Grammy Awards of 1976

The 18th Grammy Awards were held in 1976, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1975.

• Record of the Year
  • Daryl Dragon[?] (producer) for "Love Will Keep Us Together" performed by Captain & Tennille[?]

• Album of the Year
  • Paul Simon & Phil Ramone[?] (producers) for Still Crazy After All These Years performed by Paul Simon

• Song of the Year
  • Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) for "Send In The Clowns" peformed by Judy Collins

• Best New Artist
  • Natalie Cole[?]

Children's

• Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken[?]
  • Richard Burton for The Little Prince

Classical

• Best Classical Album[?]
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete conducted by Georg Solti
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance[?]
  • Camarata Singers[?] & the New York Philharmonic for Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet) conducted by Pierre Boulez
• Best Opera Recording[?]
  • Royal Opera House Orchestra[?] - Covent Garden for Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte conducted by Colin Davis
• Best Choral Performance, Classical[?]
  • Cleveland Boys Choir[?] & the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for Orff: Carmina Burana conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas[?]
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)[?]
  • Alicia de Larrocha[?] for Ravel: Concerto For Left Hand And Concerto For Piano In G/Faure: Fantaisie For Piano And Orchestra
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)[?]
  • Nathan Milstein for Bach: Sonatas And Partitas For Violin Unaccompanied
• Best Chamber Music Performance[?]
  • Pierre Fournier[?] for Schubert: Trios Nos. 1 In B Flat, Op. 99 And 2 In E Flat, Op. 100 (Piano Trios) performed by Pierre Fournier[?], Artur Rubinstein[?] & Henryk Szeryng[?]
• Best Classical Vocal Performance[?]
  • Janet Baker[?] for Mahler: Kindertotenlieder

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
  • Richard Pryor for Is It Something I Said?

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)[?]
  • Michel Legrand for Images performed by Michel Legrand & Phil Woods[?],
• Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television[?]
  • John Williams for Jaws (Motion Picture)
• Best Instrumental Arrangement[?]
  • Pete Clarence Carpenter[?] (arranger) for "The Rockford Files" performed by Mike Post[?]
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)[?]
  • Ray Stevens for "Misty"

Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance[?]
  • Linda Ronstadt for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Willie Nelson for "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[?]
  • Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge[?] for "Lover Please"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Chet Atkins for "The Entertainer"
• Best Country Song
  • Larry Butler[?] (songwriter) for "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" performed by B.J. Thomas

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording[?]
  • Muddy Waters for The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance[?]
  • The Imperials[?] for No Shortage
• Best Soul Gospel Performance[?]
  • Andrae Crouch[?] for Take Me Back performed by Andrae Crouch & the Disciples[?],
• Best Inspirational Performance[?]
  • The Bill Gaither Trio[?] for Jesus, We Just Want To Thank You

Jazz

• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental[?]
  • Dizzy Gillespie for Oscar Peterson And Dizzy Gillespie
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group[?]
  • Chick Corea[?] & Return To Forever[?] for No Mystery
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance[?]
  • Phil Woods[?] for Images performed by Michel Legrand & Phil Woods[?]

Latin

• Best Latin Recording[?]
  • Eddie Palmieri[?] for Sun Of Latin Music

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album[?]
  • Jerry Wexler[?] (producer) for The Wiz performed by Stephanie Mills[?] & Dee Dee Bridgewater[?]

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography[?]
  • Jim Ladwig[?] (art director) for Honey performed by the Ohio Players[?]
• Best Album Notes[?]
  • Pete Hamill[?] (notes writer) for Blood On The Tracks performed by Bob Dylan
• Best Album Notes, Classical[?]
  • Gunther Schuller[?] for Footlifters

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Janis Ian for "At Seventeen"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Paul Simon for Still Crazy After All These Years
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Eagles for "Lyin' Eyes"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Van McCoy[?] for "The Hustle"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical[?]
  • Brooks Arthur[?], Larry Alexander[?] & Russ Payne[?] (engineers) for Between The Lines performed by Janis Ian
• Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical[?]
  • Arif Mardin[?]
• Best Classical Engineered Recording[?]
  • Edward (Bud) T. Graham[?], Milton Cherin[?] & Ray Moore[?] (engineers) for Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet) conducted by Pierre Boulez

R&B

• Best R&B Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Silver Convention[?] for "Fly, Robin, Fly"
• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Natalie Cole[?] for "This Will Be"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Ray Charles for "Living For The City"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Earth, Wind & Fire for "Shining Star"
• Best R&B Song
  • Willie Clarke[?] (songwriter) for "Where Is The Love" performed by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway[?]

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album[?]
  • James Whitmore for Give 'Em Hell Harry

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