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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: John Denver
Date: February 22, 1978
City: Los Angeles

The Nominees

Album Of The Year

Album Of The Year - Classical

  • Winner:
    Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Yehudi Menuhin, Lyndon Woodside     Concert of the Century (recorded live at Carnegie Hall May 18, 1976)
  • John De Main conducting the Houston Grand Opera Production (solos: Dale, Smith, Shakesnider, Lane, Brice, Smalls) Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Ravel: Bolero; Debussy: La Mer and l'Apres-Midi d' un Faune
  • Antal Dorati conducting the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (solos: Auger, Ameling, Killebrew, Abnsjo, Luxon, Trimarchi, Shirley) Haydn: Orlando Paladino
  • Christopher Parkening Parkening and the Guitar
  • Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major

Best Album Notes

Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Special

Best Album Package

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Best Arrangement For Voices

Best Cast Show Album

  • Winner:
    Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin     Annie
  • Richard Maltby Jr., David Shire Starting Here, Starting Now
  • Micki Grant, Alex Bradford Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God
  • Frank Loesser Guys and Dolls
  • Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart I Love My Wife

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental Or Vocal

  • Winner:
    Juilliard Quartet     Schoenberg: Quartets for Strings (Complete)
  • Pezzo Elegiaco, Vladimir Horowitz, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19, Andante; Tchaiskovsky: Trio for Piano in
  • Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Martine Geliot, Alla Rakha Improvisations: West Meets East, Album 3
  • Emanuel Ax, Cleveland Quartet Dvorak: Quintet for Piano in A Major, Op. 81
  • Guarneri Quartet Bartok: Quartets for Strings (6)
  • Prague String Quartet Dvorak: Quartets No. 8 in E Major, Op. 80, and No. 10 in E Flat Major, Op. 51
  • David Munrow conducting the Early Music Consort of London A Contemporary Elizabethan Concert (Dowland, Williams, Purcell, etc.)

Best Classical Performance - Choral

  • Winner:
    Georg Solti, conductor, Margaret Hillis, choral director     Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra - Verdi: Requiem
  • Philip Ledger conducting the King's College Choir, Cambridge; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
  • Serge Baudo conducting the Stephen Caillat Chorus and Orchestre de Paris Roussel: Psalm 80 , for tenor, chorus and orchestra
  • Rafael Kubelik conducting the Chorus of Bavarian Radio and Bavarian Radio Symphony Dvorak: Stabat Mater
  • Colin Davis conducting the John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Singverein; Berlin Philharmonic Bruckner: Te Deum
  • David Willcocks conducting the King's College Choir, Cambridge; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Britten: Saint Nicholas

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Itzhak Perlman, violin (Perlman conducting the London Philharmonic)     Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
  • Lazar Berman, piano (Abbado conducting the London Symphony) Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano No. 3 in D Minor
  • Mstislav Rostropovich, cello (Bernstein conducting the Orchestre National de France) Schumann: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A Minor; Bloch: Schelomo
  • Jacqueline Du Pre, cello (Barenboim conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) Elgar: Concerto for Cello, Op. 85
  • Alicia de Larrocha, piano (De Burgos conducting the Royal Philharmonic) Concertos from Spain (Surinach: Piano Concerto Montsalvage; Concerto Breve)
  • Alfred Brendel, piano (Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic) Beethoven: Concertos for Piano (5)
  • Solomon, piano (Dobrowen, conductor) Brahms: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83
  • Maurizio Pollini, piano (Bohm conducting the Vienna Philharmonic) Beethoven: Concerto for Piano No. 4 in G Major

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) Without Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Artur Rubinstein, piano     Beethoven: Sonata for Piano No. 18 in E Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3; Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
  • Itzhak Perlman, violin Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler: Album 2
  • Michel Beroff, piano Messiaen: 20 Regards de l'Enfant Jesus
  • Alicia de Larrocha, piano Granados: Goyescas
  • Daniel Adni, piano Grainger: Piano Music of Percy Grainger
  • Glenn Gould, piano Bach: The English Suites (Complete)
  • Igor Kipnis, harpsichord Bach: Partitas for Harpsichord No. 1 in B Flat Major and No. 2 in C Minor

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony     Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Ravel: Bolero
  • Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
  • Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic Bartok: The Wooden Prince

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Winner:
    Janet Baker (Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields)     Bach: Arias
  • Frederica von Stade (de Waart conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic) Rossini/Mozart: Opera Arias
  • Elly Amcling (de Waart conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic) Schubert on Stage
  • Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano, Mark Reshetin, bass (Rostropovich conducting the Moscow Philharmonic) Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
  • Elisabeth Soderstrom (Ashkenazy, accompanist) Rachmaninov: Songs, Vol. 2
  • Luciano Pavarotti (Adler conducting the National Philharmonic) Luciano Pavarotti - O Holy Night (O Holy Night, Sanctus, Ave Maria, etc)
  • Donald Gramm (Hassard, accompanist) But Yesterday Is Not Today (songs by Barber, Bowles, Copland, Chanler, etc.)
  • Gerard Souzay (Baldwin, accompanist) Faure: Songs (Complete)
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Ponti, accompanist) Ives: Songs

