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    Album of the Year

    • Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, and Simon & Garfunkel
      Winners
      • Simon & Garfunkel(artist/producers)
      • Roy Halee
      • Paul Simon
      • Art Garfunkel
      For "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
    • James Taylor at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
      Peter Asher
      • James Taylor
      • Peter Asher
      For "Sweet Baby James"
    • Elton John
      • Elton John
      For "Elton John"
    • Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, and The Carpenters
      Richard Carpenter
      • The Carpenters
      • Richard Carpenter
      For "Close To You"
    • Bill Champlin, Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, Walter Parazaider, Chicago, Tris Imboden, James Pankow, and Jason Scheff in The Roseanne Show (1997)
      Bill Champlin
      • Chicago
      • Bill Champlin
      • James William Guercio
      For "Chicago"
    • Neil Young
      David Crosby
      • Neil Young
      • David Crosby
      For "Deja Vu"

    Album of the Year, Classical

    • Winners
      • Colin Davis(artist)
      • Erik Smith(producer)
      For "Berlioz: Les Troyens"
      • Pierre Boulez
      • Thomas Z. Shepard
      For "Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps"
    • Michael Tilson Thomas
      • Michael Tilson Thomas
      • Tom Mowrey
      For "Ives: Three Places In New England/Ruggles:Sun Treader"
    • Mstislav Rostropovich in Soldiers of Music (1991)
      • Mstislav Rostropovich
      • David Oistrakh
      For "Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto In A Minor For Violin And Cello)"

    Best Album Cover

    • Winner
      • Ivan Nagy(photographer)
      For "Indianola Mississippi Seeds" artist: B.B. King
      • John Berg
      For "The World's Greatest Blues Singer"
      • John Berg
      For "Chicago"
      • Dean Torrence
      For "Uncle Charlie And His Dog Teddy"
      • Ed Thrasher
      For "Hand Made"
      • Christopher Whorf
      For "Mason Proffit (Album)"
      • Christopher Whorf
      For "Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony - Beethoven: Fifth Symphony (Album)"

    Best Album Notes

    • Winner
      • Chris Albertson(album notes writer)
      For "The World's Greatest Blues Singer" artist: Bessie Smith
    • Rod McKuen
      • Rod McKuen
      For "Hold Back The World"

    Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

    • Art Garfunkel
      Winners
      • Ernie Freeman(arranger)
      • Art Garfunkel(arranger)
      • Jimmie Haskell(arranger)
      • Larry Knechtel(arranger)
      • Paul Simon(arranger)
      For "Bridge Over Troubled Water" artist: Simon And Garfunkel
    • Ray Stevens
      • Ray Stevens
      For "Everything Is Beautiful"
    • Richard Carpenter
      • Richard Carpenter
      For "Close To You"

    Best Chamber Music Performance

    • Winners
      • Eugene Istomin(artist)
      • Leonard Rose(artist)
      • Isaac Stern(artist)
      For "Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios"
      • Gunther Schuller
      For "Ives: Calcium Light Night"
      • Benjamin Britten
      For "Salute To Percy Grainger"
      • David Oistrakh
      • Svyatoslav Richter
      For "Franck: Sonata In A Major For Violin And Piano/Brahms: Sonata No. 3 In D Minor"
      • Boston Symphony Chamber Players
      For "Schubert: Trio No. 1 In B Flat Major/ Milhaud: Pastorale For Oboe, Clarinet And Bassoon/ Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik"
      • Guarneri Quartet
      For "Beethoven: The Five Late Quartets (Album)"

    Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)

    • Winner
      • Gregg Smith
      For "Ives: New Music Of Charles Ives" artists: Gregg Smith Singers, Columbia Chamber Ensemble
      • Pierre Boulez(artist)
      For "Mahler: Das Klagende Lied"
    • Herbert von Karajan
      • Herbert von Karajan
      • Reinhild Schmidt
      For "Haydn: The Creation"
    • Seiji Ozawa
      • Seiji Ozawa
      For "Orff: Carmina Burana"

    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without Orchestra)

    • Mstislav Rostropovich in Soldiers of Music (1991)
      Winners
      • David Oistrakh
      • Mstislav Rostropovich
      For "Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto In A Minor For Violin And Cello)" artist: Cleveland Orchestra
      • Vladimir Horowitz
      For "Schumann: Kreisleriana (Album)"
    • Mstislav Rostropovich in Soldiers of Music (1991)
      • Mstislav Rostropovich
      For "Britten: Suites For Cello (2)"
    • Glenn Gould in L'heure du concert (1954)
      • Glenn Gould
      For "Bach: Well Tempered Clavier Book 2, Nos. 9-16"
    • Wendy Carlos
      • Wendy Carlos
      For "Well-Tempered Synthesizer"
    • Van Cliburn
      • Van Cliburn
      For "Chopin: Concerto No. 1 In E Minor For Piano"
      • David Oistrakh
      For "Brahms: Concerto In D Major For Violin"

