Grammy Awards for 1974

By Patrick Mondout

Stevie Wonder won Album of the Year for the second-straight time and the Pointer Sisters won their first Grammy for the Best Country Duo/Group Vocal Performance!

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

Record of the Year
	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - Elton John
	"Feel Like Makin' Love" - Roberta Flack
	"Help Me" - Joni Mitchell
	"I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John
	"Midnight at the Oasis" - Maria Muldaur

Song of the Year
	"Feel Like Makin' Love" - Eugene McDaniels
	"I Honestly Love You" - Jeff Barry, Peter Allen
	"Midnight at the Oasis"   - David Nichtern
	"The Way We Were" - Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
	"You and Me against the World" - Paul Williams, Ken Ascher

Album of the Year
	Back Home Again - John Denver
	Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
	Caribou - Elton John
	Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
	Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

New Artist
	Bad Company
	Johnny Bristol
	David Essex
	Graham Central Station
	Marvin Hamlisch
	Phoebe Snow

Pop Male Vocalist
	Harry Chapin - "Cat's in the Cradle"
	Elton John - "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
	Dave Loggins - "Please Come to Boston"
	Billy Preston - "Nothing from Nothing"
	Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness'  First Finale

Pop Female Vocalist
	Roberta Flack - "Feel Like Makin' Love"
	Carole King - "Jazzman"
	Cleo Laine - Cleo Laine Live at Carnegie Hall
	Joni Mitchell - "Court and Spark"
	Olivia Newton-John - "I Honestly Love You"

Pop Vocal Group
	Quincy Jones -- "Body Heat"
	Paul McCartney and Wings - "Band on the Run"
	Steely Dan - "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number"
	Stylistics - "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
	Dionne Warwick and the Spinners - "Then Came You"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
	Marvin Hamlisch - "The Entertainer"
	Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
	Quincy Jones - "Along Came Betty"
	Love Unlimited Orchestra - Rhapsody in White
	Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Center of the Earth

Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	"Living in the City" - Stevie Wonder
	"Dancing Machine" - Harold Davis, Don Fletcher, Dean Parts
	"For the Love of Money" - Ken Gamble
	"Rock Your Baby" - Henry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
	Stevie Wonder - Boogie on Reggae Woman"
	Johnny Bristol - "Hang On in There Baby"
	Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye - Live
	Eddie Kendricks - "Boogie Down"
	George McCrae - "Rock Your Baby"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
	Aretha Franklin - "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
	Shirley Brown - "Woman to Woman"
	Thelma Houston - "You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long"
	Millie Jackson - "If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right"
	Etta James - "St. Louis Blues"
	Ann Peebles - "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On"
	Tina Turner - Tina Turns the Country On!

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo, Group or Chorus
	Rufus with Chaka Khan - "Tell Me Something Good"
	Jackson 5 - "Dancing Machine"
	Gladys Knight & the Pips - "I Feel a Song (in My Heart)"
	O'Jays - "For the Love of Money"
	Spinners - "Mighty Love"

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
	MFSB - "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"
	Average White Band - "Pick Up the Pieces"
	Crusaders - Scratch
	Kool & the Gang - Light of Worlds
	Billy Preston - "Struttin'"

Best Jazz Performance - Soloist
	Charlie Parker - First Recordings!
	Freddie Hubbard - High Energy
	Keith Jarrett - Solo Concerts
	Hubert Laws - In the Beginning
	McCoy Tyner - Naima

Best Jazz Performance - Group
	Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Niels Pedersen - The Trio
	Bill Evans - The Tokyo Concert
	Freddie Hubbard - High Energy
	Supersax - Salt Peanuts
	McCoy Tyner - Sama Layuca

Best Jazz Performance - Big Band
	Woody Herman - Thundering Herd
	Les Hooper Big Band - Look What They've Done
	Chuck Mangione, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra - Land of Make Believe
	Don Sebesky - Giant Box
	Pat Williams - Threshold

Best Country & Western Song
	"A Very Special Love Song" - Norris Wilson, Billy Sherrill
	"Fairytale" - Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer
	"If We Make It Through December" - Merle Haggard
	"I'm a Ramblin' Man" - Ray Pennington
	"Paper Roses" - Janice Torre, Fred Spielman

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
	Ronnie Milsap - "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"
	Glen Campbell - "Bonaparte's Retreat"
	Roy Clark - The Entertainer
	Waylon Jennings - "I'm a Ramblin' Man"
	Charley Pride - Country Feelin'

