13th Annual Grammy Awards

Performers

• The Osmonds - Everything is Beautiful
• Anne Murray - Fire and Rain
• Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water
• Dionne Warwick - Let It Be
• Marty Robbins - My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
• Charley Pride
• Conway Twitty
• Wanda Jackson
• Hank Williams Jr. - The Fightin' Side of Me

Presenters

• Burt Bacharach - Song of the Year
• John Wayne - Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Special
• David Cassidy & Susan Dey - Best Pop Duo/Group with Vocals
• The 5th Dimension - Record of the Year
• Henry Mancini - Best New Artist

Award winners

General field

Record of the Year

• **"Bridge over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel ** ::Roy Halee, Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon, producers
• "(They Long to Be) Close to You" - The Carpenters

• "Everything Is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens

• "Fire and Rain" - James Taylor

• "Let It Be" - The Beatles

Album of the Year

• **Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel ** ::Roy Halee, Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon, producers
• Chicago - Chicago

• Close to You - The Carpenters

• Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

• Elton John - Elton John

• Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Song of the Year

• **"Bridge over Troubled Water" ** ::Paul Simon, songwriter (Simon and Garfunkel)
• "Everything is Beautiful"

• "Fire and Rain"

• "Let It Be"

• "We've Only Just Begun"

Best New Artist

• **The Carpenters **
• Elton John
• Melba Moore
• Anne Murray
• The Partridge Family

Children's

Best Recording for Children

• **The Sesame Street Book & Record - (various artists) ** ::Joan Ganz Cooney, Thomas Z. Shepard, producers
• The Aristocats - (various artists)
• A Boy Named Charlie Brown - (various artists)
• "Rubber Duckie" - Jim Henson
• Susan Sings Songs from Sesame Street - Loretta Long

Classical

• Best Classical Performance, Orchestra
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for Schubert: Lieder
• Best Opera Recording
  • Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus & various artists for Berlioz: Les Troyens
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers & the Columbia Chamber Ensemble for Ives: New Music of Charles Ives
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
  • George Szell (conductor), David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Cleveland Orchestra for Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose & Isaac Stern for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
• Album of the Year, Classical
  • Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), various artists & the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens

Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
  • Flip Wilson for The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Alfred Newman (composer) for "Airport Love Theme"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  • George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr (composers) for Let It Be performed by The Beatles
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Theme From Z"
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Larry Knechtel & Paul Simon (arrangers) for "Bridge over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Lynn Anderson for "Rose Garden"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Ray Price for "For the Good Times"
• Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Johnny Cash & June Carter for "If I Were a Carpenter"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed for Me and Jerry
• Best Country Song
  • Marty Robbins (songwriter) for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"

Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
  • T-Bone Walker for Good Feelin'

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)
  • The Oak Ridge Boys for "Talk About the Good Times"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance
  • Edwin Hawkins for "Every Man Wants to Be Free" performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
• Best Sacred Performance (Musical)
  • Jake Hess for "Everything Is Beautiful"

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
  • Bill Evans for Alone
• Best Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
  • Miles Davis for Bitches Brew

Musical show

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • Stephen Sondheim (composer), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast (Dean Jones, Barbara Barrie, Elaine Stritch, Charles Kimbrough, George Coe, Teri Rolston, John Cunningham & Beth Howland) for Company

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover
  • Robert Lockart (graphic artist) & Ivan Nagy (photographer) for Indianola Mississippi Seeds performed by B.B. King
• Best Album Notes
  • Chris Albertson (notes writer) for The World's Greatest Blues Singer performed by Bessie Smith

Pop

• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
  • Dionne Warwick for I'll Never Fall in Love Again
• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
  • Ray Stevens for "Everything Is Beautiful"
• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
  • The Carpenters for "Close to You"
• Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
  • Henry Mancini for Theme From Z and Other Film Music
• Best Contemporary Song
  • Paul Simon (songwriter) for "Bridge over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Roy Halee (engineer) for Bridge over Troubled Water performed by Simon & Garfunkel
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • "Don't Play That Song" by Aretha Franklin
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • "The Thrill Is Gone" by B.B. King
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
  • "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" by The Delfonics
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar (songwriters) for "Patches" performed by Clarence Carter

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word Recording
  • Martin Luther King Jr. for Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam

References

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