Grammy Awards of 1974

The 16th Grammy Awards were held in 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1973.

• Record of the Year
  • Joel Dorn (producer) & Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song" performed by Roberta Flack

• Album of the Year
  • Stevie Wonder for Innervisions

• Song of the Year
  • Norman Gimbel (songwriter) for "Killing Me Softly With His Song" performed by Roberta Flack

• Best New Artist
  • Bette Midler

Children's

• Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken
  • Joe Raposo (producer) for Sesame Street Live performed by the Sesame Street Cast

Classical

• Best Classical Album
  • New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance
  • New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez
• Best Opera Recording
  • Manhattan Opera Chorus and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for Bizet: Carmen conducted by Leonard Bernstein
• Best Choral Performance, Classical
  • London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Walton: Belshazzer's Feast conducted by Andre Previn
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy for Beethoven: Concerti (5) For Piano And Orchestra
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Scriabin: Horowitz Plays Scriabin
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Gunther Schuller for Joplin: The Red Back Book performed by the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther Schuller
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Leontyne Price for Puccini: Heroines

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
  • Cheech and Chong for Los Cochinos

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)
  • Gato Barbieri (composer) for "Last Tango In Paris" performed by Various Artists
• Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Neil Diamond (composer) for Jonathan Livingston Seagull performed by Various Artists
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Quincy Jones for "Summer In The City"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • George Martin (arranger) for "Live And Let Die" performed by Paul McCartney & Wings

Country

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

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
  • 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 Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • Art Tatum for God Is In The House
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
  • Supersax for Supersax Plays Bird
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • Woody Herman for Giant Steps
• Best Latin Jazz Performance

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album
  • Stephen Sondheim (composer) & Goddard Lieberson (producer) for A Little Night Music performed by Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, Hermoine Gingold, Victoria Mallory, Patricia Elliott & Teri Ralston

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
  • Wilkes & Braun Inc (art director) for Tommy 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 for Hindemith: Sonatas For Piano (Complete)

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Stevie Wonder for "You Are The Sunshine of My Life"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • 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 (2001)"

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) for Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez

R&B

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Aretha Franklin for "Master Of Eyes"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Stevie Wonder for "Superstition"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Midnight Train To Georgia"
• Best R&B Song
  • Stevie Wonder for "Superstition"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • Ramsey Lewis for "Hang On Sloopy"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • Richard Harris for Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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