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
	Anne Murray - "Love Song"
	Dolly Parton - "Jolene"
	Tanya Tucker - "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)"
	Dottie West - "Last Time I Saw Him"
	Tammy Wynette - "Woman to Woman"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Pointer Sisters - "Fairytale"
	Bobby Bare, Bobby Bare Jr. - "Daddy What If"
	Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge - "Loving Arms"
	Willie Nelson, Tracy Nelson - "After the Fire is Gone"
	Statler Brothers - "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott"

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
	Chet Atkins, Merle Travis - The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show
	Floyd Cramer - The Young and the Restless
	Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass - Nashville Brass in Blue Grass Country
	Charlie McCoy - The Nashville Hit Man
	Charlie McCoy, Barefoot Jerry - "Boogie Woogie"

Best Inspirational Performance
	Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art
	Tennessee Ernie Ford - Make a Joyful Noise
	Bill Gaither Trio - Thanks for Sunshine
	Sister Janet Mead - "The Lord's Prayer"
	Bill Pursell - Listen

Best Gospel Performance
	Oak Ridge Boys - "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor"
	Wendy Bagwell & the Sunliters - The Carpenter's Tool
	Blackwood Brothers - There He Goes
	Imperials - Follow the Man with the Music
	LeFevres - Stepping on the Clouds

Best Soul Gospel Performance
	James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir - In the Ghetto
	Five Blind Boys - My Desire
	Edwin Hakwins Singers - Edwin Hawkins Singers Live
	Ike Turner - "Father Alone"
	Ike & Tina Turner - The Gospel According to Ike and Tina

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
	Two Days in November - Doc & Merle Martin
	The Back Door Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
	Big Daddy - Bukka White
	Catalyst - Willie Dixon
	London Revisted - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf

Best Instrumental Arrangement
	Pat Williams - "Threshold" (Pat Williams)
	Les Hooper - "Circumvent" (Les Hooper Big Band)
	Les Hooper - "Look What They've Done" (Les Hooper Big Band)
	Bob James - "Night on Bald Mountain"
	Don Sebesky - "Firebird/Birds of Fire" (Don Sebesky)

Best Instrumental Composition
	Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells (Theme from The Exorcist)"
	Benny Golson - "Along Came Betty"
	Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson, Bernie Maupin, Harvey Mason - "Chameleon"
	Barry White - "Barry's Theme"
	Barry White - "Rhapsody in White"

Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album
	Raisin - Judd Woldin, Robert Brittan
	Let My People Come - Earl Wilson Jr., Phil Oesterman
	The Magic Show - Stephen Schwartz
	Over Here - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
	The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Richard O'Brien

Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
	The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
	Death Wish - Herbie Hancock
	QB VII - Jerry Goldsmith
	Serpico - Mikis Theodorakis
	The Three Musketeers - Michel Legrand

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
	Joni Mitchell, Tom Scott - "Down to You" (Joni Mitchell)
	Michael Gibbs - "Smile of the Beyond" (Carol Shive; Mahavishnu Orchestra with the London Symphony)
	Chuck Mangione - "Land of Make Believe" (Chuck Mangione, Hamilton Philharmonic)
	Gene Puerling, Les Hooper - "We've Only Just Begun" (Singers Unlimited)
	Gene Puerling - "Where Is Love" (Singers Unlimited)

Album of the Year - Classical
	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony
	Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust - Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chors, Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (solos: Gedda, Bastin, Veasey, Van Allan)
	Ives: The 100th Anniversary - various artists
	Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection") - Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony; Edinburgh Festival Chorus (solos: Baker, Armstrong)
	Schumann: Faust - Benjamin Britten conducting the English Chamber Orchestra (solos: Fischer-Dieskau, Pears, Shirley-Quirk)
	Snowflakes Are Dancing - Isao Tomita
	Weber: Der Freischutz - Carlos Kleiber conducting the Dresden State Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus (solos: Mathis, Janowitz, Schreier, Adam)

