1974 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1974 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1974 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: Andy Williams
  • Venue: Hollywood Palladium
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Date: March 2, 1974

Awards

Album of the Year

  • Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Lyrics
  • Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M
  • Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
  • Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
  • Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly

Album of the Year - Classical

  • Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
  • Sergei Rachmaninov - Rachmaninov: The Complete Rachmaninov, Vols. 1-3
  • Esward Downes conducting the New Philharmonic (solo: Leontyne Price) - Puccini: Heroines (La Boheme, La Rondine, Tosca, Manon Lescant)
  • Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra (solo: Artur Rubinstein) - Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony (solo: Vladimir Ashkenazy) - Beethoven: Concertos (5) for Piano and Orchestra
  • Gunther Schuller conducting the Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble - Joplin: The Red Back Book
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Manhattan Opera Chorus (solos: Marilyn Horne, James McCracken, Adriana Maliponte, Tom Krause) - Bizet: Carmen
  • Lorin Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

Best Album Notes

  • Art Tatum - God Is in the House
  • Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
  • Frank Sinatra - Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
  • Marilyn Monroe - Remember Marilyn
  • Jimmie Rodgers - This Is Jimmie Rodgers

Best Album Notes - Classical

  • Complete - Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano
  • Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
  • Ormandy conducting the Philadelhpia Orchestra; solo: Rubinstein - Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano
  • Dorati conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 36 and 48
  • Dorati conducting the Philharmonica Hungarica - Haydn: Symphonies No. 20 in C Major and No. 35 in B Flat Major
  • Guarneri Quartet; solo: Artur Rubinstetin - Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 87
  • Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Debussy: La Mer/Perlude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2
  • Bernstein conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; solos: Horne, McCracken, Maliponte, Krause - Bizet: Carmen
  • For Cathy - Berio: Recital 1
  • Julian Bream - The Woods So Wild

Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special

  • Neil Diamond - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  • Bob Dylan - Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
  • Gato Barbieri - Last Tango in Paris
  • Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, George Martin - Live and Let Die
  • Taj Mahal - Sounder

Best Album Package

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Gunther Schuller, New England Ragtime Ensemble - Joplin: The Red Back Book
  • Julian Bream, Melos Ensemble of London, David Atherton - Bennett: Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Ensemble
  • Cleveland Quartet - Brahms: Quartets for Strings
  • Artur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet - Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 87
  • Western Wind Vocal Ensemble - Early American Vocal Music
  • Concord String Quartet - Rochberg: Quartet No. 3 for Strings
  • Janet Backer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Schubert: Duets

Best Classical Choral Performance

  • Arthur Oldham conducting the London Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony - Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
  • Helmuth Froschauer conducting the Vienna Singverein; Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Bach: St. Matthew Passion
  • Eugen Jochum conducting the Netherlands Radio Chorus and Concertgebouw Orchestra (solos: Giebel, Hoffgen, Hafliger, Ridderbusch) - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
  • David Willcocks conducting the Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Benjamin Britten conducting the London Symphony - Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
  • Norman Scribner directing the Norman Scribner Choir; Leonard Bernstein conducting the Orchestra - Haydn: Mass in Time of War (Leonard Bernstein's Concert for Peace)
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Chorus of the Deutsche Opera Berlin, and Berlin Philharmonic - Haydn: The Seasons
  • Raymond Leppard conducting the Glyndebourne Opera Chorus - Monteverdi: Madrigals, Books 3 and 4

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

  • Vladimir Horowitz - Scriabin: Horowitz Plays Scriabin
  • Glenn Gould - Bach: French Suites, 1-4
  • Sviatoslav Richter - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier
  • Maurizio Pollini - Chopin: Etudes
  • Virgil Fox - Heavy Organ at Carnegie Hall
  • Alfred Brendel - Schubert: Sonata in B Flat, Op. 960
  • Julian Bream - The Woods So Wild

