Grammy Awards for 1976

By Patrick Mondout

The big winner at the 19th annual Grammy Awards was Stevie Wonder. For an unprecedented third time in four years, he won Album of the Year. The ancient academy voters gave the Best New Artist award to the one-hit wonders Starland Vocal Band instead of Boston. While Barry Manilow was nominated for Record of the Year for I Write the Songs, it was the song's actual writer, Bruce Johnson, who won for Song of the Year.

Note: All nominees are listed and denotes the Grammy winner(s).

Record of the Year
	"Afternoon Delight" - The Starland Vocal Band
	"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
	"I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow
	"If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
	"This Masquerade" - George Benson

Song of the Year
	"Afternoon Delight" - Bill Danoff
	"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" - Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
	"I Write the Songs" - Bruce Johnson
	"This Masquerade" - Leon Russell
	"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot

Album of the Year
	Breezin' - George Benson
	Chicago X - Chicago
	Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
	Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
	Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

New Artist
	Boston
	Dr. Buzzard's Original "Savannah" Band
	The Brothers Johnson
	The Starland Vocal Band
	Wild Cherry

Pop Male Vocalist
	George Benson - "This Masquerade"
	Gordon Lightfoot - "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
	Lou Rawls - "You'll Never Finda Another Love Like Mine"
	Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
	Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

Pop Female Vocalist
	Natalie Cole - Natalie
	Emmylou Harris - "Here, There and Everywhere"
	Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
	Vicki Sue Robinson - "Turn the Beat Around"
	Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down the Wind

Pop Vocal Group
	Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now"
	Elton John, Kiki Dee - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
	England Dan and John Ford Coley - "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
	The Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight"
	Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	"Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs, David Paich
	"Disco Lady" - Harvey Scales, Al Vance, Don Davis
	"Love Hangover" - Pam Sawyer, Marilyn McLeod
	"Misty Blue" - Bob Montgomery
	"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - H.W. Casey, Richard Finch

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
	Stevie Wonder - "I Wish"
	Marvin Gaye - I Want You
	Lou Rawls - "Groovy People"
	Boz Scaggs - "Lowdown"
	Joe Simon - "I Need You, You Need Me"
	Johnnie Taylor - "Disco Lady"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
	Natalie Cole - "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)"
	Aretha Franklin - "Something He Can Feel"
	Dorothy Moore - "Misty Blue"
	Melba Moore - "Lean On Me"
	Diana Ross - "Love Hangover"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo, Group or Chorus
	Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr. - "You Don't Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show)"
	Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude
	K.C. and the Sunshine Band - "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
	Spinners - "Rubberband Man"
	Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music"

Best Country Song
	"Broken Lady" - Larry Gatlin
	"The Door Is Always Open" - Bob McDill, Dickey Lees
	"Dropkick Me, Jesus" - Paul Craft
	"Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)" - Charlie Rich, Billy Sherrill
	"Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life" - Paul Craft

Best Country Vocal Performance - Male
	Ronnie Milsap - "(I'm a) Stand By My Woman Man"
	Mac Davis - Forever Lovers
	Larry Gatlin - "Broken Lady"
	Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready for the Country
	Willie Nelson - "I'd Have to Be Crazy"

Best Country Vocal Performance - Female
	Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel
	Crystal Gayle - "I'll Get Over You"
	Dolly Parton - All I Can Do
	Mary Kay Place - Tonite! At the Capri Lounge Loretta Naggers
	Tammy Wynette - "'Til I Can Make It on My Own"

Best Country Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Amazing Rhythm Aces - "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"
	Asleep at the Wheel - "Route 66"
	George Jones, Tammy Wynette - "Golden Ring"
	Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty - "The Letter"
	Statler Brothers - "Your Picture in the Paper"

Best Jazz Vocal Performance
	Ella Fitzgerald - Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
	Ray Charles, Cleo Laine - Porgy and Bess
	Irene Kral - Where Is Love?
	Quire - Quire
	Sarah Vaughan - More Sarah Vaughan Live in Japan

Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
	Count Basie - Basie and Zoot
	Jim Hall - Commitment
	Jaco Pastorius - "Donna Lee"
	Art Tatum - Works of Art
	Clark Terry - Clark Terry and His Jolly Giants
	Phil Woods - The New Phil Woods Album

Best Jazz Performance by a Group
	Chick Corea - The Leprechaun
	Count Basie, Zoot Sims - Basie & Zoot
	Paul Desmond Quartet - The Paul Desmond Quartet Live
	Bill Evans Trio - Since We Met
	Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius

Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
	Duke Ellington - The Ellington Suites
	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Long Yellow Road
	Dizzy Gillespie, Machito - Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods
	Thad Jones, Mel Lewis - New Life
	Phil Woods - The New Phil Woods Album

