# 16th Annual Grammy Awards

The 16th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognised accomplishments by musicians from the year 1973.

## Performers

* Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Midnight Train to Georgia"
* Charlie Rich - "Behind Closed Doors"
* Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - "Dueling Banjos"
* Al Green - "Call Me (Come Back Home)"
* Little Richard - "Rip It Up"
* Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode"
* Maureen McGovern - "The Morning After"
* Tony Orlando and Dawn - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
* Andy Williams - best songs medley
* Cleveland Quartet
* Stevie Wonder - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"

## Presenters

* Shelly Manne & The Jackson 5 - Best R&B Recording by a Duo or Group
* Loretta Lynn & The DeFranco Family - Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
* Loggins & Messina & Glen Campbell - Best Country Instrumental Performance
* Chuck Berry & Little Richard - Best R&B Performance, Male
* Andy Williams - Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
* The Carpenters - Best New Artist
* Andy Williams - Tribute to Jim Croce
* Helen Reddy & Alice Cooper - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
* Henry Mancini - Presented the Grammy Hall of Fame
* Kris Kristofferson & Moms Mabley - Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
* Roberta Flack - Announced the winners before the telecast
* Andy Williams - Song of the Year
* Isaac Hayes & Lily Tomlin - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
* Zubin Mehta - Announced winners in the Classical category
* Cher & Telly Savalas - Album of the Year
* Diana Ross - Record of the Year

## Award winners

* Record of the Year
** Joel Dorn (producer) & Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
* Album of the Year
** Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Innervisions
* Song of the Year
** Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel (songwriters) for "Killing Me Softly with His Song" performed by Roberta Flack
* Best New Artist
** Bette Midler

### Children's

* Best Recording for Children
** Joe Raposo (producer) for Sesame Street Live performed by the Sesame Street cast

### Classical

* Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
** Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
* Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
** Edward Downes (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Puccini: Heroines
* Best Opera Recording
** Tom Mowrey (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, James McCracken & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Bizet: Carmen
* Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
** André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choirmaster) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
* Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
** Georg Solti (conductor), Vladimir Ashkenazy & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Concerti (5) for Piano and Orchestra
* Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
** Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Scriabin
* Best Chamber Music Performance
** Gunther Schuller (conductor) & the New England Ragtime Ensemble for Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book
* Album of the Year, Classical
** Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

### Comedy

* Best Comedy Recording
** Cheech and Chong for Los Cochinos

### Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Composition
** Gato Barbieri (composer) for "Last Tango in Paris" performed by Gato Barbieri
* Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
** Neil Diamond (composer) for Jonathan Livingston Seagull performed by Neil Diamond
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
** Quincy Jones (arranger) for "Summer in the City" performed by Quincy Jones
* Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
** George Martin (arranger) for "Live and Let Die" performed by Paul McCartney & Wings

### Country

* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
** Olivia Newton-John for "Let Me Be There"
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
** Charlie Rich for "Behind Closed Doors"
* Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
** Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson for "From the Bottle to the Bottom"
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
** Steve Mandell & Eric Weissberg for "Dueling Banjos"
* Best Country Song
** Kenny O'Dell (songwriter) for "Behind Closed Doors" performed by Charlie Rich

### Folk

* Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
** Doc Watson for Then and Now

### Gospel

* Best Gospel Performance
** Blackwood Brothers for Release Me (From My Sin)
* Best Soul Gospel Performance
** Dixie Hummingbirds for "Loves Me Like a Rock"
* Best Inspirational Performance
** The Bill Gaither Trio for Let's Just Praise the Lord

### Jazz

* Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
** Art Tatum for God Is in the House
* Best Jazz Performance by a Group
** Supersax for Supersax Plays Bird
* Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
** Woody Herman for Giant Steps

### Musical show

* Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
** Stephen Sondheim (composer), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast (Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, Hermione Gingold, Victoria Mallory, Patricia Elliott & Teri Ralston) for A Little Night Music

### Packaging and notes

* Best Album Package
** Wilkes & Braun (art director; Tom Wilkes and Craig Braun) for Tommy (1972 orchestral version) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir
* Best Album Notes
** Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for God Is in the House performed by Art Tatum
* Best Album Notes - Classical
** Glenn Gould (notes writer) for Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano (Complete) performed by Glenn Gould

### Pop

* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
** Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
** Stevie Wonder for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
* Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
** Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance
** Eumir Deodato for "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001: A Space Odyssey)"

### Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
** Malcolm Cecil & Robert Margouleff (engineers) for Innervisions performed by Stevie Wonder
* Best Classical Engineered Recording
** Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

### R&B

* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
** Aretha Franklin for "Master of Eyes"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
** Stevie Wonder for "Superstition"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
** Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Midnight Train to Georgia"
* Best R&B Instrumental Performance
** Ramsey Lewis for "Hang On Sloopy"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
** Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Superstition"

### Spoken

* Best Spoken Word Recording
** Richard Harris for Jonathan Livingston Seagull