# 17th Annual Grammy Awards

The 17th Annual Grammy Awards were presented March 1, 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1974.

## Performers

* The Spinners - "Mighty Love"
* Marvin Hamlisch & Andy Williams - "The Way We Were"
* Les Hooper - big band performance
* Anne Murray - "A Love Song"
* Harry Chapin - "Cat's in the Cradle"
* Aretha Franklin - "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
* Stevie Wonder - "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
* Waylon Jennings - "I'm a Ramblin' Man"

## Presenters

* David Bowie - Best R&B Performance, Female
* Bette Midler - Album of the Year
* Paul Simon & John Lennon - Record of the Year
* Tony Orlando & Dawn - Best New Artist
* Gladys Knight & The Pips - Song of the Year
* Kate Smith - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
* Moms Mabley - Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
* Righteous Brothers & Aretha Franklin - Best R&B Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal

## Award winners

* Record of the Year
** John Farrar (producer) & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You" (accepted by Art Garfunkel)
* Album of the Year
** Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Fulfillingness' First Finale
* Song of the Year
** Alan and 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 Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi & the London Philharmonic for Puccini: La bohème
* 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: La Damnation de 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 Albéniz: Iberia
* Best Chamber Music Performance
** Pierre Fournier, Arthur 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 and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for The Way We Were performed by Barbra Streisand
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
** Patrick 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 & Norro 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-Henning Ørsted 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
** Angus Scrimm (as 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