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
	George Benson - Breezin'
	Jeff Beck - Wired
	Brecker Borthers Band - Back to Back
	Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band - A Fifth of Beethoven
	Stevie Wonder - "Contusion"

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
	George Benson - "Theme from Good King Bad"
	Brass Construction - Brass Construction
	Crusaders - "Keep That Same Old Feeling"
	Marvin Gaye - "After the Dance"
	Herbie Hancock - "Doin' It"
	Stanley Turrentine - "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"

Best Country Instrumental Performance
	Chet Atkins, Les Paul - Chester and Lester
	Ace Cannon - "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
	Floyd Cramer - "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes"
	Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass - Texas
	Marshall Tucker Band - "Long Hard Ride"

Best Gospel Performance
	Oak Ridge Boys - "Where the Soul Never Dies"
	Blackwood Brothers - Learning to Lean
	Florida Boys - Here They Come
	Imperials - Just Because
	Speers - Between the Cross and Heaven (There's a Whole Lot of Living Going On)

Best Soul Gospel Performance
	Mahalia Jackson - How I Got Over
	Inez Andrews - War on Sin
	James Cleveland & the Charles Fold Singers - Touch Me, Vol. 2
	James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir - Give It to Me
	Andrae Crouch & the Disciples - This Is Another Day

Best Latin Recording
	Unfinished Masterpiece - Eddie Palmieri
	Cocianando la Salsa - Joe Cuba
	El Maestro - Johnny Pacheco
	La Gorme - Eydie Gorme
	"Salsa" Soundtrack - "Fania All-Stars
	Sofrito - Mongo Santamaria

Best Inspirational Performance
	Gary S. Paxton - The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton
	Pat Boone - Something Super Natural
	Sonny James - "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"
	Willie Nelson - "Amazing Grace"
	Ray Price - Precious Memories
	Charley Pride - Sunday Morning with Charley Pride
	Charlie Rich - Silver Linings
	Stevie Wonder - "Have a Talk with God"

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
	Mark Twang - John Hartford
	Bagpipe Marches and Music of Scotland - Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band
	Beware of the Dog - Hound Dog Taylor
	If You Love These Blues, Play 'Em as You Please - Michael Bloomfield
	Proud Earth - Chief Dan George, Arliene Nofchissey Williams, Rick Brousseau

Best Instrumental Arrangement
	Chick Corea - "Leprechaun's Dream" (Chick Corea)
	Stanley Clarke - "Life Is Just a Game" (Stanley Clarke)
	Bob James - "Westchester Lady" (Bob James)
	Henry Mancini, John Williams, Herb Spencer, Al Woodbury - "The Disaster Movie Suite" (Henry Mancini conducting the London Symphony)
	Claus Ogerman - "Saudade do Brazil" (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
	Jimmie Haskell, James William Guercio - "If You Leave Me Now" (Chicago)
	Robert Farnon - "Sentimental Journey" (Singers Unlimited)
	Clare Fischer - "Green Dolphin Street" (Singers Unlimited)
	Paul McCartney - "Let 'Em In" (Wings)
	Claus Ogerman - "Boto (Porpoise)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

Best Arrangement for Voices
	The Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight" (The Starland Vocal Band)
	Christian Chevallier - "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Quire)
	Earth, Wind & Fire - "Can't Hide Love" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
	Gene Puerling - "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Singers Unlimited)
	Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen)

Best Instrumental Composition
	Bellavia - Chuck Mangione
	"Contusion" - Stevie Wonder
	Earth, Wind & Fire - Maurie White, Skip Scarbrough
	"Leprechaun's Dream" - Chick Corea
	"Midnight Soul Patrol" - Quincy Jones, Louis Johnson, Dave Grusin
	"The White Dawn" - Henry Mancini

Best Cast Show Album
	Bubbling Brown Sugar - Razaf, Goodman, Sampson, Webb, Strayhorn, Holgate, Kemp, Lopez, Rogers, Williams, Mills, Parish, Ellington, Hines, Sissle, Blake, Pinkard, Waller, Overstreet, Higgins, Herzog, Webster, Holiday
	My Fair Lady - Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
	Pacific Overtures - Stephen Sondheim
	Rex - Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick
	Side by Side by Sondheim - Stephen Sondheim

Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
	Car Wash - Norman Whitefield
	The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Jack Nitzsche
	Rich Man, Poor Man - Alex North
	Taxi Drvier - Bernard Herrmann
	Three Days of the Condor - Dave Grusin

