Grammy Awards of 1967

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The 9th Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1967. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1966.

Award winners:

*Record of the Year
**Jimmy Bowen (producer) & Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night"

*Album of the Year
**Sonny Burke (producer) & Frank Sinatra for "A Man and His Music"

*Song of the Year
**John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) for "Michelle" performed by The Beatles

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Marvin Miller for "Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran the Zoo" and "Sleep Book" "

Classical

*Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
**Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for "Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor"
*Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)
**Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for "Prima Donna (Works of Barber, Purcell, etc.)"
*Best Opera Recording
**Georg Solti (conductor), Regine Crespin, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for "Wagner: Die Walkure"
*Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
**Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for "Handel: Messiah"
**George Bragg (conductor), Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers, the Ithaca College Concert Choir, the Texas Boys Choir & the Columbia Chamber Orchestra for "Ives: Music for Chorus"
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
**Julian Bream for "Baroque Guitar (Works of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, etc.)"
*Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
**Boston Symphony Chamber Players for "Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston"
*Album of the Year - Classical
**Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for "Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor"

Comedy

*Best Comedy Performance
**Bill Cosby for "Wonderfulness"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Theme
**Neal Hefti (composer) for "Batman" Theme"
*Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
**Maurice Jarre (composer) for "Dr. Zhivago"
*Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Herb Alpert (arranger) for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
*Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
**Ernie Freeman (arranger) for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra

Country

*Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
**Jeannie Seely for "Don't Touch Me"
*Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male
**David Houston (singer) for "Almost Persuaded"
*Best Country & Western Recording
**David Houston (singer) for "Almost Persuaded"
*Best Country & Western Song
**Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton (songwriters) for "Almost Persuaded" performed by David Houston (singer)

Folk

*Best Folk Recording
**Cortelia Clark for "Blues in the Street"

Gospel

*Best Sacred Recording (Musical)
**Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for "Grand Old Gospel"

Jazz

*Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Group or Soloist with Group
**Wes Montgomery for "Goin' Out of My Head"
*Best Original Jazz Composition
**Duke Ellington for "In the Beginning God"

Musical Show

*Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
**Jerry Herman (composer) & the original cast (Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Jane Connell, Charles Braswell, Jerry Lanning & Frankie Michaels ) for "Mame"

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
**Klaus Voormann (graphic artist) for "Revolver" performed by The Beatles
*Best Album Cover, Photography
**Robert M. Jones (art director) & Les Leverette (photographer) for "Confessions of a Broken Man" performed by Porter Wagoner
*Best Album Notes
**Stan Cornyn (notes writer) for "Sinatra at the Sands" performed by Frank Sinatra

Pop

*Best Vocal Performance, Female
**Eydie Gorme for "If He Walked Into My Life"
*Best Vocal Performance, Male
**Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night"
*Best Performance by a Vocal Group
**Anita Kerr for "A Man and a Woman" performed by the Anita Kerr Singers
*Best Performance by a Chorus
**Ray Conniff (choir director) for "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From "Dr. Zhivago")" performed by the Ray Conniff Singers
*Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz)
**Herb Alpert for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
*Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
**Paul McCartney for "Eleanor Rigby"
*Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
**The Mamas & the Papas for "Monday, Monday"
*Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording
**New Vaudeville Band for "Winchester Cathedral"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
**Eddie Brackett & Lee Herschberg (engineers) for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra
*Best Engineered Recording - Classical
**Anthony Salvatore (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for "Wagner: Lohengrin"

R&B

*Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female
**Ray Charles for "Crying Time"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
**Ramsey Lewis for "Hold It Right There"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
**Ray Charles for "Crying Time"

poken

*Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
**Edward R. Murrow for "Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I The War Years"

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