1972 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1972 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1972 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: Andy Williams
  • Venue: Felt Forum (now The Theater at Madison Square Garden)
  • City: New York City
  • Date: March 14, 1972

Awards

Album of the Year

Album of the Year - Classical

  • Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz Plays Rachmaninov (etudes tableaux, piano music, sonatas)
  • Pierre Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony - Boulez Conducts Boulez: Pli Selon Pli
  • Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra; Robert Page directing the Temple University Choirs - Pendericki: Utrenja, the Entombment of Christ
  • Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra (solos: Curtin, Estes) - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
  • Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden - Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
  • Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony; Russell Burgess conducting the Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; Arthur Oldham conducting the London Symphony Chorus - Berlioz: Requiem
  • Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
  • Arthur Weisberg conducting the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (solos: DeGaetani, Dash) - Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children
  • Antal Dorati conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 65-72 (Vol. 1)
  • Seiji Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony - Janacek: Sinfonietta; Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra

Best Album Cover

  • Pollution - Pollution
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears - B, S, & T 4
  • Jefferson Airplane - Bark -
  • Jimmy McGriff - Black Pearl
  • various - Hot Platters
  • Mason Williams - Sharepickers
  • Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
  • Camarata Contemporary Chamber Orchestra - The Music of Erik Satie: Through a Looking Glass

Best Album Notes

  • Sam Samudio - Sam Hard and Heavy (Samudio)
  • Tom West - Honky Tonkin' with Charlie Walker
  • Nat Hentoff - Louis Armstrong July 4, 1900 - July 6, 1971
  • Colman Andrews - Miles Davis
  • James Lyons - Music of Varese (Simonovitch conducting the Paris Intstrumental Ensemble)
  • Joshua Rifkin - Piano Rags by Scott Joplin (Rifkin)
  • Don Demicheal - The Genius of Louis Armstrong
  • George T. Simon - This Is Benny Goodman

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Juilliard Quartet - Debussy: Quartet in G Minor; Ravel: Quartet in F Major
  • Jan DeGaetani, Michael M. Dash (Arthur Weisberg conducting the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble) - Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children
  • Beaux Arts Trio - Dvorak: Piano Trios (Complete)
  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Concentus Musicus - Fux-Schmelzer: Music in the Hapsburg Palace
  • Paul Zukofsky, Gilbert Kalish, Charles Russo, Robert Sylvester (New York String Quartet) - Ives: Chamber Music
  • Jascha Heifetz, Brooks Smith - Schubert: Fantaisie in C Major for Violin (and Piano) Op. 159
  • Jean-Pierre Rampal, Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider, Leonard Rose - The Mozart Quartets for Flute

Best Choral Performance

  • Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony; Russell Burgess conducting the Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; Arthur Oldham conducting the London Symphony Chorus - Berlioz: Requiem
  • Robert Page directing the Temple University Choirs; Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Penderecki: Utrenjan, the Entombment of Christ
  • Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting the Moscow Radio Symphony - Prokofiev: Seven, They Are Seven
  • Ensti Pohjola conducting the Helsinki University Men's Choir; Paavo Berglund conducting the Bournemouth Symphony - Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7
  • Wolfgang Frommc conducting the Collegium Vocale of Cologne - Stockhausen: Stimmung
  • Roger Wagner conducting the Los Angeles Master Chorale; Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic - Verdi: 4 Sacred Pieces

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Julian Bream (Previn conducting the London Symphony) - Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar
  • Igor Kipnis (Marriner conducting the London Strings) - Bach: Complete Concertos for Harpsichord and Orchestra
  • David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter (von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) - Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Concerto in C Major for Violin, Piano and Cello, Op. 56)
  • Henryk Szeryng (Kubelik conducting the Bavarian Symphony) - Berg: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Martinon: Concerto for Violin
  • Jacqueline Du Pre (Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Dvorak: Concerto in B Minor for Cello
  • Van Cliburn (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) - Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Liszt: Concerto No. 2 in A Major
  • Kyung-Wha Chung (Previn conducting the London Symphony) - Sibelius: Concerto in D Minor for Violin; Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D Major for Violin
  • Paul Zukofsky (Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony) - W. Schuman: Concerto for Violin
  • Yehudi Menuhin (Walton conducting the New Philharmonia) - Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra

  • Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz Plays Rachmaninov (etudes tableaux, piano music, sonatas)
  • Alicia de Larrocha - Alicia de Larrocha Plays Spanish Piano Music of the 20th Century
  • Glenn Gould - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Vol. 3, Preludes and Fugues 17-24
  • Van Cliburn - Barber: Sonata for Piano; Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 in A Major
  • Stephen Bishop - Bartok: Mikrokosmos, Vol. 6; Out of Doors Suite; Sonatina
  • Rudolf Serkin - Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 in B Flat, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier)
  • Joshua Rifkin - Piano Rags by Scott Joplin
  • Aldo Ciccolini - Satie: Piano Music for Erik Satie, Vol. 5
  • Artur Rubinstein - The Brahms I Love

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

  • Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
  • Pierre Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony - Boulez Conducts Boulez: Pli Selon Pli
  • Antal Dorati conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 65-72 (Vol. 1)
  • Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic - Holst: The Planets
  • Jascha Horenstein conducting the London Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
  • Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Respighi: The Fountains of Rome; The Pines of Rome
  • Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Leontyne Price (Garvey, accompanist) - Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann
  • Janet Baker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - An Evening of Duets
  • Cathy Berberian (Berio conducting the BBC Symphony) - Berio: Epifanie
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Peters conducting the Vienna Haydn Orchestra) - Haydn and Mozart Arias
  • Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart - Ives: American Scenes/American Poets
  • Phyllis Curtin, Simon Estes (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Furtwangler, accompanist) - Wolf: Songs (Salzburg Festival 1953)

Best Comedy Recording

  • Lily Tomlin - This Is a Recording
  • Bill Cosby - When I Was a Kid
  • Cheech & Chong - Cheech and Chong
  • Flip Wilson - Flip: The Flip Wilson Show
  • Hudson & Landry - Ajax Liquor Store

Best Country & Western Instrumental

  • Chet Atkins - Snowbird
  • Floyd Cramer - For the Good Times
  • Jerry Kennedy - Jerry Kennedy Plays: With All Due Respect to Kris Kristofferson
  • Bakersfield Brass - Rose Garden
  • Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town

Best Country & Western Song

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

  • Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn - After the Fire Is Gone
  • Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton - Better Move It on Home
  • Roy Acuff with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - I Saw the Light
  • Johnny Cash, June Carter - No Need to Worry
  • Tompall & the Glaser Brothers - Rings

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Davis conducting the London Symphony; Burgess conducting the Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; Oldham conducting the London Symphony - Berlioz: Requiem
  • Szell conducting the Vienna Philharmonic - Beethoven: Egmont - Complete Incidental Music
  • Weisberg conducting the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble; solos: Jan DeGaetani, Michael Dash - Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children
  • Steinberg conducting the Boston Symphony - Holst: The Planets
  • Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony - Janacek: Sinfonietta
  • Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
  • Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Beethoven: Wellington's Victory

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording

  • Muddy Waters - They Call Me Muddy Waters
  • Esso Trinidad Steel Band - The Esso Trinidad Steel Band
  • Howlin' Wolf - Message to the Young
  • Javanese Players - Javanese Court Gamelan
  • Keiko Matsuo - 18th Century Traditional Music of Japan
  • Mississippi Fred McDowell - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  • T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday Blues

Best Gospel Performance

  • Charley Pride - Let Me Live
  • Blackwood Brothers - He's Still King of Kings
  • Oak Ridge Boys - Jesus Christ, What a Man
  • Hovie Lister with the Statesmen - Put Your Hand in the Hand
  • Imperials - Time to Get It Together

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Isaac Hayes, Johnny Allen - Theme from Shaft
  • Michel Colombier - Earth
  • Joshua Rifkin - Nightingale II
  • Don Sebesky - The Rite of Spring (Hubert Laws)
  • Michel Legrand - Theme from Summer of '42

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Michel Legrand - Theme from Summer of '42
  • Chuck Mangione - Hill Where the Lord Hides
  • Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite
  • Francis Lai - Theme from Love Story
  • Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft Lyrics

Best Jazz Performance - Big Band

  • Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite
  • Buddy Rich - A Different Drummer
  • Count Basie - Afrique
  • Maynard Ferguson - Maynard Ferguson - M.F. Horn
  • Woody Herman - Woody

