Grammy Awards of 1970

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The 12th Grammy Awards were held in 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969.

Award winners:

*Record of the Year
**Bones Howe (producer) & The Fifth Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"

*Album of the Year
**James William Guercio (producer) & Blood, Sweat & Tears for "Blood, Sweat & Tears"

*Song of the Year
**Joe South for "Games People Play"

*Best New Artist
**Crosby, Stills & Nash

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Peter, Paul and Mary for "Peter, Paul and Mommy"

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"

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

*Best Folk Performance
**Joni Mitchell for "Clouds"

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
**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 & Philip McDonald (engineers) for "Abbey Road" performed by The Beatles
*Best Engineered Recording, Classical
** Walter 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 &B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
**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

poken

*Best Spoken Word Recording
**Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter for "We Love You Call Collect"

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