Grammy Awards of 1970
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The 12th Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969.

Award winners

  • Record of the Year
    Grammy Award for Record of the Year
    The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959.-History:The honorees through its history have been:*1959-1965: Artist only.*1966-1998: Artist and producer....

    • Bones Howe
      Bones Howe
      Dayton Burr "Bones" Howe is a Grammy-award-winning record producer and recording engineer associated with 1960s and 1970s hits, mostly of the sunshine pop genre, including most of the hits of The 5th Dimension and The Association, as well as music supervision of several films...

       (producer) & The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
      Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
      "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is a medley of two songs written for the 1967 musical Hair by James Rado & Gerome Ragni , and Galt MacDermot , released as a single by The 5th Dimension. The song peaked at number one for six weeks on the U.S...

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  • Album of the Year
    Grammy Award for Album of the Year
    The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys. It has been awarded since 1959 and though it was originally presented to the artist alone, the award is now presented to the artist, the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer...

    • James William Guercio (producer) & Blood, Sweat & Tears
      Blood, Sweat & Tears
      Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles...

       for Blood, Sweat & Tears
      Blood, Sweat & Tears (album)
      Blood, Sweat & Tears is the second album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1968. It was a huge commercial success, rising to the top of the U.S. charts for a collective seven weeks and yielding three successive Top 5 singles...


  • Song of the Year
    Grammy Award for Song of the Year
    The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards ceremony, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 and unlike the Record of the Year award, which goes to the performer and production team of a single song, Song of the Year...

    • Joe South
      Joe South
      Joe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...

       for "Games People Play
      Games People Play (1969 song)
      "Games People Play" is a song written, composed and performed by singer/songwriter Joe South, released at the end of 1968.-Origins & inspirations:...

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  • Best New Artist
    Grammy Award for Best New Artist
    The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. The award was not presented in 1967...

    • Crosby, Stills & Nash

Children's

  • Best Recording for Children
    Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
    The Grammy Award for Best Album for Children has been awarded since 1959. Prior to 1992, the award was known as Best Recording for Children and was therefore open to any audio recording, whether it was an album, a single song, a recording of a book, or the audio from a television show or movie...

    • Peter, Paul and Mary
      Peter, Paul and Mary
      Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk-singing trio whose nearly 50-year career began with their rise to become a paradigm for 1960s folk music. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers...

       for Peter, Paul and Mommy

Classical

  • Best Classical Performance, Orchestra
    Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance has been awarded since 1959. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:*From 1959 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Orchestra...

    • Pierre Boulez
      Pierre Boulez
      Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...

       (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra
      Cleveland Orchestra
      The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1918, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall...

       for Boulez Conducts Debussy
      Claude Debussy
      Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

      , Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"
  • Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical
    Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo has been awarded since 1959. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:...

    • Thomas Schippers
      Thomas Schippers
      Thomas Schippers was an American conductor. He was highly-regarded for his work in opera.-Biography:...

       (conductor), Leontyne Price
      Leontyne Price
      Mary Violet Leontyne Price is an American soprano. Born and raised in the Deep South, she rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was one of the first African Americans to become a leading artist at the Metropolitan Opera.One critic characterized Price's voice as "vibrant",...

       & the New Philharmonia for Barber
      Samuel Barber
      Samuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...

      : Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915
  • Best Opera Recording
    Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
    The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording has been awarded since 1961. The award was originally titled Best Classical Opera Production. The current title has been used since 1962....

    • Otto Gerdes
      Otto Gerdes
      Otto Gerdes was a German conductor and record producer.He studied music at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, including conducting with Hermann Abendroth. He conducted opera in Berlin, Dresden, Koblenz, Leipzig, and Munich...

       (producer), Herbert von Karajan
      Herbert von Karajan
      Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor. To the wider world he was perhaps most famously associated with the Berlin Philharmonic, of which he was principal conductor for 35 years...

       (conductor), Helga Dernesch
      Helga Dernesch
      Helga Dernesch is an Austrian soprano and mezzo soprano. Her career has taken her through four successive phases: from mezzo-soprano to lyric soprano to dramatic soprano and after about 1980 back to mezzo again...

      , Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas
      Jess Thomas
      Jess Thomas was an American operatic tenor, best known for his Wagner singing.-Biography:Jess Floyd Thomas was born in Hot Springs, South Dakota. As a child he took part in various musical activities and later studied psychology at the University of Nebraska and Stanford University. He was...

       & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
      Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
      The Berlin Philharmonic, German: , formerly Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester , is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of "top ten European Orchestras", after the Vienna Philharmonic and the...

       for Wagner
      Richard Wagner
      Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...

      : Siegfried
  • Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
    Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance has been awarded since 1961. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:*In 1961 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Choral ...

    • Luciano Berio
      Luciano Berio
      Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...

       (conductor), Ward Swingle
      Ward Swingle
      Ward Swingle is an American vocalist and jazz musician.Swingle was born in Mobile, Alabama. He studied music, particularly jazz, from a very young age. He was playing in Mobile-area Big Bands before finishing high school. After high school, Swingle graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Cincinnati...

       (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic
      New York Philharmonic
      The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...

       for Berio: Sinfonia
      Sinfonia (Berio)
      Sinfonia is a composition by the Italian composer Luciano Berio which was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its 125th anniversary...

  • Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
    • Wendy Carlos
      Wendy Carlos
      Wendy Carlos is an American composer and electronic musician. Carlos first came to notice in the late 1960s with recordings made on the Moog synthesizer, then a relatively new and unknown instrument; most notable were LPs of synthesized Bach and the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's film A...

       for Switched-On Bach
      Switched-On Bach
      -Details:The album consists of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed on a Moog synthesizer, a modular synthesizer system, one of which can be seen at the back of the room on the album cover. "Switched-On Bach," or "S-OB" as Carlos referred to it, was recorded on a custom-built 8 track recorder...

  • Best Chamber Music Performance
    Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music ...

    • The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for Gabrieli
      Giovanni Gabrieli
      Giovanni Gabrieli was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift from Renaissance to Baroque idioms.-Biography:Gabrieli was born in Venice...

      : Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli
  • Album of the Year, Classical
    Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
    The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes:*From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year - Classical...

    • Rachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach

Comedy

  • Best Comedy Recording
    Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
    The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album was awarded from yearly 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:*From 1959 to 1967 it was Best Comedy Performance...

    • Bill Cosby
      Bill Cosby
      William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, the...

       for Bill Cosby, aka Sports (Bill Cosby album)
      Sports (Bill Cosby Album)
      Sports is an album released by Bill Cosby in October of 1969. It was his first on the Uni Records label, which would eventually become MCA Records. It won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 1970 Grammy Awards...

      .

Composing and arranging

  • Best Instrumental Theme
    Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
    The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition has been awarded since 1960. The award is presented to the composer of the music.There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:...

    • John Barry
      John Barry (composer)
      John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...

       (composer) for Midnight Cowboy
  • Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
    Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
    The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media has been awarded since 1960. Until 2001 the award was presented to the composer of the music alone. From 2001 to 2006, the producer and engineers shared in this award...

    • Burt Bacharach
      Burt Bacharach
      Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...

       (composer) for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement
    Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
    The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger of the music.There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:...

    • Henry Mancini
      Henry Mancini
      Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995...

       (arranger) for Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet"
  • Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
    Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
    The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger of the music.There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:...

    • Fred Lipsius
      Fred Lipsius
      Fred Lipsius was the original saxophonist and arranger for the jazz-rock band, Blood, Sweat and Tears, for which he played alto saxophone and piano...

       (arranger) for "Spinning Wheel
      Spinning Wheel (song)
      "Spinning Wheel" is the title of a popular song from 1969 by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears. The song was written by band member and Canadian musician David Clayton-Thomas and appears on their self-titled album....

      " performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears
      Blood, Sweat & Tears
      Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles...


Country

  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
    Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female...

    • Tammy Wynette
      Tammy Wynette
      Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....

       for Stand By Your Man
  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
    Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance was awarded between 1965 and 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male...

    • Johnny Cash
      Johnny Cash
      John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

       for A Boy Named Sue
      A Boy Named Sue
      "A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and performed by Johnny Cash. Cash was at the height of his popularity when he recorded the song live at California's San Quentin State Prison at a concert on 24 February 1969. The concert was filmed by Granada Television for later...

  • Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
    Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
    The Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded from 1970 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*In 1970 the award was known as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group...

    • Waylon Jennings
      Waylon Jennings
      Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

       & the Kimberlys for MacArthur Park
      MacArthur Park (song)
      "MacArthur Park" is a song by Jimmy Webb, originally composed as part of an intended cantata. The song was initially rejected by The Association. Richard Harris was the first to record it, in 1968; the song was subsequently covered by numerous artists. Among the best-known covers are Donna Summer's...

