Grammy Awards of 1976

Infobox Grammy Awards
name = 18th


imagesize = 125px
date = February 28th
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network = CBS
next = 1977
last = 1975

The 18th Grammy Awards were held February 28, 1976, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1975.

Award winners:

*Record of the Year
**Daryl Dragon (producer) & Captain & Tennille for "Love Will Keep Us Together"

*Album of the Year
**Phil Ramone (producer) & Paul Simon (producer & artist) for "Still Crazy After All These Years"

*Song of the Year
**Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) for "Send In the Clowns" performed by Judy Collins

*Best New Artist
**Natalie Cole

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Richard Burton for "The Little Prince"

Classical

*Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
**Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & the New York Philharmonic for "Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet)"
*Best Classical Vocal Performance
**Janet Baker for "Mahler: Kindertotenlieder"
*Best Opera Recording
**Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Richard van Allan, Janet Baker, Montserrat Caballe, Ileana Contrubas, Vladimiro Ganzarolli, Nicolai Gedda & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for "Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte"
*Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
**Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director) the Cleveland Boys Choir & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for "Orff: Carmina Burana"
*Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
**Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor), Alicia de Larrocha & the London Philharmonic for "Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand and Concerto for Piano in G/Fauré: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra"
*Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
**Nathan Milstein for "Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Unaccompanied"
*Best Chamber Music Performance
**Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for "Schubert: Trios Nos. 1 in B Flat, Op. 99 and 2 in E Flat, Op. 100 (Piano Trios)"
*Album of the Year, Classical
**Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for "Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete"

Comedy

*Best Comedy Recording
**Richard Pryor for "Is It Something I Said?"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Composition
**Michel Legrand (composer) for "Images" performed by Michel Legrand & Phil Woods
*Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
**John Williams (composer) for "Jaws"
*Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Pete Carpenter & Mike Post (arrangers) for "The Rockford Files" performed by Mike Post
*Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
**Ray Stevens (arranger) for "Misty"

Country

*Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
**Linda Ronstadt for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)"
*Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
**Willie Nelson for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
*Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
**Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson for "Lover Please"
*Best Country Instrumental Performance
**Chet Atkins for "The Entertainer"
*Best Country Song
**Larry Butler & Chips Moman (songwriters) for "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" performed by B. J. Thomas

Folk

*Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
**Muddy Waters for "The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album"

Gospel

*Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)
**The Imperials for "No Shortage"
*Best Soul Gospel Performance
**Andrae Crouch for "Take Me Back" performed by Andrae Crouch & the Disciples
*Best Inspirational Performance
**The Bill Gaither Trio for "Jesus, We Just Want to Thank You"

Jazz

*Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
**Dizzy Gillespie for "Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie"
*Best Jazz Performance by a Group
**Chick Corea & Return to Forever for "No Mystery"
*Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
**Michel Legrand & Phil Woods for "Images"

Latin

*Best Latin Recording
**Eddie Palmieri for "Sun of Latin Music"

Musical Show

*Best Cast Show Album
**Charlie Smalls (composer), Jerry Wexler (producer) & the original cast with Stephanie Mills & Dee Dee Bridgewater for "The Wiz"

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Package
**Jim Ladwig (art director) for "Honey" performed by the Ohio Players
*Best Album Notes
**Pete Hamill (notes writer) for "Blood on the Tracks" performed by Bob Dylan
*Best Album Notes - Classical
**Gunther Schuller (notes writer) for "Footlifters" performed by Gunther Schuller

Pop

*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
**Janis Ian for "At Seventeen"
*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
**Paul Simon for "Still Crazy After All These Years"
*Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
**The Eagles for "Lyin' Eyes"
*Best Pop Instrumental Performance
**Van McCoy for "The Hustle"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
**Brooks Arthur, Larry Alexander & Russ Payne (engineers) for "Between the Lines" performed by Janis Ian
*Best Engineered Recording, Classical
**Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & the New York Philharmonic for "Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (Complete Ballet)"
*Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
**Arif Mardin

R&B

*Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
**Natalie Cole for "This Will Be"
*Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
**Ray Charles for "Living for the City"
*Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
**Earth, Wind & Fire for "Shining Star"
*Best R&B Instrumental Performance
**Silver Convention for "Fly, Robin, Fly"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Song
**Harry Wayne Casey, Willie Clarke, Richard Finch & Betty Wright (songwriters) for "Where Is the Love" performed by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

poken

*Best Spoken Word Recording
**James Whitmore for "Give 'Em Hell Harry"

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Grammy_Awards/1976 The 18th Grammy Awards] , at the Internet Movie Database

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