10th Annual Grammy Awards

The 10th anniversary of the Grammys was celebrated on 29 February 1968.

At the Grammy Awards in 1968 this important American Music Prize was awarded in 48 categories from 15 fields. Another honorary Grammy for lifetime achievement recorded by Irving Berlin for the first time a composer.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• " Up, Up And Away " by the Fifth Dimension

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• " Up, Up And Away " by the Fifth Dimension (Author: Jimmy L. Webb)

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Bobbie Gentry

Pop

Best Female Vocal Performance ( Best Vocal Performance, Female):

• " Ode To Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry

Best Male Vocal Performance ( Best Vocal Performance, Male):

• " By The Time I Get To Phoenix" by Glen Campbell

Best Performance of a singing group ( Best Performance By A Vocal Group):

• " Up, Up And Away " by the 5th Dimension

Best Performance by a choir ( Best Performance By A Chorus):

• " Up, Up And Away " by the Johnny Mann Singers

Best instrumental performance ( Best Instrumental Performance ):

• Chet Atkins Picks The Best of Chet Atkins

Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance ( Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance ):

• " Ode To Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry

Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance ( Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance ):

• " By The Time I Get To Phoenix" by Glen Campbell

Best Contemporary performance of a group, singing or instrumental ( Best Contemporary Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental):

• " Up, Up And Away " by the 5th Dimension

Best Contemporary Single ( Best Contemporary Single):

• " Up, Up And Away " by the 5th Dimension

Best Contemporary Album ( Best Contemporary Album):

• Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

Rhythm & Blues

Best Female Solo Vocal Performance - R & B ( Best R & B Solo Vocal Performance, Female):

• " Respect" by Aretha Franklin

Best Male Solo Vocal Performance - R & B ( Best R & B Solo Vocal Performance, Male):

• "Dead End Street " by Lou Rawls

Best R & B performance of a group, singing or instrumental ( Best R & B Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental):

• "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave

Best R & B Recording ( Best Rhythm & Blues Recording):

• " Respect" by Aretha Franklin

Country

Best Female Solo Vocal Performance - Country and Western ( Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female):

• I Do not Wanna Play House by Tammy Wynette

Best Male Solo Vocal Performance - Country and Western ( Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male):

• Gentle On My Mind by Glen Campbell

Best Country and Western Performance by a duo, trio or group (vocal or instrumental) ( Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio Or Group - Vocal Or Instrumental):

• Jackson by Johnny Cash & June Carter

Best Country and Western Recording ( Best Country & Western Recording ):

• Gentle On My Mind by Glen Campbell ( Producer: Al De Lory )

Best Country and Western Song ( Best Country & Western Song):

• Gentle On My Mind by Glen Campbell (Author: John Hartford )

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group):

• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy by Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group):

• Far East Suite by Duke Ellington

Gospel

Best gospel performance ( Best Gospel Performance):

• More Grand Old Gospel by Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers Quartet

Best Sacred- performance ( Best Sacred Performance):

• How Great Thou Art by Elvis Presley

Folk

Best folk performance ( Best Folk Performance):

• Gentle On My Mind by John Hartford

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Boris Karloff

Language

Best recording of spoken text, documentation or drama ( Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording):

• Gallant Men by Everett Dirksen

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

• Revenge by Bill Cosby

Musical Show

Best music of an original cast show album ( Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album ):

• Cabaret of the original cast with Joel Grey, Jill Haworth, Lotte Lenya, Jack Gilford and Bert Convy ( Composers: Fred Ebb, John Kander; producer Goddard Lieberson )

Composition / Arrangement

Best instrumental theme ( Best Instrumental Theme):

• Mission: Impossible ( Music by: Lalo Schifrin )

Best Original Score written for a movie or a TV Special ( Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special):

• Mission: Impossible ( Music by: Lalo Schifrin )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• Alfie by Cilla Black ( arranger: Burt Bacharach )

Best Arrangement with Sing Along / Best Background Arrangement ( Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists / Best Background Arrangement):

• Ode To Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry ( arranger Jimmie Haskell )

Packages and accompanying music

Best Album Cover, Graphic ( Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts ):

• Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles ( Responsible Artist: Jann Haworth, Peter Blake )

Best Album Cover, Photography ( Best Album Cover, Photography ):

• Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits by Bob Dylan ( Responsible Artist: Robert Cato, John Berg, Photographer: Roland Scherman )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse by John D. Loudermilk ( Author: John D. Loudermilk )

Production and Technology

Best technical recording without classical music ( Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical ):

• Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles ( technique: Geoff Emerick E. )

Best technical Classical Recording ( Best Engineered Recording, Classical):

• The Glorious Sound of Brass by the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble ( Technology: Edward T. Graham)

Classical music

Best Classical Album of the Year (Album Of The Year, Classical):

• Mahler: Symphony No. 8 ( Symphony of a Thousand ) from various artists and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
• Berg: Wozzeck by Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, the Choeur Nationale de Paris and the Orchestra of Paris National Opera under the direction of Pierre Boulez

Best Classical Orchestral Performance ( Best Classical Performance - Orchestra ):

• Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka Suites by Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Berg: Wozzeck by Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, the Choeur Nationale de Paris and the Orchestra of Paris National Opera under the direction of Pierre Boulez

Best classical choral performance (without Opera ) ( Best Classical Choral Performance Other Than Opera):

• Mahler: Symphony No. 8 ( Symphony of a Thousand ) from various artists and the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Leonard Bernstein
• Orff: Carmina Catulli from Temple University Choir and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

Best solo instrument performance with or without orchestra ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists With Or Without Orchestra ):

• Horowitz in Concert ( Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin) by Vladimir Horowitz

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• West Meets East by Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin

Best solo classical vocal performance ( Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance):

• Prima Donna, Volume 2 by Leontyne Price and the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, conducted by Francesco Molinari - Pradelli

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Irving Berlin

• Duke Ellington
• Billy Strayhorn
• Krzysztof Penderecki

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