Grammy Awards of 1974

Infobox Grammy Awards
name = 16th


imagesize = 125px
date = March 2nd
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network = CBS
next = 1975
last = 1973

The 16th 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"

* 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

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

Comedy

*Best Comedy Recording
**Cheech and Chong for "Los Cochinos"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Composition
**Gato Barbieri (composer) for "Last Tango in Paris" performed by various artists
*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
*Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Quincy Jones (arranger) for "Summer in the City"
*Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
**George Martin (arranger) for "Live and Let Die" performed by Paul McCartney & Wings

Country

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

Folk

*Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
**Doc Watson for "Then and Now"

Gospel

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

Jazz

*Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
**Art Tatum for "God Is in the House"
*Best Jazz Performance by a Group
**Supersax for "Supersax Plays Bird"
*Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
**Woody Herman for "Giant Steps"

Musical Show

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

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Package
**Wilkes & Braun (art director) for "Tommy" (rock opera) (1972 orchestral version) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir
*Best Album Notes
**Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for "God Is in the House" performed by Art Tatum
*Best Album Notes - Classical
**Glenn Gould (notes writer) for "Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano (Complete)" performed by Glenn Gould

Pop

*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
**Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
**Stevie Wonder for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
*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)"
*Best Pop Instrumental Performance
**Eumir Deodato for "Also Sprach Zarathustra ()"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
**Malcolm Cecil & Robert Margouleff (engineers) for "Innervisions" performed by Stevie Wonder
*Best Classical Engineered Recording
**Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for "Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra"

R&B

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

poken

*Best Spoken Word Recording
**Richard Harris for "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387803/ The 16th Grammy Awards] , at the Internet Movie Database

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