  • Best Country Instrumental Performance
    Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1970 to 2011. Between 1986 and 1989 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance ....

    • The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis
      Danny Davis (country musician)
      Danny Davis was a band leader, trumpet player, vocalist and producer and founder/leader of the Nashville Brass.-Early life and career:...

       for The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
  • Best Country Song
    Grammy Award for Best Country Song
    The Grammy Award for Best Country Song has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the writer of the song.There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:...

    • Shel Silverstein
      Shel Silverstein
      Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein , was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books...

       (songwriter) for A Boy Named Sue performed by Johnny Cash
      Johnny Cash
      John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...


Folk

  • Best Folk Performance
    Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
    The Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording was awarded from 1960 to 1986. During this time the award had several minor name changes:*From 1960 to 1961 the award was known as Best Performance - Folk...

    • Joni Mitchell
      Joni Mitchell
      Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...

       for Clouds

Gospel

  • Best Gospel Performance
    Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance was awarded from 1968 to 1977, and revived for the Grammy Awards of 2005.Through the years, it has had several names:...

    • Porter Wagoner
      Porter Wagoner
      Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and...

       & the Blackwood Brothers for In Gospel Country
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance
    Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance was awarded from 1969 to 1977. In 1978 the award was divided into two new awards, the Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional and Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary.Years reflect the year...

    • Edwin Hawkins
      Edwin Hawkins
      Edwin Hawkins is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He are best known for his arrangement of "Oh Happy Day" , which was included on the Songs of the Century list...

       for Oh Happy Day performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
  • Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical)
    Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance was awarded from 1962 to 1986. During this time the award had several minor name changes:*From 1962 to 1963 the award was known as Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording...

    • Jake Hess
      Jake Hess
      Jake Hess was an American Grammy Award-winning southern gospel singer.-Life:Hess was born Manchild Hess December 24, 1927, in Limestone County, Alabama...

       for Ain't That Beautiful Singing

Jazz

  • Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
    Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
    The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album is an award that will start being presented in 2012.The Award was previously called Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group from 1959 to 2011. The award will formally be discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories...

    • Wes Montgomery
      Wes Montgomery
      John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including Pat Martino, George Benson, Russell Malone, Emily...

       for Willow Weep for Me
  • Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
    Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
    The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961. From 1962 to 1971 and 1979 to 1991 the award title specified instrumental performances...

    • Quincy Jones
      Quincy Jones
      Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...

       for Walking in Space

Musical show

  • Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
    Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album
    The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album has been awarded since 1959. The award was given only to the album producer, and to the composer and lyricist who wrote at least 51% of the music which had not been recorded previously....

    • Burt Bacharach
      Burt Bacharach
      Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...

      , Hal David
      Hal David
      Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...

       (composers), Henry Jerome, Phil Ramone
      Phil Ramone
      Phil Ramone is a South-African violinist, composer, recording engineer, and record producer.-Biography:As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten...

       (producers) & the original cast (Jerry Orbach
      Jerry Orbach
      Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach was an American actor and singer. He was well known for his starring role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. As well, Orbach was a noted musical theatre star...

      , Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter, Donna McKecknie, A .L. Hines, Marian Mercer & Paul Reed) for Promises, Promises

Packaging and notes

  • Best Album Cover
    • David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) for America the Beautiful performed by Gary McFarland
      Gary McFarland
      Gary McFarland was an influential composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist, prominent on Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s, when he made "one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz"...

  • Best Album Notes
    Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
    The Grammy Award for Best Album Notes has been presented since 1964. From 1973 to 1976, a separate award was presented for Best Album Notes - Classical. Those awards are listed under those years below. The award recognizes albums with excellent liner notes...

    • Johnny Cash
      Johnny Cash
      John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

       (notes writer) for Nashville Skyline performed by Bob Dylan
      Bob Dylan
      Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...


Pop

  • Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
    Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist...

    • Peggy Lee
      Peggy Lee
      Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...

       for Is That All There Is?
      Is That All There Is?
      "Is That All There Is?" is a song written by American songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller during the 1960s. It became a hit for American singer Peggy Lee from her recording in November 1969...

  • Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
    Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance was awarded between 1966 and 2011...

    • Harry Nilsson
      Harry Nilsson
      Harry Edward Nilsson III was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. On all but his earliest recordings he is credited as Nilsson...

       for Everybody's Talkin'
      Everybody's Talkin'
      "Everybody's Talkin" is a folk rock song released by Fred Neil in 1966 that became a global success for Harry Nilsson in 1969, reaching #2 and #6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and Pop Singles chart respectively and winning a Grammy after it was featured on the soundtrack for the film...

  • Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group
    Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
    The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was awarded between 1966 and 2011...

    • The 5th Dimension for Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
      Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
      "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is a medley of two songs written for the 1967 musical Hair by James Rado & Gerome Ragni , and Galt MacDermot , released as a single by The 5th Dimension. The song peaked at number one for six weeks on the U.S...

  • Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus
    Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus
    The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus was awarded in 1969 and in 1970. In some years, the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal also included performances by a chorus.A similar award for Best Performance by a Chorus was awarded from 1961 to 1968...

    • Percy Faith
      Percy Faith
      Percy Faith was a Canadian-born American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with creating the "easy listening" or "mood music" format which became staples of American popular music in the 1950s and...

       for Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus
  • Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
    Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance was awarded between 1969 and 2011.*In 1969 it was awarded as Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental*From 1970 to 1971 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance...

    • Blood, Sweat & Tears
      Blood, Sweat & Tears
      Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles...

       for Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie
  • Best Contemporary Song
    Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song
    The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song was awarded between 1960 and 1971. The award had several minor name changes:*In 1960 the award was known as Best Performance by a "Top 40" Artist...

    • Joe South
      Joe South
      Joe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...

       for Games People Play

Production and engineering

  • Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
    Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
    The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:*In 1959 the award was known as Best Engineered Record - Non-Classical...

    • Geoff E. Emerick & Philip McDonald (engineers) for Abbey Road performed by The Beatles
      The Beatles
      The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

  • Best Engineered Recording, Classical
    Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical
    The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:*In 1959 the award was known as Best Engineered Record ...

    • Walter Carlos (engineer & artist) for Switched-On Bach
      Switched-On Bach
      -Details:The album consists of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed on a Moog synthesizer, a modular synthesizer system, one of which can be seen at the back of the room on the album cover. "Switched-On Bach," or "S-OB" as Carlos referred to it, was recorded on a custom-built 8 track recorder...


R&B

  • Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
    Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for quality R&B songs...

    • Aretha Franklin
      Aretha Franklin
      Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...

       for Share Your Love With Me
  • Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
    Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance was awarded between 1968 and 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*In 1968 it was awarded as Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male...

    • Joe Simon
      Joe Simon (musician)
      Joe Simon is an American chart-topping, Grammy Award winning, soul and R&B musician. Amongst other chart singles, Simon secured three number one hits on the US Billboard R&B chart between 1969 and 1975.-Career:...

       for The Chokin' Kind
  • Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
    Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
    The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1970 and 2011. From 1967 to 1969 and in 1971 the award included instrumental performances...

    • Isley Brothers for It's Your Thing
  • Best R&B Instrumental Performance
    Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1970 to 1990 and in 1993. The award had several minor name changes:*From 1970 to 1985 the award was known as Best R&B Instrumental Performance...

    • King Curtis
      King Curtis
      Curtis Ousley , who performed under the stage name King Curtis, was an American saxophone virtuoso known for rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, funk and soul jazz. Variously a bandleader, band member, and session musician, he was also a musical director and record producer...

       for Games People Play
  • Best Rhythm & Blues Song
    Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
    The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song has been awarded since 1959. From 1969 to 2000 it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Song, from 1962 to 1968 it was known as Best Rhythm & Blues Recording, and from 1959-1961 as Best Rhythm & Blues Performance...

    • Richard Spencer
      Richard Lewis Spencer
      Richard Lewis Spencer is an African American musician and teacher. He played tenor saxophone in Otis Redding's band, behind Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions with The Winstons. He was awarded the Grammy Award for his composition "Color Him Father"...

       (songwriter) for Color Him Father performed by The Winstons
      The Winstons
      The Winstons were a 1960s funk and soul music group, based in Washington, D.C.. They are known for their 1969 recording of an EP featuring a song entitled "Color Him Father" on the A-side, and a song entitled "Amen, Brother" on the B-side. Half-way into "Amen, Brother", there is a drum solo The...


Spoken

  • Best Spoken Word Recording
    Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
    The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:*In 1959 the award was known as Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word...

    • Art Linkletter
      Art Linkletter
      Arthur Gordon "Art" Linkletter was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, on NBC radio-TV for 19 years...

       & Diane Linkletter
      Diane Linkletter
      Diane Linkletter was the daughter and youngest child of popular American media personality Art Linkletter, and his wife Lois Foerster...

      for We Love You Call Collect
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