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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for "It's Too Late"

Album Of The Year

--- Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for '' Tapestry ''

Song Of The Year

--- Carole King (songwriter) for " You've Got A Friend "

Best New Artist

--- Carly Simon

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- Bill Cosby for ''Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs''

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

--- Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Mahler : Symphony No. 1 in D ''

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

--- Leontyne Price for ''Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann ''

Best Opera Recording

--- Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Grace Bumbry , Plácido Domingo , Sherrill Milnes , Leontyne Price , Ruggero Raimondi , the John Aldis Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for '' Verdi : Aida''

Best Choral Performance, Classical

--- Colin Davis (conductor), Russell Burgess , Arthur Oldham (choir directors) the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for '' Berlioz : Requiem''

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (with Orchestra)

--- Andre Previn (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for '' Villa-Lobos : Concerto for Guitar''

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (without Orchestra)

--- Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)''

Best Chamber Music Performance

---The : Quartet in F''

Album Of The Year, Classical

--- Thomas Frost , Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)''

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording

--- Lily Tomlin for ''This Is a Recording''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

--- Michel LeGrand (composer) for "Theme From ''Summer of '42''"

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

--- Isaac Hayes (composer) for ''Shaft''

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen (arrangers) for "Theme From ''Shaft''" performed by Isaac Hayes

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

--- Paul McCartney (arranger) for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" performed by Paul & Linda McCartney

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

--- Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

--- Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"

Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty for "After the Fire Is Gone"

Best Country Instrumental Performance

--- Chet Atkins for "Snowbird"

Best Country Song

--- Kris Kristofferson (songwriter) for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Sammi Smith

Folk

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording

--- Muddy Waters for ''They Call Me Muddy Waters''

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance(other Than Soul Gospel)

--- Charley Pride for "Let Me Live"

Best Soul Gospel Performance

--- Shirley Caesar for ''Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man From Galilee''

Best Sacred Performance

--- Charley Pride for ''Did You Think to Pray''

Jazz

Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist

--- Bill Evans for ''The Bill Evans Album'' performed by the Bill Evans Trio

Best Jazz Performance By A Group

--- Bill Evans for ''The Bill Evans Album'' performed by the Bill Evans Trio

Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band

--- Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite"

Musical Show

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

--- Stephen Schwartz (composer & producer) & the original cast for ''Godspell''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover

--- Dean O. Torrence (art director) & Gene Brownell (photographer) for ''Pollution'' performed by Pollution

Best Album Notes

--- Sam Samudio (notes writer) for ''Sam, Hard and Heavy'' performed by Sam Samudio

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

--- Carole King for ''Tapestry''

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

--- James Taylor for "You've Got a Friend"

Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- The Carpenters for ''Carpenters''

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

--- Quincy Jones for ''Smackwater Jack''

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

--- Henry Bush , Ron Capone & Dave Purple (engineers) for "Theme From ''Shaft''" performed by Isaac Hayes

Best Classical Engineered Recording

--- Vittorio Negri (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for '' Berlioz : Requiem''

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

--- Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

--- Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man"

Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Group

--- Ike & Tina Turner for "Proud Mary"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine"

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Recording

--- Les Crane for ''Desiderata''

EXTERNAL LINKS

14th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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