1971 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1971 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1971 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: Andy Williams
  • Venue: Hollywood Palladium
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Date: March 16, 1971

Awards

Album of the Year

Album of the Year - Classical

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

Best Album Cover

  • B.B. King - Indianola Mississippi Seeds Lyrics
  • Chicago - Chicago
  • Mason Williams - Hand Made
  • Mason Proffit - Mason Proffit
  • Rodzinski conducting the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London - Schubert: Unfinished Symphony; Beethoven: Fifth Symphony
  • various - The Naked Carmen
  • Bessie Smith - The World's Greatest Blues Singer
  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy

Best Album Notes

  • Bessie Smith - The World's Greatest Blues Singer
  • Jack Moran - As I See It
  • Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
  • Alexander's Greyhound Brass - Hold Back the World
  • Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll
  • Judy Garland - Judy. London.1969
  • Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys - Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits
  • John Green Orchestra - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Best Choral Performance

  • Gregg Smith conducting the Gregg Smith Singers and Columbia Chamber Ensemble - New Music of Charles Ives
  • Reinhold Schmid, Helmut Froschauer conducting the Vienna Singverein; Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Haydn: The Creation
  • Arthur Oldham conducting the London Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Pierre Boulez conducting the London Symphony - Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
  • 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
  • Robert E. Page directing the Male Chorus of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia; Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13
  • 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

Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music

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

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

  • David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich (Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra) - Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)
  • Glenn Gould - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Nos. 9-16
  • 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)
  • David Oistrakh (Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra) - Brahsm: Concerto in D Major for Violin
  • Mstislav Rostropovich (Britten, conductor) - Britten: Suites for Cello (2)
  • 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

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

  • Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
  • Seiji Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
  • Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony - Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
  • George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
  • George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major
  • Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony - Ives: Three Places in New England; Ruggles: Sun Treader
  • 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

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

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

Best Comedy Recording

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

Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

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

Best Country & Western Song

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
  • Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello - Brahms: Double Concerto
  • 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
  • Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13
  • Stokowski conducting the Chicago Symphony - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 and Age of Gold
  • Walter Carlos - The Well-Tempered Synthesizer

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording

  • T-Bone Walker - Good Feelin'
  • Ali Akbar Khan, accompanied by Shankar Ghosh - Shree Rag
  • Bjorn Stabi, Ole Hjorth - Folk Fiddling from Sweden
  • David Lewisohn - Black Music of South America
  • Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll
  • Muddy Waters - Sail On

Best Gospel Performance

  • Oak Ridge Boys - Talk About the Good Times
  • Thrasher Brothers - Fantastic Thrashers at Fantastic Caverns
  • LeFevres - Moving Up
  • Wendy Bagwell & the Sunliters - Talk About the Good Times
  • Florida Boys - The Many Moods of the Florida Boys

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Henry Mancini - Theme from Z
  • Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
  • Quincy Jones - Gula Matari
  • Assembled Multitude - Overture from Tommy
  • Don Ellis - The Magic Bus Ate My Donut

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Alfred Newman - Airport Love Theme
  • Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
  • Quincy Jones - Gula Matari
  • Lalo Shifrin - Theme from Medical Center
  • Henry Mancini - Theme from Sunflower

Best Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group

  • Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
  • Paul Desmond - Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • Thad Jones, Mel Lewis - Consummation
  • Don Ellis - Don Ellis at Fillmore
  • Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington, 70th Birthday Concert
  • Quincy Jones - Gula Matari
  • World's Greatest Jazzband - Live at the Roosevelt Grill
  • Johnny Hodges - Three Shades of Blue

Best Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group

  • Bill Evans - Alone
  • John Coltrane - Coltrane Legacy
  • Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda
  • Erroll Garner - Feeling Is Believing
  • Gary Burton - Good-Vibes
  • Les McCann, Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement
  • Milt Jackson Quintet with Ray Brown - That's the Way It Is

Best Opera Recording

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

Best Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special

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

Best Recording for Children

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

Best Rhythm & Blues Performance - Duo or Group (Vocal or Instrumental)

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

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

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Sacred Performance - Musical

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

Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album

  • Company - Stephen Sondheim
  • Coco - Alan Jay Lerner, Andre Previn
  • Applause - Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  • Purlie - Gary Geld, Peter Udell
  • Joy - Oscar Brown Jr., Jean Pace, Sivuca

Best Soul Gospel Performance

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

Best Spoken Word Recording

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

Contemporary Female Vocalist

Contemporary Male Vocalist

Contemporary Song

Contemporary Vocal Group

New Artist

Record of the Year

Song of the Year

Trustees Award

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

Top Winning Artist

Most Nominated Artist

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