Grammy Awards for 1970

By Patrick Mondout

The big winners at the 13th annual Grammy Awards were Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, who managed to sweep the three major awards for the song Bridge Over Troubled Waters and the album of the same name. Siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter, who had burst on the scene with a mellow version of the Beatles Ticket To Ride,  beat Elton John for Best New Artist.

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

Record of the Year
	"Bridge over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel
	"Close to You" - Carpenters
	"Everything is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens
	"Fire and Rain" - James Taylor
	"Let It Be" - Beatles

Song of the Year
	"Bridge over Troubled Water" - Paul Simon
	"Everything is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens
	"Fire and Rain" - James Taylor
	"Let It Be" - John Lennon, Paul McCartney
	"We've Only Just Begun" - Roger Nichols, Paul Williams

Album of the Year
	Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
	Chicago - Chicago
	Close to You - Carpenters
	Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
	Elton John - Elton John
	Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

New Artist
	Carpenters
	Elton John
	Melba Moore
	Anne Murray
	Partridge Family

Contemporary Male Vocalist
	Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
	Brook Benton - "Rainy Nights in Georgia"
	Elton John - Elton John
	Ray Stevens - "Everything Is Beautiful"
	James Taylor - Sweet Baby James

Contemporary Female Vocalist
	Bobbie Gentry - Fancy
	Anne Murray - "Snowbird"
	Linda Ronstadt - Long, Long Time
	Diana Ross - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
	Dionne Warwick - "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"

Contemporary Vocal Group
	Beatles - "Let It Be"
	Carpenters - "Close to You"
	Chicago - Chicago
	Jackson 5 - "ABC"
	Simon and Garfunkel - "Bridge over Troubled Water"

Contemporary Song
	"Bridge over Troubled Water" - Paul Simon
	"Everything Is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens
	"Fire and Rain" - James Taylor
	"Let It Be" - John Lennon, Paul McCartney
	"We've Only Just Begun" - Roger Nichols, Paul Williams

Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
	Henry Mancini - Theme from "Z" and Other Film Music
	Assembled Multitude - "Overture from Tommy"
	Vincent Bell - "Airport Love Theme"
	Jimi Hendrix - "Star Spangled Banner"
	Quincy Jones - "Soul Flower"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	"Patches" - Ronald Dunbar, General Johnson
	"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" - Thom Bell, William Hart
	"Groovy Situation" - Russell Lewis, Herman Davis
	"Signed, Sealed, Delivered" - Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta Wright, Lulu Hardaway
	"Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed" - Greg Perry, General Johnson, Angelo Bond

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
	B.B. King - "The Thrill Is Gone"
	Clarence Carter - "Patches"
	Wilson Pickett - "Engine No. 9"
	Edwin Starr - "War"
	Stevie Wonder - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
	Aretha Franklin - "Don't Play That Song"
	Esther Phillips - "Set Me Free"
	Nina Simone - Black Gold
	Candi Staton - "Stand By Your Man"
	Dee Dee Warwick - "She Didn't Know"

Best Rhythm & Blues Performance - Duo or Group (Vocal or Instrumental)
	Delfonics - "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
	Four Tops - "It's All in the Game"
	100 Proof - "Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed"
	Presidents - "5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)"
	Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - "Express Yourself"

Best Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
	Bill Evans - Alone
	Gary Burton - Good-Vibes
	John Coltrane - Coltrane Legacy
	Erroll Garner - Feeling Is Believing
	Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda
	Milt Jackson Quintet with Ray Brown - That's the Way It Is
	Les McCann, Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement

Best Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
	Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
	Paul Desmond - Bridge Over Troubled Water
	Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington, 70th Birthday Concert
	Don Ellis - Don Ellis at Fillmore
	Johnny Hodges - Three Shades of Blue
	Quincy Jones - Gula Matari
	Thad Jones, Mel Lewis - Consummation
	World's Greatest Jazzband - Live at the Roosevelt Grill

Best Country & Western Song
	"My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" - Marty Robbins
	"The Fightin' Side of Me" - Merle Haggard
	"Hello Darlin'" - Conway Twitty
	"Is Anybody Goin' to San Antoine" - Glenn Martin, Dave Kirby
	"Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" - Bill Rice

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
	Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed - Me and Jerry
	Chet Atkins - "Yestergroovin"
	Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass - "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet"
	Merle Haggard & the Stranger - "Street Singer"
	Jerry Smith - "Drivin' Home"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
	Ray Price - "For the Good Times"
	Johnny Cash - "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
	Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee
	Charley Pride - Charley Pride's 10th Album
	Jerry Reed - "Amos Moses"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
	Lynn Anderson - "Rose Garden"
	Wanda Jackson - "A Woman Lives for Love"
	Dolly Parton - "Mule Skinner Blues"
	Jean Shepard - "Then He Touched Me"
	Tammy Wynette - "Run, Woman, Run"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Johnny Cash, June Carter - "If I Were a Carpenter"
	Jack Blanchard, Misty Morgan - "Tennessee Birdwalk"
	Statler Brothers - "Bed of Roses"
	Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter - "Suspicious Minds"
	Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton - "Daddy Was an Old-Time Preacher Man"