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
	Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
	Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Bernstein Conducts Ravel
	Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
	Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony - Holst: The Planets
	Jose Serebrier conducting the London Philharmonic - Ives: Symphony No. 4
	Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
	Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng, Pierre Fournier - Brahms: Trios (Complete); Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor
	Julian Bream, John Williams - Julian and John, Vol. 2 (Albenitz, Giuliani, Granados, etc.)
	Aaron Copland conducting the Columbia Chamber Orchestra - Copland: Appalachian Spring
	Ralph Grierson with George Sponholtz and the Southland Singers - Joplin: Palm Leaf Rag
	Juilliard Quartet - Beethoven: Late Quartets
	Tokyo String Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50, Nos. 1 and 2
	Paul Zukofsky, Gilbert Kalish - Ives: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
	David Oistrakh (M. Shostakovich conducting the New Philharmonic) - Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
	Claudio Arrau (Inbal conducting the London Philharmonic) - Chopin: Variations on "La ci darem la mano"; Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13; Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E Flat, Op. 22
	Alfred Brendel (Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra) - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major
	Norbert Hauptmann (von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) - Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E Flat Major
	Kyung-Wha Chung (Previn conducting the London Symphony) - Walton: Violin Concerto; Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
	Itzhak Perlman (Previn conducting the London Symphony) - Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2
	Barry Tuckwell (Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields) - Weber: Concertino in E Minor for Horn and Orchestra
	Andre Watts (Leinsdorf conducting the London Symphony) - Liszt: Todtentunz for Piano and Orchestra; Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
	Alicia de Larrocha - Albeniz: Iberia
	David Burge - Crumb: Makro Kosmos
	Glenn Gould - Bach: French Suites, Vol. 2, Nos. 5 and 6
	Vladimir Horowitz - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 21 in C Major ("Waldstein") and No. 23 in F Minor ("Appassionata")
	Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky - Ravel and Debussy: Music for 2 Pianos/4 Hands
	Itzhak Perlman - Perpetual Motion
	Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing

Best Opera Recording
	Puccini: La Boheme - Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic (solos: Caballe, Domingo, Milnes, Blegen, Raimondi)
	Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel - Kurt Eichhorn conducting the Bavarian Radio Orchestra (solos: Moffo, Ludwig, Fischer-Dieskau)
	Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte - Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic (solos: Lorengar, Berganza, Berbie, Davies, Krause, Bacquier)
	Mozart: Don Giovanni - Colin Davis conducting the Chorus and Orchestra Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (solos: Wixell, Ganzarolli, Arroyo, Te Kanawa, Freni, Burrows)
	Pfitzner: Palestrina - Rafael Kubelik conducting the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Donath, Fassbaender, Gedda, Fischer-Dieskau, Prey)
	Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani - James Levine conducting the New Philharmonia; John Alldis Choir (solos: Arroyo, Domingo, Milnes, Raimondi)
	Weber: Der Freischutz - Carlos Kleiber conducting the Dresden State Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus (solos: Mathis, Janowitz, Schreier, Adam, Crass, Weikl)

Best Classical Performance - Choral
	Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (solos: Gedda, Bastin, Veasey, Van Allan) - Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
	John Alldis, chorus master, London Philharmonic Choir; Sir Adrian Boult conducting the orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
	Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra - Holst: Choral Symphony
	Jozef Bok, chorus master, Chorus of National Philharmonic Warsaw; Wladyslaw Skoraczewski, chorus master, Pioneer Choir; Andrezej Markowski conducting the Symphony Orchestra of National Philharmonic - Penderecki: Utrenja
	Russell Burgess conducting the Aldeburgh Festival Singers, Wandsworth School Choir; Benjamin Britten conducting the English Chamber Orchestra - Schumann: Faust
	Rudolf Kempe conducting the Royal Philharmonic and Brighton Festival Chorus - Janacek: Glagolitic Mass (Slavonic Mass)
	Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra; Robert Page directing the Temple University Choirs - Rachmaninov: The Bells
	Aleksander Svenshnikov conducting the USSR Russian Chorus - Rachmaninov: Vespers (Mass), Op. 37

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
	Leontyne Price - Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss
	Elly Ameling - Schubert: Goethe-Lieder
	Martina Arroyo - There's a Meeting Here Tonight
	Janet Baker - Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
	Cathy Berberian - Cathy Berberian at the Edinburgh Festival
	Jan DeGaetani - Crumb: Night of the Four Moons
	Julius Eastman - Davies: 8 Songs for a Mad King
	Marilyn Horne - French and Spanish Songs
	Sherrill Milnes - Amazing Grace (Agnus Dei, Bless the Lord, O My Soul, etc.)
	Birgit Nilsson, Helge Brilioth - Wagner: Duets from "Parsifal" and "Die Walkure"

