17th Annual Grammy Awards

The seventeenth edition of the annual presentation of the Grammy Awards took place on March 1, 1975 at the Uris Theatre in New York. The ceremony was broadcast live by US television channel CBS and was presented by Andy Williams .

Like a year earlier was now Stevie Wonder again the big winner. In 1974 he won Grammys for his album Inner Visions, this time he did it with his album Fulfillingness' First Finale . He received Grammy for Album of the Year, Best singer (pop), Best Singer (R & B) and Best R & B Song (Living for the City, from Inner Visions ).

Composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch also had a successful evening. He won four Grammy Awards for his work on the film The Way We Were (with Barbra Streisand) and The Sting . He won the categories of Song of the Year and Best soundtrack with the song The Way We Were, the category Best Instrumental Performance for The Entertainer (from The Sting) and the category of Best New Artist. The last category was quite remarkable, as determined Hamlisch was no novice - he wrote his first hit in 1963 (Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows), and in 1972 was nominated for an Oscar for best film song.

Hamlisch is one of only thirteen people who have won all major entertainment prices in the US: the Oscar, the Tony Award (for plays and musicals), the Emmy (for television productions) and the Grammy Award. He also won prestigious awards as the Pulitzer Prize and Golden Globes. The Way We Were was quite successful for him because he won two Grammys and three Oscars with.

After the controversy in 1974 over the profits of Olivia Newton-John in the country category (see 1974 ), there was again this year profit for the singer, but in a less controversial category. Her hit I Honestly Love Youwon Grammys for Record of the Year and Best pop singer.

Conductor Sir Georg Solti won again heavily in the classical categories. He added three Grammys to his already impressive total increase (eight to twelve years). The album Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique won three awards; two for Solti and the engineers of the album.

Noteworthy were the Grammys for the Pointer Sisters and Elvis Presley, respectively, in the country and gospel categories. The Pointer Sisters were the first black girl group that won a Grammy in this category.Presley's third (and last) Grammy was again in the gospel category, the same category in which he won his other two Grammys (in 1968 and 1973 ). As in 1968, he won in 1975 with How Great Thou Art, but it was different plates: in 1968 he won the album with that title in 1975 went to a live recording of the song comes from the album Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis.

Violinist David Oistrakh won a posthumous Grammy in the classical music category; He died in 1974 in Amsterdam. Actor Paul Winchell won a Grammy in the category of children's repertoire. He was not only known as the voice of Tigger (Tigger) Winnie the Pooh, but also as the inventor of the artificial lake.

Content
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 * 1 Winners
 * 1.1 General
 * 1.2 Pop
 * 1.3 Country
 * 1.4 R & B
 * 1.5 Folk
 * 1.6 Gospel
 * 1.7 Jazz
 * 1.8 Classical music
 * 1.9 Comedy
 * 1:10 Composing & Arranging (Composition & arrangements)
 * 1:11 Children's Repertoire
 * 1:12 Musical
 * 1:13 Covers
 * 1:14 Production & Engineering (Production & Engineering)
 * 1:15 Spoken Word
 * 2 See also
 * 3 External links

General [ edit ]

 * Record of the Year
 * "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John (executive); John Farrar (producer)
 * Album of the Year
 * " Fulfillingness' First Finale "- Stevie Wonder
 * Song of the Year
 * Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for "The Way We Were" (executive: Barbra Streisand )
 * Best New Artist
 * Marvin Hamlisch

[Pop edit ]

 * Best Pop Vocal Performance (singer)
 * "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John
 * Best Pop Vocal Performance (singer)
 * "Fulfillingness' First Finale" - Stevie Wonder
 * Best Pop Vocal Performance (duo / group)
 * " Band on the Run "- Paul McCartney & Wings
 * Best Pop Instrumental Performance
 * "The Entertainer" - Marvin Hamlisch

Country [ edit ]

 * Best Country Vocal Performance (singer)
 * "Love Song" - Anne Murray
 * Best Country Vocal Performance (singer)
 * "Please Do not Tell Me How The Story Ends" - Ronnie Milsap
 * Best Country Vocal Performance (duo / group)
 * "Fairytale" - Pointer Sisters
 * Best Country Instrumental Performance
 * "The Atkins Travers Travelling Show" - Chet Atkins and Merle Travis
 * Best Country Song
 * Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson (composers) for "A Very Special Love Song" (executive: Charlie Rich )

R & B [ edit ]

