17th Annual Grammy Awards

On March 1, 1975, the 17th Grammy ceremony was held. This important U.S. music prize was awarded at the Grammy Awards in 1975 and 47 times winners from 15 different fields were awarded it.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

  • " Fulfillingness ' First Finale" by Stevie Wonder

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

  • Marvin Hamlisch

Pop

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

  • " I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John

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

  • " Fulfillingness ' First Finale" 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 ):

  • " The Entertainer " by Marvin Hamlisch

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):

  • "Boogie On Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder

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

  • "Tell Me Something Good " by Rufus

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

  • " TSOP ( The Sound Of Philadelphia )" by MFSB

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

  • " Living for the City" 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):

  • Please Do not Tell Me How The Story Ends by Ronnie Millsap (Author: Kris Kristofferson )

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

  • Fairytale of the Pointer Sisters

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

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

  • A Very Special Love Song by Charlie Rich (Authors: Billy Sherrill, Norris Wilson)

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):

  • The trio of Joe Pass, Niels Pedersen & Oscar Peterson

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

Gospel

Best gospel performance ( Best Gospel Performance):

  • The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor of the Oak Ridge Boys

Best Soul Gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance):

  • In The Ghetto by James Cleveland & The Southern California Community Choir

Best Inspirational performances (without classical) ( Best Inspirational Performance, Non-Classical ):

  • How Great Thou Art by Elvis Presley

Folk

Best ethno folk or traditional folk recording ( Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording):

  • Two Days In November by Doc Watson & Merle Watson

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

Language

Best spoken recording ( Best Spoken Word Recording):

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

Musical Show

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

  • Raisin of the original cast with Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen and Helen Martin ( composer: Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin; Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

  • Tubular Bells - Theme From The Exorcist from Mike Oldfield

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):

  • The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand ( Composers: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

  • Threshold ( Arranger: Patrick Williams)

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

  • Down To You by Joni Mitchell ( arrangers: Joni Mitchell, Tom Scott)

Packages and music accompanying

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

  • Come And Gone by Mason Proffit

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

  • For The Last Time by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys ( Author: Charles R. Townsend )
  • The Hawk Flies by Coleman Hawkins ( Author: Dan Morgenstern )

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

  • The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold by Ulf Hoelscher and the Symphony Orchestra of the South German Radio, headed by Willy Mattes ( Author: Rory Guy )

Production and Technology

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

  • Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & the Wings ( technique: Geoff Emerick E. )

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

Producer of the Year ( Best Producer Of The Year ):

Classical music

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

  • Berlioz: "Symphonie Fantastique " of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

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

  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

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

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

  • Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 by David Oistrakh and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Maxim Shostakovich

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

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

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

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and Trustees Award in 1975 not awarded.

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  • Music 1975
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