Grammy Awards of 1974
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The 16th Grammy Awards were held in 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1973.
Award winners:
- Record of the Year
- Joel Dorn (producer) & Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
- Album of the Year
- Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Innervisions
- Song of the Year
- Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel (songwriters) for "Killing Me Softly With His Song" performed by Roberta Flack
Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- Joe Raposo (producer) for Sesame Street Live performed by the Sesame Street cast
Classical
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Edward Downes (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Puccini: Heroines
- Best Opera Recording
- Tom Mowrey (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, James McCracken 7 the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Bizet: Carmen
- Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
- Andre Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Walton: Belshazzer's Feast
- Georg Solti (conductor), Vladimir Ashkenazy & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Concerti (5) for Piano and Orchestra
- Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Scriabin
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- Gunther Schuller (conductor) & the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble for Joplin: The Red Back Book
- Album of the Year, Classical
- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Comedy
- Best Comedy Recording
- Cheech and Chong for Los Cochinos
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition
- Gato Barbieri (composer) for "Last Tango in Paris" performed by various artists
- Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
- Neil Diamond (composer) for Jonathan Livingston Seagull performed by various artists
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Quincy Jones (arranger) for "Summer in the City"
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- George Martin (arranger) for "Live and Let Die" performed by Paul McCartney & Wings
Country
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Olivia Newton-John for "Let Me Be There"
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Charlie Rich for "Behind Closed Doors"
- Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
- Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson for "From the Bottle to the Bottom"
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Steve Mandell & Eric Weissberg for "Dueling Banjos"
- Best Country Song
- Kenny O'Dell (songwriter) for "Behind Closed Doors" performed by Charlie Rich
Folk
Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance
- Blackwood Brothers for Release Me (From My Sin)
- Best Soul Gospel Performance
- Dixie Hummingbirds for "Loves Me Like a Rock"
- Best Inspirational Performance
- The Bill Gaither Trio for Let's Just Praise the Lord
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
- Art Tatum for God Is in the House
- Best Jazz Performance by a Group
- Supersax for Supersax Plays Bird
- Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
- Woody Herman for Giant Steps
Musical Show
- Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
- Stephen Sondheim (composer), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast (Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, Hermoine Gingold, Victoria Mallory, Patricia Elliott & Teri Ralston) for A Little Night Music
Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Package
- Wilkes & Braun (art director) for Tommy performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir
- Best Album Notes
- Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for God Is in the House performed by Art Tatum
- Best Album Notes - Classical
- Glenn Gould (notes writer) for Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano (Complete) performed by Glenn Gould
Pop
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
- Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- Stevie Wonder for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
- Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Eumir Deodato for "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Malcolm Cecil & Robert Margouleff (engineers) for Innervisions performed by Stevie Wonder
- Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
R&B
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- Aretha Franklin for "Master of Eyes"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- Stevie Wonder for "Superstition"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Midnight Train to Georgia"
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- Ramsey Lewis for "Hang on Sloopy"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Superstition"
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- Richard Harris for Jonathan Livingston Seagull