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: Andy Williams
Date: March 15, 1971
City: Los Angeles

The Nominees

Album Of The Year - Classical

  • Winner:
    Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Vickers, Veasey, Lindholm)
    Berlioz: Les Troyens
  • Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
  • Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony Ives: Three Places in New England; Ruggles: Sun Treader
  • George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (solos: Oistrakh, Rostropovich) Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)
  • Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony (R. Page directing the Male Chorus of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia; solo: Krause) Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (solos: Oistrakh, Anda, Kempf, Goossens, Leitner) Beethoven Edition 1970

Best Album Notes

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Gregg Smith conducting the Gregg Smith Singers and Columbia Chamber Ensemble
    New Music of Charles Ives
  • Gregg Smith conducting the Ithaca College Concert Choir; Robert Craft conducting the Columbia Symphony The New Stravinsky
  • David Willcocks conducting the Bach Choir and New Philharmonia Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits
  • Robert E. Page directing the Male Chorus of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia; Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13
  • Lorna Cooke de Varon directing the New England Conservatory Chorus; Katherine Edmonds Pusztai conduting the Children's Chours of the New England Conservatory; Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orff: Carmina Burana
  • Arthur Oldham conducting the London Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Pierre Boulez conducting the London Symphony Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
  • Reinhold Schmid, Helmut Froschauer conducting the Vienna Singverein; Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Haydn: The Creation

Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music

  • Winner:
    Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose
    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
  • Boston Symphony Chamber Players Schubert: Trio No. 1 in B Flat Major; Milhaud: Pastorale for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon; Hindemith:
  • Benjamin Britten conducting the English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Singers Salute to Percy Grainger
  • Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh Franck: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano; Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in D Minor
  • Guarneri Quartet Beethoven: The 5 Late Quartets
  • Gunther Schuller Ives: Calcium Light Night

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

  • Winner:
    David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich (Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra)
    Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)
  • Van Cliburn (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony) Chopin: Concerto No. 1 in E Minor for Piano
  • Vladimir Horowitz Schumann: Kreisleriana
  • Walter Carlos The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
  • Mstislav Rostropovich (Britten, conductor) Britten: Suites for Cello (2)
  • David Oistrakh (Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra) Brahsm: Concerto in D Major for Violin
  • Alexis Weissenberg (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony) Bartok: Concerto No. 2 for Piano
  • Ivan Moravec Beethoven: Sonatas No. 26, Op. 81a (Les Adieux), and No. 15, Op. 28 (Pastoral)
  • Glenn Gould Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Nos. 9-16

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra
    Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
  • Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
  • Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony Ives: Three Places in New England; Ruggles: Sun Treader
  • George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major
  • Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
  • George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
  • Seiji Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Winner:
    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gerald Moore, accompanist)
    Schubert: Lieder
  • Beverly Sills (Ceccato conducting the London Philharmonic) Mozart and Strauss Arias
  • Marilyn Horn (Lewis, conductor) Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
  • Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
  • Janet Backer (Gibson conducting the London Symphony) Death of Cleopatra final scenes, Berlioz: Les Troyens
  • Leontyne Price (Downes conducting the London Symphony) - Prima Donna, Vol. 3

Best Comedy Recording

  • Winner:
    Flip Wilson
    The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress
  • Orson Welles The Begatting of the President
  • Homer & Jethro Daddy Played First Base
  • Bill Cosby Live at Madison Square Garden
  • David Frye I Am the President

Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

  • Winner:
    Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed
    Me and Jerry
  • Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet
  • Chet Atkins Yestergroovin
  • Merle Haggard & the Stranger Street Singer
  • Jerry Smith Drivin' Home

Best Country & Western Song

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Winner:
    Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra
    Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
  • Walter Carlos The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
  • Stokowski conducting the Chicago Symphony Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 and Age of Gold
  • Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13
  • Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony Ives: Three Places in New England; Ruggles: Sun Treader
  • Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic; solos: Crespin, Minton R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
  • Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello Brahms: Double Concerto

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording

Best Gospel Performance

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Jazz Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group

Best Jazz Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Vickers, Veasey, Lindholm)
    Berlioz: Les Troyens
  • Zubin Mehta conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra, Amobrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Price, Domingo, Milnes, Cossotto) Verdi: Il Travatore
  • Pierre Boulez conducting the Orchestra of Royal Opera House (solos: McIntyre, Shirley, Soederstroem, David, Ward) Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsche Opera Chorus (solos: Brilioth, Stewart, Keleman, Dernesch, Janowitz, Ludwig, Chookasian) Wagner: Gotterdammerung
  • Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Crespin, Minton, Donath, Jungwirth) R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Special

  • Winner:
    John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
    Let It Be
  • Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini Darling Lili
  • Johnny Mandel M*A*S*H
  • Alfred Newman Airport
  • Fred Karlin The Sterile Cuckoo

Best Recording For Children

  • Winner:
    Children's Television Workshop
    Sesame Street (Sesame Street TV cast)
  • Loretta Long Susan Sings Songs from Sesame Street
  • Jim Henson Rubber Duckie

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

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Winner:
    Ronald Dunbar, General Johnson
    Patches
  • Thom Bell, William Hart Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
  • Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta Wright, Lulu Hardaway Signed, Sealed, Delivered
  • Russell Lewis, Herman Davis Groovy Situation
  • Greg Perry, General Johnson, Angelo Bond Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Sacred Performance - Musical

  • Winner:
    Jake Hess
    Everything Is Beautiful
  • George Beverly Shea There Is More to Life
  • Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus The Centurion
  • Pat Boone Rapture
  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard Condie conducting God of Our Fathers

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

Best Soul Gospel Performance

  • Winner:
    Edwin Hawkins Singers
    Every Man Wants to Be Free
  • Jessy Dixon Hello Sunshine
  • Myrna Summers God Gave Me a Song
  • James Cleveland Amazing Grace
  • Andrae Crouch Christian People

Best Spoken Word Recording

  • Winner:
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam
  • Jesse Pearson The Soft Sea
  • Everett Dirksen Everett Dirksen's America
  • Bill Cosby Grover Henson Feels Forgotten
  • Ambrose, Dryden, Hecht, Molloy, Seeger Poems and Ballads from 100-Plus American Poets
  • Apollo 8, 11, 12 astronauts, Presidents Kennedy and Nixon In the Beginning

Song Of The Year

Trustees Award

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