Grammy Awards of 1969

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The 11th Grammy Awards were held in 1969. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1968.

Award winners:

*Record of the Year
**Paul Simon & Roy Halee (producers) & Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"

*Album of the Year
**Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"

*Song of the Year
**Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith

*Best New Artist
**Jose Feliciano

Classical

*Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
**Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for "Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)"
*Best Vocal Soloist Performance
**Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor), Montserrat Caballe & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus for "Rossini: Rarities"
*Best Opera Recording
**Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Ezio Flagello, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Judith Raskin, George Shirley, Tatiana Troyanos & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for "Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte"
*Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
**Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg Smith, (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers & the Texas Boys Choir for "The Glory of Gabrieli"
*Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
**Vladimir Horowitz for "Horowitz on Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz)"
*Best Chamber Music Performance
**Vittorio Negri (conductor), E. Power Biggs & the Edward Tarr Ensemble for "Glory of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ"

Comedy

*Best Comedy Performance
**Bill Cosby for "To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Theme
**Mason Williams (composer) for "Classical Gas"
*Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
**Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (composers) for "The Graduate" performed by Simon and Garfunkel
*Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Mike Post (arranger) for "Classical Gas" performed by Mason Williams
*Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
**Jimmy L. Webb (arranger) for "MacArthur Park" performed by Richard Harris

Country

*Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
**Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley P.T.A."
*Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
**Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues"
*Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental
**Flatt & Scruggs for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
*Best Country Song
**Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith

Folk

*Best Folk Performance
**Judy Collins for "Both Sides Now"

Gospel

*Best Gospel Performance
**The Happy Goodman Family for "The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans"
*Best Soul Gospel Performance
**Dottie Rambo for "The Soul of Me"
*Best Sacred Performance
**Jake Hess for "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"

Jazz

*Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
**Bill Evans for "Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival" performed by the Bill Evans Trio
*Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
**Duke Ellington for "And His Mother Called Him Bill"

Musical Show

*Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
**Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (composers), Andy Wiswell (producer) the original cast (Ronnie Dyson, Gerome Ragni, Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Diane Keaton, Melba Moore & James Rado) for "Hair".

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Cover
**John Berg, Richard Mantell (art directors), Horn Grinner Studios (photographer) for "Underground" performed by Thelonious Monk
*Best Album Notes
**Johnny Cash (notes writer) for "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison" performed by Johnny Cash

Pop

*Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female
**Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
*Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male
**Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire"
*Best Contemporary-Pop Performance - Vocal Duo or Group
**Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"
*Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Chorus
**Alan Copeland (choir director) for "Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood Medley" performed by the Alan Copeland Singers
*Best Pop Instrumental Performance
**Mason Williams for "Classical Gas"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
**Hugh Davies & Joe Polito (engineers) for "Wichita Lineman" performed by Glen Campbell
*Best Engineered Recording, Classical
**Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for "Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D"

R&B

*Best R&B Performance, Female
**Aretha Franklin for "Chain of Fools"
*Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
**Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
**The Temptations for "Cloud Nine"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Song
**Otis Redding & Steve Cropper (songwriters) for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" performed by Otis Redding

poken

*Best Spoken Word Recording
**Rod McKuen for "Lonesome Cities"

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