1969 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1969 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1969 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

Host: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin
Venue: Century Plaza Hotel

City: Los Angeles
Date:

Awards

Album of the Year

Glen Campbell - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Jose Felicano - Felicano!
Richard Harris - A Tramp Shining
Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

Best Album Cover

Thelonious Monk - Underground
Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Ives: Holidays Symphony
Rhinoceros - Rhinoceros
Wes Montgomery - Road Song
Moby Grape - Wow

Best Album Notes

Johnny Cash - Johnny Cast at Folsom Prison
Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Kahn, Balachander - Anthology of Indian Music, Vol. One
Francis Albert Sinatra, Edward Kennedy Ellington - Francis A. and Edward K. -
Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Jim Webb - MacArthur Park (Richard Harris)
Dave Grusin - Fool on the Hill (Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66)
George Tipton - Light My Fire (Jose Feliciano)
Al de Lory - Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
Torrie Zito - Yesterday I Heard the Rain (Tony Bennett)

Best Chamber Music Performance

E. Power Biggs with the Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble and Gabrieli Consort; Vittorio Negri, conductor - Gabrieli: Canzoni for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organs
Guarneri Quartet - Beethoven: The 5 Middle Quartets
Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose - Beethoven: Trio No. 3 in C Minor; Mendelssohn: Trio No. 1 in D Minor
Walter Tramplet, Ronald Turini - Hindemith: Sonata for Viola and Piano
Julian Bream and the Cremona String Quartet - Julian Bream and His Friends
Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose, Leonard Pennario - Mozart: Quintet K. 515; Mendelssohn: Trio No. 2 in C Minor
Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works by Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, Poulenc, Haieff, Villa-Lobos, Colgrass

Best Choral Performance

Vittorio Negri conducting the Gregg Smith Singers; Texas Boys' Choir, George Bragg, director; Edward Tarr Ensemble (with E. Power Biggs) - The Glory of Gabrieli
Charles Munch conducting the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony - Berlioz: Requiem
Stephen Simon conducting the Vienna Jeunesse Chorus and Vienna Volksoper Orchestra (solos: Shirley-Quirk, Endich, Brooks, Young) - Handel: Solomon
Abraham Kaplan conducting the Camerata Singers; Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Haydn: The Creation
Colin Davis conducting the John Alldis Choir and BBC Symphony - Mozart: Requiem
Eugen Jochum conducting the Schoenberg Children's Chorus; Chorus and Orchestra of German Opera, Berlin - Orff: Carmina Burana
Joseph Keilberth conducting the Bavarian Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Pfitzner: Von Deutscher Seele
John McCarthy conducting the Ambrosian Singers; Morton Gould conducting the Royal Philharmonia - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 2in C Major; Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with or without Orchestra

Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz on Television
Artur Rubinstein (Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Schumann: Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra
Arthur Grumiaux (Markevitch conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra) - Berg: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
John Ogdon (Revenaugh conducting the Royal Philharmonic) - Busoni: Concerto for Piano with Male Chorus
Jacob Lateiner (Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony) - Carter: Concerto for Piano
Julian Bream - Dances of Dowland
Alexis Weissenberg (Pretre conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 3 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

Pierre Boulez conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra - Boulez Conducts Debussy
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Concentus Musicus of Vienna - Bach: 4 Suites for Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor and Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Seiji Ozawa conducting the Toronto Symphony - Messiaen: Turangalila; Takemitsu: November Steps
Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony - Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony - Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
Seiji Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony - Stravinsky: Rite of Spring

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

Montserrat Cabelle (Cillario conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus) - Rossini Rarities
Janet Baker (Barbirolli conducting the Halle Orchestra) - Mahler: Kindertotenlieder and Songs of a Wayfarer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Jorg Demus, pianist) - Schumann: Songs
Victoria de los Angeles (ARS Musicae Ensemble of Barcelona) - Songs of Andalucia
Gerard Souzay (Dalton Baldwin, pianist) - Songs of Poulenc
Shirley Verrett (Pretre conducting the RCA Italian Opera Orchestra) - Verrett in Opera

Best Comedy Recording

Bill Cosby - To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
Dan Rowan, Dick Martin - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
Don Rickles - Hello Dummy! Don Rickles
Flip Wilson - Flip Wilson, You Devil You

