artist/Group |
|
| Seldom
Scene |
1985 |
Folk/Bluegrass |
Artist/Group |
|
| Seldom
Scene |
1986 |
Bluegrass/Country |
Artist/Group |
|
| Seldom
Scene |
1987 |
Country/Roots
Rock |
Artist/Group |
|
| Seldom
Scene |
1987 |
Folk/Acoustic |
Artist/Group |
|
| Seldom
Scene |
1988 |
Folk/Bluegrass |
Recording |
15th
Anniversary Celebration |
| Seldom
Scene |
1989 |
Folk/Bluegrass |
Artist/Group |
|
| Seldom
Scene |
1993 |
Bluegrass |
Recording |
20th
Anniversary |
| Seldom
Scene |
1996 |
WAMA
Board Award |
Hall
of Fame |
|
|
Seldom Scene |
1997 |
Bluegrass |
Duo/Group |
|
| Shai |
1993 |
Urban
Contemporary |
Duo/Group |
|
| Shai |
1993 |
Urban
Contemporary |
Recording |
If
I Ever Fall In Love Again |
| Shambu
Richards |
1991 |
Third
World/Ethnic/
International |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Shannon
Larkin |
1991 |
Metal |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Shannon
Larkin |
1992 |
Metal |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Shirley
Ables & the Joy Singers |
1992 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Artist/Group |
|
| Shirley
Ables & the Joy Singers |
1993 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Recording |
Keep
On Praying |
| Shirley
Horn |
1985 |
Jazz |
Vocalist |
|
| Shirley
Horn |
1986 |
Jazz |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Shirley
Horn |
1987 |
Jazz |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Shirley
Horn |
1987 |
General
Awards |
Hall
of Fame |
|
| Shirley
Horn |
1988 |
Blues |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Shirley
Horn |
1988 |
Jazz |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Shirley
Horn |
1989 |
Jazz |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Shirley
Horn |
1989 |
Jazz |
Recording |
Close
Enough For Love |
| Shirley
Horn |
1992 |
Jazz |
Recording |
Here's
To Life |
| Smith
Sisters |
1992 |
Children's
Music |
Recording |
I
See The Moon |
| Sonia
Rutstein |
1991 |
Hardcore/Punk |
Vocalist |
|
| Sonia
Rutstein |
1993 |
Alternative
Rock/Underground |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Sonny
Stitt |
1997 |
WAMA
Board Award |
Hall
of Fame |
|
| Spinderella |
1995 |
Rap/Hip
Hop |
DJ |
|
| Spiritual
Kings of Harmony |
1991 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Harmony
Group/Quartet |
|
| St
Augustine Catholic Church Choir |
1992 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Mass
Choir |
|
| Stacy
Lattisaw |
1986 |
R&B/Urban
Contemporary |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Stacy
Lattisaw |
1988 |
R&B/Urban
Contemporary |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Stacy
Lattisaw |
1991 |
R&B/Urban
Contemporary |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Stanley
Turrentine |
1993 |
Jazz
- Traditional |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Stanley
Turrentine |
1995 |
General
Awards |
Hall
of Fame |
|
| Starpoint |
1987 |
R&B/Urban
Contemporary |
Artist/Group |
|
| Starpoint |
1988 |
R&B/Urban
Contemporary |
Recording |
Object
Of My Desire |
| Starpoint |
1989 |
R&B/Urban
Contemporary |
Artist/Group |
|
| Steuart
Smith |
1985 |
Country/Roots
Rock |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Steuart
Smith |
1985 |
Folk/Bluegrass |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Steuart
Smith |
1985 |
Rock/Pop |
Instrumentalist |
|
| Steuart
Smith |
1985 |
General
Awards |
Musician
(all instruments) |
|
| Steuart
Smith |
1985 |
General
Awards |
Producer
of the Year |
|
| Steve
Whiteman |
1988 |
Metal |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Steve
Whiteman |
1989 |
Metal |
Male
Vocalist |
|
| Steve
Whiteman |
1991 |
Metal |
Vocalist |
|
|
Steve Wolf & Swing Speak |
1997 |
Jazz
- Traditional |
Recording |
|
| Strange
Boutique |
1988 |
Alternative
Rock/Underground |
Artist/Group |
|
| Strange
Boutique |
1989 |
Alternative
Rock/Underground |
Recording |
|
| Sue
Richards |
1993 |
Traditional
Folk |
Recording |
Morning
Aire |
| Sue
Richards |
1993 |
General
Awards |
Album
of the Year |
Morning
Aire |
| Sue
Trainor |
1996 |
Children's
Music |
Female
Vocalist |
|
|
Sue Trainor |
1997 |
Children's
Music |
Female
Vocalist |
|
| Susan
Graham White |
1993 |
General
Awards |
Songwriter
of the Year |
|
| Sweet
Cookie |
1988 |
Rap |
Vocalist |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1985 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Artist/Group |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1985 |
Third
World/Ethnic/
International |
Ethnic/International
Group |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1987 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Artist/Group |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1987 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Recording |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1988 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Artist/Group |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1989 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Artist/Group |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1993 |
World
Music |
Duo/Group |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1995 |
World
Music |
Duo/Group |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1996 |
Gospel/Inspirational |
Duo/Group |
|
| Sweet
Honey in the Rock |
1996 |
WAMA
Board Award |
Hall
of Fame |
|
|
Sweet Honey in the Rock |
1997 |
Gospel/inspirational |
Duo/Group/mass
Choir |
|