12th Annual Grammy Awards
1970 music award ceremony
- Ambassador West Hotel
Chicago - Century Plaza Hotel
Los Angeles - Municipal Auditorium
Nashville - Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center, New York - American Motor Hotel
Atlanta
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The 12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969.[1][2]
Award winners
- Record of the Year
- Bones Howe (producer) & The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
- Album of the Year
- James William Guercio (producer) & Blood, Sweat & Tears for Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Song of the Year
- Joe South for "Games People Play"
- Best New Artist
Children's
Classical
- Best Classical Performance, Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"
- Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical
- Thomas Schippers (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia for Barber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915
- Best Opera Recording
- Otto Gerdes (producer), Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Siegfried
- Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
- Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Berio: Sinfonia
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli
- Album of the Year, Classical
- Rachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach
Comedy
- Best Comedy Recording
- Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby, aka Sports.
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Theme
- John Barry (composer) for Midnight Cowboy
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
- Burt Bacharach (composer) for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- Fred Lipsius (arranger) for "Spinning Wheel" performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears
Country
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Tammy Wynette for Stand By Your Man
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
- Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for MacArthur Park
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis for The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
- Best Country Song
- Shel Silverstein (songwriter) for A Boy Named Sue performed by Johnny Cash
Folk
- Best Folk Performance
- Joni Mitchell for Clouds
Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance
- Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for In Gospel Country
- Best Soul Gospel Performance
- Edwin Hawkins for Oh Happy Day performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
- Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical)
- Jake Hess for Ain't That Beautiful Singing
Jazz
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
- Wes Montgomery for Willow Weep for Me
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
- Quincy Jones for Walking in Space
Musical show
- 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
- Best Album Cover
- David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) for America the Beautiful performed by Gary McFarland
- Best Album Notes
- Johnny Cash (notes writer) for Nashville Skyline performed by Bob Dylan
Pop
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group
- Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus
- Percy Faith for "Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus
- Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
- Blood, Sweat & Tears for "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie"
- Best Contemporary Song
- Joe South for "Games People Play"
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Geoff E. Emerick & Phil McDonald (engineers) for Abbey Road performed by The Beatles
- Best Engineered Recording, Classical
- Wendy Carlos (engineer & artist) for Switched-On Bach
R&B
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- Joe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- King Curtis for "Games People Play"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Richard Spencer (songwriter) for "Color Him Father" performed by The Winstons
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter for We Love You Call Collect
References
- ^ Campbell, Mary (12 March 1970). "Rock Group, Machine, Pop Song Top Grammy Winners". Waycross Journal-Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "1969 GRAMMY Winners | 12th Annual GRAMMY Awards". The Recording Academy. 1970-03-11. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
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