1974 Grammy Awards

The 16th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1973.

Award winners

* Record of the Year
**Joel Dorn (producer) & Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
* Album of the Year
** Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for ''Innervisions'' (award presented by Cher and Telly Savalas)
* Song of the Year
** Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel (songwriters) for "Killing Me Softly With His Song" performed by Roberta Flack
* Best New Artist
** Bette Midler

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Joe Raposo (producer) for ''Sesame Street Live'' performed by the ''Sesame Street'' cast

Classical

*Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance, Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
**Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for ''Béla Bartók, Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra''
*Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance, Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
**Edward Downes (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra for ''Giacomo Puccini, Puccini: Heroines''
*Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Best Opera Recording
**Tom Mowrey (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, James McCracken 7 the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus for ''Georges Bizet, Bizet: Carmen''
*Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
**André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choirmaster) & the London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for ''William Walton, Walton: Belshazzar's Feast (Walton), Belshazzar's Feast''
* Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra), Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
**Georg Solti (conductor), Vladimir Ashkenazy & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for ''Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven: Concerti (5) for Piano and Orchestra''
*Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra), Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
**Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz Plays Alexander Scriabin, Scriabin''
*Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Best Chamber Music Performance
**Gunther Schuller (conductor) & the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble for ''Scott Joplin, Joplin: The Red Back Book''
*Grammy Award for Best Classical Album, Album of the Year, Classical
**Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for ''Béla Bartók, Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra''

Comedy

*Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Best Comedy Recording
**Cheech and Chong for ''Los Cochinos''

Composing and arranging

*Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Composition
**Gato Barbieri (composer) for "Last Tango in Paris" performed by various artists
*Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
**Neil Diamond (composer) for ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' performed by various artists
*Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement, Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Quincy Jones (arranger) for "Summer in the City"
*Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
**George Martin (arranger) for "Live and Let Die (song), Live and Let Die" performed by Paul McCartney & Wings (band), Wings

Country

*Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
**Olivia Newton-John for "Let Me Be There"
*Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
**Charlie Rich for "Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich song), Behind Closed Doors"
*Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
**Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson for "From the Bottle to the Bottom"
*Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, Best Country Instrumental Performance
**Steve Mandell & Eric Weissberg for "Dueling Banjos"
*Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Best Country Song
**Kenny O'Dell (songwriter) for "Behind Closed Doors" performed by Charlie Rich

Folk

*Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
**Doc Watson for ''Then and Now (Doc Watson album), Then and Now''

Gospel

*Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Best Gospel Performance
**The Blackwood Brothers, Blackwood Brothers for ''Release Me (From My Sin)''
*Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Best Soul Gospel Performance
**Dixie Hummingbirds for "Loves Me Like a Rock"
*Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance, Best Inspirational Performance
**The Bill Gaither Trio for ''Let's Just Praise the Lord''

Jazz

*Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
**Art Tatum for ''God Is in the House''
*Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group, Best Jazz Performance by a Group
**Supersax for ''Supersax Plays Bird''
*Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
**Woody Herman for ''Giant Steps''

Musical show

*Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
**Stephen Sondheim (composer), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast (Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, Hermione Gingold, Victoria Mallory, Patricia Elliott & Teri Ralston) for ''A Little Night Music''

Packaging and notes

*Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, Best Album Package
**Wilkes & Braun (art director; Tom Wilkes and Craig Braun) for Tommy (rock opera), ''Tommy'' (rock opera) (Tommy (London Symphony Orchestra album), 1972 orchestral version) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir
*Grammy Award for Best Album Notes, Best Album Notes
**Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for ''God Is in the House'' performed by Art Tatum
*Grammy Award for Best Album Notes - Classical, Best Album Notes - Classical
**Glenn Gould (notes writer) for ''Paul Hindemith, Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano (Complete)'' performed by Glenn Gould

Pop

*Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
**Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
*Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
** Stevie Wonder for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
*Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
**Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
*Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Pop Instrumental Performance
**Eumir Deodato for "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001), Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 2001: A Space Odyssey)"

Production and engineering

*Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
**Malcolm Cecil & Robert Margouleff (engineers) for ''Innervisions'' performed by Stevie Wonder
*Grammy Award for Best Classical Engineered Recording, Best Classical Engineered Recording
**Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (recording engineer), Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for ''Béla Bartók, Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra''

R&B

*Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
**Aretha Franklin for "Master of Eyes"
*Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
** Stevie Wonder for "Superstition (song), Superstition"
*Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
**Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Midnight Train to Georgia"
*Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, Best R&B Instrumental Performance
**Ramsey Lewis for "Hang On Sloopy"
*Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Best Rhythm & Blues Song
** Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Superstition (song), Superstition"

Spoken

*Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Best Spoken Word Recording
**Richard Harris (actor), Richard Harris for ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull''

References

External links

The 16th Grammy Awards
at the Internet Movie Database

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