    Best Classical Performance, Orchestra

    • Winner
      • Pierre Boulez
      For "Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps" artist: Cleveland Orchestra
      • Georg Solti(artist)
      For "Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor"
    • Michael Tilson Thomas
      • Michael Tilson Thomas
      For "Ives: Three Places In New England/Ruggles:Sun Treader"
    • Seiji Ozawa
      • Seiji Ozawa
      For "Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra"

    Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

    • Winner
      • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
      For "Schubert: Lieder"
    • Leontyne Price
      • Leontyne Price
      For "Prima Donna Volume III"
      • Christa Ludwig
      For "Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn "
    • Marilyn Horne
      • Marilyn Horne
      For "Mahler: Kindertotenlieder/Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder"

    Best Comedy Recording

    • Flip Wilson in Pioneers of Television (2008)
      Winner
      • Flip Wilson
      For "The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress"
    • Bill Cosby
      • Bill Cosby
      For "Live At Madison Square Garden"
    • Orson Welles
      • Orson Welles
      For "The Begatting Of The President"
      • Homer & Jethro
      • Kenneth Burns
      For "Daddy Played First Base"

    Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance

    • Henry Mancini
      Winner
      • Henry Mancini
      For "Theme From "Z" And Other Film Music"
    • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
      • Quincy Jones
      For "Soul Flower"
    • Jimi Hendrix
      • Jimi Hendrix
      For "Star Spangled Banner"

    Best Contemporary Song

    • Paul Simon
      Winner
      • Paul Simon(songwriter)
      For "Bridge Over Troubled Water" artist: Simon And Garfunkel
    • Paul McCartney
      John Lennon and The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night (1964)
      • Paul McCartney
      • John Lennon
      For "Let It Be"
    • James Taylor at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
      • James Taylor
      For "Fire And Rain"
    • Ray Stevens
      • Ray Stevens
      For "Everything Is Beautiful"
    • Paul Williams
      • Paul Williams
      For "We've Only Just Begun"

    Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus

    • Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, and The Carpenters
      Richard Carpenter
      Winners
      • The Carpenters
      • Richard Carpenter
      For "Close To You"
    • Michael Jackson
      • Michael Jackson(artist)
      For "ABC"
    • Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles
      • The Beatles
      • Paul McCartney
      • George Harrison
      • John Lennon
      • Ringo Starr
      For "Let It Be"
    • Paul Simon
      Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, and Simon & Garfunkel
      Art Garfunkel
      • Paul Simon
      • Simon & Garfunkel
      • Art Garfunkel
      For "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
    • Bill Champlin, Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, Walter Parazaider, Chicago, Tris Imboden, James Pankow, and Jason Scheff in The Roseanne Show (1997)
      Bill Champlin
      • Chicago
      • Bill Champlin
      For "Chicago"

    Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female

    • Dionne Warwick
      Winner
      • Dionne Warwick
      For "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
    • Linda Ronstadt
      • Linda Ronstadt
      For "Long Long Time"
    • Bobbie Gentry in Muscle Shoals (2013)
      • Bobbie Gentry
      For "Fancy"
    • Anne Murray
      • Anne Murray
      For "Snowbird"
    • Diana Ross in Mahogany (1975)
      • Diana Ross
      For "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

    Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male

    • Ray Stevens
      Winner
      • Ray Stevens
      For "Everything Is Beautiful"
    • James Taylor at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
      • James Taylor
      For "Sweet Baby James"
    • Elton John
      • Elton John
      For "Elton John"
    • Joe Cocker
      • Joe Cocker
      For "Mad Dogs And Englishmen"
      • Brook Benton
      For "Rainy Night In Georgia"

    Best Country Instrumental Performance

    • "Smokey and the Bandit" Jerry Reed 1977 Universal
      Chet Atkins
      Winners
      • Jerry Reed
      • Chet Atkins
      For "Me And Jerry"
    • Chet Atkins
      • Chet Atkins(artist)
      For "Yestergroovin'"
    • Merle Haggard
      • Merle Haggard
      For "Street Singer"
      • Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass
      For "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet"

    Best Country Song

    • Marty Robbins in The Road to Nashville (1967)
      Winner
      • Marty Robbins(artist/songwriter)
      For "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"
    • Merle Haggard
      • Merle Haggard
      For "The Fightin' Side Of Me"
    • Conway Twitty in Platinum High School (1960)
      • Conway Twitty
      For "Hello Darlin' (Single)"
      • Bill Rice
      For "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore"

    Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group

    • Johnny Cash
      June Carter Cash
      Winners
      • Johnny Cash
      • June Carter Cash
      For "If I Were A Carpenter"
    • Dolly Parton
      Porter Wagoner in The Porter Wagoner Show (1961)
      • Dolly Parton
      • Porter Wagoner
      For "Daddy Was An Old-Time Preacher Man"
    • Waylon Jennings at an event for Good Morning America (1975)
      • Waylon Jennings
      For "Suspicious Minds"
      • The Statler Brothers
      For "Bed Of Rose's"

    Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

    • Lynn Anderson in Starsky and Hutch (1975)
      Winner
      • Lynn Anderson
      For "Rose Garden"
    • Dolly Parton
      • Dolly Parton
      For "Mule Skinner Blues"
    • Tammy Wynette in Hee Haw (1969)
      • Tammy Wynette
      For "Run Woman, Run"
    • Lynn Anderson in Starsky and Hutch (1975)
      • Lynn Anderson
      For "How Can I Unlove You"

    Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

    • Ray Price
      Winner
      • Ray Price
      For "For The Good Times"
    • Johnny Cash
      • Johnny Cash
      For "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
    • Charley Pride
      • Charley Pride
      For "Charley Pride's 10th Album"
    • "Smokey and the Bandit" Jerry Reed 1977 Universal
      • Jerry Reed
      For "Amos Moses"
    • Merle Haggard
      • Merle Haggard
      For "Okie From Muskogee"

    Best Engineered Recording, Classical

    • Winners
      • Arthur Kendy(engineer)
      • Ray Moore(engineer)
      • Fred Plaut(engineer)
      For "Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps" conductor: Pierre Boulez, artist: Cleveland Orchestra
    • Wendy Carlos
      • Wendy Carlos
      For "Well-Tempered Synthesizer"
      • Gordon Parry
      • James Lock
      For "R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier"
      • Paul Goodman
      For "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 And Age Of Gold"

    Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

    • Winner
      • Roy Halee(engineer)
      For "Bridge Over Troubled Water" artist: Simon And Garfunkel
      • Armin Steiner
      For "Tap Root Manuscript"

    Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (Including Traditional Blues)

    • T-Bone Walker
      Winner
      • T-Bone Walker
      For "Good Feelin'"
    • Muddy Waters
      • Muddy Waters
      For "Sail On"

    Best Gospel Performance

    • Winner
      • The Oak Ridge Boys
      For "Talk About The Good Times"

    Best Instrumental Arrangement

    • Henry Mancini
      Winner
      • Henry Mancini(artist/arranger)
      For "Theme From 'Z'"
    • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
      • Quincy Jones
      For "Gula Matari (Single)"
      • Miles Davis Quintet
      For "Bitches Brew"
    • Lalo Schifrin
      • Lalo Schifrin
      For "Theme From Medical Center"

    Best Instrumental Composition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Airport

      6.6 (23K)
      Alfred Newman(artist/composer)
      For "Airport Love Theme". Nomination and win were posthumous.
    • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
      • Quincy Jones
      For "Gula Matari"
    • Henry Mancini
      • Henry Mancini
      For "Love Theme From Sunflower"
      • Miles Davis Quintet
      For "Bitches Brew"
    • Lalo Schifrin
      • Lalo Schifrin
      For "Theme From Medical Center"

    Best Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group

    • Winner
      • Miles Davis Quintet
      For "Bitches Brew"
    • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
      • Quincy Jones
      For "Gula Matari"
    • Duke Ellington C. 1930's
      • Duke Ellington
      For "Duke Ellington - 70th Birthday Concert"
      • Thad Jones
      • Mel Lewis
      For "Consumation"
    • Don Ellis
      • Don Ellis
      For "Don Ellis At Fillmore"

    Best Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist with Small Group

    • Bill Evans
      Winner
      • Bill Evans
      For "Alone"
    • Herbie Hancock
      • Herbie Hancock
      For "Fat Albert Rotunda"
      • Gary Burton
      For "Good-Vibes"
    • John Coltrane in Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (2016)
      • John Coltrane
      For "Coltrane Legacy"
    • Erroll Garner
      • Erroll Garner
      For "Feeling Is Believing"
      • Ray Brown
      For "That's The Way It Is"

    Best New Artist

    • Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, and The Carpenters
      Richard Carpenter
      Winners
      • The Carpenters
      • Richard Carpenter
    • Elton John
      • Elton John
    • Anne Murray
      • Anne Murray
    • Melba Moore and Ted Terry KJLH Radio Station in Los Angeles
      • Melba Moore

    Best Opera Recording

    • Winners
      • Colin Davis(producer)
      • Erik Smith(producer)
      For "Berlioz: Les Troyens" artists: Royal Opera House Chorus - Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden
      • Georg Solti(artist)
      • Christopher Raeburn
      For "R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier"
      • Pierre Boulez(artist)
      For "Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande"
    • Herbert von Karajan
      • Herbert von Karajan
      • Otto Gerdes
      For "Wagner: Gotterdammerung"
    • Zubin Mehta
      • Zubin Mehta
      • Richard Mohr
      For "Verdi: Il Trovatore"

    Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Let It Be

      7.6 (8.3K)
      George Harrison(composer)
      John Lennon(composer)
      Paul McCartney(composer)
      Ringo Starr(composer)
      artist: The Beatles
    • [object Object]

      Airport

      6.6 (23K)
      Alfred Newman
      Posthumously.
    • [object Object]

      Darling Lili

      6.0 (2.6K)
      Johnny Mercer
      Henry Mancini
    • [object Object]

      M*A*S*H

      7.3 (80K)
      Johnny Mandel
    • [object Object]

      The Sterile Cuckoo

      6.6 (2.5K)
      Fred Karlin

    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental

    • Winner
      • The Delfonics
      For "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"

    Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

    • Aretha Franklin
      Winner
      • Aretha Franklin
      For "Don't Play That Song"

    Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

    • B.B. King
      Winner
      • B.B. King
      For "The Thrill Is Gone"
    • Stevie Wonder
      • Stevie Wonder(artist)
      For "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Single)"
    • Clarence Carter in Muscle Shoals (2013)
      • Clarence Carter
      For "Patches"

    Best Recording for Children

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sesame Street

      8.1 (16K)
      artist: Sesame Street Cast
    • [object Object]

      A Boy Named Charlie Brown

      7.3 (5.9K)
      Peter Robbins
    • Jim Henson at an event for The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989)
      • Jim Henson
      For "Rubber Duckie"
      • Camarata
      For "Aristocats"

    Best Rhythm & Blues Song

    • Winners
      • Ronald Dunbar(songwriter)
      • General Johnson(songwriter)
      For "Patches" artist: Clarence Carter
    • Stevie Wonder
      • Stevie Wonder(artist)
      For "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Single)"
    • Thom Bell
      • Thom Bell
      For "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
      • General Johnson
      For "Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed"

    Best Sacred Performance

    • Winner
      • Jake Hess
      For "Everything Is Beautiful"
      • Richard Condie
      For "God Of Our Fathers"
      • George Beverly Shea
      For "There Is More To Life"

    Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album

    • Stephen Sondheim at an event for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
      Winners
      • Stephen Sondheim(composer)
      • Thomas Z. Shepard(producer)
      For "Company" artists: Dean Jones, Barbara Barrie, George Coe, Teri Rolston, John Cunningham, Beth Howland
    • Andre Previn circa 1960s
      • André Previn
      For "Coco"
      • Charles Strouse
      • Robert Arnold
      For "Applause"

    Best Soul Gospel Performance

    • Edwin Hawkins
      Winners
      • The Edwin Hawkins Singers
      • Edwin Hawkins
      For "Every Man Wants To Be Free"
      • Andraé Crouch
      For "Christian People"
      • James Cleveland
      For "Amazing Grace"

    Best Spoken Word Recording

    • Martin Luther King
      Winner
      • Martin Luther King
      For "Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam"
    • Bill Cosby
      • Bill Cosby
      For "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten"
    • Everett Dirksen
      • Everett Dirksen
      For "Everett Dirksen's America"

    Bing Crosby Award

    • Elvis Presley
      Winner
      • Elvis Presley

    Record of the Year

    • Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, and Simon & Garfunkel
      Winners
      • Simon & Garfunkel(artist/producers)
      • Roy Halee
      • Paul Simon
      • Art Garfunkel
      For "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
    • Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles
      • The Beatles
      • Paul McCartney
      • George Harrison
      • George Martin
      • John Lennon
      • Ringo Starr
      For "Let It Be"
    • James Taylor at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
      Peter Asher
      • James Taylor
      • Peter Asher
      For "Fire And Rain"
    • Ray Stevens
      • Ray Stevens
      For "Everything Is Beautiful"
    • Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, and The Carpenters
      Richard Carpenter
      • The Carpenters
      • Richard Carpenter
      For "Close To You"

    Song of the Year

    • Paul Simon
      Winner
      • Paul Simon(songwriter)
      For "Bridge Over Troubled Water" artist: Simon And Garfunkel
    • Paul McCartney
      John Lennon and The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night (1964)
      • Paul McCartney
      • John Lennon
      For "Let It Be"
    • James Taylor at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
      • James Taylor
      For "Fire And Rain"
    • Ray Stevens
      • Ray Stevens
      For "Everything Is Beautiful"
    • Paul Williams
      • Paul Williams
      For "We've Only Just Begun"

    Trustees Award

    • John Hammond
      Winner
      • John Hammond
    • Winner
      • Chris Albertson
    • Winner
      • Larry Hiller
      • Paul Weston

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    Event location

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