
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: February 27, 1976
City: Los Angeles
The Nominees
Album Of The Year
Best Album Notes
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Winner: Bob Dylan
Blood On The Tracks
- Art Tatum The Tatum Solo Masterpieces
- Lenny Bruce The Real Lenny Bruce
- Tom T. Hall Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A Legendary Performer
Best Album Notes - Classical
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Winner:
Gunther Schuller conducting the All-Star Band Footlifters (A Century of American Marches - Sousa, Joplin, Ives) - Antal Dorati conducting the Hungarian Philharmonic Kodaly: Orchestral Works
- Leinsdorf conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra; solos: Kollo, Neblett, Prey, Luxon Korngold: Die Tote Stadt
- Igor Kipnis The English Harpsichord (Byrd, Farnaby etc.)
- solos: Itzhak Perlman, Andre Previn Joplin: The Easy Winners
- Dick Hyman Joplin: The Complete Works of Scott Joplin
- Vorwerk conducting the Musica Pacifica Gagliano: La Dafne
- solos: Ralph Grierson, Artie Kane Gershwin: Gershwin's Wonderful
- Dorati conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica Haydn: Symphonies 93-104
Best Album Package
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
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Winner: Ray Stevens
Misty
- Singers Unlimited Killing Me Softly with His Song
- Mel Torme Gershwin Medley
- Singers Unlimited Autumn in New York
- Singers Unlimited April in Paris
Best Cast Show Album
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Winner: Wiz
Charlie Smalls
- London cast Stephen Sondheim - A Little Night Music
- A Chorus Line Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban
- Chicago John Kander, Fred Ebb
- Shenandoah Gary Geld, Peter Udell
Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental Or Vocal
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Winner:
Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng, Pierre Fournier Schubert: Trios No. 1 in B Flat Major, Op. 99, and No. 2 in E Flat Major, Op. 100 (The Trios) - Mstislav Rostropovich, Vasso Devetzi R. Strauss: Sonata in F for Cello and Piano
- Jaime Laredo, Ruth Laredo, Jeffery Solow Ravel: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano
- Itzhak Perlman, Andre Previn Joplin: The Easy Winners and Other Ragtime Music of Scott Joplin
- Concord Quartet Ives: Quartets Nos. 1 and 2
- Jean Pierre Rampal, Claude Bolling Bolling: Suite for Flute and Piano
- Ralph Grierson, Artie Kane Gershwin: Gershwin's Wonderful (Side 1: American in Paris 3 preludes)
- Heinz Hollinger, Christiane Jaccottet, Marcal Cervera Baroque Oboe Recital: Works by Bach, Couperin and Marais
Best Choral Performance
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Winner:
Robert Page directing the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Boys' Choir; Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (solos: Blegen, Binder, Riegel) Orff: Carmina Burana - Tadeusz Dobrzanski, chorus master, Polish Radio Chorus of Krakow; Palka and Wietrzny, chorus masters, soloists and Boys' Choir from Krakow; Kryzysztof Penderecki conducting the Philharmonic Chorus Polish Radio National Symphony Penderecki: Magnifi
- Pierre Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony Chorus, Goldsmith's Choral Union, Gentlemen of London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony (solos: Napier, Minton Thomas) Schoenberg: Guerrelieder
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Westminster Choir and New York Philharmonic Haydn: Harmoniemesse
- John Oliver, chorus master, Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Theodore Marier, chorus master, Boston Boys' Choir; Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
- John McCarth directing the Ambrosian Singers; Riccardo Muti conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra Cherubini: Requiem in D Minor for Male Chorus and Orchestra
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Singverein and Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Orchestra
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Winner:
Alicia de Larrocha (De Burgos conducting the London Philharmonic) Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand / Concerto for Piano in G Major / Faure: Fantaisie for Piano and Orche - Alfred Brendel (Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields) Mozart: Concertos No. 18 in B Flat Major and No. 27 in B Flat Major for Piano and Orchestra
- Itzhak Perlman (Martinon conducting the Orchestre de Paris) Sainte-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso / Havanaise / Chausson: Poeme / Ravel: Tzigane
- Peter Serkin (Schneider conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) Mozart: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra Composed in 1784 (6) (Nos. 14-19)
- Lynn Harrell (Levine conducting the London Symphony) Dvorak: Concerto in B Minor for Cello
- Maurice Andre (von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) 4 Trumpet Concertos by Vivaldi, Telemann, Mozard, Hummel
- Julian Bream (Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Orchestra) Berkeley: Guitar Concerto / Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar
- Murray Perahia (Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields) Mendelssohn: Concertos No. 1 in G Minor for Piano and No. 2 in D Minor for Piano
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) Without Orchestra
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Winner:
Nathan Milstein Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Unaccompanied - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
- Peter Serkin Messiaen: 20 Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus
- Vladimir Ashkenazy Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25
- John Williams Bach: Suites for Lute
- Alicia de Larrocha Falla: Music of Fallas (Three-Cornered Hat / El Amor Brujo etc.)
