The 12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969.

Award winners

Record of the Year The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without reg ...

Bones Howe Dayton Burr "Bones" Howe (born March 18, 1933) is an American record producer and recording engineer who scored a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, often of the sunshine pop genre, starting in 1965 with The Turtles cover of Bob Dylan's "It ...

(producer) &

The 5th Dimension The 5th Dimension is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire includes pop, R&B, soul, jazz, light opera, and Broadway. Formed as the Versatiles in late 1965, the group changed its name to "the 5th Dimension" by 1966. Betwe ...

for " Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" * Album of the Year **

James William Guercio James William Guercio (born July 18, 1945) is an American music producer, musician, songwriter, and director. He is well known for his work as the producer of Chicago's early albums as well as early recordings of The Buckinghams and Blood, Sweat ...

(producer) &

Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is a jazz rock music group founded in New York City in 1967, noted for a combination of brass with rock instrumentation. In addition to original music, the group has performed popular songs by Laura N ...

for ''

'' * Song of the Year **

Joe South Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter; February 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for " Ga ...

for " Games People Play" *

Best New Artist The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. The award was not presented in 1967. The official guidelines are as ...

Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member ...

Children's

Best Recording for Children The Grammy Award for Best Children's Album (from 2020: Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album) is an honor presented since 2012 at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honor ...

**Peter, Paul and Mary for ''Peter, Paul and Mommy''

Classical

*Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance, Best Classical Performance, Orchestra **Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for ''Boulez Conducts Claude Debussy, Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance, Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical **Thomas Schippers (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia for ''Samuel Barber, Barber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915'' *Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Best Opera Recording **Otto Gerdes (producer), Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for ''Richard Wagner, Wagner: Siegfried'' *Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) **Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for ''Berio: Sinfonia (Berio), Sinfonia'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra), Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) **Wendy Carlos for ''Switched-On Bach'' *Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Best Chamber Music Performance ** The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for ''Giovanni Gabrieli, Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Album, Album of the Year, Classical **Rachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos for ''Switched-On Bach''

Comedy

*Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Best Comedy Recording **Bill Cosby for ''Bill Cosby'', aka ''Sports (Bill Cosby album), Sports''.

Composing and arranging

*Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Theme **John Barry (composer), John Barry (composer) for ''Midnight Cowboy'' *Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special **Burt Bacharach (composer) for ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement, Best Instrumental Arrangement **Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) **Fred Lipsius (arranger) for "Spinning Wheel (song), Spinning Wheel" performed by

Country

*Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Vocal Performance, Female **Tammy Wynette for ''Stand By Your Man'' *Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Vocal Performance, Male **Johnny Cash for ''A Boy Named Sue'' *Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group **Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for ''MacArthur Park (song), MacArthur Park'' *Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, Best Country Instrumental Performance **The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis (country musician), Danny Davis for ''The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds'' *Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Best Country Song **Shel Silverstein (songwriter) for ''A Boy Named Sue'' performed by Johnny Cash

Folk

*Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Best Folk Performance **Joni Mitchell for ''Clouds (Joni Mitchell album), Clouds''

Gospel

*Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Best Gospel Performance **Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for ''In Gospel Country'' *Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Best Soul Gospel Performance **Edwin Hawkins for ''Oh Happy Day'' performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers *Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance, Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical) **Jake Hess for ''Ain't That Beautiful Singing''

Jazz

*Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group, Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group **Wes Montgomery for ''Willow Weep for Me'' *Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group **Quincy Jones for ''Walking in Space''

Musical show

*Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, 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

*Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Best Album Cover **David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) for ''America the Beautiful'' performed by Gary McFarland *Grammy Award for Best Album Notes, Best Album Notes **Johnny Cash (notes writer) for ''Nashville Skyline'' performed by Bob Dylan

Pop

*Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female **Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?" *Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male **Harry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'" *Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group **

for " Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" *Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus, Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus **Percy Faith for "Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus *Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance **

for "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie" *Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song, Best Contemporary Song **

for " Games People Play"

Production and engineering

*Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical **Geoff E. Emerick & Phil McDonald (engineers) for ''Abbey Road'' performed by The Beatles *Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical, Best Engineered Recording, Classical ** Wendy Carlos (engineer & artist) for ''Switched-On Bach''

R&B

*Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female **Aretha Franklin for "Share Your Love with Me, Share Your Love With Me" *Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male **Joe Simon (musician), Joe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind" *Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental **Isley Brothers for "It's Your Thing" *Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, Best R&B Instrumental Performance **King Curtis for " Games People Play" *Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Best Rhythm & Blues Song **Richard Lewis Spencer, Richard Spencer (songwriter) for "Color Him Father" performed by The Winstons

Spoken

*Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Best Spoken Word Recording **Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter for ''We Love You Call Collect''

References

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