12th Annual Grammy Awards



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