 the grammy award for best inspirational performance was awarded from 1962 to 1986. during this time the award had several name changes: *best gospel or other religious recording (1962, 1963) *best gospel or other religious recording (musical) (1964â66) *best sacred performance (musical) (1967) *best sacred performance (1968, 1969) *best sacred performance (non-classical) (1970) *best sacred performance (musical) (1971) *best sacred performance (1972) *best inspirational performance (1973, 1974) *best inspirational performance (non-classical) (1975) *best inspirational performance (1976â86) years reflect the year in which the grammy awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. ==1960s== *grammy awards of 1962 **mahalia jackson for everytime i feel the spirit *grammy awards of 1963 **mahalia jackson for great songs of love and faith *grammy awards of 1964 **soeur sourire for "dominique" *grammy awards of 1965 **tennessee ernie ford for great gospel songs *grammy awards of 1966 **anita kerr & george beverly shea for southland favorites *grammy awards of 1967 **porter wagoner & the blackwood brothers for grand old gospel *grammy awards of 1968 **elvis presley for how great thou art *grammy awards of 1969 **jake hess for "beautiful isle of somewhere" ==1970s== *grammy awards of 1970 **jake hess for "ain't that beautiful singing" *grammy awards of 1971 **jake hess for "everything is beautiful" *grammy awards of 1972 **charley pride for did you think to pray *grammy awards of 1973 **elvis presley for he touched me *grammy awards of 1974 **the bill gaither trio for let's just praise the lord *grammy awards of 1975 **elvis presley for "how great thou art" (from the album elvis: as recorded live on stage in memphis) *grammy awards of 1976 **the bill gaither trio for jesus, we just want to thank you *grammy awards of 1977 **gary s. paxton for the astonishing, outrageous, amazing, incredible, unbelievable, different world of gary s. paxton *grammy awards of 1978 **b.j. thomas for home where i belong *grammy awards of 1979 **b.j. thomas for happy man ==1980s== *grammy awards of 1980 **b.j. thomas for you gave me love (when nobody gave me a prayer) *grammy awards of 1981 **debby boone for with my song *grammy awards of 1982 **b.j. thomas for amazing grace *grammy awards of 1983 **barbara mandrell for he set my life to music *grammy awards of 1984 **donna summer for "he's a rebel" (from the album [[she wo
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