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Vladimir Ashkenazy (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Beethoven: Concertos (5) for Piano and Orchestra
  • Emil Gilels (Jochum conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) - Brahms: Concertos No. 1 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra and No. 2 in B Flat Major for Piano and O
  • Stephen Bishop (Davis conducting the London Symphony) - Mozart: Concertos No. 21 in C Major and No. 25 in C Major
  • John Williams (Previn conducting the London Symphony) - Previn: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra; Ponce: Concierto del Sur for Guitar and Orchestra
  • Artur Rubinstein (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) - Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano
  • Aldo Ciccolini (Baudo conducting the Orchestre de Paris) - Saint-Saens: Concertos for Piano (Complete)
  • Pinchas Zukerman (Zukerman conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

  • Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
  • Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Holst: The Planets
  • Lorin Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
  • Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony - Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Complete)
  • Seiji Ozawa conducting the San Francisco Symphony (Seigel-Schwall Band) - Russo: 3 Pieces for Blues Band and Orchestra
  • Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Leontyne Price (Downes conducting the New Philharmonia) - Puccini: Heroines (La Boheme, La Rondine, Tosca, Manon Lescaut)
  • Heather Harper (Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony) - Berg: 7 Early Songs
  • Cathy Berberian (Berio conducting the London Sinfonietta) - Berio: Recital 1 (For Cathy)
  • Placido Domingo (Santi conducting the New Philharmonia) - La Voce d'Oro
  • Yvonne Minton, Rene Kollo (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
  • Marilyn Horne (Lewis conducting the Royal Philharmonic) - Marilyn Horne sings Rossini (Excerpts from Siege of Corinth and La Donna del Lago)
  • Martti Talvela (Irwin Gage, accompanist) - Martti Talvela - A Lieder Recital (Schumann)
  • Janet Baker (Gerald Moore, accompanist) - Schubert: Songs

Best Comedy Recording

  • Cheech & Chong - Los Cochinos
  • Bill Cosby - Fat Albert
  • David Frye - Richard Nixon: A Fantasy
  • George Carlin - Occupation: Foole
  • National Lampoon - Lemmings
  • Robert Klein - Child of the 50s

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

  • Eric Weissberg, Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos
  • Chet Atkins - Fiddlin' Around
  • Charlie McCoy - Good Time Charlie
  • Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass - I'll Fly Away
  • Chet Atkins - Superpickers

Best Country & Western Song

  • Kenny O'Dell - Behind Closed Doors
  • Billy Davis, Dottie West - Country Sunshine
  • Kris Kristofferson - Why Me Lyrics
  • Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill, Norris Wilson - The Most Beautiful Girl
  • Tom T. Hall - (Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

  • Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge - From the Bottle to the Bottom
  • The Statler Brothers - Carry Me Back Lyrics
  • Dolly Parton, Porter Waggoner - If Teardrops Were Pennies
  • Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
  • Tammy Wynette, George Jones - We're Gonna Hold On

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
  • Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Bach's Greatest Fugues
  • Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
  • Bernstein conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and soloists - Bizet: Carmen
  • Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Holst: The Planets
  • Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
  • Leontyne Price - Puccini: Heroines - Downes conducting the New Philharmonia
  • Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and soloists - Wagner: Parsifal

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording

  • Doc Watson - Then and Now
  • John Lee Hooker - John Lee Hooker's Detroit (1948-1952)
  • King Curtis, Champion Jack Dupree - Blues at Montreux
  • Leadbelly - Leadbelly (Live in Concert)
  • Muddy Waters - Can't Get No Grindin'

Best Gospel Performance

  • Blackwood Brothers - Release Me (from My Sin)
  • Statesmen - I Believe in Jesus
  • Andrae Crouch - Just Andrae
  • The Imperials - Live
  • Oak Ridge Boys - Street Gospel

Best Inspirational Performance

  • Bill Gaither Trio - Let's Just Praise the Lord
  • Connie Smith - All the Praises
  • Anita Bryant - Anita Bryant ...Naturally
  • Roy Rogers & Dale Evans - In the Sweet By and By
  • George Beverly Shea - There's Something About That Name

