Grammy Awards of 1975 - Definition and Overview

The 17th Grammy Awards were held in 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1974.

Award winners:

• Record of the Year
  • John Farrar (producer) & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"

• Album of the Year
  • Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Fulfillingness' First Finale

• Song of the Year
  • Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand

• Best New Artist
  • Marvin Hamlisch

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell for Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss
• Best Opera Recording
  • Richard Mohr (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballe, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi & the London Philharmonic for Puccini: La Boheme
• Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
  • Colin Davis (conductor) the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
• Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Maxim Shostakovich (conductor), David Oistrakh & the New Philharmonia for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Alicia de Larrocha for Albeniz: Iberia
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor
• Album of the Year, Classical
  • David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
  • Richard Pryor for That Nigger's Crazy

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Mike Oldfield (composer) for "Tubular Bells - Theme From The Exorcist"
• Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  • Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for The Way We Were performed by Barbra Streisand
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Pat Williams (arranger) for Threshold
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists
  • Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott (arrangers) for "Down to You" performed by Joni Mitchell

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Anne Murray for Love Song
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Ronnie Milsap for "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"
• Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
  • The Pointer Sisters for "Fairytale"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Chet Atkins & Merle Travis for The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show
• Best Country Song
  • Billy Sherrill & Norris Wilson (songwriters) for "A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich

Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
  • Doc Watson & Merle Watson for Two Days in November

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance
  • The Oak Ridge Boys for "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance
  • James Cleveland for In the Ghetto performed by James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir
• Best Inspirational Performance (non-classical)
  • Elvis Presley for "How Great Thou Art"

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
  • Charlie Parker for First Recordings!
• Best Jazz Performance by a Group
  • Joe Pass, Niels Pedersen & Oscar Peterson for The Trio
• Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
  • Woody Herman for Thundering Herd

Musical Show

• Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
  • Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin (composers), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast (Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin) for Raisin

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package
  • Christopher Whorf & Ed Thrasher (art directors) for Come and Gone performed by Mason Proffit
• Best Album Notes
  • Charles R. Townsend (notes writer) for For the Last Time performed by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  • Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for The Hawk Flies performed by Coleman Hawkins
• Best Album Notes - Classical
  • Rory Guy (notes writer) for Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold conducted by Ulf Hoelscher/Willy Mattes

Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Stevie Wonder for Fulfillingness' First Finale
• Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
  • Paul McCartney & Wings for "Band on the Run"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Marvin Hamlisch for "The Entertainer"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for Band on the Run performed by Paul McCartney & Wings
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
• Best Producer of the Year
  • Thom Bell

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Aretha Franklin for "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Stevie Wonder for "Boogie on Reggae Woman"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
  • Rufus for "Tell Me Something Good"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • MFSB for "The Sound of Philadelphia"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Living for the City"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word Recording
  • Peter Cook & Dudley Moore for Good Evening