14th Annual Grammy Awards

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The **14th Annual Grammy Awards** were held March 15, 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States by ABC; the following year, they would move the telecasts to CBS, where they remain to this date. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1971.

## Award winners

* Record of the Year
	+ Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for "It's Too Late"
* Album of the Year
	+ Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for *Tapestry*
* Song of the Year
	+ Carole King (songwriter) for "You've Got a Friend"
* Best New Artist
	+ Carly Simon

### Children's

* Best Recording for Children
	+ Bill Cosby for *Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs*

### Classical

* Best Classical Performance – Orchestra
	+ Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for *Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D*
* Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
	+ Leontyne Price for *Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann*
* Best Opera Recording
	+ Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Grace Bumbry, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Ruggero Raimondi, the John Aldis Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for *Verdi: Aida*
* Best Choral Performance, Classical
	+ Colin Davis (conductor), Russell Burgess, Arthur Oldham (choir directors) the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for *Berlioz: Requiem*
* Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
	+ André Previn (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for *Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar*
* Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
	+ Vladimir Horowitz for *Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)*
* Best Chamber Music Performance
	+ The Juilliard String Quartet for *Debussy: Quartet in G Minor/Ravel: Quartet in F*
* Album of the Year, Classical
	+ Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for *Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)*

### Comedy

* Best Comedy Recording
	+ Lily Tomlin for *This Is a Recording*

### Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Composition
	+ Michel LeGrand (composer) for "Theme From *Summer of '42*"
* Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
	+ Isaac Hayes (composer) for *Shaft*
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
	+ Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen (arrangers) for "Theme From *Shaft*" performed by Isaac Hayes
* Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
	+ Paul McCartney (arranger) for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" performed by Paul & Linda McCartney

### Country

* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
	+ Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
	+ Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
* Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
	+ Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty for "After the Fire Is Gone"
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
	+ Chet Atkins for "Snowbird"
* Best Country Song
	+ Kris Kristofferson (songwriter) for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Sammi Smith

### Folk

* Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
	+ Muddy Waters for *They Call Me Muddy Waters*

### Gospel

* Best Gospel Performance(other than soul gospel)
	+ Charley Pride for "Let Me Live"
* Best Soul Gospel Performance
	+ Shirley Caesar for *Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man From Galilee*
* Best Sacred Performance
	+ Charley Pride for *Did You Think to Pray*

### Jazz

* Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
	+ Bill Evans for *The Bill Evans Album* performed by the Bill Evans Trio
* Best Jazz Performance by a Group
	+ Bill Evans for *The Bill Evans Album* performed by the Bill Evans Trio
* Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
	+ Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite"

### Musical show

* Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
	+ Stephen Schwartz (composer & producer) & the original cast for *Godspell*

### Packaging and notes

* Best Album Cover
	+ Dean O. Torrence (art director) & Gene Brownell (photographer) for *Pollution* performed by Pollution
* Best Album Notes
	+ Sam Samudio (notes writer) for *Sam, Hard and Heavy* performed by Sam Samudio

### Pop

* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
	+ Carole King for *Tapestry*
* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
	+ James Taylor for "You've Got a Friend"
* Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
	+ The Carpenters for *Carpenters*
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance
	+ Quincy Jones for *Smackwater Jack*

### Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
	+ Henry Bush, Ron Capone & Dave Purple (engineers) for "Theme From *Shaft*" performed by Isaac Hayes
* Best Classical Engineered Recording
	+ Vittorio Negri (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for *Berlioz: Requiem*

### R&B

* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
	+ Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
	+ Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group
	+ Ike & Tina Turner for "Proud Mary"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	+ Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine"

### Spoken

* Best Spoken Word Recording
	+ **Les Crane for Desiderata**

## References

1. ↑ "Carole King Wins Top Grammy Kudos". The Palm Beach Post. March 16, 1972. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
2. ↑ "1971 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

## External links

* 14th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database