Best Contemporary Pop Performance - Chorus

Alan Copeland Singers - Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood
Percy Faith Chorus & Orchestra - Angel of the Morning
Ray Conniff Singers - Honey
Ray Charles Singers - MacArthur Park
Johnny Mann Singers - This Guy's in Love with You

Best Contemporary Pop Performance - Instrumental

Mason Williams - Classical Gas
Wes Montgomery - Eleanor Rigby
Hugh Masekela - Grazing in the Grass
Jose Feliciano - Here, There and Everywhere
Hugo Montenergo - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo or Group (Vocal or Instrumental)

Flatt and Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown Lyrics
Everly Brothers - It's My Time
Nashville Brass - Mountain Dew
Bill Wilbourne, Kathy Morrison - The Lovers
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers - Through the Eyes of Love

Best Country & Western Song

Bobby Russell - Little Green Apples
Bobby Russell - Honey
Curly Putman, Bobby Braddock - D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Glenn Tubb, Jack Moran - Skip a Rope
Tom T. Hall - Harper Valley P.T.A. Lyrics

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.t.a. Lyrics
Lynn Anderson - Big Girls Don't Cry Lyrics
Dottie West - Country Girl
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E Lyrics
Jan Howard - My Son Lyrics

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues Lyrics
Glen Campbell - I Wanna Live Lyrics
Roger Miller - Little Green Apples Lyrics
Henson Cargill - Skip a Rope
Porter Wagoner - Carroll County Accident Lyrics

Best Engineered Recording

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman Lyrics
Shelly Manne - Daktari
original London cast - Man of La Mancha
Rotary Connection - Rotary Connection Trip 1
Hugo Montenegro - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

Solti conducting the London Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Britten conducting the London Symphony; solos: Glossop, Pears, Shirley-Quirk, Brannigan - Britten: Billy Budd
Ozawa conducting the Toronto Symphony - Messiaen: Turangalila; Takemitsu: November Steps
Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony - Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Weissenberg/Pretre conducting the Chicago Symphony - Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 3 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra
Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony - Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Schippers conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus - Verdi: Ernani

Best Folk Performance

Judy Collins - Both Sides Now Lyrics
Gordon Lightfoot - Did She Mention My Name Lyrics
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding Lyrics
Peter, Paul & Mary - Late Again
Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
Irish Rovers - The Unicorn Lyrics

Best Gospel Performance

Happy Goodman Family - The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans
Oak Ridge Boys - A Great Day
Thrasher Brothers - For Goodness Sake
Florida Boys Quartet - The Florida Boys Sing Kinda Country
Blackwood Brothers Quartet - Yours Faithfully

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Mike Post - Classical Gas (Mason Williams)
Al Capps - Baroque-A-Nova (Mason Williams)
Don Sebesky - Scarborough Fair (Wes Montgomery)
Hugo Montenegro - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Hugo Montenegro)
Michel Legrand - The Windmills of Your Mind (Michel Legrand)

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group

Duke Ellington - And His Mother Called Him Bill
Woody Herman - Concerto for Herd
Wes Montgomery - Down Here on the Ground
Don Ellis - Electric Bath
Buddy Rich - Mercy, Mercy
Erroll Garner - Up in Erroll's Room

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group

Bill Evans Trio - Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan - Compadres
Gary Burton - Gary Burton Quartet in Concert
Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock - Miles in the Sky
Eddie Harris - The Electrifying ...Eddie Harris
Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon, Vol. 1 - various artists

Best Instrumental Theme

Mason Williams - Classical Gas
Christopher Komeda - Rosemary's Baby
Hugo Montenegro, Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Lalo Schifrin - Theme from The Fox
Neal Hefti - The Odd Couple

Best Opera Recording

Erich Leinsdorf conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Price, Troyanos, Raskin, Milnes, Shirley, Flagello) - Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Nilsson, Resnik, Collier, Krause, Stolze) - Strauss: Elektra
Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (solos: Fischer-Dieskau, Stolze, Mitalvela, Veasey, Grobe, Keleman, Dominguez) - Wagner: Das Rheingold
Julius Rudel conducting the Opera Society of Washington (solos: Novoa, Turner, Penagos, Simon) - Ginastera: Bomarzo
Karl Bohm conducting the Orchestra of German Opera, Berlin (solos: Lear, Fischer-Dieskau) - Berg: Lulu