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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Paul Simon & Roy Halee (producers) & Simon And Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"

Album Of The Year

--- Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for ''By The Time I Get To Phoenix''

Song Of The Year

--- Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith

Best New Artist

--- Jose Feliciano

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

--- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for ''Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)''

Best Vocal Soloist Performance

--- Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor), Montserrat Caballe & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus for '' Rossini : Rarities''

Best Opera Recording

--- Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Ezio Flagello , Sherrill Milnes , Leontyne Price , Judith Raskin , George Shirley , Tatiana Troyanos & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for '' Mozart : Cosi Fan Tutte''

Best Choral Performance (other Than Opera)

--- Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg , Gregg Smith , (choir directors), E. Power Biggs , the Edward Tarr Ensemble , the Gregg Smith Singers & the Texas Boys Choir for ''The Glory of Gabrieli ''

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

--- Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz on Television ( Chopin , Scriabin , Scarlatti , Horowitz)''

Best Chamber Music Performance

--- Vittorio Negri (conductor), E. Power Biggs & the Edward Tarr Ensemble for ''Glory of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ''

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance

--- Bill Cosby for ''To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme

--- Mason Williams (composer) for " Classical Gas "

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

--- Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (composers) for ''The Graduate'' performed by Simon And Garfunkel

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Mike Post (arranger) for " Classical Gas " performed by Mason Williams

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

--- Jimmy L. Webb (arranger) for "MacArthur Park" performed by Richard Harris

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

--- Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley P.T.A."

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

--- Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues"

Best Country Performance, Duo Or Group - Vocal Or Instrumental

--- Flatt & Scruggs for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"

Best Country Song

--- Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith

Folk

Best Folk Performance

--- Judy Collins for "Both Sides Now"

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance

--- The Happy Goodman Family for ''The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans''

Best Soul Gospel Performance

--- Dottie Rambo for "The Soul of Me"

Best Sacred Performance

--- Jake Hess for "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"

Jazz

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

--- Bill Evans for '' Bill Evans At The Montreux Jazz Festival '' performed by the Bill Evans Trio

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

--- Duke Ellington for "And His Mother Called Him Bill"

Musical Show

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

--- Galt MacDermott , Gerome Ragni , James Rado (composers), Andy Wiswell (producer) the original cast ( Ronnie Dyson , Gerome Ragni , Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Diane Keaton , Melba Moore & James Rado) for ''Hair''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover

--- John Berg , Richard Mantel (art directors), Horn Grinner Studios (photographer) for ''Underground'' performed by Thelonious Monk

Best Album Notes

--- Johnny Cash (notes writer) for ''Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison'' performed by Johnny Cash

Pop

Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female

--- Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"

Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male

--- Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire"

Best Contemporary-Pop Performance - Vocal Duo Or Group

--- Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"

Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Chorus

--- Alan Copeland (choir director) for "Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood Medley" performed by the Alan Copeland Singers

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

--- Mason Williams for " Classical Gas "

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

--- Hugh Davies & Joe Polito (engineers) for " Wichita Lineman " performed by Glen Campbell

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

--- Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for '' Mahler : Symphony No. 9 in D''

R&B

Best R&B Performance, Female

--- Aretha Franklin for "Chain of Fools"

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

--- Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"

Best Rhythm & Blues Performance By A Duo Or Group, Vocal Or Instrumental

--- The Temptations for " Cloud Nine "

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Otis Redding & Steve Cropper (songwriters) for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" performed by Otis Redding

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Recording

--- Rod McKuen for ''Lonesome Cities''

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