16th Annual Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards 1974, the 16th award of this major U.S. music awards.

Here, the Grammy was awarded to winners in 45 different categories from 15 fields of the music industry.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

  • "Inner Visions" by Stevie Wonder

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

  • "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack (Authors: Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

Pop

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

  • "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack

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

  • "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder

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

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

  • " Thus Spake Zarathustra " (2001) by Deodato

Rhythm & Blues

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

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

  • " Superstition " by Stevie Wonder

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

  • "Midnight Train to Georgia " by Gladys Knight & the Pips

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

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

  • " Superstition " by Stevie Wonder (Author: Stevie Wonder)

Country

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

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

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

  • From The Bottle To The Bottom by Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson

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

  • Dueling Banjos by Steve Mandell & Eric Weissberg

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

  • Behind Closed Doors by Charlie Rich (Author: Kenny O'Dell )

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):

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

Gospel

Best gospel performance ( Best Gospel Performance):

  • Release Me ( From My Sin) of the Blackwood Brothers

Best Soul Gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance):

  • Loves Me Like A Rock of the Dixie Hummingbirds

Best Inspirational performance ( Best Inspirational Performance):

  • Let's Just Praise The Lord by Bill Gaither Trio

Folk

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

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

  • Sesame Street Live from the Sesame Street cast ( Producer: Joe Raposo )

Language

Best spoken recording ( Best Spoken Word Recording):

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

  • Los Cochinos by Cheech and Chong

Musical Show

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

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

  • Last Tango In Paris by various artists ( composer: Gato Barbieri )

Album with the best original music written for a film or a TV Special (Album Of Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special):

  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull by various artists ( composer: Neil Diamond)

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

  • Summer In The City ( Arranger: Quincy Jones)

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

  • Live And Let Die by Paul McCartney and the Wings ( Arranger: George Martin)

Packages and accompanying music

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

  • God Is In The House by Art Tatum ( Author: Dan Morgenstern )

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

  • Paul Hindemith: Piano Sonatas ( complete recording ) by Glenn Gould ( Author: Glenn Gould )

Production and Technology

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

  • Innervisions by Stevie Wonder ( technique: Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff )

Best technical Classical Recording ( Best Classical Engineered Recording):

  • Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez ( Technology: Edward T. Graham, Ray Moore)

Classical music

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

  • Bartok: " Concerto for Orchestra " the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez

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

  • Bartok: " Concerto for Orchestra " by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

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

  • Walton: " Belshazzer 's Feast " by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of André Previn

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

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

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

  • Joplin: "The Red Back Book" by the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble

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

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and Trustees Award in 1974 not awarded.

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  • Music 1974
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