13th Annual Grammy Awards

Award winners

Record of the Year

• Simon & Garfunkel for "Bridge over Troubled Water"; Roy Halee, Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon
• * The Carpenters for " Close to You"
• * Ray Stevens for "Everything Is Beautiful"
• * James Taylor for "Fire and Rain"
• * The Beatles for "Let It Be"

  Album of the Year

• Simon & Garfunkel for Bridge over Troubled Water; Roy Halee, Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon

  Song of the Year

• Paul Simon for "Bridge over Troubled Water"

  Best New Artist

• The Carpenters

  Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• * Joan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard for Sesame Street performed by The Muppets

  Classical

• Best Classical Performance, Orchestra
• * Pierre Boulez & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• * Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for Schubert: Lieder
• Best Opera Recording
• * Erik Smith, Colin Davis, the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus & various artists for Berlioz: Les Troyens
• Best Choral Performance
• * Gregg Smith, the Gregg Smith Singers & the Columbia Chamber Ensemble for Ives: New Music of Charles Ives
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
• * George Szell, David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Cleveland Orchestra for Brahms: Double Concerto
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• * Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose & Isaac Stern for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
• Album of the Year, Classical
• * Erik Smith, Colin Davis, various artists & the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens

  Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
• * Flip Wilson for The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress

  Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• * Alfred Newman for "Airport Love Theme"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
• * George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr for Let It Be performed by The Beatles
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
• * Henry Mancini for "Theme From Z"
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist
• * Larry Knechtel & Paul Simon for "Bridge over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

  Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• * Lynn Anderson for "Rose Garden"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• * Ray Price for "For the Good Times"
• Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
• * Johnny Cash & June Carter for "If I Were a Carpenter"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
• * Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed for Me and Jerry
• Best Country Song
• * Marty Robbins for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"

  Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
• * T-Bone Walker for Good Feelin'

  Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance
• * The Oak Ridge Boys for "Talk About the Good Times"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance
• * Edwin Hawkins for "Every Man Wants to Be Free" performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
• Best Sacred Performance
• * Jake Hess for "Everything Is Beautiful"

  Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
• * Bill Evans for Alone
• Best Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
• * Miles Davis for Bitches Brew

  Musical show

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
• * Stephen Sondheim, Thomas Z. Shepard & the original cast for Company

  Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover
• * Robert Lockart & Ivan Nagy for Indianola Mississippi Seeds performed by B.B. King
• Best Album Notes
• * Chris Albertson for The World's Greatest Blues Singer performed by Bessie Smith

  Pop

• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
• * Dionne Warwick for I'll Never Fall in Love Again
• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
• * Ray Stevens for "Everything Is Beautiful"
• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
• * The Carpenters for "Close to You"
• Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
• * Henry Mancini for Theme From Z and Other Film Music
• Best Contemporary Song
• * Paul Simon for "Bridge over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

  Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• * Roy Halee for Bridge over Troubled Water performed by Simon & Garfunkel
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• * Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore, Pierre Boulez & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

  R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• * Don't Play That Song by Aretha Franklin
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• * The Thrill Is Gone" by B.B. King
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
• * Didn't I '' by The Delfonics
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• * General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar for "Patches" performed by Clarence Carter

  Spoken

• Best Spoken Word Recording
• * Martin Luther King, Jr. for Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam