Album of the Year

• Blood, Sweat and Tears - Blood, Sweat and Tears
• Crosby, Stills and Nash - Crosby, Stills and Nash
• Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash at San Quentin
• The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius
• The Beatles - Abbey Road

Album of the Year - Classical

• Walter Carlos - Switched-on Bach (Virtuoso Electronic Performance of Branden Concerto No. 3, Air on a G String, Jesu, Joy of Man's Destiny, etc., performed on Moog synthesizer)
• Luciano Berio conducting the New York Philharmonic and Swingle Singers - Berio: Sinfonia
• Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago Brass Ensembles - Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli (Canzoni for Brass Choirs)
• Pierre Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony (solos: Barenboim, Gawriloff, Lukomska) - Boulez Conducts Berg (3 Pieces for Orchestra, Chamber Concerto, Altenberg Lieder)
• Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2, Images pour Orchestre
• Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic - Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Best Album Cover

• Gary McFarland - America the Beautiful
• Blind Faith - Blind Faith Lyrics
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Lyrics
• Pidgeon - Pidgeon
• Richard Pryor - Richard Pryor

Best Album Notes

• Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline Lyrics
• Johnny Dodds - Chicago Mess Around
• Joan Baez - David's Album
• J. Hartford - John Hartford

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• Blood Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel Lyrics
• 5th Dimension - Aquarius/let The Sunshine In Lyrics
• Tony Bennett - I've Gotta Be Me
• Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is?
• Blood Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy Lyrics

Best Chamber Music Performance

• Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago Brass Ensembles - Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli (Canzoni for Brass Choirs)
• Julian Bream, George Malcolm - Bach and Vivaldi Sonatas for Lute and Harpsichord
• Grumiaux Trio - Beethoven: Trios for Strings
• Artur Rubinstein and Guarneri Quartet - Brahms: Quarters for Piano and Strings (3) / Schumann: Quintet in E Flat Major for Piano and Strings
• Jacqueline Du Pre, Daniel Barenboim - Brahms: Sonatas in F Minor and F Major for Cello and Piano
• Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Prokofieve: Sonatas for Violin and Piano
• Borodin Quartet - Shostakovich: String Quartets (Complete)

Best Choral Performance

• Ward Swingle, choral master; Luciano Berio conducting the New York Philharmonic and Swingle Singers - Berio: Sinfonia
• Hans Gillesberger conducting the Vienna Boys' Choir and Chorus Viennensis; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Concentus Musicus - Bach: Mass in B Minor
• Colin Davis conducting the John Alldis Choir and London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
• Gregg Smith conducting the Gregg Smith Singers - Billings: The Continental Harmony
• Edmund Walters conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Charles Groves conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Delius: Songs of Sunset
• Hans Werner Henze conducting the Choirs of North German Radio, Berlin Radio, Boys' Chorus of St. Nicolai and North German Radio Symphony - Ilenze: The Raft of the Frigate Medusa
• Frederick Jackson, choral master, London Philharmonic Choir; Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 (A Sea Symphony)

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

• Walter Carlos, Moog synthesizer - Switched-on Bach
• Henryk Szeryng - Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
• Mstislav Rostropovich, cello (von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) - Dvorak: Concerto in B Minor for Cello
• Emil Gilels - Gilels at Carnegie Hall
• John Kirkpatrick - Ives: Sonata No. 2 (Concord Mass)
• Edward Druzinsky, harp (Martinon conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp and Strings

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

• Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2, Images pour Orchestre
• Pierre Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony - Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
• Jean Martinon conducting the Chicago Symphony - Ravel: Rapsodie Espugnole; Mother Goose Suite; Alborada del Gracioso; Introduction and Allegro
• Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic - Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathurstra
• George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Wagner: Great Orchestral Highlights from Der Ring des Nibelungen

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

• Leontyne Price (Schippers conducting the New Philharmonia) - Barber: Two Scenes from Antony and Cleopatra; Knoxville: Summer of 1915
• Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry (Gerald Moore, accompanist) - A Most Unusual Song Recital (Beethoven, Rossini, Brahms, Reger, R. Strauss)
• Marilyn Horne (Lewis conducting the Vienna Cantata Orchestra) - Bach and Handel Arias (excerpts from Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion, Messiah, R
• Halina Lukomska (from Boulez Conducts Berg, Boulez conducting the London Symphony) - Berg: Altenberg Lieder
• Sherrill Milnes (from Brahms: Requiem, Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony) - Brahms: 4 Serious Songs
• Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Britten: Holy Sonnets of Donne; Songs and Proverbs of Blake
• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Szell conducting the London Symphony) - Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gerald Moore, accompanist) - Richard Strauss: 19 Early Songs
• Beverly Sills (Mackerras conducting the Royal Philharmonic) - Scenes and Arias from French Opera

Best Comedy Recording

• Bill Cosby - The Best of Bill Cosby
• Don Rickles - Don Rickles Speaks!
• Lenny Bruce - Berkeley Concert

Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance

• Blood Sweat & Tears - Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie Lyrics
• Area Code 615 - Area Code 615
• Boots Randolph - With Love
• Ferrante & Teicher - Midnight Cowboy
• Henry Mancini - A Time for Us (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet)

Best Contemporary Performance - Chorus

• Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus - Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
• Living Voices - Angel of the Morning
• Ray Conniff & the Singers - Jean
• Brooks Arthur Ensemble - MacArthur Park
• Ray Charles Singers - Slices of Life

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

• Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass - The Nashville Brass featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
• Floyd Cramer - Lovin' Season
• Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline Rag Lyrics
• Chet Atkins - Solid Gold '69
• Tommy Allsup & the Nashville Survey - The Hits of Charley Pride

Best Country & Western Song

• Shel Silverstein - A Boy Named Sue
• Dallas Frazier, A.L. Owens - All I Have to Offer You Is Me
• Don Sumner - The Things That Matter
• Marty Robbins - You Gave Me A Mountain Lyrics
• Tammy Wynette, Billy Sherrill - Stand By Your Man

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

• Waylon Jennings, Kimberlys - MacArthur Park
• Tompall & the Glaser Brothers - California Girl
• Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton - Just Someone I Used to Know
• Dottie West, Don Gibson - Rings of Gold
• Jack Greene, Jeanie Seely - Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

• Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man Lyrics
• Jeannie C. Riley - Back Side Of Dallas Lyrics
• Diana Trask - I Fall to Pieces
• Connie Smith - Ribbon Of Darkness Lyrics
• Lynn Anderson - That's A No No Lyrics

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

• Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue Lyrics
• Charley Pride - All I Have To Offer You Is Me Lyrics
• Jerry Reed - Are You from Dixie
• Bobby Lewis - From Heaven to Heartache
• Clay Hart - Spring

Best Engineered Recording

• The Beatles - Abbey Road
• 5th Dimension - Age of Aquarius
• Blood, Sweat and Tears - Blood, Sweat and Tears
• Electronic Concept Orchestra - Moog Groove
• Anita Kerr Quartet - Velvet Voices and Bold Brass

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

• Walter Carlos - Switched-on Bach
• Berio conducting the New York Philharmonic and Swingle Singers - Berio: Sinfonia
• Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2, Images pour Orchestre
• Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago Brass Ensembles - Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli (Canzoni for Brass Choirs)
• Stokowski conducting the Chicago Symphony - Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
• Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Best Folk Performance

• Joni Mitchell - Clouds
• Donovan - Atlantis Lyrics
• Judy Collins - Bird on a Wire
• Peter, Paul & Mary - Day Is Done Lyrics
• Pete Seeger - Young vs. Old
• Joan Baez - Any Day Now

Best Gospel Performance

• Porter Wagoner, Blackwood Brothers - In Gospel Country
• Oak Ridge Boys - It's Happening
• LeFevres - The Best Is Yet to Come
• Happy Goodman Family - This Happy House
• Singing Rambos - This Is My Valley

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet - A Time for Us
• Ferrante & Teicher - Midnight Cowboy
• Blood, Sweat & Tears - Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie
• Quincy Jones - Walking in Space

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

• Quincy Jones - Walking in Space
• Gary McFarland - America the Beautiful
• Buddy Rich Orchestra - Buddy and Soul
• Thad Jones, Mel Lewis - Central Park North
• Woody Herman - Light My Fire
• Count Basie - Standing Ovation
• Bob Wilber - The Music of Hoagy Carmichael
• Don Ellis - The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground

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

• Wes Montgomery - Willow Weep for Me
• Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
• Herbie Mann - Memphis Underground
• Eubie Blake - The 86 Years of Eubie Blake
• Oscar Peterson - The Great Oscar Peterson on Prestige
• Stephane Grappellio, Stuff Smith, Sven Asmussen, Jean-Luc Ponty - Violin Summit
• Bill Evans, Jeremy Steig - What's New

Best Instrumental Theme

• Midnight Cowboy - John Barry
• Groovy Grubworm - Harlow Wilcox, Bobby Warren
• Memphis Underground - Herbie Mann
• MacKenna's Gold - Quincy Jones
• Quentin's Theme - Robert Cobert

Best Opera Recording

• Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (solos: Thomas, Stewart, Stolze, Dernesch, Keleman, Dominguez, Gayer, Ridderbush) - Wagner: Siegfried
• Erich Leinsdorf conducting the London Symphony (solos: Caballe, Milnes, Lewis, Resnik, King) - Strauss: Salome
• John Barbirolli conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus (soloists: McCracken, Fischer-Dieskau, Jones, Di Stasio) - Verdi: Otello
• Karl Bohm conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of German Opera (solos: Prey, Mathis, Janowitz, Fischer-Dieskau) - Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
• Lorin Maazel conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of Deutsche Opera Berlin (solos: Lorengar, Aragall, Fischer-Dieskau) - Verdi: La Traviata
• Raymond Leppard conducting the London Philharmonic (solos: Wakefield, van Bork, Howells, Berbie, Ceunod; Glyndebourne) - Cavalli: L'Ormindo
• Rudolf Kempe conducting the Dresden State Opera (solos: Janowitz, King, Zylis-Gara, Geszty, Adam) - Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

