13th Annual Grammy Awards

The assignment of the U.S. Grammys took place on 16 March 1971. At the Grammy Awards in 1971 for the 13th time musical achievements of the previous year were excellent and there were 43 winners from 15 fields. The "King of Rock 'n ' Roll " Elvis Presley was also honored with a Ehrengrammy for his life's work.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel (Author: Paul Simon )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Carpenters

Pop

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

• " I'll Never Fall In Love Again" by Dionne Warwick

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

• " Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens

Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, a group or a choir ( Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus):

• " ( They Long to Be ) Close To You " by the Carpenters

Best Contemporary Instrumental performance ( Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance ):

• " Theme from Z and Other Movie Music " by Henry Mancini

Best Contemporary Song ( Best Contemporary Song):

• "Bridge over Troubled Water " by Simon & Garfunkel (Author: Paul Simon )

Rhythm & Blues

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

• " Do not Play That Song" by Aretha Franklin

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

• " The Thrill Is Gone " by BB King

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

• "Did not I ( Blow Your Mind This Time )" by the Delfonics

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

• " Patches" by Clarence Carter (Authors: General Johnson, Ronald Dunbar )

Country

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

• Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson

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

• For The Good Times by Ray Price

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

• If I Were A Carpenter by Johnny Cash & June Carter

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

• Me And Jerry by Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

• My Woman, My Woman, My Wife by Marty Robbins

Jazz

Best jazz performance - small group or soloist with small groups ( Best Jazz Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group):

• Alone by Bill Evans

Best jazz performance - large group or soloist with large group ( Best Jazz Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group):

• Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Gospel

Best gospel performance ( No Soul Gospel ) ( Best Gospel Performance, Other Than Soul Gospel ):

• Talk About The Good Times by the Oak Ridge Boys

Best Soul Gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance):

• Every Man Wants To Be Free by the Edwin Hawkins Singers

Best musical Sacred- performance ( Best Sacred Performance, Musical):

• Everything Is Beautiful by Jake Hess

Folk

Best ethno folk or traditional Folk Recording ( including Traditional Blues ) ( Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording, Including Traditional Blues ):

• Good Feelin 'by T -Bone Walker

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• Sesame Street the Muppets ( producer: Joan Cooney, Thomas Z. Shepard )

Language

Best spoken recording ( Best Spoken Word Recording):

• Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

• The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress by Flip Wilson

Musical Show

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

• Company of the original cast with Dean Jones, Barbara Barrie, George Coe, Teri Rolston, John Cunningham and Beth Howland ( Composer: Stephen Sondheim; Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

• Airport Love Theme (Composer: Alfred Newman)

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

• Let It Be by the Beatles ( composer: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• Theme From Z ( Arranger: Henry Mancini )

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

• Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel ( Arrangers: Larry Knechtel, Paul Simon )

Packages and accompanying music

Best album cover ( Best Album Cover):

• Indianola Mississippi Seeds by BB King (Graphic Artist: Robert Lockhart; Photographer: Ivan Nagy )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• The World's Greatest Blues Singer Bessie Smith ( Author: Chris Albertson )

Production and Technology

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

• Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel ( technique: Roy Halee )

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

• Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez ( Technology: Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore)

Classical music

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

• Berlioz: " Les troyens " by various artists and the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Colin Davis

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

• Stravinsky: " Le sacre du printemps " by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Berlioz: " Les Troyens " by various artists and the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Colin Davis

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

• Ives: " New Music of Charles Ives'" the Gregg Smith Singers and the Columbia Chamber Ensemble

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

• Brahms ' Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello ( Double Concerto ) "by David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich and the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• Beethoven: "The Complete Piano Trios " by Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose and Isaac Stern

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

• Schubert: " Songs" by Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Elvis Presley

• Chris Albertson
• John Hammond
• Larry Hiller
• Paul Weston

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