# 14th Annual Grammy Awards

The 14th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 14, 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States by ABC; the following year, they would move the telecasts to CBS, where they remain to this date. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1971.

## Award winners
### General field

* Record of the Year
** Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for "It's Too Late"
* Album of the Year
** Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for Tapestry
* Song of the Year
** Carole King (songwriter) for "You've Got a Friend"
* Best New Artist
** Carly Simon

### Children's

* Best Recording for Children
** Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs

### Classical

* Best Classical Performance – Orchestra
** Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D
* Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
** Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann
* Best Opera Recording
** Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Grace Bumbry, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Ruggero Raimondi, the John Aldis Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for Verdi: Aida
* Best Choral Performance, Classical
** Colin Davis (conductor), Russell Burgess, Arthur Oldham (choir directors) the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Requiem
* Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
** André Previn (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar
* Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
** Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
* Best Chamber Music Performance
** The Juilliard String Quartet for Debussy: Quartet in G Minor/Ravel: Quartet in F
* Album of the Year, Classical
** Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)

### Comedy

* Best Comedy Recording
** Lily Tomlin for This Is a Recording

### Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Composition
** Michel LeGrand (composer) for "Theme From Summer of '42"
* Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
** Isaac Hayes (composer) for Shaft
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
** Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen (arrangers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
* Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
** Paul McCartney (arranger) for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" performed by Paul & Linda McCartney

### Country

* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
** Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
** Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
* Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
** Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty for "After the Fire Is Gone"
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
** Chet Atkins for "Snowbird"
* Best Country Song
** Kris Kristofferson (songwriter) for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Sammi Smith

### Folk

* Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
** Muddy Waters for They Call Me Muddy Waters

### Gospel

* Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)
** Charley Pride for "Let Me Live"
* Best Soul Gospel Performance
** Shirley Caesar for Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man From Galilee
* Best Sacred Performance
** Charley Pride for Did You Think to Pray

### Jazz

* Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
** Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio
* Best Jazz Performance by a Group
** Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio
* Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
** Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite"

### Musical show

* Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
** Stephen Schwartz (composer & producer) & the original cast for Godspell

### Packaging and notes

* Best Album Cover
** Dean O. Torrence (art director) & Gene Brownell (photographer) for Pollution performed by Pollution
* Best Album Notes
** Sam Samudio (notes writer) for Sam, Hard and Heavy performed by Sam Samudio

### Pop

* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
** Carole King for Tapestry
* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
** James Taylor for "You've Got a Friend"
* Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
** The Carpenters for Carpenters
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance
** Quincy Jones for Smackwater Jack

### Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
** Henry Bush, Ron Capone & Dave Purple (engineers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
* Best Classical Engineered Recording
** Vittorio Negri (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Requiem

### R&B

* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
** Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
** Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group
** Ike & Tina Turner for "Proud Mary"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
** Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine"

### Spoken

* Best Spoken Word Recording
** Les Crane for Desiderata