Grammy Awards of 1968

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The 10th Grammy Awards were held February 29th, 1968. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1967.

Award winners:

*Record of the Year
**Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"

*Album of the Year
**George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

*Song of the Year
**Jimmy L. Webb (songwriter) for "Up, Up and Away" performed by 5th Dimension

*Best New Artist
**Bobbie Gentry

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Boris Karloff for "Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

Classical

*Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
**Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for "Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka Suites"
*Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
**Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price, & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for "Prima Donna, Volume 2"
*Best Opera Recording
**Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl & the Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus for "Berg: Wozzeck"
*Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
**Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for "Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)"
**Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra for "Orff: Catulli Carmina"
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
**Vladimir Horowitz for "Horowitz in Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin)"
*Best Chamber Music Performance
**Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin for "West Meets East"
* Album of the Year, Classical
**John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra for "Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)"
**Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, Choeur Nationale de Paris & the Orchestra of Paris National Opera for "Berg: Wozzeck"

Comedy

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

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Theme
**Lalo Schifrin (composer) for "Mission: Impossible"
*Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Show
**Lalo Schifrin (composer) for "Mission: Impossible"
*Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Burt Bacharach (arranger) for "Alfie"
*Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement
**Jimmie Haskell (arranger) for "Ode to Billie Joe" performed by Bobbie Gentry

Country

*Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female
**Tammy Wynette for "I Don't Wanna Play House"
*Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male
**Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
*Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio or Group (Vocal or Instrumental)
**Johnny Cash & June Carter for "Jackson"
*Best Country & Western Recording
**Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
*Best Country & Western Song
**John Hartford (songwriter) for "Gentle on My Mind" performed by Glen Campbell

Folk

*Best Folk Performance
**John Hartford for Gentle On My Mind

Gospel

*Best Gospel Performance
**Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers Quartet for "More Grand Old Gospel"
*Best Sacred Performance
**Elvis Presley for "How Great Thou Art"

Jazz

*Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
**Cannonball Adderley "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" performed by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet
*Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
**Duke Ellington for "Far East Suite"

Musical Show

*Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
**Fred Ebb, John Kander (composers), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast (Joel Grey, Jill Haworth, Lotte Lenya, Jack Gilford & Bert Convy) for "Cabaret"

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
**Jann Haworth & Peter Blake (art directors) for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" performed by The Beatles
*Best Album Cover, Photography
**Robert Cato & John Berg (art directors) & Roland Scherman (photographer) for "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" performed by Bob Dylan
*Best Album Notes
**John D. Loudermilk (notes writer) for "Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse" performed by John D. Loudermilk

Pop

*Best Vocal Performance, Female
**Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"
*Best Vocal Performance, Male
**Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
*Best Performance by a Vocal Group
**5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
*Best Performance by a Chorus
**Johnny Mann for "Up, Up and Away" performed by the Johnny Mann Singers
*Best Instrumental Performance
**Chet Atkins for "Chet Atkins Picks the Best"
*Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance
**Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"
*Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance
**Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
*Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental)
**5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
*Best Contemporary Single
**Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
*Best Contemporary Album
**George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
**Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" performed by The Beatles
*Best Engineered Recording, Classical
**Edward T. Graham (engineer) & the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for "The Glorious Sound of Brass"

R&B

*Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Female
**Aretha Franklin for "Respect"
*Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male
**Lou Rawls for "Dead End Street"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
**Sam & Dave for "Soul Man"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
**Aretha Franklin for "Respect"

poken

*Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
**Everett M. Dirksen for "Gallant Men"

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