Grammy Awards of 1976

The 18th Grammy Awards were held in 1976, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1975.

• Record of the Year
  • Daryl Dragon (producer) & Captain & Tennille for "Love Will Keep Us Together"

• Album of the Year
  • Phil Ramone (producer) & Paul Simon (producer & artist) for Still Crazy After All These Years

• Song of the Year
  • Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) for "Send In the Clowns" peformed by Judy Collins

• Best New Artist
  • Natalie Cole

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Richard Burton for The Little Prince

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet)
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Janet Baker for Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
• Best Opera Recording
  • Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Richard van Allan, Janet Baker, Montserrat Caballe, Ileana Contrubas, Vladimiro Ganzarolli, Nicolai Gedda & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
• Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
  • Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director) the Cleveland Boys Choir & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for Orff: Carmina Burana
• Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor), Alicia de Larrocha & the London Philharmonic for Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand and Concerto for Piano in G/Fauré: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
• Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Nathan Milstein for Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Unaccompanied
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for Schubert: Trios Nos. 1 in B Flat, Op. 99 and 2 in E Flat, Op. 100 (Piano Trios)
• Album of the Year, Classical
  • Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete

Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
  • Richard Pryor for Is It Something I Said?

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Michel Legrand (composer) for Images performed by Michel Legrand & Phil Woods
• Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  • John Williams (composer) for Jaws
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Pete Clarence Carpenter & Mike Post (arrangers) for "The Rockford Files" performed by Mike Post
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Ray Stevens (arranger) for "Misty"

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Linda Ronstadt for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Willie Nelson for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
• Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson for "Lover Please"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Chet Atkins for "The Entertainer"
• Best Country Song
  • Larry Butler & Chips Moman (songwriters) for "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" performed by B.J. Thomas

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
  • Muddy Waters for The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance
  • The Imperials for No Shortage
• Best Soul Gospel Performance
  • Andrae Crouch for Take Me Back performed by Andrae Crouch & the Disciples,
• Best Inspirational Performance
  • The Bill Gaither Trio for Jesus, We Just Want to Thank You

Jazz

• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental
  • Dizzy Gillespie for Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
  • Chick Corea & Return to Forever for No Mystery
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • Phil Woods for Images performed by Michel Legrand & Phil Woods

Latin

• Best Latin Recording
  • Eddie Palmieri for Sun of Latin Music

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album
  • Jerry Wexler (producer) for The Wiz performed by Stephanie Mills & Dee Dee Bridgewater

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
  • Jim Ladwig (art director) for Honey performed by the Ohio Players
• Best Album Notes
  • Pete Hamill (notes writer) for Blood on the Tracks performed by Bob Dylan
• Best Album Notes, Classical
  • Gunther Schuller for Footlifters

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Janis Ian for "At Seventeen"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Paul Simon for Still Crazy After All These Years
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Eagles for "Lyin' Eyes"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Van McCoy for "The Hustle"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Brooks Arthur, Larry Alexander & Russ Payne (engineers) for Between the Lines performed by Janis Ian
• Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
  • Arif Mardin
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin & Ray Moore (engineers) for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (Complete Ballet) conducted by Pierre Boulez

R&B

• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • Silver Convention for "Fly, Robin, Fly"
• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Natalie Cole for "This Will Be"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Ray Charles for "Living for the City"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Earth, Wind & Fire for "Shining Star"
• Best R&B Song
  • Willie Clarke (songwriter) for "Where Is the Love" performed by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • James Whitmore for Give 'Em Hell Harry

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