Grammy Awards of 1970

The 12th Grammy Awards were held in 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969.

Record of the Year
- Bones Howe (producer) & 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In"
Album of the Year
- James William Guercio (producer) & Blood, Sweat & Tears for Blood, Sweat & Tears''
Song of the Year
- Joe South for "Games People Play"
Best New Artist
- Crosby, Stills And Nash

Childrens

Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken
- Peter, Paul and Mary for Peter, Paul And Mommy

Classical

Best Classical Album
- Rachel Elkind (producer) & Walter Carlos for Switched-On-Bach
Best Classical Orchestral Performance
- Pierre Boulez & the Cleveland Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"
Best Opera Recording
- Otto Gerdes (producer), Herbert von Karajan, Helga Dernesch, Jess Thomas, Thomas Stolze, & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Siegfried conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Best Choral Performance, Classical
- Luciano Berio, Ward Swingle, the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Berio: Sinfonia conducted by Luciano Berio, choir directed by Ward Swingle
Best Classical Music Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With or Without Orchestra)
- Walter Carlos for Switched-On-Bach
Best Chamber Music Performance, Vocal
- The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music Of Gabrieli
Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Leontyne Price, Thomas Schippers & the New Philharmonia for Barber: Two Scenes From Antony And Cleopatra/Knoxville, Summer Of 1915

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
- Fred Lipsius (arranger) for "Spinning Wheel" performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears
Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Show
- Burt Bacharach for Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Henry Mancini for "Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet"
Best Instrumental Theme
- John Barry for "Midnight Cowboy"

Country

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- Tammy Wynette for "Stand By Your Man"
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Johnny Cash for "A Boy Named Sue"
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for "MacArthur Park"
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis for The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
Best Country Song
- Shel Silverstein (songwriter) for "A Boy Named Sue" performed by Johnny Cash

Folk

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance
- Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for "In Gospel Country"
Best Soul Gospel Performance
- Edwin Hawkins for Oh Happy Day performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
Best Sacred Performance
- Jake Hess for "Ain't That Beautiful Singing"

Jazz

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
- Wes Montgomery for Willow Weep For Me
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
- Quincy Jones for "Walking In Space"

Musical Show

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album
- Burt Bacharach, Hal David (composers), Henry Jerome, Phil Ramone (producers) and the original cast for Promises, Promises

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover
- David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) for America The Beautiful performed by Gary McFarland
Best Album Notes
- Johnny Cash (notes writer) for Nashville Skyline performed by Bob Dylan

Pop

Best Contemporary Song
- Joe South for "Games People Play"
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
- Harry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin' "
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
- Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is"
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group
- 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In"
Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus
- Percy Faith for "Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet" performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus

Artist Performing Work

Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
- Blood, Sweat & Tears for "Variations On A Theme By Eric Satie"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Geoff E. Emerick & Philip McDonald (engineers) for Abbey Road performed by The Beatles
Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Walter Carlos for Switched-on Bach

R&B

Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- King Curtis for "Games People Play"
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Aretha Franklin for "Share Your Love With Me"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- Joe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind"
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Isley Brothers for "It's Your Thing"
Best R&B Song
- Richard Spencer (songwriter) for "Color Him Father" performed by The Winstons

Spoken

Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
- Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter for We Love You Call Collect

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