Best Jazz Performance - Group

  • Bill Evans Trio - The Bill Evans Album
  • Gary Burton, Keith Jarrett - Gary Burton and Keith Jarrett
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Mary Lou Williams - Giants
  • Miles Davis - Miles Davis at the Fillmore
  • Herbie Hancock - Mwandishi
  • Phil Woods - Phil Woods and His European Rhythm Machine at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival
  • Roy Eldridge - The Nifty Cat

Best Jazz Performance - Soloist

  • Bill Evans - The Bill Evans Album
  • Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae
  • Larry Coryell - Gypsy Queen
  • Phil Woods - Phil Woods and His European Rhythm Machine at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival
  • Dizzy Gillespie - Portrait of Jenny
  • Earl Hines - Quintessential Recording Session
  • Jimmy Rushing - The You and Me That Used to Be

Best Opera Recording

  • Erich Leinsdorf conducting the London Symphony; John Alldis Choir (solos: Price, Domingo, Milnes, Bumbry, Raimondi) - Verdi: Aida
  • Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Domingo, Caballe, Raimondi, Milnes, Verrett) - Verdi: Don Carlo
  • Colin Davis conducting the Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (solos: Remedios, Carlyle, Burrows, Harwood) - Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
  • Erich Leinsdorf conducting the New Philharmonia; John Alldis Choir (solos: Price, Domingo, Milnes) - Puccini: Il Tabarro
  • Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Prey, Lorengar, Burrows, Fischer-Dieskau, Deutekorn, Talvela) - Mozart: The Magic Flute
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Dresden State Opera Orchestra and Choruses of Dresden State Opera and Leipzig Radio (solos: Adam, Donath, Kollo, Evans, Schreider) - Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg
  • Julius Rudel conducting the New Philharmonia and Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Sills, Gedda, Souzay, Bacquier) - Massenet: Manon
  • Pierre Boulez conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Stewart, Ridderbusch, Crass, King, Jones, McIntyre) - Wagner: Parsifal

Best Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special

  • Isaac Hayes - Shaft
  • Barry DeVorzon, Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and the Children
  • Elton John, Bernie Taupin - Friends
  • Francis Lai - Love Story
  • Maurice Jarre - Ryan's Daughter

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • Quincy Jones - Smackwater Jack
  • Burt Bacharach Lyrics
  • Henry Mancini - Theme from Love Story
  • Peter Nero - Theme from Summer of '42
  • Michel Legrand - Theme from Summer of '42

Best Recording for Children

  • Bill Cosby - Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs
  • Golden Orchestra and Chorus (Peter Moore, conductor) - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  • Julie Harris - The Story of Sheherazade
  • Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus - Sesame Street, Rubber Duckie and Other Songs from Sesame Street
  • Stanley Daniels - Sex Explained for Children

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

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine Lyrics
  • Clay McMurray, Laverne Ware, Pamela Sawyer - If I Were Your Woman
  • Clifton Davis - Never Can Say Goodbye
  • Joseph Broussard - Mr. Big Stuff
  • Norman Whitefield, Barrett Strong - Smiling Faces Sometimes

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Sacred Performance - Musical

Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album

  • Stephen Schwartz - Godspell
  • Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick - The Rothschilds
  • Kenn Long, Jim Crazier - Touch
  • Richard Rodgers, Martin Charnin - Two by Two
  • Stephen Sondheim - Follies

Best Soul Gospel Performance

  • Shirley Caesar - Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man from Galilee
  • Clara Ward - Great Moments in Gospel
  • Dottie Rambo - Pass Me Not
  • Blind Boys of Alabam - The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Valerie Simpson - There Is a God

Best Spoken Word Recording

  • Les Crane - Desiderata
  • James Whitmore - Will Rogers' U.S.A.
  • Richard Chamberlain - Hamlet
  • Stacy Keach, Robert Ryan, Geraldine Fitzgerald - Long Day's Journey Into Night
  • The Sixties - Walter Cronkite - I Can Hear It Now

Lifetime Achievement Award

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

Record of the Year

Song of the Year

Trustees Award

  • The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)

Top Winning Artist

Most Nominated Artist

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