Best Comedy Recording

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best Country & Western Song

  • Winner:
    Richard Leigh     Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
  • Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum Lucille
  • Glenn Frey, Don Henley Desperado
  • Bobby Emmons, Chips Moman Luckenbach, Texas
  • Archie Jordan, Hal David It Was Almost Like A Song

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Winner:
    Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony     Ravel: Bolero
  • Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
  • De Main conducting the Houston Grand Opera Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
  • Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic Bartok: The Wooden Prince
  • Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
  • Davis conducting the London Symphony Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording

Best Gospel Performance - Contemporary Or Inspirational

  • Winner:
    Imperials     Sail On
  • Reba Rambo Gardner Reba/Lady
  • Gary S. Paxton More from the Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable Gary S. Paxton
  • Evie Tornquist Mirror
  • Larry Hart Hart and Soul
  • Michael Omartian Adam Again

Best Gospel Performance - Traditional

Best Inspirational Performance

  • Winner: Bj Thomas Home Where I Belong
  • Salome Bey, Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Sheila Ellis, Delores Hall, William Hardy Jr., Hector Jaime Mercado, Stanley Perryman, Mabel Robinson, William Thomas Jr. Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God
  • Carol Lawrence Tell All the World About Love
  • Quincy Jones, James Cleveland conducting the Wattsline Choir O Lord, Come By Here
  • Ray Price How Great Thou Art

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Winner:
    Main Title from Star Wars     John Williams
  • Roots Medley (Motherland, Roots Mural Theme) Quincy Jones, Gerald Fried
  • Bond '77/James Bond Theme Marvin Hamlisch
  • Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) Bill Conti, Carol Connors, Ann Robbins
  • Birdland Joe Zawinul

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

  • Winner:
    Phil Woods     The Phil Woods Six - Live from the Showboat
  • Mel Lewis Mel Lewis and Friends
  • Dexter Gordon Homecoming, Live at the Village Vanguard
  • Tommy Flanagan Trio Eclypso
  • John Coltrane Afro Blue Impressions

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

Best Jazz Performance - Big Band

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Best Latin Recording

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    John De Main conducting the Houston Grand Opera Production (solos: Albert, Dale, Smith, Shakesnider, Lane, Brice, Smalls)     Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
  • Jerzy Semkow conducting the Polish National Raido Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Talvela, Gedda) Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
  • Stanley Silverman conducting the original cast of the New York Shakespeare Festival (solos: Julia, Alexander, Greene) Weill: Threepenny Opera
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Bailey, Martin, Talvela, Kollo, Krenn, Jones) Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
  • Eugen Jochum conducting the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Fischer-Dieskau, Domingo, Ludwig, Ligendza) Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg
  • Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Soderstrom, Kniplova) Janacek: Katya Kabanova
  • Colin Davis conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (solos: Caballe, Carreras, Wixell, Ramey) Puccini: Tosca
  • Antal Dorati conducting the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (solos: Auger, Ameling, Killbrew, Ahnsjo, Luxon, Shirley, Trimarchi) Haydn: Orlando Paladino

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • Winner:
    London Symphony, John Williams, conductor     Star Wars
  • Meco Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
  • Barry De Vorzon Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless)
  • Bill Conti Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky")
  • Maynard Ferguson Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)

Best Recording For Children

  • Winner:
    Sesame Street cast & Muppets     Aren't You Glad You're You
  • various artists (Lily Tomlin, Muhammad Ali, Jimmy Carter, etc) Dope! The Dope King's Last Stand
  • various (written by Charles M. Schulz) A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • Jim Henson's Muppets The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album
  • read by Peter Ustinov Russell Hoban: The Mouse and His Child

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Winner:
    Leo Sayer, Vini Poncia     You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
  • Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Thomas McClary, William King, Lionel Richie, Ronald LaPread Brick House
  • Maurice White, Al McKay Best of My Love
  • Lionel Richie Easy
  • Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Carry Gilbert Don't Leave Me This Way

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

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Contemporary

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Traditional

  • Winner:
    James Cleveland     James Cleveland Live at Carnegie Hall
  • James Cleveland & the Greater Metropolitan Church of Christ Choir The Lord Is My Life
  • Savannah Choir & Rev. Isaac Douglas Stand Up for Jesus
  • Rev. Cleavant Derricks & Family Satisfaction Guaranteed
  • Five Blind Boys of Mississippi I'm Just Another Soldier

Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Recording

  • Winner:
    Julie Harris     The Belle of Amherst
  • read by Christopher Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien: The Silmarillion of Beren and Luthien
  • original cast, Ntozake Shange, writer For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf
  • Alex Haley Alex Haley Tells the Story of His Search for Roots
  • Harry Truman speaking with Ben Gradus The Truman Tapes

Hall Of Fame

  • Winner:
    Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra     Bach-Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor
  • Winner:
    Gene Austin     My Blue Heaven
  • Winner:
    Edward R. Murrow     I Can Hear It Now, Vols. 1-3
  • Winner: Billie Holiday Strange Fruit
  • Winner:
    Art Tatum     The Genius of Art Tatum, Vols. 1-13

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

Producer Of The Year

  • Winner:
    Peter Asher
  • Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
  • Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
  • Bill Szymczyk
  • Richard Perry

Record Of The Year

Song Of The Year

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