Best Sacred Performance - Musical
	Jake Hess - "Everything Is Beautiful"
	Pat Boone - "Rapture"
	Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus - "The Centurion"
	Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard Condie conducting - "God of Our Fathers"
	George Beverly Shea - "There Is More to Life"

Best Gospel Performance
	Oak Ridge Boys - "Talk About the Good Times"
	Wendy Bagwell & the Sunliters - "Talk About the Good Times"
	Florida Boys - The Many Moods of the Florida Boys
	LeFevres - Moving Up
	Thrasher Brothers - "Fantastic Thrashers at Fantastic Caverns"

Best Soul Gospel Performance
	Edwin Hawkins Singers - "Every Man Wants to Be Free"
	James Cleveland - "Amazing Grace"
	Andrae Crouch - "Christian People"
	Jessy Dixon - "Hello Sunshine"
	Myrna Summers - "God Gave Me a Song"

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
	"Good Feelin'" - T-Bone Walker
	Black Music of South America - David Lewisohn
	Folk Fiddling from Sweden - Bjorn Stabi, Ole Hjorth
	I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll - Mississippi Fred McDowell
	Sail On - Muddy Waters
	"Shree Rag" - Ali Akbar Khan, accompanied by Shankar Ghosh

Best Instrumental Arrangement
	Henry Mancini - "Theme from Z" (Henry Mancini)
	Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (Miles Davis)
	Quincy Jones - "Gula Matari" (Quincy Jones)
	Fred Selden - "The Magic Bus Ate My Donut" (Don Ellis)
	Tom Sellers - "Overture from Tommy" (Assembled Multitude)
	Lalo Schifrin - "Theme from Medical Center"

Best Instrumental Composition
	Alfred Newman - "Airport Love Theme"
	Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew"
	Quincy Jones - "Gula Matari"
	Henry Mancini - "Theme from Sunflower"
	Lalo Shifrin - "Theme from Medical Center"

Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album
	Company - Stephen Sondheim
	Applause - Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
	Coco - Alan Jay Lerner, Andre Previn
	Joy - Oscar Brown Jr., Jean Pace, Sivuca
	Purlie - Gary Geld, Peter Udell

Best Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
	Let It Be - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
	Airport - Alfred Newman
	Darling Lili - Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini
	M*A*S*H - Johnny Mandel
	The Sterile Cuckoo - Fred Karlin

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
	Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Jimmie Haskell, Ernie Freeman, Larry Knechtel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel)
	Richard Carpenter - "Close to You" (Carpenters)
	Dick Halligan - "Lucretia MacEvil" - (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
	Ray Stevens - "Everything Is Beautiful" (Ray Stevens)

Album of the Year - Classical
	Berlioz: Les Troyens - Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Vickers, Veasey, Lindholm)
	Beethoven Edition 1970 - Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (solos: Oistrakh, Anda, Kempf, Goossens, Leitner)
	Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello) - George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (solos: Oistrakh, Rostropovich)
	Ives: Three Places in New England; Ruggles: Sun Treader - Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony
	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 - Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony (R. Page directing the Male Chorus of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia; solo: Krause)
	Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps - Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
	Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
	Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony - Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
	Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection")
	Seiji Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
	Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
	George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
	George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major
	Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony - Ives: Three Places in New England; Ruggles: Sun Treader

Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
	Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose - Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
	Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Schubert: Trio No. 1 in B Flat Major; Milhaud: Pastorale for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon; Hindemith: Kleine Lammer-Musik
	Benjamin Britten conducting the English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Singers - Salute to Percy Grainger
	Composers Quartet - Carter: Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 for Strings
	Guarneri Quartet - Beethoven: The 5 Late Quartets
	Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh - Franck: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano; Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in D Minor
	Gunther Schuller - Ives: Calcium Light Night

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with or without Orchestra
	David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich (George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra) - Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)
	Walter Carlos - The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
	Glenn Gould - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Nos. 9-16
	Vladimir Horowitz - Schumann: Kreisleriana
	Ivan Moravec - Beethoven: Sonatas No. 26, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux"), and No. 15, Op. 28 ("Pastoral")
	David Oistrakh (George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra) - Brahsm: Concerto in D Major for Violin
	Mstislav Rostropovich (Benjamin Britten, conductor) - Britten: Suites for Cello (2)
	Van Cliburn (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony) - Chopin: Concerto No. 1 in E Minor for Piano
	Alexis Weissenberg (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony) - Bartok: Concerto No. 2 for Piano

Best Opera Recording
	Berlioz: Les Troyens - Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Vickers, Veasey, Lindholm)
	Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande - Pierre Boulez conducting the Orchestra of Royal Opera House (solos: McIntyre, Shirley, Soederstroem, David, Ward)
	R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Crespin, Minton, Donath, Jungwirth)
	Verdi: Il Travatore - Zubin Mehta conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra, Amobrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Price, Domingo, Milnes, Cossotto)
	Wagner: Gotterdammerung - Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsche Opera Chorus (solos: Brilioth, Stewart, Keleman, Dernesch, Janowitz, Ludwig, Chookasian)

