Grammy Awards of 1975
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The 17th Grammy Awards were held in 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1974.
Award winners:
- Record of the Year
- John Farrar (producer) & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"
- Album of the Year
- Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Fulfillingness' First Finale
- Song of the Year
- Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand
Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell for Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
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 Caballe, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi & the London Philharmonic for Puccini: La Boheme
- 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: The Damnation of 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)
- Alicia de Larrocha for Albeniz: Iberia
- 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
- Best Comedy Recording
- Richard Pryor for That Nigger's Crazy
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 Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for The Way We Were performed by Barbra Streisand
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Pat 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
- Chet Atkins & Merle Travis for The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show
- Best Country Song
- Billy Sherrill & Norris Wilson (songwriters) for "A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich
Folk
- Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
- Doc Watson & Merle Watson for Two Days in November
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)
- Elvis Presley for "How Great Thou Art"
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
- Charlie Parker for First Recordings!
- Best Jazz Performance by a Group
- Joe Pass, Niels Pedersen & Oscar Peterson for The Trio
- 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
- Rory Guy (notes writer) for Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold conducted by Ulf Hoelscher/Willy Mattes
Pop
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
- Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- Stevie Wonder for Fulfillingness' First Finale
- Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Paul McCartney & Wings for "Band on the Run"
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Marvin Hamlisch for "The Entertainer"
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
- Aretha Franklin for "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- Stevie Wonder for "Boogie on Reggae Woman"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Rufus for "Tell Me Something Good"
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- MFSB for "The Sound of Philadelphia"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Living for the City"
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- Peter Cook & Dudley Moore for Good Evening