14th Annual Grammy Awards



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