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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"

Album Of The Year

--- George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''

Song Of The Year

--- Jimmy L. Webb (songwriter) for "Up, Up and Away" performed by 5th Dimension

Best New Artist

--- Bobbie Gentry

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- Boris Karloff for ''Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas''

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

--- Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for ''Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka Suites''

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

--- Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price , & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for ''Prima Donna, Volume 2''

Best Opera Recording

--- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry , Ingeborg Lasser , Isabel Strauss , Fritz Uhl & the Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus for '' Berg : Wozzeck''

Best Classical Choral Performance (other Than Opera)

--- Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for '' Mahler : Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)''

--- Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra for '' Orff : Catulli Carmina''

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (with Or Without Orchestra)

--- Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz in Concert ( Haydn , Schumann , Scriabin , Debussy , Mozart , Chopin )''

Best Chamber Music Performance

--- Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin for ''West Meets East''

Album Of The Year, Classical

--- John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra for '' Mahler : Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)''

--- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry , Ingeborg Lasser , Isabel Strauss , Fritz Uhl , Choeur Nationale De Paris & the Orchestra Of Paris National Opera for '' Berg : Wozzeck''

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance

--- Bill Cosby for ''Revenge''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme

--- Lalo Schifrin (composer) for "Mission: Impossible"

Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Show

--- Lalo Schifrin (composer) for ''Mission: Impossible''

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Burt Bacharach (arranger) for ''Alfie''

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement

--- Jimmie Haskell (arranger) for "Ode to Billie Joe" performed by Bobbie Gentry

Country

Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female

--- Tammy Wynette for "I Don't Wanna Play House"

Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male

--- Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"

Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio Or Group (Vocal Or Instrumental)

--- Johnny Cash & June Carter for "Jackson"

Best Country & Western Recording

--- Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"

Best Country & Western Song

--- John Hartford (songwriter) for "Gentle on My Mind" performed by Glen Campbell

Folk

Best Folk Performance

--- John Hartford for Gentle On My Mind

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance

--- Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers Quartet for ''More Grand Old Gospel''

Best Sacred Performance

--- Elvis Presley for ''How Great Thou Art''

Jazz

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group

--- Cannonball Adderly ''Mercy, Mercy, Mercy'' performed by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group

--- Duke Ellington for "Far East Suite"

Musical Show

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

--- Fred Ebb , John Kander (composers), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast ( Joel Grey , Jill Haworth , Lotte Lenya , Jack Gilford & Bert Convy) for ''Cabaret''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts

--- Jann Haworth & Peter Blake (art directors) for ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' performed by The Beatles

Best Album Cover, Photography

--- Robert Cato & John Berg (art directors) & Roland Scherman (photographer) for ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits'' performed by Bob Dylan

Best Album Notes

--- John D. Loudermilk (notes writer) for ''Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse'' performed by John D. Loudermilk

Pop

Best Vocal Performance, Female

--- Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"

Best Vocal Performance, Male

--- Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"

Best Performance By A Vocal Group

--- 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"

Best Performance By A Chorus

--- Johnny Mann for "Up, Up and Away" performed by the Johnny Mann Singers

Best Instrumental Performance

--- Chet Atkins for ''Chet Atkins Picks the Best''

Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance

--- Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"

Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance

--- Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"

Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal Or Instrumental)

--- 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"

Best Contemporary Single

--- Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"

Best Contemporary Album

--- George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

--- Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' performed by The Beatles

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

--- Edward T. Graham (engineer) & the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for ''The Glorious Sound of Brass''

R&B

Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Female

--- Aretha Franklin for "Respect"

Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male

--- Lou Rawls for "Dead End Street"

Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental

--- Sam & Dave for "Soul Man"

Best Rhythm & Blues Recording

--- Aretha Franklin for "Respect"

Spoken

Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Recording

--- Everett M. Dirksen for ''Gallant Men''

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