Grammy Awards of 1977
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The 19th Grammy Awards were held in 1977, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1976.
Award winners:
- Record of the Year
- Tommy LiPuma (producer) & George Benson for "This Masquerade"
- Album of the Year
- Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Songs in the Key of Life
- Song of the Year
- Bruce Johnston (songwriter) for "I Write the Songs" performed by Barry Manilow
Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- Karl Bohm (conductor) & Hermione Gingold for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Classical
- Best Classical Orchestral Performance
- Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Beverly Sills for Herbert: Music of Victor Herbert
- Best Opera Recording
- Michael Woolcock (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), Leona Mitchell, Willard White & the Cleveland Orchestra for Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
- Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
- Andre Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Rachmaninoff: The Bells
- Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
- Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Concerts 1975/76
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- David Munrow (conductor) & the Early Music Consort of London for The Art of Courtly Love
- Best Classical Album
- Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Comedy
- Best Comedy Recording
- Richard Pryor for Bicentennial Nigger
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition
- Chuck Mangione (composer) for Bellavia
- Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
- Norman Whitfield (composer) for Car Wash performed by various artists
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Chick Corea (arranger) for "Leprechaun's Dream"
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- James William Guercio & Jimmie Haskell (arrangers) for "If You Leave Me Now" performed by Chicago
- Best Arrangement for Voices (duo, group or chorus)
- Starland Vocal Band (arranger) for "Afternoon Delight"
Country
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Emmylou Harris for Elite Hotel
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Ronnie Milsap for "(I'm a) Stand By My Woman Man"
- Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
- Amazing Rhythm Aces for "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Chet Atkins & Les Paul for Chester and Lester
- Best Country Song
- Larry Gatlin (songwriter) for "Broken Lady"
Folk
- Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
- John Hartford for Mark Twang
Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)
- The Oak Ridge Boys for "Where the Soul Never Dies"
- Best Soul Gospel Performance
- Mahalia Jackson for How I Got Over
- Best Inspirational Performance
- Gary S. Paxton for The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist (Instrumental)
- Count Basie for Basie and Zoot
- Best Jazz Performance by a Group
- Chick Corea for The Leprechaun
- Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
- Duke Ellington for The Ellington Suites
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance
- Ella Fitzgerald for Fitzgerald and Pass...Again
Latin
- Best Latin Recording
- Eddie Palmieri for Unfinished Masterpiece
Musical Show
- Best Cast Show Album
- Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti (producers) & various artists for Bubbling Brown Sugar
Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Package
- Best Album Notes
- Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for The Changing Face of Harlem, the Savoy Sessions performed by Various Artists
Pop
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
- Linda Ronstadt for Hasten Down the Wind
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- Stevie Wonder for Songs in the Key of Life
- Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Chicago for "If You Leave Me Now"
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- George Benson for Breezin'
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Al Schmitt (engineer) for Breezin' performed by George Benson
- Best Engineered Recording, Classical
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), George Gershwin, & the Columbia Jazz Band for Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Best Producer of the Year
R&B
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- Natalie Cole for "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- Stevie Wonder for "I Wish"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo for "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- George Benson for "Theme From Good King Bad"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Boz Scaggs & David Paich (songwriters) for "Lowdown" performed by Boz Scaggs
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- Henry Fonda, Helen Hayes, James Earl Jones & Orson Welles for Great American Documents