Album of the Year - Classical
	Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos - Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic (solo: Artur Rubinstein)
	The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow conducting the Early Music Consort of London
	Bizet: Carmen - Sir Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic (solos: Troyanos, Domingo, Kanawa, van Dam)
	Gerswhin: Porgy and Bess - Lorin Mazzael conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (solos: Mitchell, White)
	Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Columbia Jazz Band / Gershwin: An American in Paris; Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the New York Philharmonic
	Horowitz Concerts 1975/76 - (Schumann, Scriabin) (solo: Horowitz)
	Joplin: Treemonisha - Gunther Schuller conducting the original cast orchestra and chorus (solos: Balthrop, Allen, White)
	Arturo Toscanini, the Philadelphia Orchestra - Arturo Toscanini conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Orchestral
	Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
	Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic - Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla)
	James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony - Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
	Jean Martinon conducting the Orchestre de Paris - Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (Complete)
	Jean Martinon conducting the Orchestra National of the Orft - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
	Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic - The Fourth of July! Ives: Symphony No. 2, Variations on "America" / Copland: Appalachian Spring / Bernstein: Overture to "Candide" / Gershwin - An American in Paris
	Sir Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic - Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E Flat Major
	Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Columbia Jazz Band - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
	David Munrow conducting the Early Music Consort of London - The Art of Courtly Love
	The Cleveland Quartet - Barber: Quartet for Strings, Op. 11 / Ives: Quartet No. 2 for Strings (Two American Masterpieces)
	Glenn Gould, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble - Hindemith: Sonatas for Brass and Piano (Complete)
	Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky - The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts
	Thomas Iglois, Alberni Quartet - Schumbert: Quintet in C, Op. 163
	Fitzwilliam Quartet - Shostakovich: Quartet No. 14 in F Sharp Major
	Prague String Quartet - Dvorak: Quartets, Opp. 96 and 105
	Jacqueline du Pre, Daniel Barenboim - Beethoven: Sonatas for Cello (Complete)
	Tashi (Peter Serkin, Fred Sherry, Ida Kavafian, Richard Stoltzman) - Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
	Artur Rubinstein, piano (Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic) - Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
	Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano (Previn conducting the London Symphony) - Profofiev: The 5 Piano Concertos
	Stephen Bishop, piano (David conducting the London Symphony) - Bartok: Concertos for Piano Nos. 1 and 3
	Aldo Ciecolini, piano (Martinon conducting the Orchestre de Paris) - Ravel: Concerto in G Major for Piano and Orchestra and Concerto in D Major for Left Hand
	Nathan Milstein, violin (Jochum conducting the Vienna Philharmonic) - Brahms: Concerto in D Major for Violin
	Mstislav Rostropovich, cello (von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) - Strauss: Don Quixote

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
	Vladimir Horowitz, piano - Horowitz Concerts 1975/76
	Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano - Rachmaninov: 23 Preludes
	Lazar Berman, piano - Liszt: Legendary Soviet Pianist Lazar Berman Plays Liszt
	Alfred Brendel, piano - Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, Op. 42 / Hungarian Melody in B Minor (D. 817)
	Itzhak Perlman, violin - Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler
	Maurizio Pollini, piano - Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28
	Andres Segovia, guitar - The Intimate Guitar - 2
	Andre Watts, piano - Watts by George: Andre Watts Plays George Gershwin ("Rhapsody in Blue", preludes for piano (3), 13 songs from the Gershwin songbook)

Best Opera Recording
	Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - Lorin Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Mitchell, White)
	Bizet: Carmen - Sir Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic (solos: Troyanos, Domingo, Te Kanawa, van Dam)
	Joplin: Treemonisha - Gunther Schuller conducting the original cast orchestra and chorus (solos: Balthrop, Allen, White)
	Massenet: Thais - Loriz Maazel conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Aldis Choir (solos: Sills, Milnes, Gedda)
	Schoenberg: Moses und Aron - Pierre Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony, BBC Symphony Singers, Orpheus Boys' Choir (solos: Reich, Cassilly, Angus, Palmer, Hermann)
	Verdi: Macbeth - Claudio Abbado conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala (solos: Verrett, Domingo, Ghiaurov)

Best Classical Performance - Choral
	Arthur Oldham, chorus master, London Symphony Chorus; Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony - Rachmaninov: The Bells
	Leonard Bernstein conducting the Choeurs de Radio France, Orchestre National de France and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Burrows, tenor) - Berlioz: Requiem
	Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra - Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51
	Dom Jean Claire conducting the Choir of the Monks of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes Abbey - Gregorian Chant
	Colin Davis conducting the BBC Singers and Choral Society and BBC Symphony - Tippett: A Child of Our Time
	Romano Gandolfi, chorus master, Chorus of La Scala, Milan; Claudio Abbado conducting the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan - Verdi: Opera Choruses (from Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Otello, Aida, etc)
	Walter Hagen-Groll, chorus master, New Philharmonia Chorus; Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the London Philharmonic - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
	Phillip Ledger conducting the Kings College Choir, Cambridge - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms / Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
	Franz Muller, chorus master, Netherlands Radio Chorus; Jean Fournet conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic - Faure: Requiem

