Grammy Awards per l'anno 1968
L'11° Grammy Awards fu tenuto il 12 Marzo 1969. I
riconoscimenti riguardavano le realizzazioni dei musicisti per l'anno
precedente.
- Record of the Year
- Paul Simon & Roy Halee (producers) &
Simon and Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"
- Album of the Year
- Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for By
The Time I Get To Phoenix
- Song of the Year
- Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green
Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C.
Smith
- Best New Artist
Classical
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New
Philharmonia Orchestra for Boulez Conducts
Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un
Faune; Jeux)
- Best Vocal Soloist Performance
- Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor), Montserrat
Caballe & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
& Chorus; for Rossini: Rarities
- Best Opera Recording
- Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor),
Ezio Flagello, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price,
Judith Raskin, George Shirley, Tatiana Troyanos
& the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Mozart:
Cosi Fan Tutte
- Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
- Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg
Smith, (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the
Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers
& the Texas Boys Choir for The Glory of
Gabrieli
- Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with
or without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz on Television
(Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz)
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- Vittorio Negri (conductor), E. Power Biggs &
the Edward Tarr Ensemble for Glory of
Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds,
Strings and Organ
Comedy
- Best Comedy Performance
- Bill Cosby for To Russell, My Brother, Whom I
Slept With
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Theme
- Mason Williams (composer) for "Classical Gas"
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a
Television Special
- Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (composers) for The
Graduate performed by Simon and Garfunkel
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Mike Post (arranger) for "Classical Gas"
performed by Mason Williams
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- Jimmy L. Webb (arranger) for "MacArthur Park"
performed by Richard Harris
Country
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley P.T.A."
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues"
- Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or
Instrumental
- Flatt & Scruggs; for "Foggy Mountain
Breakdown"
- Best Country Song
- Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green
Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C.
Smith
Folk
- Best Folk Performance
- Judy Collins for "Both Sides Now"
Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance
- The Happy Goodman Family for The Happy Gospel
of the Happy Goodmans
- Best Soul Gospel Performance
- Dottie Rambo for "The Soul of Me"
- Best Sacred Performance
- Jake Hess for "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"
Jazz
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or
Soloist With Small Group
- Bill Evans for Bill Evans at the Montreux
Jazz Festival performed by the Bill Evans
Trio
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or
Soloist With Large Group
- Duke Ellington for "And His Mother Called
Him Bill"
Musical Show
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
- Galt MacDermott, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (composers),
Andy Wiswell (producer), Ronnie Dyson, Gerome
Ragni and the original cast for Hair
Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Cover
- John Berg, Richard Mantel (art directors), Horn
Grinner Studios (photographer) for Underground
performed by Thelonius Monk
- Best Album Notes
- Johnny Cash for Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
Pop
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know the Way to
San Jose?"
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire"
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Simon & Garfunkel; for "Mrs. Robinson"
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Mason Williams for "Classical Gas"
- Best Performance by a Chorus
- Alan Copeland for "Mission Impossible/Norwegian
Wood" performed by the Alan Copeland Singers
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Hugh Davies & Joe Polito (engineers) for
"Wichita Lineman" performed by Glen
Campbell
- Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti & the
London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler:
Symphony No. 9 in D conducted by Georg Solti
R&B
- Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance , Vocal or
Instrumental;
- Temptations for "Cloud Nine"
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance;
- Aretha Franklin for "Chain of Fools"
- Best Male R&B Vocal Performance;
- Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of
the Bay"
- Best R&B Song;
- Otis Redding & Steve Cropper (songwriters)
for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
performed by Otis Redding
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- Rod McKuen for Lonesome Cities
1967 1969
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