1975 Grammy Awards
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The 17th Annual Grammy Awards were presented March 1, 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1974.


Award winners

*Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year **John Farrar (producer) & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You" (award presented by John Lennon and Paul Simon and accepted by Art Garfunkel) *Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year **Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for ''Fulfillingness' First Finale'' *Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year **Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) for "The Way We Were (song), The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand *Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist **Marvin Hamlisch


Children's

*Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, Best Recording for Children **Sebastian Cabot (actor), Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell for ''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too''


Classical

*Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance, Best Classical Performance - Orchestra **Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for ''Hector Berlioz, Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance, Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance **Leontyne Price for ''Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss'' *Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Best Opera Recording **Richard Mohr (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi & the London Philharmonic for ''Giacomo Puccini, Puccini: La Bohème'' *Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) **Colin Davis (conductor) the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for ''Hector Berlioz, Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust'' * Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra), Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) **Maxim Shostakovich (conductor), David Oistrakh & the Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia for ''Dmitri Shostakovich, Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1'' *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra), Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) **Alicia de Larrocha for ''Isaac Albéniz, Albéniz: Iberia'' *Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Best Chamber Music Performance **Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for ''Johannes Brahms, Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Robert Schumann, Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Album, Album of the Year, Classical **David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for ''Hector Berlioz, Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique''


Comedy

*Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Best Comedy Recording **Richard Pryor for ''That Nigger's Crazy''


Composing and arranging

*Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Composition **Mike Oldfield (composer) for "Tubular Bells - Theme From ''The Exorcist (film), The Exorcist''" *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 **Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for ''The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording, The Way We Were'' performed by Barbra Streisand *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement, Best Instrumental Arrangement **Patrick Williams (composer), Patrick Williams (arranger) for ''Threshold'' *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists **Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott (saxophonist), Tom Scott (arrangers) for "Down to You (song), Down to You" performed by Joni Mitchell


Country

*Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Vocal Performance, Female **Anne Murray for ''Love Song (Anne Murray album), Love Song'' *Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Vocal Performance, Male **Ronnie Milsap for "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" *Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group **The Pointer Sisters for "Fairytale" *Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, Best Country Instrumental Performance **Chet Atkins & Merle Travis for ''The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show'' *Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Best Country Song **Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson (songwriters) for "A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich


Folk

*Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording **Doc Watson & Merle Watson for ''Two Days in November''


Gospel

*Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Best Gospel Performance **The Oak Ridge Boys for "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor" *Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Best Soul Gospel Performance **James Cleveland for ''In the Ghetto'' performed by James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir *Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance, Best Inspirational Performance (non-classical) **Elvis Presley for ''How Great Thou Art (Elvis Presley album), How Great Thou Art''


Jazz

*Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist **Charlie Parker for ''First Recordings!'' *Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group, Best Jazz Performance by a Group **Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Oscar Peterson for ''The Trio'' *Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band **Woody Herman for ''Thundering Herd''


Musical show

*Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, 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, Debbie Allen, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin) for ''Raisin (musical), Raisin''


Packaging and notes

*Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, Best Album Package **Christopher Whorf & Ed Thrasher (art directors) for ''Come and Gone'' performed by Mason Proffit *Grammy Award for Best Album Notes, 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 *Grammy Award for Best Album Notes - Classical, Best Album Notes - Classical **Angus Scrimm (as Rory Guy) (notes writer) for ''Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold'' conducted by Ulf Hoelscher/Willy Mattes


Pop

*Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female **Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You" *Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male **Stevie Wonder for ''Fulfillingness' First Finale'' *Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus **Paul McCartney & Wings (band), Wings for "Band on the Run" *Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Pop Instrumental Performance **Marvin Hamlisch for "The Entertainer (rag), The Entertainer"


Production and engineering

*Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical **Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for ''Band on the Run'' performed by Paul McCartney & Wings (band), Wings *Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical, Best Engineered Recording, Classical **Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for ''Hector Berlioz, Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique'' *Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, Best Producer of the Year **Thom Bell


R&B

*Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female **Aretha Franklin for "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" *Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male **Stevie Wonder for "Boogie on Reggae Woman" *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 **Rufus (band), Rufus for "Tell Me Something Good" *Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, Best R&B Instrumental Performance **MFSB for "The Sound of Philadelphia" *Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Best Rhythm & Blues Song **Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Living for the City"


Spoken

*Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Best Spoken Word Recording **Peter Cook & Dudley Moore for ''Good Evening''


References


External links


17th Grammy Awards
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