12th Annual Grammy Awards

The 12th ceremony of the Grammy Music Awards took place in 1970. Winners from a total of 45 categories in 15 fields were being celebrated at the Grammy Awards 1970.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In " by the Fifth Dimension

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• "Blood, Sweat & Tears" by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• "Games People Play " by Joe South (Author: Joe South )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Crosby, Stills and Nash

Pop

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

• " Is That All There Is " by Peggy Lee

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

• " Everybody's Talkin ' " by Nilsson

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

• "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In " by the Fifth Dimension

Best Contemporary Vocal Performance of a choir ( Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By A Chorus):

• "Love Theme from ' Romeo And Juliet ' " by Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus

Best Contemporary Instrumental performance ( Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance ):

• " Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie " by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Best Contemporary Song ( Best Contemporary Song):

• "Games People Play " by Joe South

Rhythm & Blues

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

• " Share Your Love With Me" by Aretha Franklin

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

• "The Chokin 'Kind " by Joe Simon

Best Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ( Best R & B Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group):

• "It's Your Thing" by the Isley Brothers

Best instrumental performance - R & B ( Best R & B Instrumental Performance ):

• "Games People Play " by King Curtis

Best R & B Song ( Best R & B Song):

• "Color Him Father" by the Winstons (Author: Richard Spencer )

Country

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

• Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette

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

• A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group ( Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group):

• MacArthur Park Waylon Jennings & The Kimberly

Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals ( Best Country Instrumental Performance ):

• The Nashville Brass featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds of The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

• A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash (Author: Shel Silverstein )

Jazz

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

• Willow Weep for Me by Wes Montgomery

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

• Walking In Space by Quincy Jones

Gospel

Best gospel performance ( Best Gospel Performance):

• In Gospel Country by Porter Wagoner and the Blackwood Brothers

Best Soul Gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance):

• Oh Happy Day by the Edwin Hawkins Singers

Best Sacred- performance (no classical) ( Best Sacred Performance, Non-Classical ):

• Is not That Beautiful Singing by Jake Hess

Folk

Best folk performance ( Best Folk Performance):

• Clouds by Joni Mitchell

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• Peter, Paul And Mommy by Peter, Paul and Mary

Language

Best spoken recording ( Best Spoken Word Recording):

• We Love You Call Collect of Art and Diane Linkletter

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

• Bill Cosby by Bill Cosby

Musical Show

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

• Promises, Promises from the original cast of Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter, Donna McKechnie, AL Hines, Marian Mercer and Paul Reed ( composer Burt Bacharach, Hal David, producer Phil Ramone, Henry Jerome )

Composition / Arrangement

Best instrumental theme ( Best Instrumental Theme):

• Midnight Cowboy (Composer: John Barry )

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

• Two bandits ( Composer: Burt Bacharach )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet ( Arranger: Henry Mancini )

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

• Spinning Wheel by Blood, Sweat & Tears ( Arranger: Fred Lipsius )

Packages and accompanying music

Best album cover ( Best Album Cover):

• America The Beautiful by Gary McFarland (Graphic Artist: David Stahlberg, Evelyn J. Kelbish )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan ( Author: Johnny Cash)

Production and Technology

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

• Abbey Road ' by the Beatles ( technique: Geoff Emerick E., Philip McDonald )

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

• Switched-On Bach " by Walter Carlos ( art: Walter Carlos )

Classical music

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

• " Switched-On Bach" by Walter Carlos, producer Rachel Elkind

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

• " Boulez conducts Debussy, Vol 2: Images pour orchester ' " by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Wagner: " Siegfried" by Helga Dern Esch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas and the Berlin Philharmonic led by Herbert von Karajan

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

• Berio " Sinfonia " from the Swingle Singers and the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Luciano Berio

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

• " Switched-On Bach" by Walter Carlos

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• Gabrieli: " Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli " by the Chicago Brass Ensemble, The Cleveland Brass Ensemble and Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

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

• Barber: "Two Scenes from Antony and Cleopatra '/ Knoxville, Summer of 1915 " by Leontyne Price and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Thomas Schippers

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award was not awarded in 1970.

• Robert Moog

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