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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- John Farrar (producer) & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"

Album Of The Year

--- Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for ''Fulfillingness' First Finale''

Song Of The Year

--- Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand

Best New Artist

--- Marvin Hamlisch

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- Sebastian Cabot , Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell for ''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too''

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

--- Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Berlioz : Symphonie Fantastique''

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

--- Leontyne Price for ''Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss ''

Best Opera Recording

--- Richard Mohr (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Judith Blegen , Montserrat Caballe , Plácido Domingo , Sherrill Milnes , Ruggero Raimondi & the London Philharmonic for '' Puccini : La Boheme''

Best Choral Performance, Classical (other Than Opera)

--- Colin Davis (conductor) the Ambrosian Singers , the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for '' Berlioz : The Damnation of Faust''

Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (with Orchestra)

--- Maxim Shostakovich (conductor), David Oistrakh & the New Philharmonia for '' Shostakovich : Violin Concerto No. 1''

Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (without Orchestra)

--- Alicia De Larrocha for '' Albeniz : Iberia''

Best Chamber Music Performance

---: Trio No. 1 in D Minor''

Album Of The Year, Classical

--- David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Berlioz : Symphonie Fantastique''

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording

--- Richard Pryor for ''That Nigger's Crazy''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

--- Mike Oldfield (composer) for "Tubular Bells - Theme From '' The Exorcist ''"

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

--- Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for ''The Way We Were'' performed by Barbra Streisand

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Pat Williams (arranger) for ''Threshold''

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists

--- Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott (arrangers) for "Down to You" performed by Joni Mitchell

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

--- Anne Murray for ''Love Song''

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

--- Ronnie Milsap for "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"

Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group

---The Pointer Sisters for "Fairytale"

Best Country Instrumental Performance

--- Chet Atkins & Merle Travis for ''The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show''

Best Country Song

--- Billy Sherrill & Norris Wilson (songwriters) for "A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich

Folk

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording

--- Doc Watson & Merle Watson for ''Two Days in November''

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance

--- The Oak Ridge Boys for "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor"

Best Soul Gospel Performance

--- James Cleveland for ''In the Ghetto'' performed by James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir

Best Inspirational Performance (non-classical)

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

Jazz

Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist

--- Charlie Parker for ''First Recordings!''

Best Jazz Performance By A Group

--- Joe Pass , Niels Pedersen & Oscar Peterson for ''The Trio''

Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band

--- Woody Herman for ''Thundering Herd''

Musical Show

Best Score From The Original Cast Show Album

--- Robert Brittan , Judd Woldin (composers), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast ( Virginia Capers , Joe Morton , Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin) for ''Raisin''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package

--- Christopher Whorf & Ed Thrasher (art directors) for ''Come and Gone'' performed by Mason Proffit

Best Album Notes

--- Charles R. Townsend (notes writer) for ''For the Last Time'' performed by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

--- Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for ''The Hawk Flies'' performed by Coleman Hawkins

Best Album Notes - Classical

---/ Willy Mattes

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

--- Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

--- Stevie Wonder for ''Fulfillingness' First Finale''

Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus

--- Paul McCartney & Wings for "Band on the Run"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

--- Marvin Hamlisch for "The Entertainer"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

--- Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for ''Band on the Run'' performed by Paul McCartney & Wings

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

--- Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Berlioz : Symphonie Fantastique''

Best Producer Of The Year

--- Thom Bell

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

--- Aretha Franklin for "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

--- Stevie Wonder for "Boogie on Reggae Woman"

Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus

--- Rufus for "Tell Me Something Good"

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

--- MFSB for "The Sound of Philadelphia"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Living for the City"

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Recording

--- Peter Cook & Dudley Moore for ''Good Evening''

EXTERNAL LINKS

17th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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