About The Show

This is truly the grand-daddy of all awards shows. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding musical achievements. The Grammys always prove to be a night of spectacle and performance that truly can't be missed.

Host: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin

City: Los Angeles

The Nominees

Best Album Cover

Best Album Notes

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

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

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Winner:
    E. Power Biggs with the Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble and Gabrieli Consort; Vittorio Negri, conductor
    Gabrieli: Canzoni for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organs
  • 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
  • Julian Bream and the Cremona String Quartet Julian Bream and His Friends
  • Walter Tramplet, Ronald Turini Hindemith: Sonata for Viola and Piano
  • Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose Beethoven: Trio No. 3 in C Minor; Mendelssohn: Trio No. 1 in D Minor
  • Guarneri Quartet Beethoven: The 5 Middle Quartets

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Vittorio Negri conducting the Gregg Smith Singers; Texas Boys' Choir, George Bragg, director; Edward Tarr Ensemble (with E. Power Biggs)
    The Glory of Gabrieli
  • 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
  • Eugen Jochum conducting the Schoenberg Children's Chorus; Chorus and Orchestra of German Opera, Berlin Orff: Carmina Burana
  • Colin Davis conducting the John Alldis Choir and BBC Symphony Mozart: 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
  • Charles Munch conducting the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Berlioz: Requiem

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Or Without Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Vladimir Horowitz
    Horowitz on Television
  • Alexis Weissenberg (Pretre conducting the Chicago Symphony) Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 3 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra
  • Julian Bream Dances of Dowland
  • Jacob Lateiner (Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony) Carter: Concerto for Piano
  • 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
  • Artur Rubinstein (Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony) Schumann: Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

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

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

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

Best Comedy Recording

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

Best Contemporary Pop Performance - Chorus

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

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo Or Group (vocal Or Instrumental)

Best Country & Western Song

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

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

Best Gospel Performance

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

Best Instrumental Arrangement

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

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group

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

Best Instrumental Theme

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

Best Opera Recording

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

Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Special

  • Winner:
    Paul Simon, Dave Grusin
    The Graduate
  • Neal Hefti The Odd Couple
  • Lalo Schifrin The Fox
  • Charles Strouse Bonnie and Clyde
  • Andre Previn Valley of the Dolls

Best Rhythm & Blues Performance - Duo Or Group (vocal Or Instrumental)

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Winner:
    Otis Redding, Steve Cropper
    (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay
  • Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, Roger Penzabene I Wish It Would Rain
  • Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson, Donald Davis Who's Making Love
  • Edward Thomas, Bob McRee, Clifton Thomas Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries
  • Don Lovay Chain of Fools

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Sacred Performance

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

Best Soul Gospel Performance

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