9th Annual Grammy Awards
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. 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 & Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night"
- Album of the Year
- *Sonny Burke & Frank Sinatra for A Man and His Music
- Song of the Year
- *John Lennon & Paul McCartney 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 & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- *Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Leontyne Price & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna
- Best Opera Recording
- *Georg Solti, Régine Crespin, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Die Walkure
- Best Classical Choral Performance
- *Robert Shaw & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Handel: Messiah
- *George Bragg, Gregg Smith, 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
- *Julian Bream for Baroque Guitar
- 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, Morton Gould & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor
Comedy
- Best Comedy Performance
- *Bill Cosby for Wonderfulness
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Theme
- *Neal Hefti for "Batman Theme"
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
- *Maurice Jarre for Dr. Zhivago
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- *Herb Alpert for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
- Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
- *Ernie Freeman 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 for "Almost Persuaded" performed by David Houston
Folk
- Best Folk Recording
- *Cortelia Clark for Blues in the Street
Gospel
- Best Sacred Recording
- *Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for Grand Old Gospel
Jazz
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Group or Soloist with Group
- *Wes Montgomery for "Goin' Out of My Head"
- Best Original Jazz Composition
- *Duke Ellington for "In the Beginning God"
Musical show
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
- *Jerry Herman & the original cast for Mame
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
- *Klaus Voormann for Revolver performed by The Beatles
- Best Album Cover, Photography
- *Robert M. Jones & Les Leverette for Confessions of a Broken Man performed by Porter Wagoner
- Best Album Notes
- *Stan Cornyn 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 for "Somewhere My Love " performed by the Ray Conniff Singers
- Best Instrumental Performance
- *Herb Alpert for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
- Best Contemporary Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
- *Paul McCartney for "Eleanor Rigby"
- Best Contemporary Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
- *The Mamas & the Papas for "Monday, Monday"
- Best Contemporary Recording
- *New Vaudeville Band for "Winchester Cathedral"
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
- *Eddie Brackett & Lee Herschberg for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra
- Best Engineered Recording - Classical
- *Anthony Salvatore, Erich Leinsdorf, the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Wagner: Lohengrin
R&B
- Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female
- *Ray Charles for "Crying Time"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
- *Ramsey Lewis for "Hold It Right There"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
- *Ray Charles for "Crying Time"
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
- *Edward R. Murrow for Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I The War Years