# 12th Annual Grammy Awards

The 12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969.

## Award winners

* Record of the Year
** Bones Howe (producer) & The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
* Album of the Year
** James William Guercio (producer) & Blood, Sweat & Tears for Blood, Sweat & Tears
* Song of the Year
** Joe South for "Games People Play"
* Best New Artist
** Crosby, Stills & Nash

### Children's

* Best Recording for Children
** Peter, Paul and Mary for Peter, Paul and Mommy

### Classical

* Best Classical Performance, Orchestra
** Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"
* Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical
** Thomas Schippers (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia for Barber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915
* Best Opera Recording
** Otto Gerdes (producer), Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Siegfried
* Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
** Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Berio: Sinfonia
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
** Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach
* Best Chamber Music Performance
** The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli
* Album of the Year, Classical
** Rachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach

### Comedy

* Best Comedy Recording
** Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby, aka Sports

### Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Theme
** John Barry (composer) for Midnight Cowboy
* Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
** Burt Bacharach (composer) for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
** Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"
* Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
** Fred Lipsius (arranger) for "Spinning Wheel" performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears

### Country

* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
** Tammy Wynette for Stand By Your Man
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
** Johnny Cash for A Boy Named Sue
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
** Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for MacArthur Park
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
** The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis for The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
* Best Country Song
** Shel Silverstein (songwriter) for A Boy Named Sue performed by Johnny Cash

### Folk

* Best Folk Performance
** Joni Mitchell for Clouds

### Gospel

* Best Gospel Performance
** Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for In Gospel Country
* Best Soul Gospel Performance
** Edwin Hawkins for Oh Happy Day performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
* Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical)
** Jake Hess for Ain't That Beautiful Singing

### Jazz

* Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
** Wes Montgomery for Willow Weep for Me
* Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
** Quincy Jones for Walking in Space

### Musical show

* Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
** Burt Bacharach, Hal David (composers), Henry Jerome, Phil Ramone (producers) & the original cast (Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter, Donna McKecknie, A .L. Hines, Marian Mercer & Paul Reed) for Promises, Promises

### Packaging and notes

* Best Album Cover
** David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) for America the Beautiful performed by Gary McFarland
* Best Album Notes
** Johnny Cash (notes writer) for Nashville Skyline performed by Bob Dylan

### Pop

* Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
** Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?"
* Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
** Harry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'"
* Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group
** The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
* Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus
** Percy Faith for "Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus
* Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
** Blood, Sweat & Tears for "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie"
* Best Contemporary Song
** Joe South for "Games People Play"

### Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
** Geoff E. Emerick & Phil McDonald (engineers) for Abbey Road performed by The Beatles
* Best Engineered Recording, Classical
** Wendy Carlos (engineer & artist) for Switched-On Bach

### R&B

* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
** Aretha Franklin for "Share Your Love With Me"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
** Joe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
** Isley Brothers for "It's Your Thing"
* Best R&B Instrumental Performance
** King Curtis for "Games People Play"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
** Richard Spencer (songwriter) for "Color Him Father" performed by The Winstons

### Spoken

* Best Spoken Word Recording
** Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter for We Love You Call Collect