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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Daryl Dragon (producer) & Captain & Tennille for "Love Will Keep Us Together"

Album Of The Year

--- Phil Ramone (producer) & Paul Simon (producer & artist) for ''Still Crazy After All These Years''

Song Of The Year

--- Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) for "Send In the Clowns" performed by Judy Collins

Best New Artist

--- Natalie Cole

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- Richard Burton for ''The Little Prince''

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

--- (Complete Ballet)''

Best Classical Vocal Performance

--- Janet Baker for '' Mahler : Kindertotenlieder''

Best Opera Recording

--- Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Richard Van Allan , Janet Baker , Montserrat Caballe , Ileana Contrubas , Vladimiro Ganzarolli , Nicolai Gedda & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for '' Mozart : Cosi Fan Tutte''

Best Choral Performance, Classical (other Than Opera)

--- Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director) the Cleveland Boys Choir & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for '' Orff : Carmina Burana''

Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (with Orchestra)

---: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra''

Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (without Orchestra)

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Best Chamber Music Performance

--- Pierre Fournier , Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for '' Schubert : Trios Nos. 1 in B Flat, Op. 99 and 2 in E Flat, Op. 100 (Piano Trios)''

Album Of The Year, Classical

--- Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Beethoven : Symphonies (9) Complete''

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording

--- Richard Pryor for ''Is It Something I Said?''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

--- Michel Legrand (composer) for ''Images'' performed by Michel Legrand & Phil Woods

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

--- John Williams (composer) for ''Jaws''

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Pete Clarence Carpenter & Mike Post (arrangers) for "The Rockford Files" performed by Mike Post

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

--- Ray Stevens (arranger) for "Misty"

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

--- Linda Ronstadt for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)"

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

--- Willie Nelson for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"

Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson for "Lover Please"

Best Country Instrumental Performance

--- Chet Atkins for "The Entertainer"

Best Country Song

--- Larry Butler & Chips Moman (songwriters) for "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" performed by B. J. Thomas

Folk

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording

--- Muddy Waters for ''The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album''

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance (other Than Soul Gospel)

--- The Imperials for ''No Shortage''

Best Soul Gospel Performance

--- Andrae Crouch for ''Take Me Back'' performed by Andrae Crouch & The Disciples

Best Inspirational Performance

---The Bill Gaither Trio for ''Jesus, We Just Want to Thank You''

Jazz

Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist

--- Dizzy Gillespie for ''Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie''

Best Jazz Performance By A Group

--- Chick Corea & Return To Forever for ''No Mystery''

Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band

--- Michel Legrand & Phil Woods for ''Images''

Latin

Best Latin Recording

--- Eddie Palmieri for ''Sun of Latin Music''

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album

--- Charlie Smalls (composer), Jerry Wexler (producer) & the original cast with Stephanie Mills & Dee Dee Bridgewater for ''The Wiz''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package

--- Jim Ladwig (art director) for ''Honey'' performed by the Ohio Players

Best Album Notes

--- Pete Hamill (notes writer) for ''Blood on the Tracks'' performed by Bob Dylan

Best Album Notes - Classical

--- Gunther Schuller (notes writer) for ''Footlifters'' performed by Gunther Schuller

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

--- Janis Ian for "At Seventeen"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

--- Paul Simon for ''Still Crazy After All These Years''

Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus

--- The Eagles for "Lyin' Eyes"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

--- Van McCoy for "The Hustle"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

--- Brooks Arthur , Larry Alexander & Russ Payne (engineers) for ''Between the Lines'' performed by Janis Ian

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

--- Edward (Bud) T. Graham , Milton Cherin , Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & the New York Philharmonic for '' Ravel : Daphnis et Chloe (Complete Ballet)''

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

--- Arif Mardin

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

--- Natalie Cole for "This Will Be"

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

--- Ray Charles for "Living for the City"

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

--- Earth, Wind & Fire for "Shining Star"

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

--- Silver Convention for "Fly, Robin, Fly"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Harry Wayne Casey , Willie Clarke , Richard Finch & Betty Wright (songwriters) for "Where Is the Love" performed by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Recording

--- James Whitmore for ''Give 'Em Hell Harry''

EXTERNAL LINKS

The 18th Grammy Awards , at the Internet Movie Database

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