12th Annual Grammy Awards

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* Century Plaza HotelLos Angeles
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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*

## References

1. ↑ Campbell, Mary (12 March 1970). "Rock Group, Machine, Pop Song Top Grammy Winners". Waycross Journal-Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
2. ↑ "1969 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.