15th Annual Grammy Awards

1973 there were 15 award of major U.S. music awards, the Grammys in 47 categories from 15 fields of the music business.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack, producer Joel Dorn

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• "The Concert for Bangla Desh " by various artists, including Phil Spector (producer), George Harrison ( producer & artist), Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr & Klaus Voormann

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (Author: Ewan MacColl )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• America

Pop

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

• " I Am Woman " by Helen Reddy

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

• "Without You " by Harry Nilsson

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop ( Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ):

• " Where Is the Love" by Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack

Best instrumental performance - Pop ( Best Pop Instrumental Performance ):

• " Black Moses " by Isaac Hayes

Rhythm & Blues

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

• " Young, Gifted and Black" by Aretha Franklin

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

• " Me and Mrs. Jones " by Billy Paul

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop ( Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ):

• " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone" by the Temptations

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

• " Papa Was a Rollin 'Stone (Instrumental )" by the Temptations

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

• " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone" by the Temptations (Authors: Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield )

Country

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

• Happiest Girl In The Whole USA by Donna Fargo

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

• Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs by Charley Pride

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

• Class Of '57 by the Statler Brothers

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

• Charlie McCoy / The Real McCoy by Charlie McCoy

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

• Kiss An Angel Good Mornin ' by Charley Pride ( Author: Ben Peters)

Jazz

Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist ( Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist ):

Best jazz performance of a group ( Best Jazz Performance By A Group):

• First Light by Freddie Hubbard

Best jazz performance of a Big Band ( Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band ):

• Toga Brava Suite by Duke Ellington

Gospel

Best gospel performance ( Best Gospel Performance):

• L -O- V -E of the Blackwood Brothers

Best Soul Gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance):

• Amazing Grace by Aretha Franklin

Best Inspirational performance ( Best Inspirational Performance):

• He Touched Me by Elvis Presley

Folk

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

• The London Muddy Waters Session of Muddy Waters

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• The Electric Company by Bill Cosby & Rita Moreno ( producer: Christopher Cerf, Lee Chamberlin, Joe Raposo )

Language

Best spoken recording ( Best Spoken Word Recording):

• Lenny from the original cast ( Producer: Bruce Botnick )

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

• FM and AM by George Carlin

Musical Show

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

• Do not Bother Me, I Can not Cope of the original cast with Alex Bradford, Hope Clarke and Bobby Hill ( composer: Micki Grant; Producer: Jerry Ragavoy )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

• Brian 's Song ( Composer: Michel Legrand )

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

• The Godfather ( Composer: Nino Rota )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• Theme From The French Connection by Don Ellis Big Band ( arranger: Don Ellis)

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

• What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life by Sarah Vaughan ( arranger: Michel Legrand )

Packages and music accompanying

Best album cover ( Best Album Cover):

• The Siegel - Schwall Band of the Siegel -Schwall band ( Artistic Director: Acy R. Lehmann, graphic artist Harvey Dinnerstein )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits by Tom T. Hall

Best music accompanying text - Classical ( Best Album Notes - Classical):

• Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony ) by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn ( Author: James Lyons )

Production and Technology

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

• Moods by Neil Diamond ( technique: Armin Steiner)

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

• Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti ( technique: Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson )

Classical music

Best classical album ( Best Classical Album):

• Mahler: " Symphony No. 8 in E flat major " by various artists with the Vienna Boys Choir, the Choir of the Vienna Singing Society and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

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

• Mahler: " Symphony No. 7 in E Minor" by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Berlioz: " Benvenuto Cellini " by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis

Best choral performance, Classic (no opera ) ( Best Choral Performance, Classical, Other Than Opera):

• Mahler: " Symphony No. 8 in E flat major " by various artists with the Vienna Boys Choir, the Choir of the Vienna Singing Society and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

Best solo instrument performance with orchestra ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists With Orchestra ):

• Brahms ' Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major "by Arthur Rubinstein and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

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

• " Horowitz plays Chopin " by Vladimir Horowitz

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• " Julian and John " ( Works by Lawes, Carulli, Albéniz, Granados ) by Julian Bream and John Williams

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

• Brahms: " Magelone " by Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and Trustees Award was not awarded in 1973.

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