Best Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special

• Burt Bacharach - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Henry Mancini - Me, Natalie
• John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, George Martin - Yellow Submarine
• Quincy Jones - The Lost Man
• Quincy Jones - MacKenna's Gold

Best Recording for Children

• Peter, Paul & Mary - Peter, Paul and Mommy
• Do-Re-Mi Chorus - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Eartha Kitt - Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa
• Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus - Yellow Submarine
• Tiny Tim - For All My Little Friends

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

• King Curtis - Games People Play
• Ike Turner - A Black Man's Soul
• Albert Collins - Trash Talkin' Lyrics
• Junior Walker & the All Stars - What Does It Take
• Richard Groove Holmes - Workin' on a Groovy Thing

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

• Richard Spencer - Color Him Father
• Clarence Carter, George Jackson, Raymond Moore - I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart
• Herbert McPherson, Melvin Harden - Backfield in Motion
• Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Butler - Only the Strong Survive
• Rudolph Isley, O. Kelly Isley Jr., Ronnie Isley - It's Your Thing

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

• The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing Lyrics
• Mel & Tim - Backfield in Motion
• Winstons - Color Him Father
• Gladys Knight And The Pips - Friendship Train Lyrics
• Peggy Scott, Jo Jo Benson - Soulshake

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

• Aretha Franklin - Share Your Love With Me Lyrics
• Dee Dee Warwick - Foolish Fool
• Tina Turner - The Hunter
• Ruth Brown - Yesterday
• Gloria Taylor - You Gotta Pay the Price

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

• Joe Simon - The Chokin' Kind
• Ray Charles - Doing His Thing
• Jerry Butler - Ice Man Cometh
• B.B. King - Live and Well
• Lou Rawls - Your Good Thing (Is About to End)

Best Sacred Performance

• Jake Hess - Ain't That Beautiful Singing
• Bill Gaither Trio - He Touched Me
• Tennessee Ernie Ford - Holy, Holy, Holy
• George Beverly Shea - I Believe
• Connie Smith, Nat Stuckey - Whispering Hope

Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album

• Burt Bacharach, Hal David - Promises, Promises
• George Haimsohn, Rubin Miller, Jim J. Wise - Dames at Sea
• Herman Edwards - 1776
• John Kander, Fred Ebb - Zorba
• Robert Dennis, Stanley Walden, Peter Schickle - Oh! Calcutta!

Best Soul Gospel Performance

• Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day
• Cassietta George - Cassietta
• James Cleveland, Southern California Choir - Come On and See About Me
• Mahalia Jackson - Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Precious Memories

Best Spoken Word Recording

• Art Linkletter & Diane - We Love You, Call Collect
• James Earl Jones - The Great White Hope
• Walter Cronkite - Man on the Moon

Contemporary Female Vocalist

• Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is
• Brenda Lee - Johnny One Time
• Jackie Deshannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart Lyrics
• Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man Lyrics
• Dionne Warwick - This Girl's in Love with You
• Vikki Carr - With Pen in Hand

Contemporary Male Vocalist

• Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin Lyrics
• Joe South - Games People Play
• Ray Stevens - Guitarzan
• Frank Sinatra - My Way Lyrics
• Bj Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Lyrics

Contemporary Song

• Games People Play - Joe South
• Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - Burt Bacharach, Hal David
• Spinning Wheel - David Clayton Thomas
• In the Ghetto - Mac Davis
• Jean - Rod McKuen

Contemporary Vocal Group

• 5th Dimension - Aquarius/let The Sunshine In Lyrics
• The Beatles - Abbey Road
• Blood, Sweat and Tears - Blood, Sweat and Tears
• Crosby, Stills and Nash - Crosby, Stills and Nash
• The Neon Philharmonic - Morning Girl

New Artist

• Crosby Stills Nash Lyrics
• Oliver Lyrics
• The Neon Philharmonic
• Led Zeppelin Lyrics
• Chicago Lyrics

Record of the Year

• The 5th Dimension - Aquarus/Let the Sunshine In
• Blood Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel Lyrics
• Henry Mancini - A Time for Us
• Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue Lyrics
• Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is

Song of the Year

• Joe South - Games People Play
• Burt Bacharach, Hal David - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
• Burt Bacharach, Hal David - I'll Never Fall in Love Again
• David Clayton Thomas - Spinning Wheel
• Larry Kusik, Eddie Snyder, Nino Rota - A Time for Us

Trustees Award

• Robert Moog