Best Choral Performance
	Gregg Smith conducting the Gregg Smith Singers and Columbia Chamber Ensemble - New Music of Charles Ives
	Arthur Oldham conducting the London Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Pierre Boulez conducting the London Symphony - Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
	Robert E. Page directing the Male Chorus of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia; Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13
	Reinhold Schmid, Helmut Froschauer conducting the Vienna Singverein; Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Haydn: The Creation
	Gregg Smith conducting the Ithaca College Concert Choir; Robert Craft conducting the Columbia Symphony - The New Stravinsky
	Lorna Cooke de Varon directing the New England Conservatory Chorus; Katherine Edmonds Pusztai conduting the Children's Chours of the New England Conservatory; Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony - Orff: Carmina Burana
	David Willcocks conducting the Bach Choir and New Philharmonia - Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gerald Moore, accompanist) - Schubert: Lieder
	Janet Backer (Gibson conducting the London Symphony) - "Death of Cleopatra" final scenes, Berlioz: Les Troyens
	Marilyn Horn (Lewis, conductor) - Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
	Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
	Leontyne Price - (Downes conducting the London Symphony) - Prima Donna, Vol. 3
	Beverly Sills (Ceccato conducting the London Philharmonic) - Mozart and Strauss Arias

Best Engineered Recording - Classical
	Fred Plaut, Ray Moore, Arthur Kendy - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra)
	Walter Carlos - The Well-Tempered Synthesizer (Walter Carlos)
	Paul Goodman - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 and Age of Gold (Stokowski conducting the Chicago Symphony)
	Gunter Hermanns - Ives: Three Places in New England; Ruggles: Sun Treader (Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony)
	Bernard Keville - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony)
	Gordon Parry, James Locke - R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic; solos: Crespin, Minton)
	Carson C. Taylor - Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello) (George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra; solos: Oistrakh, Rostropovich)

Best Comedy Recording
	The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress - Flip Wilson
	The Begatting of the President - Orson Welles
	Daddy Played First Base - Homer & Jethro
	I Am the President - David Frye
	Live at Madison Square Garden - Bill Cosby

Best Spoken Word Recording
	Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam - Martin Luther King Jr.
	Everett Dirksen's America - Everett Dirksen
	Grover Henson Feels Forgotten - Bill Cosby
	In the Beginning (Apollo 8, 11, 12 astronauts, Presidents Kennedy and Nixon)
	Poems and Ballads from 100-Plus American Poets (Ambrose, Dryden, Hecht, Molloy, Seeger)
	The Soft Sea - Jesse Pearson

Best Recording for Children
	Sesame Street (Sesame Street TV cast) - Children's Television Workshop
	Aristocats - Tutti Camarata, musical producer (Camarata, Holloway, Harris, Lester, Mike Sammes Singers)
	A Boy Named Charlie Brown (soundtrack)
	Rubber Duckie - Jim Henson
	Susan Sings Songs from "Sesame Street" - Loretta Long

Best Engineered Recording
	Roy Halee - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)
	Ray Gerhardt, Dick Bogert - Close to You (Carpenters)
	Peter Klemt - The Kaempfert Touch (B. Kaempfert & Orchestra)
	Armin Steiner - Tap Root Manuscript (Neil Diamond)
	Derek Vernals, Adrian Martins, Robin Thompson - To Our Children's Children's Children (Moody Blues)

Best Album Cover
	Robert Lockart, design; Ivan Nagy, photography - Indianola Mississippi Seeds (B.B. King)
	John Berg, Nick Fasciano - Chicago (Chicago)
	John Berg, Philip Hays, Lloyd Ziff - The World's Greatest Blues Singer (Bessie Smith)
	Ed Thraser, Dave Bhang - Hand Made (Mason Williams)
	Desmond Strobel, John Craig - The Naked Carmen (various)
	Peter Whorf, Martin Donald, Christopher Whorf - Mason Proffit (Mason Proffit)
	Peter Whorf, Christopher Whorf, Fred Poore - Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony; Beethoven: Fifth Symphony (Rodzinski conducting the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London)
	Woody Woodward, art director; William E. McEuen, photographer; Dean O. Torrance, album design - Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

Best Album Notes
	Chris Albertson - The World's Greatest Blues Singer (Bessie Smith)
	Billy Edd Wheeler - As I See It (Jack Moran)
	Ralph J. Gleason - Bitches Brew (Miles Davis)
	Rod McKuen - Hold Back the World (Alexander's Greyhound Brass)
	Anthony d'Oberoff - I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll (Mississippi Fred McDowell)
	Rex Reed - Judy. London.1969 (Judy Garland)
	James Goodfriend - Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits (Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys)
	Arthur Knight - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (John Green Orchestra)

Trustees Award
	Chris Albertson, John Hammond, Larry Hiller
	Paul Weston