DATE:   May 7, 1990

 

PLACE: St. Paul Radisson Hotel

 

HOST: Comedian Scott Hansen

 

SPONSORS:

 

  • City Pages
  • BMI
NOTES:

 

The show was produced by Gary Marx
Showcase concerts were held on May 8 and 9 at the:
  • Fine Line
  • Bunker’s
  • Mirage
  • Iron Horse
PERFORMANCES BY:

 

  • The Belfreys
  • Powermad
  • Jayhawks
  • Hoopsnakes
  • Dr. Mambo’s Combo
  • Ipso Facto
  • Ann Reed

 


MAJOR AWARDS

 

Readers voted for published nominees in the following six categories:

 

*** For each category, the winner is at the top of the list
the other nominees follow in alphabetical order. ***

ALBUM/CD OF THE YEAR:

 

Boiled in Lead – From the Ladle to the Grave
Greg Brown – One Big Town
Jayhawks – Blue Earth
Bob Mould – Workbook
Replacements – Don’t Tell a Soul

 

SINGLE OF THE YEAR:

 

Replacements – I’ll be You
Halo of Flies – Death of a Fly
Bob Mould – See a Little Light
Prince – Batdance
Sonny Rodgers – One Leg Woman

 

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

 

Ann Reed
Greg Brown
Peter Himmelman
Bob Mould
Prince

 

GROUP OF THE YEAR

 

Ipso Facto
Gear Daddies
Jayhawks
Replacements
Trip Shakespeare

 

VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

 

J.D. Steele
Karen Paurus – Holiday Ranch
Prince
Paul Westerberg – Replacements
Martin Zellar – Gear Daddies

 

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

 

Soul Asylum – P9
Magnolias – Pardon Me
Bob Mould – See a Little Light
Prince – Batdance
Replacements – I’ll be You

 


OTHER MAJOR AWARDS

 

The recipients below were chosen by music industry workers surveyed by City Pages publisher Tom Bartel and his associates.

 

ENTERTAINER/GROUP OF THE YEAR: The Replacements

 

CONNIE HECHTER AWARD: Engineer Steve Wiese

 

HALL OF FAME: David Rivkin, introduced by his brother, Bobby “Z” Rivkin

 


 

1990 MMA RECIPIENTS

 

POP/ROCK – INDIVIDUAL:  Prince

 

POP/ROCK – GROUP:  Replacements

 

POP/ROCK RECORDING:  Replacements, “Don’t Tell a Soul”

 

CONTEMPORARY URBAN-DANCE-RAP – INDIVIDUAL:  J.D. Steele

 

CONTEMPORARY URBAN-DANCE-RAP – GROUP:  Dr. Mambo’s Combo

 

CONTEMPORARY URBAN-DANCE-RAP – RECORDING:  Janet Jackson, ” Rhythm Nation 1814″

 

JAZZ – INDIVIDUAL:  Jay Young – Moore by Four

 

JAZZ – GROUP:  Moore by Four

 

JAZZ – RECORDING:  Patty Peterson, “The More I See you”

 

COUNTRY AND COUNTRY/ROCK – INDIVIDUAL:  Barb Cohen, Farm Accident

 

COUNTRY AND COUNTRY ROCK – GROUP:  Farm Accident

 

COUNTRY AND COUNTRY ROCK – RECORDING:  Jayhawks – “Blue Earth”

 

NEW AGE – INDIVIDUAL:  Steve Tibbetts

 

NEW AGE – GROUP:  Billy McLaughlin Group

 

NEW AGE – RECORDING:  Steve Tibbetts – “Big Map Idea”

 

GOSPEL – INDIVIDUAL:  Jevetta Steele

 

GOSPEL – GROUP:  The Steeles

 

GOSPEL – RECORDING:  Gaylen Paul – “The Only One”

 

VINTAGE R&B AND BLUES – INDIVIDUAL:  Charlie Bingham, Hoopsnakes

 

VINTAGE R&B AND BLUES – GROUP:  Hoopsnakes

 

VINTAGE R&B AND BLUES – RECORDING:  3 Below, “Demo”

 

POLKA AND OLDTIME:  The Chmielewskis

 

HEAVY METAL – HARD ROCK – INDIVIDUAL:  Grant Hart

 

HEAVY METAL – HARD ROCK – GROUP:  Powermad

 

HEAVY METAL – HARD ROCK – RECORDING:  Grant Hart, “Intolerance”

 

FOLK – INDIVIDUAL:  Paul Metsa

 

FOLK – GROUP:  Farm Accident

 

FOLK – RECORDING:  Greg Brown, “One Big Town”

 

WORLD BEAT – INDIVIDUAL:  Wain McFarlane

 

WORLD BEAT GROUP:  Ipso Facto

 

WORLD BEAT – RECORDING:  Boiled in Lead, “Ladle to the Grave”

 


 

OTHER CATEGORIES

 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Jimmy Jam Harris and Terry Lewis

 

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR: Oliver Leiber (wrote three hits for Paula Abdul)

 

ENGINEER OF THE YEAR: David Rivkin