Grammy Awards of 1972

Infobox Grammy Awards
name = 14th Annual Grammy Awards


imagesize = 125px
date = March 15
venue =
host =
network = ABC
next = 1973
last = 1971

The 14th Grammy Awards were held March 15, 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States by ABC; the following year, they would move the telecasts to CBS, where they remain to this date. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1971.

Award winners:

* Record of the Year
**Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for "It's Too Late"

* Album of the Year
**Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for "Tapestry"

* Song of the Year
**Carole King (songwriter) for "You've Got a Friend"

* Best New Artist
**Carly Simon

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Bill Cosby for "Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs"

Classical

*Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
**Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for "Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D "
*Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
**Leontyne Price for "Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann"
*Best Opera Recording
**Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Grace Bumbry, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Ruggero Raimondi, the John Aldis Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for "Verdi: Aida"
*Best Choral Performance, Classical
**Colin Davis (conductor), Russell Burgess, Arthur Oldham (choir directors) the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for "Berlioz: Requiem"
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
**Andre Previn (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for "Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar"
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
**Vladimir Horowitz for "Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)"
*Best Chamber Music Performance
**The Juilliard String Quartet for "Debussy: Quartet in G Minor/Ravel: Quartet in F"
* Album of the Year, Classical
**Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for "Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)"

Comedy

*Best Comedy Recording
**Lily Tomlin for "This Is a Recording"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Composition
**Michel LeGrand (composer) for "Theme From "Summer of '42"
*Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
**Isaac Hayes (composer) for "Shaft"
*Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen (arrangers) for "Theme From "Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
*Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
**Paul McCartney (arranger) for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" performed by Paul & Linda McCartney

Country

*Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
**Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
*Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
**Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
*Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
**Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty for "After the Fire Is Gone"
*Best Country Instrumental Performance
**Chet Atkins for "Snowbird"
*Best Country Song
**Kris Kristofferson (songwriter) for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Sammi Smith

Folk

*Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
**Muddy Waters for "They Call Me Muddy Waters"

Gospel

*Best Gospel Performance(other than soul gospel)
**Charley Pride for "Let Me Live"
*Best Soul Gospel Performance
**Shirley Caesar for "Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man From Galilee"
*Best Sacred Performance
**Charley Pride for "Did You Think to Pray"

Jazz

*Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
**Bill Evans for "The Bill Evans Album" performed by the Bill Evans Trio
*Best Jazz Performance by a Group
**Bill Evans for "The Bill Evans Album" performed by the Bill Evans Trio
*Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
**Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite"

Musical Show

*Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
**Stephen Schwartz (composer & producer) & the original cast for "Godspell"

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Cover
**Dean O. Torrence (art director) & Gene Brownell (photographer) for "Pollution" performed by Pollution
*Best Album Notes
**Sam Samudio (notes writer) for "Sam, Hard and Heavy" performed by Sam Samudio

Pop

*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
**Carole King for "Tapestry"
*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
**James Taylor for "You've Got a Friend"
* Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
** The Carpenters for "Carpenters"
*Best Pop Instrumental Performance
**Quincy Jones for "Smackwater Jack"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
**Henry Bush, Ron Capone & Dave Purple (engineers) for "Theme From "Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
*Best Classical Engineered Recording
**Vittorio Negri (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for "Berlioz: Requiem"

R&B

*Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
**Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
*Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
**Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man"
*Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group
**Ike & Tina Turner for "Proud Mary"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Song
**Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine"

poken

*Best Spoken Word Recording
**Les Crane for "Desiderata"

External links

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0387002/ 14th Grammy Awards] at the Internet Movie Database

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