 * Best R & B Vocal Performance (singer)
 * "Is not Nothing Like The Real Thing" - Aretha Franklin
 * Best R & B Vocal Performance (singer)
 * "Boogie on Reggae Woman" - Stevie Wonder
 * Best R & B Vocal Performance (duo / group)
 * "Tell Me Something Good" - Rufus
 * Best R & B Instrumental Performance
 * "The Sound of Philadelphia" - MFSB
 * Best R & B Song
 * Stevie Wonder (composer) for "Living For The City" (executive: Stevie Wonder)

Folk [ edit ]

 * Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
 * "Two Days in November" - Doc Watson & Merle Watson

Gospel [ edit ]

 * Best Gospel Performance
 * "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor" - Oak Ridge Boys
 * Best Soul Gospel Performance
 * "In The Ghetto" - James Cleveland
 * Best Inspirational Performance
 * "How Great Thou Art" - Elvis Presley

Jazz [ edit ]

 * Best Jazz Performance (soloist)
 * "First Recordings" - Charlie Parker
 * Best Jazz Performance (Group)
 * "The Trio" - Oscar Peterson , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Joe Pass
 * Best Jazz Performance (big band)
 * "Thundering Herd" - Woody Herman

Classical music [ edit ]
Boldface names received a Grammy. Other performers, such as orchestras, soloists, etc. that were not eligible for a Grammy, are shown in lowercase.
 * Best Classical Performance (orchestra)
 * "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique" - Georg Solti (conductor)
 * Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
 * Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
 * "Leontyne Price sings Richard Strauss" - Leontyne Price
 * Best Opera Recording
 * "Puccini: La Bohème" - Georg Solti (conductor), Richard Mohr (producer)
 * Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballe , Placido Domingo , Sherrill Milnes , Ruggero Raimondi (soloists), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
 * Best Choral Performance (Best choir version)
 * "Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust" - Colin Davis (conductor)
 * the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & The London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
 * Best Classical Instrumental Performance (soloist with orchestra)
 * "Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1" - David Oistrakh (soloist)
 * The New Philharmonia conducted by Maxim Shostakovich
 * Best Classical Instrumental Performance (soloist without orchestra)
 * "Albéniz: Iberia" - Alicia de Larrocha
 * Best Chamber Music Performance (Best Chamber Music)
 * "Brahms: Trios (Complete) / Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor" - Artur Rubinstein , Pierre Fournier & Henryk Szeryng
 * Album of the Year (Classical)
 * "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique" - Georg Solti (conductor), David Harvey (producer)
 * Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Comedy [ edit ]

 * Best Comedy Recording
 * "That Nigger's Crazy" - Richard Pryor

Composing & Arranging (Composition & arrangements) [ edit ]

 * Best Instrumental Composition
 * " Tubular Bells "- Mike Oldfield
 * Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (Best music written for a film or television show)
 * Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for "The Way We Were" (executive: Barbra Streisand )
 * Best Instrumental Arrangement
 * Patrick Williams (arranger / performer) for "Threshold"
 * Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocals (Best package for composition with vocals)
 * Joni Mitchell and Tom Scott (arranger) for "Down to You" (executive: Joni Mitchell)

[Children's Repertoire edit ]

 * Best Recording for Children
 * "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" - Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell

[Musical edit ]

 * Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album (Best music for a musical, performed by the original cast)
 * Judd Woldin & Robert Brittan (composers); Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) for "Raisin"

Covers [ edit ]
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 * Best Album Package
 * Christopher Worf & Ed Thrasher (designers) for "Come and Gone" (performers: Mason Proffit)
 * Best Album Notes
 * Charles R. Townsend (writer) for "For The Last Time" (performers: Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys)
 * Dan Morgenstern (writer) for "The Hawk Files" (executive: Coleman Hawkins )
 * Best Album Notes (classical album)
 * Angus Scrimm (writer) for "The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold '(performers: Ulf Hölschler & Willy Mattes)

Production & Engineering (Production & Engineering) [ edit ]

 * Best Engineered Recording (Best technique to non-classical album)
 * Geoff Emerick (technician) for " Band on the Run "(performers: Paul McCartney & Wings )
 * Best Engineered Recording (Best technique in classical album)
 * Kenneth Wilkinson (technician) for "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique" (performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti )
 * Producer of the Year
 * Thom Bell

Spoken Word [ edit ]

 * Best Spoken Word Recording
 * "Good Evening" - Dudley Moore and Peter Cook

See also [ edit ]

 * Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

External links [ edit ]

 * Website of the Grammy Awards
 * Grammy Awards winners at Grammy.com (searchable database)