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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Bones Howe (producer) & 5th Dimension for ''Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In''

Album Of The Year

--- James William Guercio (producer) & Blood, Sweat & Tears for ''Blood, Sweat & Tears''

Song Of The Year

--- Joe South for ''Games People Play''

Best New Artist

--- Crosby, Stills & Nash

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- Peter, Paul And Mary for ''Peter, Paul and Mommy''

Classical

Best Classical Performance, Orchestra

--- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for ''Boulez Conducts Debussy , Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"''

Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical

--- Thomas Schippers (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia for '' Barber : Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915''

Best Opera Recording

--- Otto Gerdes (producer), Herbert Von Karajan (conductor), Helga Dernesch , Thomas Stolze , Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for '' Wagner : Siegfried''

Best Choral Performance, Classical (other Than Opera)

--- Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for ''Berio: Sinfonia''

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

--- Wendy Carlos for '' Switched-On Bach ''

Best Chamber Music Performance

--- The Chicago Brass Ensemble , Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for '' Gabrieli : Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli''

Album Of The Year, Classical

--- Rachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos for ''Switched-On Bach''

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording

--- Bill Cosby for ''Bill Cosby''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme

--- John Barry (composer) for ''Midnight Cowboy''

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

--- Burt Bacharach (composer) for ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid''

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Henry Mancini (arranger) for ''Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet"''

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

--- Fred Lipsius (arranger) for ''Spinning Wheel'' performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

--- Tammy Wynette for ''Stand By Your Man''

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

--- Johnny Cash for ''A Boy Named Sue''

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for ''MacArthur Park''

Best Country Instrumental Performance

---The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis for ''The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds''

Best Country Song

--- Shel Silverstein (songwriter) for ''A Boy Named Sue'' performed by Johnny Cash

Folk

Best Folk Performance

--- Joni Mitchell for ''Clouds''

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance

--- Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for ''In Gospel Country''

Best Soul Gospel Performance

--- Edwin Hawkins for ''Oh Happy Day'' performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers

Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical)

--- Jake Hess for ''Ain't That Beautiful Singing''

Jazz

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

--- Wes Montgomery for ''Willow Weep for Me''

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

--- Quincy Jones for ''Walking in Space''

Musical Show

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

--- Burt Bacharach , Hal David (composers), Henry Jerome , Phil Ramone (producers) & the original cast ( Jerry Orbach , Jill O'Hara , Edward Winter, Donna McKecknie, A .L. Hines, Marian Mercer & Paul Reed) for ''Promises, Promises''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover

--- David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) for ''America the Beautiful'' performed by Gary McFarland

Best Album Notes

--- Johnny Cash (notes writer) for ''Nashville Skyline'' performed by Bob Dylan

Pop

Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female

--- Peggy Lee for ''Is That All There Is''

Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male

--- Harry Nilsson for ''Everybody's Talkin'''

Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By A Group

--- 5th Dimension for ''Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In''

Best Contemporary Performance By A Chorus

--- Percy Faith for ''Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet"'' performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus

Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance

--- Blood, Sweat & Tears for ''Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie''

Best Contemporary Song

--- Joe South for ''Games People Play''

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

--- Geoff E. Emerick & Philip McDonald (engineers) for ''Abbey Road'' performed by The Beatles

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

--- Walter Carlos (engineer & artist) for '' Switched-On Bach ''

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

--- Aretha Franklin for ''Share Your Love With Me''

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

--- Joe Simon for ''The Chokin' Kind''

Best &B Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- Isley Brothers for ''It's Your Thing''

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

--- King Curtis for ''Games People Play''

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Richard Spencer (songwriter) for ''Color Him Father'' performed by The Winstons

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Recording

--- Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter for ''We Love You Call Collect''

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