Best Engineered Recording - Classical
	Kenneth Wilkinson - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony)
	Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz - Percussion Music (New Jersey Percussion Ensemble)
	Paul Goodman, Robert Auger - Ives: Symphony No. 4 (Serebrier conducting the London Philharmonic)
	Bud Graham, Ray Moore - Bernstein: Candide (original cast)
	Anthony Salvatore - Puccini: La Boheme (Solti conducting the London Philharmonic; solos: Domingo, Caballe)
	Isao Tornita - Snowflakes Are Dancing (Isao Tomita)
	Stanley Tonkel, Ray Moore, Milt Cherin - Copland: Appalachian Spring (Copland conducting the Columbia Chamber Players)

Best Album Notes - Classical
	Rory Guy - Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold (solo: Hoeischer; Mattes, conductor)
	David Cairns - Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (Davis conducting the London Symphony)
	Deryck Cooke - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Morris conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra)
	Donald Garvelmann - Scriabin: Piano Music (Complete), Vol. 2
	George Jellinek - Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (Eichhorn conducting the Bavarian Radio Orchestra; solos: Moffo, Donath)
	Irving Kolodin - Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (Levine conducting the New Philharmonia)
	Christopher Palmer - Herrmann: Citizen Kane (Gerhardt conducting the National Philharmonic)
	Wolfram Schwinger - Weber: Der Freischutz (Kleiber, conductor)
	Erik Smith - Mozart: Don Giovanni (Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra)
	Clair W. Van Ausdall - Rachmaninov: The Bells and 3 Russian Songs (Ormandy, conductor; Temple University Choirs)

Best Comedy Recording
	That Nigger's Crazy - Richard Pryor
	Booga! Booga! - David Steinberg
	Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album - Cheech & Chong
	Mind over Matter - Robert Klein
	Missing White House Tapes - National Lampoon

Best Spoken Word Recording
	Good Evening - Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
	An Ear to the Sounds of Our History - Eric Sevareid
	"Autumn" - Rod McKuen
	Senator Sam at Home - Sam Ervin
	Watergate, Vol. 3: "I Hope the President is Forgiven" (John W. Dean III testifies), compiled by Don Molner

Best Recording for Children
	Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger Too - Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway, Paul Winchell
	America Sings - Burl Ives, others
	Eli Wallach Reads Isaac Bashevis Singer - Eli Wallach
	New Adventures of Bugs Bunny, Vol. 2 - Mel Blanc
	Robin Hood - various artists, narrated by Roger Miller

Best Engineered Recording
	Geoff Emerick - Band on the Run (Paul McCartney & Wings)
	Rik Pekkonen, Peter Granet - Southern Comfort (Crusaders)
	Bill Schnee - Lincoln Mayorga and Distinguished Colleagues, Vol. 3 (Lincoln Mayorga)
	Ken Scott, John Jansen - Crime of the Century (Supertramp)
	Tommy Vicari, Larry Forkner - Powerful People (Gino Vannelli)

Best Album Package
	Ed Thrasher, Christopher Whorf - Come and Gone (Mason Proffit)
	John Berg - Santana's Greatest Hits (Santana)
	Eddie Biscoe - Ride 'Em Cowboy (Paul Davis)
	Ron Coro - On Stage (Loggins & Messina)
	Bob Defrin, Basil Pao - Is It In (Eddie Harris)
	Herb Greene - That's a Plenty (Pointer Sisters)
	Ode Visuals - Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album (Cheech & Chong)
	Ethan A. Russell - Quadrophenia (The Who)

Best Album Notes
	Charles R. Townsend - For the Last Time (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys)
	Dan Morgenstern - The Hawk Flies (Coleman Hawkins)
	Rudy Behlmer - 50 Years of Film Music (original motion picture soundtrack recordings)
	Ralph J. Gleason - The Pianist (Duke Ellington)
	J.R. Young - The World Is Still Waiting for the Sunrise (Les Paul, Mary Ford)

Producer of the Year
	Thom Bell
	Rick Hall
	Billy Sherrill
	Lenny Waronker
	Stevie Wonder

Hall of Fame
	Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Artur Schnabel (1932-38)
	Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert - Benny Goodman (1950)
	"I Can't Get Started" - Bunny Berigan (1937)
	Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act I: Vesti La Giubba - Enrico Caruso (1907)
	"Mood Indigo" - Duke Ellington (1931)