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
	Beverly Sills (Kostelanetz conducting the London Symphony) - Music of Victor Herbert ("Kiss in the Dark", "Italian Street Song", "Kiss Me Again" etc.)
	Janet Baker, James King (Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra) - Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
	Carlo Bergonzi (Santi conducting the New Philharmonia, Gardelli conducting the Royal Philharmonic) - Carlo Bergonzi Sings Verdi
	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Sviatoslav Richter, accompanist) - Wolfe: Morike Lieder
	Jan DeGaetani (Gilbert Kalish, accompanist) - Ives: Songs
	Margaret Price (Lockhart conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Mozart: Arias ("La Clemenza di Tito", "Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail", "Nozze di Figaro" etc)
	Marni Nixon (Leonard Stein, accompanist) - Schoenberg: 9 Early Songs; The Cabaret Songs of Arnold Schoenberg
	Barbra Streisand (Ogerman conducting the Columbia Symphony) - Classical Barbra (Debussy: Beau Soir; Canteloube: Berceuse; Wolf: Verschwiegene, etc)

Best Engineered Recording - Classical
	E.T. "Bud" Graham, Ray Moore, Milt Cherin - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin (1925 piano roll) and Thomas conducting the Columbia Jazz Band
	Patrick Gleason, Skip Shimmin, Neil Schwartz, Seth Dworken - Beyond the Sun: An Electronic Portrait of Holst's "The Planets"
	Paul Goodman - Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony
	E.T. "Bud" Graham, Ray Moore, Milton Cherin - Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla), Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic (solo: de Gaetani)
	James Lock, Arthur Lilley, Colin Moorfoot, Michael Mailes - Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (solos: Mitchell, White)
	James Lock, Colin Moorfoot, Jack Law - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection"), Mehta conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
	James Lock - Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic
	Christopher Parker - Britten: 4 Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from "Peter Grimes", Previn conducting the London Symphony
	Klaus Scheibe - Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor ("Organ"), Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony

Best Comedy Recording
	Bicentennial Nigger - Richard Pryor
	Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days, Rat Own, Rat Own, Rat Own - Bill Cosby
	Goodbye Pop - National Lampoon
	Sleeping Beauty - Cheech & Chong
	You Gotta Wash Your Ass - Redd Foxx

Best Spoken Word Recording
	Great American Documents - Orson Welles, Henry Fonda, Helen Hayes, James Earl Jones
	Asimov: Foundation: The Psychohistoricans - William Shatner
	Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities - James Mason
	Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
	Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea - Charlton Heston

Best Recording for Children
	Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals - Hermione Gingold, narrator; Bohm conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
	The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay - Muhammed Ali & His Gang
	Dickens' Christmas Carol - Mickey Mouse and Scrooge McDuck
	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - original soundtrack
	"Winnie-the-Pooh for President (Campaign Song)" - Sterling Holloway

Best Engineered Recording Other than Classical
	Al Schmitt - Breezin' (George Benson)
	Jay Lewis - The Dream Weaver (Gary Wright)
	Ron Hitchcock - The King James Version (Harry James & His Big Band)
	Alan Parsons, Tom Trefethen - Somewhere I've Never Travelled (Ambrosia)
	Alan Parsons - Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Edgar Allan Poe (Alan Parsons Project)

Best Album Package
	John Berg - Chicago X (Chicago)
	Ron Coro, Nancy Donald - Silk Degrees (Boz Scaggs)
	Hipgnosis, Hardie - Presence (Led Zeppelin)
	Acy Lehman - Coney Island Baby (Lou Reed)
	J. Stelmach - Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B Flat, Op. 38; Manfred: Overture, Op. 115 (Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony)
	Roland Young - Bellavia (Chuck Mangione)
	Roland Young - The End of the Beginning (Richie Havens)
	Roland Young - Mirrors (Peggy Lee)

Best Album Notes
	Dan Morgenstern - The Changing Face of Harlem, Savoy Sessions (various artists)
	George R. Marek - Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (Baremboim conducting the London Philharmonic; solo: Rubinstein)
	Douglas B. Green - The Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick)
	Francis Robinson - Caruso: A Legendary Performer (Enrico Caruso)
	Mort Goode - The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Vol. 1 - 1935

Producer of the Year
	Stevie Wonder
	Richard Perry
	Lennie Waronker
	Joe Wissert

Hall of Fame
	Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (Complete) - Wanda Landowska (1949-54)
	Beethoven: Symphonies - Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1950-53)
	"Begin the Beguine" - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1938)
	My Fair Lady - Original Broadway Cast with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews (1956)
	"Singin' the Blues" - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke on Cornet (1927)

Trustees Award
	Thomas A. Edison
	Leopold Stokowski