17th Annual Grammy Awards
The 17th Annual Grammy Awards were presented March 1, 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1974.[1][2]
Performers
- The Spinners - "Mighty Love"
- Marvin Hamlisch & Andy Williams - "The Way We Were"
- Les Hooper - big band performance
- Anne Murray - "A Love Song"
- Harry Chapin - "Cat's in the Cradle"
- Aretha Franklin - "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
- Stevie Wonder - "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
- Waylon Jennings - "I'm a Ramblin' Man"
Presenters
- David Bowie - Best R&B Performance, Female
- Bette Midler - Album of the Year
- Paul Simon & John Lennon - Record of the Year
- Tony Orlando & Dawn - Best New Artist
- Gladys Knight & The Pips - Song of the Year
- Kate Smith - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- Moms Mabley - Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Righteous Brothers & Aretha Franklin - Best R&B Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal
Award winners
- Record of the Year
- John Farrar (producer) & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You" (accepted by Art Garfunkel)
- Album of the Year
- Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Fulfillingness' First Finale
- Song of the Year
- Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand
- Best New Artist
Children's
Classical
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss
- Best Opera Recording
- Richard Mohr (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi & the London Philharmonic for Puccini: La bohème
- Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
- Colin Davis (conductor) the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
- Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Maxim Shostakovich (conductor), David Oistrakh & the New Philharmonia for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor
- Album of the Year, Classical
- David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Comedy
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition
- Mike Oldfield (composer) for "Tubular Bells - Theme From The Exorcist"
- Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
- Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for The Way We Were performed by Barbra Streisand
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Patrick Williams (arranger) for Threshold
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists
- Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott (arrangers) for "Down to You" performed by Joni Mitchell
Country
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Anne Murray for Love Song
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Ronnie Milsap for "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"
- Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
- The Pointer Sisters for "Fairytale"
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Best Country Song
- Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson (songwriters) for "A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich
Folk
Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance
- The Oak Ridge Boys for "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor"
- Best Soul Gospel Performance
- James Cleveland for In the Ghetto performed by James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir
- Best Inspirational Performance (non-classical)
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
- Charlie Parker for First Recordings!
- Best Jazz Performance by a Group
- Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
- Woody Herman for Thundering Herd
Musical show
- Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
- Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin (composers), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast (Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin) for Raisin
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Package
- Christopher Whorf & Ed Thrasher (art directors) for Come and Gone performed by Mason Proffit
- Best Album Notes
- Charles R. Townsend (notes writer) for For the Last Time performed by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for The Hawk Flies performed by Coleman Hawkins
- Best Album Notes - Classical
- Angus Scrimm (as Rory Guy) (notes writer) for Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold conducted by Ulf Hoelscher/Willy Mattes
Pop
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Paul McCartney & Wings for "Band on the Run"
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for Band on the Run performed by Paul McCartney & Wings
- Best Engineered Recording, Classical
- Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
- Best Producer of the Year
R&B
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Rufus for "Tell Me Something Good"
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Living for the City"
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- Peter Cook & Dudley Moore for Good Evening
References
- ^ "Wonder tops Grammy awards". The Montreal Gazette. March 3, 1975. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ^ 1974 Grammy Award Winners at the Wayback Machine (archived October 13, 2013)
External links
- 17th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database