The 14th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 14, 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States by ABC; the following year, they would move the telecasts to CBS, where they remain to this date. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1971.

Award winners

General field

* Record of the Year ** Lou Adler (producer) &

Carole King Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at 1650 Broadway and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one ...

for " It's Too Late" *

Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to: Awards * ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia * Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK * Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US * Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA * Lati ...

** Lou Adler (producer) &

for ''

Tapestry Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike most woven textiles, where both the warp and the weft threads ma ...

'' * Song of the Year **

(songwriter) for "

You've Got a Friend "You've Got a Friend" is a 1971 song written by American singer, songwriter, and musician Carole King. It was first recorded by King and included on her second studio album, '' Tapestry'' (1971). Another well-known version is by James Taylor ...

" * 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 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) was founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891. The ensemble makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival. The music director is Riccardo Muti, who began his tenu ...

for '' Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D '' * Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance ** Leontyne Price for ''Leontyne Price Sings

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

'' *

Best Opera Recording The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording has been awarded since 1961. The award was originally titled Best Classical Opera Production. The current title has been used since 1962. Prior to 1961 the awards for operatic and choral performances were ...

Richard Mohr Richard Mohr (June 13, 1919 in Springfield, Ohio – November 23, 2002 in West Milford, New Jersey) was one of RCA Victor’s most prominent producers of classical and operatic music recordings from 1943 through 1977. His producing credits incl ...

(producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Grace Bumbry,

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French ...

Sherrill Milnes Sherrill Milnes (born January 10, 1935) is an American dramatic baritone most famous for his Verdi roles. From 1965 until 1997 he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera. His voice is a high dramatic baritone, combining good legato with an in ...

, Leontyne Price, Ruggero Raimondi, the John Aldis Choir & the

London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...

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) **

André Previn André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved ...

(conductor), Julian Bream & the

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 Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by man ...

**The Juilliard String Quartet for ''

Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most infl ...

: Quartet in G Minor/ Ravel: Quartet in F'' * Album of the Year, Classical **

Thomas Frost Thomas Frost (born March 7, 1925) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning classical music producer, who won many of his awards for producing the albums of Vladimir Horowitz. Frost is the father of producer David Frost."Like Father, Like Son", ''Billbo ...

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

Comedy

* Best Comedy Recording **

Lily Tomlin Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. She started her career as a stand-up comedian as well as performing off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was on the varie ...

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 Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

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

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West Dorothy Marie Marsh West (October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends ...

** Sammi Smith for " Help Me Make It Through the Night" * Best Country Vocal Performance, Male **

Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Guitar Man", "U.S. Male", " A Thi ...

for "

When You're Hot, You're Hot "When You're Hot, You're Hot" is a 1971 crossover single written and recorded by Jerry Reed. The song was his most successful on the country chart, peaking at number one for five weeks. "When You're Hot, You're Hot" was also Jerry Reed's second ...

" * Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ** Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty for "

After the Fire Is Gone "After the Fire Is Gone" is a song written by L. E. White, and recorded by American country music artists Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty as a duet. It was released in January 1971 as the only single from the LP ''We Only Make Believe''. "After the ...

" * 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 McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post- war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicag ...

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 Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams (born October 13, 1938), known professionally as Shirley Caesar, is an American gospel singer whose career has spanned seven decades. She has won 11 Grammys in addition to Dove Awards and Stellar Awards; Caesar is k ...

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 William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...

for ''The Bill Evans Album'' performed by the Bill Evans Trio * Best Jazz Performance by a Group **

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 The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album has been awarded since 1959. The award is generally given to the album producer, principal vocalist(s), and the composer and lyricist if they have written a new score which comprises 51% or more pla ...

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

Packaging and notes

* Best Album Cover ** Dean O. Torrence (art director) &

Gene Brownell In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''birth'' or ''gender'') can have several different meanings. The Mendelian gene is a ba ...

(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 **

for ''

'' *

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male The Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a male in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. It was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season. The award wen ...

James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-sell ...

for "

" * 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 Vittorio Negri (October 16, 1923 - April 9, 1998) was an Italian conductor, record producer, and musicologist. Negri was born in Milan. He initially studied at the Milan Conservatory, then at the Salzburg Mozarteum, where he became assistant co ...

(engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the

for '' Berlioz: Requiem''

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (previously called Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female) was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Award ...

Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in '' Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Wit ...

for " Bridge Over Troubled Water" * Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male **

Lou Rawls Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American record producer, singer, composer and actor. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his s ...

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 The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes: * In 1959 the award was known as Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word * From 1960 to 1961 it was awarded as Best Perform ...

** Les Crane for

Desiderata "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired") is an early 1920s prose poem by the American writer Max Ehrmann. Although he copyrighted it in 1927, he distributed copies of it without a required copyright notice during 1933 and , thereby forfeiting his ...

References

External links

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