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
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Winner:
Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe - Seiji Ozawa conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor
- Carlos Kleiber conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
- Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete
- James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
- Rafael Kubelik conducting the Boston Symphony Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
- Colin Davis conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra Berlioz: Symphonie Fantasique
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
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Winner:
Janet Baker (Bernstein conducting the Israel Philharmonic) Mahler: Kindertotenlieder - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Parsons, accompanist) Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42
- Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo (Santi conducting the New Philharmonic) Verdi and Puccini Duets (Othello, Ballo en Maschera, Manon Lescaut, Madame Butterfly)
- Elly Ameling (Baldwin, accompanist) Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben
- Joan Morris (Bolcom, accompanist) After the Ball (A Treasury of Turn-of-the-Century Popular Songs)
- Cleo Laine (Nash Ensemble, Howarth/Hymas, piano) Cleo Laine Sings Pierrot Lunaire and Songs by Ives
- Victoria de los Angeles (Jacquillat conducting the Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra) Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Album 2
Best Comedy Recording
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Winner:
Richard Pryor Is It Something I Said? - Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief
- Lily Tomlin Modern Scream
- George Carlin An Evening with Wally London featuring Bill Slaszo
- Albert Brooks A Star Is Bought
Best Country Instrumental Performance
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Winner: Chet Atkins
The Entertainer
- Vassar Clements Vassar Clements
- Asleep At The Wheel Fat Boy Rag
- Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed Colonel Bogey
- Charlie McCoy Charlie My Boy
Best Country Song
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Winner:
Chips Moman, Larry Butler (Hey, Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song - Vivian Keith, Ben Peters Before the Next Teardrop Falls
- John Martin Sommers That God I'm a Country Boy
- Jessi Colter I'm Not Lisa
- Fred Rose Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Best Country Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group
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Winner:
Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge Lover Please - Asleep At The Wheel Texas Gold
- Pointer Sisters Live Your Life Before You Die
- The Statler Brothers I'll Go to My Grave Loving You
- Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn Feelins
Best Country Vocal Performance - Female
Best Country Vocal Performance - Male
Best Engineered Recording (other Than Classical)
Best Engineered Recording - Classical
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Winner:
Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe - Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
- Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (Complete)
- Thomas conducting the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Chorus and Boys' Choir, Page; solos: Blegen, Riegel, Binder Orff: Carmina Burana
- Solit conducting the Chicago Symphony Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete)
- Kleiber conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
- Kubelik conducting the Boston Symphony Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording
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Winner: Muddy Waters
The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album
- San Lucas Band Music of Guatemala
- Memphis Slim Memphis Blues
- Koko Taylor I Got What It Takes
- Bruce Jackson Wake Up Dead Man
Best Gospel Performance
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Winner:
Imperials No Shortage - Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories
- The Statler Brothers Holy Bible - New Testament
- Happy Goodman Family Happy Goodman Family Hour
- Connie Smith Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel
Best Inspirational Performance
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Winner:
Bill Gaither Trio Jesus, We Just Want to Thank You - Ray Price This Time Lord
- Speers Something Good Is About to Happen
- Larry Hart Amazing Grace
- Anita Kerr Gentle as Morning
Best Instrumental Arrangement
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Winner:
Mike Post, Pete Carpenter The Rockford Files (Mike Post) - Herbert Spencer Theme from Jaws (John Williams)
- Randy Brecker Some Skunk Funk (Brecker Brothers)
- Ron McClure No Show (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- Thad Jones Living for the City (Thad Jones, Mel Lewis)
- Alan Broadbent Children of Lima (Woody Herman)
Best Instrumental Composition
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Winner:
Michel Legrand Images - Mike Post, Pete Carpenter The Rockford Files
- Van McCoy The Hustle
- Chuck Mangione Chase the Clouds Away
- Silvester Levay, Stephen Praeger Fly, Robin, Fly
Best Jazz Performance - Big Band
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Winner:
Phil Woods with Michel Legrand & His Orchestra Images - Bill Watrous & the Manhattan Wildlife Refuge The Tiger of San Pedro
- That Jones, Mel Lewis Potpourri
- North Texas State University Lab Band Lab '75
- Clark Terry Clark Terry's Big B-A-D Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival
Best Jazz Performance - Group
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Winner: Return to Forever
No Mystery
- Supersax Supersax Plays Bird with Strings
- John Coltrane Quartet Giant Steps
- Dizzy Gillespie Quartet Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
- Count Basie Basie Jam
Best Jazz Performance - Soloist
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Winner: Dizzy Gillespie
Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie
- Phineas Newborn Jr. Solo Piano
- Phil Woods Images
- John Coltrane Giant Steps
- Jim Hall Concierto
Best Latin Recording
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Winner: Eddie Palmieri
Sun of Latin Music
- Ray Barretto Barretto
- Willie Colon The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Mongo Santamaria Afro-Indio
- Fania All-Stars Fania All-Stars Live at Yankee Stadium, Vol. 1
- Camilo Sesto Quieres Ser Mi Amante
- Bobby Paunetto Paunetto's Point
Best Opera Recording
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Winner:
Colin Davis conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (solos: Caballe, Baker, Gedda, Ganzarolli, Van Allan and Cotrubas) Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte - Michael Gielen conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Austrian Radio (solos: Reich, Devos, Csapo, Obrowsky, Lucas) Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
- Thomas Schippers conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Sills, Verrett, Diaz) Rossini: The Siege of Corinth
- Meredith Davis conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra; John Alldis Choir (solos: Herinex, Palmer, Tear) Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love
- James Levine conducting the London Symphony and John Alldis Choir (solos: Sills, Milnes, Gedda) Rossini: The Barber of Seville
- Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus (solos: Kollo, Neblett, Prey, Luxon) Korngold: Die Tote Stadt
- Antal Dorati conducting the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington; Paul Traver directing the University of Maryland Chorus Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero
Best Original Score - Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Special
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Winner: John Williams
Jaws
- Richard Rodney Bennett Murder on the Orient Express
- Jerry Goldsmith The Wind and the Lion
- Henry Mancini The Return of the Pink Panther
- Carradine, Blakley, Baskin, Reicheg, Gibson, Black Nashville
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
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Winner:
Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony The Hustle - Tom Scott & the L.A. Express Tom Cat
- Mike Post The Rockford Files
- The Ritchie Family Brazil
- Chuck Mangione Chase the Clouds Away
Best Recording For Children
- Sesame Street cast Merry Christmas from Sesame Street
- Jim Henson's Sesame Street Sesame Street Monsters
- Jim Backus Mr. Popper's Penguins
- Carole King Really Rosie
- Bert & Ernie Bert and Ernie Sing-Along
Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
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Winner:
Silver Convention Fly, Robin, Fly - Brecker Brothers Sneakin' Up Behind You
- Herbie Hancock Hang Up Your Hangups
- Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony Disco Baby
- B.T. Express Express
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
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Winner:
H.W. Casey, Richard Finch, Willie Clarke, Betty Wright Where Is the Love - H.W. Casey, Richard Finch That's the Way (I Like It)
- H.W. Casey, Richard Finch Get Down Tonight
- Charlie Smalls Ease on Down the Road
- Barney Perry Walking in Rhythm
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo, Group Or Chorus
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
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Winner: Natalie Cole
This Will Be
- Esther Phillips What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
- Shirley & Company Shame, Shame, Shame
- Gwen McCrae Rockin' Chair
- Gloria Gaynor Never Can Say Goodbye
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
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Winner: Ray Charles
Living For The City
- Ben E. King Supernatural Thin, Part I
- Major Harris Love Won't Let Me Wait
- Isaac Hayes Chocolate Chip
- Al Green L.O.V.E.
Best Soul Gospel Performance
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Winner:
Andrae Crouch & The Disciples Take Me Back - James Cleveland, Southern California Community Choir To the Glory of God
- The 21st Century The Storm Is Passing Over
- James Cleveland with Voices of Tabernacle God Has Smiled on Me
- James Cleveland, Charles Fold Singers Jesus Is the Best Thing
Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Recording
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Winner:
James Whitmore Give 'Em Hell Harry - Richard Harris The Prophet
- Orson Welles Immortal Sherlock Holmes Mercury Theatre on the Air
- Maureen Stapleton To Kill a Mockingbird
- Alistair Cooke Talk About America
- Claudia McNeil The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Classical Album Of The Year
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Winner:
Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete - Thomas Schippers conducting the London Symphony and Ambrosian Opera Chorus Rossini: The Siege of Corinth
- Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic; Carmarat Singers Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (Complete)
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Cleveland Orchestra; Robert Page directing the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Boys' Choir Orff: Carmina Burana
- Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
- Kryzysztof Penderecki conducting the Polish Radio National Symphony and Chorus Penderecki: Magnifcat
- Carlos Kleiber conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
Hall Of Fame
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Winner:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (piano), Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor -
Winner:
Lehman Engel conducting; cast: Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams Gershwin: Porgy & Bess -
Winner:
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Take the A Train -
Winner: Billie Holiday
God Bless The Child
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Winner:
Alfred Drake with Original Broadway Cast; Orchestra & Chorus conducting the Jay Blackton Oklahoma!
New Artist
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Winner: Natalie Cole
- Amazing Rhythm Aces
- Morris Albert
- K.c. And The Sunshine Band
- The Brecker Brothers
Pop Female Vocalist
Pop Male Vocalist
Pop Vocal Group
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Winner: The Eagles
Lyin' Eyes
- Gladys Knight And The Pips Way We Were Try To Remember
- Simon And Garfunkel My Little Town
- Singers Unlimited A Capella 2
- The Captain and Tenille Love Will Keep Us Together
Producer Of The Year
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Winner:
Arif Mardin - Gus Dudgeon
- Peter Asher
- Bill Szymczyk
- Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
Record Of The Year
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Winner:
The Captain and Tenille Love Will Keep Us Together - The Eagles Lyin' Eyes
- Janis Ian At Seventeen
- Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy
- Barry Manilow Mandy
Song Of The Year
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Winner: Stephen Sondheim
Send in the Clowns
- Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield Love Will Keep Us Together
- Morris Albert Feelings
- Larry Weiss Rhinestone Cowboy
- Janis Ian At Seventeen



