Grammy Awards of 1975

Infobox Grammy Awards
name = 17th


imagesize = 125px
date = March 1st
venue =
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network = CBS
next = 1976
last = 1974The 17th 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:

*Record of the Year
**John Farrar (producer) & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"

*Album of the Year
**Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for "Fulfillingness' First Finale"

*Song of the Year
**Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand

*Best New Artist
**Marvin Hamlisch

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell for "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too"

Classical

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

Comedy

*Best Comedy Recording
**Richard Pryor for "That Nigger's Crazy"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Composition
**Mike Oldfield (composer) for "Tubular Bells - Theme From "The Exorcist"
*Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
**Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand
*Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Patrick Williams (arranger) for "Threshold"
*Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists
**Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott (arrangers) for "Down to You" performed by Joni Mitchell

Country

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

Folk

*Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
**Doc Watson & Merle Watson for "Two Days in November"

Gospel

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

Jazz

*Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
**Charlie Parker for "First Recordings!"
*Best Jazz Performance by a Group
**Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Oscar Peterson for "The Trio"
*Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
**Woody Herman for "Thundering Herd"

Musical Show

*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, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin) for "Raisin"

Packaging and Notes

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

Pop

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

Production and engineering

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

R&B

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

poken

*Best Spoken Word Recording
**Peter Cook & Dudley Moore for "Good Evening"

External links

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0386261/ 17th Grammy Awards] at the Internet Movie Database

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