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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance
Music award category
Music award category
The Grammy Awards in the Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance categories were awarded in 1966, 1967 and 1968. They appeared in different guises at the Grammys, aimed at male and female soloists and duos/groups. The Recording Academy used these categories to distinguish contemporary or rock 'n' roll recordings from traditional pop recordings, which had their own Best Pop Vocal Performance categories for male and female soloists and for duos or groups.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Recipient | Nominee | 1968 | Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance | Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental) | Best Contemporary Single | Best Contemporary Album | 1967 | Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female | Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance - Vocal or Instrumental | Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording | 1966 | Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance – Female | Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance – Male | Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance – Group (Vocal or Instrumental) | Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Single |
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| Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||||
| "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry | ||||||||||||||||
| "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by Glen Campbell | ||||||||||||||||
| "Up, Up and Away" by The 5th Dimension | ||||||||||||||||
| "Up, Up and Away" by The 5th Dimension | ||||||||||||||||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (performer) and George Martin (producer) | ||||||||||||||||
| "Eleanor Rigby" by Paul McCartney (performed by The Beatles) | ||||||||||||||||
| "Monday, Monday" by The Mamas & the Papas | ||||||||||||||||
| "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band | ||||||||||||||||
| "I Know a Place" by Petula Clark | ||||||||||||||||
| "King of the Road" by Roger Miller | ||||||||||||||||
| "Flowers on the Wall" by The Statler Brothers | ||||||||||||||||
| "King of the Road" by Roger Miller |
After 1968, the contemporary/rock and roll categories and the pop vocal categories merged into the Best Contemporary/Pop Vocal Performance categories. The fact that in 1968, the three winners in the Male, Female and Group categories of the Best Contemporary Performance were identical to the winners of the Best Vocal Performance categories (Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell and The Fifth Dimension), had shown that the distinction between the two category groups was difficult to recognise.
The Best Contemporary Single category returned in 1970 and 1971, when it was renamed Best Contemporary Song.
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