Ella Fitzgerald moved into seventh place on the all-time Grammy list when she was awarded her 12th, this one for female jazz vocal, "The Best Is Yet to Come" album.

'Being With You'

Guitarist George Benson earned his eighth Grammy with a pop instrumental award for "Being With You."

Jackson, dressed in his usual spangled uniform with epaulets and with a sequined glove on his right hand, was accompanied by actress Brooke Shields. He was clearly the Shrine crowd's favorite as he sat in the front row. Every time his face flashed on studio monitors or his name was mentioned, cheers rose from industry colleagues who filled the orchestra seats and from fans in the balcony.

The young singer and writer was also the choice of pop critics, who often dismiss the Grammy voting as too conservative. Jackson's "Thriller" was named last week the top album of 1983 in a Village Voice poll of more than 200 critics around the country. It was one of the rare times critics have agreed with the 6,000 Grammy voters.

Jackson was generous with his thanks and praise for others. In one acceptance he called CBS Records head Walter Yetnikoff to the stage with him. Later he invited his three sisters to the podium.



The young star seemed especially moved by the award for the best children's album, "E.T. the Extraterrestrial."

"Of all the awards I've won, I'm most proud of this one," he said. "…It wasn't an album just for children. It was for everyone."

The dominance of Jackson was underscored twice during the program.

First, comedian Joan Rivers joined singer Boy George (of Culture Club, a Grammy-winning group for best new artist) by satellite from London in reading the Grammy voting rules and quipped, "The reason we're reading the rules is so that all the losers will know why they lost to Michael Jackson."

And songwriter Michael Boddicker thanked Michael Jackson "for not writing a song for the movies." Boddicker was one of the writers for the "Flashdance" album, which was declared best soundtrack.