12th Annual Grammy Awards#Musical show
{{Short description|1970 music award ceremony}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 12th Annual Grammy Awards
| image =
| caption =
| date = March 11, 1970
| location = {{ubl
| Ambassador West Hotel
{{small|Chicago}}
| Century Plaza Hotel
{{small|Los Angeles}}
| Municipal Auditorium
{{small|Nashville}}
| Alice Tully Hall
{{small|Lincoln Center, New York}}
| American Motor Hotel
{{small|Atlanta}}
}}
| host =
| network = ABC
| previous = 11th
| main = Grammy Awards
| next = 13th
}}
The 12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m_9ZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-koNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4788,6324796&dq=grammy&hl=en|title=Rock Group, Machine, Pop Song Top Grammy Winners|author=Campbell, Mary|date=12 March 1970|publisher=Waycross Journal-Herald|access-date=1 May 2011}}{{cite web |title=1969 GRAMMY Winners {{!}} 12th Annual GRAMMY Awards |date=1970-03-11 |publisher=The Recording Academy |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/12th-annual-grammy-awards |access-date=2023-06-01}}
Award winners
=Children's=
=Classical=
- Best Classical Performance, Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"
- Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical
- Thomas Schippers (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia for Barber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915
- Best Opera Recording
- Otto Gerdes (producer), Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Siegfried
- Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
- Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Berio: Sinfonia
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
- Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli
- Album of the Year, Classical
- Rachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach
=Comedy=
- Best Comedy Recording
- Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby, aka Sports
=Composing and arranging=
- Best Instrumental Theme
- John Barry (composer) for Midnight Cowboy
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
- Burt Bacharach (composer) for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- Fred Lipsius (arranger) for "Spinning Wheel" performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears
=Country=
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Tammy Wynette for Stand By Your Man
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Johnny Cash for A Boy Named Sue
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
- Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for MacArthur Park
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis for The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
- Best Country Song
- Shel Silverstein (songwriter) for A Boy Named Sue performed by Johnny Cash
=Folk=
=Gospel=
- Best Gospel Performance
- Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for In Gospel Country
- Best Soul Gospel Performance
- Edwin Hawkins for Oh Happy Day performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
- Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical)
- Jake Hess for Ain't That Beautiful Singing
=Jazz=
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
- Wes Montgomery for Willow Weep for Me
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
- Quincy Jones for Walking in Space
=Musical show=
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
- Burt Bacharach, Hal David (composers), Henry Jerome, Phil Ramone (producers) & the original cast (Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter, Donna McKecknie, A .L. Hines, Marian Mercer & Paul Reed) for Promises, Promises
=Packaging and notes=
- Best Album Cover
- David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) for America the Beautiful performed by Gary McFarland
- Best Album Notes
- Johnny Cash (notes writer) for Nashville Skyline performed by Bob Dylan
=Pop=
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
- Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?"
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
- Harry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'"
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group
- The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
- Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus
- Percy Faith for "Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus
- Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
- Blood, Sweat & Tears for "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie"
- Best Contemporary Song
- Joe South for "Games People Play"
=Production and engineering=
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Geoff E. Emerick & Phil McDonald (engineers) for Abbey Road performed by The Beatles
- Best Engineered Recording, Classical
- Wendy Carlos (engineer & artist) for Switched-On Bach
=R&B=
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- Aretha Franklin for "Share Your Love With Me"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- Joe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
- Isley Brothers for "It's Your Thing"
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- King Curtis for "Games People Play"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Richard Spencer (songwriter) for "Color Him Father" performed by The Winstons
=Spoken=
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter for We Love You Call Collect
References
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