# 11th Annual Grammy Awards

The 11th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 12, 1969. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1968.

## Presenters

* Dan Rowan & Dick Martin - Introduced The Temptations
* Flip Wilson - Introduced Jeannie C. Riley
* The King Family - Best New Artist & Best Contemporary Male Vocal Performance and introduced Jose Feliciano
* Lou Rawls & Bobbie Gentry - Introduced Glen Campbell
* Burt Bacharach - Introduced Dionne Warwick
* Mama Cass Elliott - Introduced The Beatles
* Nancy Sinatra - Introduced Mason Williams
* Davy Jones - Introduced Bobby Goldsboro
* Don Rickles & Tiny Tim - Introduced Simon & Garfunkel
* Tommy Smothers - Introduced the cast of Hair
* Henry Mancini - Record of the Year

## Performers

* The Temptations - "Cloud Nine"
* Jeannie C. Riley - "Harper Valley PTA"
* Jose Feliciano - "Light My Fire"
* Glen Campbell - "Wichita Lineman"
* Dionne Warwick - "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
* The Beatles - "Hey Jude"
* Mason Williams - "Classical Gas"
* Bobby Goldsboro - "Honey"
* Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson"
* O.C. Smith - "Little Green Apples"
* The Cast of Hair - "Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"

## Award winners

* Record of the Year
** Paul Simon & Roy Halee (producers) & Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"
* Album of the Year
** Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for By the Time I Get to Phoenix
* Song of the Year
** Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith
* Best New Artist
** José Feliciano

### Classical

* Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
** Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)
* Best Vocal Soloist Performance
** Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor), Montserrat Caballé & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Rossini: Rarities
* Best Opera Recording
** Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Ezio Flagello, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Judith Raskin, George Shirley, Tatiana Troyanos & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
* Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
** Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg Smith, (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers & the Texas Boys Choir for The Glory of Gabrieli
* Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
** Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz on Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz)
* Best Chamber Music Performance
** Vittorio Negri (conductor), E. Power Biggs & the Edward Tarr Ensemble for Glory of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ

### Comedy

* Best Comedy Performance
** Bill Cosby for To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With

### Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Theme
** Mason Williams (composer) for "Classical Gas"
* Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
** Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (composers) for The Graduate performed by Simon & Garfunkel
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
** Mike Post (arranger) for "Classical Gas" performed by Mason Williams
* Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
** Jimmy L. Webb (arranger) for "MacArthur Park" performed by Richard Harris

### Country

* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
** Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley PTA"
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
** Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues"
* Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental
** Flatt & Scruggs for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
* Best Country Song
** Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith

### Folk

* Best Folk Performance
** Judy Collins for "Both Sides Now"

### Gospel

* Best Gospel Performance
** The Happy Goodman Family for The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans
* Best Soul Gospel Performance
** Dottie Rambo for "The Soul of Me"
* Best Sacred Performance
** Jake Hess for "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"

### Jazz

* Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
** Bill Evans for Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival performed by the Bill Evans Trio
* Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
** Duke Ellington for "And His Mother Called Him Bill"

### Musical show

* Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
** Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (composers), Andy Wiswell (producer) the original cast (Ronnie Dyson, Gerome Ragni, Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Diane Keaton, Melba Moore & James Rado) for Hair.

### Packaging and notes

* Best Album Cover
** John Berg, Richard Mantell (art directors), Horn Grinner Studios (photographer) for Underground performed by Thelonious Monk
* Best Album Notes
** Johnny Cash (notes writer) for Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison performed by Johnny Cash

### Pop

* Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female
** Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
* Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male
** Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire"
* Best Contemporary-Pop Performance - Vocal Duo or Group
** Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"
* Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Chorus
** Alan Copeland (choir director) for "Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood Medley" performed by the Alan Copeland Singers
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance
** Mason Williams for "Classical Gas"

### Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
** Hugh Davies & Joe Polito (engineers) for "Wichita Lineman" performed by Glen Campbell
* Best Engineered Recording, Classical
** Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D

### R&B

* Best R&B Performance, Female
** Aretha Franklin for "Chain of Fools"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
** Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (posthumously)
* Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
** The Temptations for "Cloud Nine"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
** Otis Redding & Steve Cropper (songwriters) for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" performed by Otis Redding

### Spoken

* Best Spoken Word Recording
** Rod McKuen for Lonesome Cities