9th Annual Grammy Awards#Spoken
{{Short description|1967 American music award ceremony}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 9th Annual Grammy Awards
| image =
| caption =
| date = March 2, 1967
| location = Los Angeles Music Center, California
| host = Kirk Douglas
| network = ABC
| previous = 8th
| main = Grammy Awards
| next = 10th
}}
The 9th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 2, 1967, at Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1966.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3lYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7463,1537133&dq=grammy&hl=en|title=Sinatra Records Win Top Grammy Honors|date=3 March 1967|publisher=The Milwaukee Journal|access-date=1 May 2011|archive-date=12 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312104446/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3lYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7463,1537133&dq=grammy&hl=en|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=1966 Grammy Award Winners |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1966&genre=All |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717231634/https://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1966&genre=All |archive-date=17 July 2011 |access-date=1 May 2011 |publisher=Grammy.com }} The 9th Grammy Awards is notable for not presenting the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Frank Sinatra won 5 awards.
Award winners
- Record of the Year
- Jimmy Bowen (producer) & Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night"
- Album of the Year
- Sonny Burke (producer) & Frank Sinatra for A Man and His Music
- Song of the Year
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) for "Michelle" performed by The Beatles
=Children's=
- Best Recording for Children
- Marvin Miller for Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran the Zoo" and "Sleep Book"
=Classical=
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)
- Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna (Works of Barber, Purcell, etc.)
- Best Opera Recording
- Georg Solti (conductor), Régine Crespin, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Die Walkure
- Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
- Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Handel: Messiah
- George Bragg (conductor), Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers, the Ithaca College Concert Choir, the Texas Boys Choir & the Columbia Chamber Orchestra for Ives: Music for Chorus
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
- Julian Bream for Baroque Guitar (Works of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, etc.)
- Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
- Boston Symphony Chamber Players for Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston
- Album of the Year - Classical
- Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor
=Comedy=
=Composing and arranging=
- Best Instrumental Theme
- Neal Hefti (composer) for "Batman Theme"
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
- Maurice Jarre (composer) for Doctor Zhivago
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Herb Alpert (arranger) for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
- Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
- Ernie Freeman (arranger) for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra
=Country=
- Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
- Jeannie Seely for "Don't Touch Me"
- Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male
- David Houston for "Almost Persuaded"
- Best Country & Western Recording
- David Houston for "Almost Persuaded"
- Best Country & Western Song
- Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton (songwriters) for "Almost Persuaded" performed by David Houston
=Folk=
- Best Folk Recording
- Cortelia Clark for Blues in the Street
=Gospel=
- Best Sacred Recording (Musical)
- Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for Grand Old Gospel
=Jazz=
=Musical show=
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
- Jerry Herman (composer) & the original cast (Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Jane Connell, Charles Braswell, Jerry Lanning & Frankie Michaels) for Mame
=Packaging and notes=
- Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
- Klaus Voormann (graphic artist) for Revolver performed by The Beatles
- Best Album Cover, Photography
- Robert M. Jones (art director) & Les Leverette (photographer) for Confessions of a Broken Man performed by Porter Wagoner
- Best Album Notes
- Stan Cornyn (notes writer) for Sinatra at the Sands performed by Frank Sinatra
=Pop=
- Best Vocal Performance, Female
- Eydie Gorme for "If He Walked Into My Life"
- Best Vocal Performance, Male
- Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night"
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group
- Anita Kerr for "A Man and a Woman" performed by the Anita Kerr Singers
- Best Performance by a Chorus
- Ray Conniff (choir director) for "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago)" performed by the Ray Conniff Singers
- Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz)
- Herb Alpert for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
- Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
- Paul McCartney for "Eleanor Rigby"
- Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
- The Mamas & the Papas for "Monday, Monday"
- Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording
- New Vaudeville Band for "Winchester Cathedral"
=Production and engineering=
- Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
- Eddie Brackett & Lee Herschberg (engineers) for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra
- Best Engineered Recording - Classical
- Anthony Salvatore (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Wagner: Lohengrin
=R&B=
=Spoken=
- Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
- Edward R. Murrow for Edward R. Murrow – A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I The War Years[https://www.discogs.com/Edward-R-Murrow-A-Reporter-Remembers-Vol-I-The-War-Years/release/11028248#Credits Album Credits:] Compiled, edited by – Alvin Snyder, Fred W. Friendly, Sheldon Hoffman.
Narrator – Douglas Edwards.
Photography by CBS.
Sleeve notes – Fred Friendly. Discogs.com
References
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