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Quincy Jones - Summer in the City
  • Bob James - Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Medley) (Grover Washington Jr.)
  • Lee Holdridge - Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite
  • Chick Corea - Spain
  • Bill Holman - The Daily Dance (Stan Kenton & His Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Gato Barbieri - Last Tango in Paris
  • Edgar Winter - Frankenstein
  • Thus van Leer, Jan Akkerman - Hocus Pocus
  • Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
  • Billy Preston - Space Race

Best Jazz Performance - Big Band

  • Woody Herman - Giant Steps
  • Don Ellis - Soaring
  • Gil Evans - Svengali
  • Oliver Nelson - Swiss Suite
  • Randy Weston - Tanjah

Best Jazz Performance - Group

  • Supersax - Supersax Plays Bird
  • Oregon - Music of Another Present Era
  • Jim Hall, Ron Carter - Alone Together
  • Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Inside Straight
  • Chick Corea, Return to Forever - Light as a Feather

Best Jazz Performance - Soloist

  • Art Tatum - God Is in the House
  • Freddie Hubbard - In a Mist
  • Hubert Laws - Morning Star
  • Clifford Brown - The Beginning and the End
  • Ray Brown (Milt Jackson Quintet) - The Very Thought of You

Best Opera Recording

  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Manhattan Opera Chours (solos: Horne, McCracken, Maliponte, Krause) - Bizet: Carmen
  • Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Boys' Choir (solos: Kollo, Ludwig, Fischer-Dieskau, Frick, Keleman, Hotter) - Wagner: Parsifal
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (solos: Vickers, Dernesch) - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
  • Karl Bohm conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (solos: Nilsson, Rysanek, Burmaister, Windgassen, King, Wohlfart, Adam, Stewart, Talvela, Greindl, Neidlinger) - Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
  • Meredith Davies conducting the Royal Philharmonic and John Alldis Choir (solos: Tear, Harwood) - Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet
  • Zubin Mehta conducting the London Philharmonic, John Alldis Choir and Wandsworth School Choir (solos: Sutherland, Pavarotti, Caballe, Ghiaurov, Krause, Pears) - Puccini: Turandot

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • Eumir Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathurstra (2001)
  • Mahavishnu Orchestra - Bird of Fire
  • Edgar Winter - Frankenstein
  • Billy Preston - Space Race
  • Quincy Jones - You've Got It Bad Girl

Best Recording for Children

  • Sesame Street cast - Sesame Street Live
  • Bob Dorough - Multiplication Rock
  • Marlo Thomas & Friends - Free to Be ...You and Me
  • Peter Ustinov - The Little Prince

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

  • Ramsey Lewis - Hang on Sloopy
  • Crusaders - 2nd Crusade
  • Donald Byrd - Black Byrd
  • Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
  • Young-Holt Unlimited - Yes We Can Can

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo, Group or Chorus

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

  • Aretha Franklin - Master of Eyes
  • Esther Phillips - Alone Again (Naturally)
  • Etta James - Etta James
  • Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
  • Sylvia - Pillow Talk

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album

  • Stephen Sondheim - A Little Night Music
  • Anthony Burgess, Michael J. Lewis - Cyrano
  • Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields - Seesaw
  • Stephen Schwartz - Pippin
  • Stomu Yamashita - Man from the East

Best Soul Gospel Performance

  • Dixie Hummingbirds - Loves Me Like a Rock
  • James Cleveland - Down Memory Lane
  • Jessy Dixon - He Ain't Heavy
  • Edwin Hawkins Singers - New World
  • Swan Silverstones - You've Got a Friend

Best Spoken Word Recording

  • Richard Harris - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  • Billie Holliday - Songs and Conversations
  • John Wayne - America, Why I Love Her
  • Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
  • Vincent Price - Witches, Ghosts and Goblins

Hall of Fame

  • Bing Crosby, The Ken Darby Singers - White Christmas
  • Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul
  • George Gershwin with Paul Whiteman - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
  • Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - West End Blues
  • Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song Lyrics

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

Record of the Year

Song of the Year

Top Winning Artist

Most Nominated Artist

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