18th Annual Grammy Awards

On February 28, 1976, the Grammy Awards were presented in 1976 in 48 categories from 16 fields. It was the 18th ceremony of the Grammy, the major U.S. music awards.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• " Still Crazy After All These Years " by Paul Simon

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• " Send In the Clowns " by Judy Collins (Author: Stephen Sondheim )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Natalie Cole

Pop

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

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

• " Still Crazy After All These Years " by Paul Simon

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

• " Lyin 'Eyes " by the Eagles

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

Rhythm & Blues

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

• " This Will Be" by Natalie Cole

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

• " Living for the City" by Ray Charles

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

• " Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire

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

• "Fly, Robin, Fly " by Silver Convention

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

• " Where Is the Love" by Betty Wright (Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Willie Clarke)

Country

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

• I Can not Help It ( If I'm Still In Love With You ) by Linda Ronstadt

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

• Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain by Willie Nelson

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

• Lover Please by Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson

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

• The Entertainer by Chet Atkins

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

• (Hey Will not You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song by BJ Thomas (Authors: Larry Butler, Chips Moman )

Jazz

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

• Oscar Peterson And Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie

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

• No Mystery by Chick Corea & Return to Forever

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

• Images of Michel Legrand & Phil Woods

Gospel

Best gospel performance without Soul Gospel ( Best Gospel Performance, Other Than Soul Gospel ):

• No Shortage of the Imperials

Best Soul Gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance):

• Take Me Back by Andae Crouch & The Disciples

Best Inspirational performance ( Best Inspirational Performance):

• Jesus, We Just Want To Thank You from Bill Gaither Trio

Latin

Best Latin Recording ( Best Latin Recording)

• Sun Of Latin Music by Eddie Palmieri

Folk

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

• The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album by Muddy Waters

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• The Little Prince by Richard Burton

Language

Best spoken recording ( Best Spoken Word Recording):

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

• ... Is It Something I Said? by Richard Pryor

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album ( Best Cast Show Album ):

• The Wiz of the original cast with Stephanie Mills and Dee Dee Bridgewater ( Composer: Charlie Smalls; Producer: Jerry Wexler )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

• Images of Michel Legrand & Phil Woods ( Composer: Michel Legrand )

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):

• Jaws (Composer: John Williams)

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• The Rockford Files ( composer: Pete Carpenter, Mike Post )

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

• Misty by Ray Stevens

Packages and music accompanying

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

• Honey by Ohio Players ( Artistic Director: Jim Ladwig )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan ( Author: Pete Hamill )

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

Production and Technology

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

• Between The Lines by Janis Ian ( technique: Brooks Arthur, Larry Alexander, Russ Payne )

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

• Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé by the Camerata Singers and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez ( technique: Edwart T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore)

Producer of the Year (not classical) (Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical ):

• Arif Mardin

Classical music

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

• Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 ( total uptake ) of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

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

• Ravel: " Daphnis et Chloé " by the Camerata Singers and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Mozart: " Così fan tutte " by Richard van Allan, Janet Baker, Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Contrubas, Vladimiro Ganzarolli, Nicolai Gedda and the Royal Opera House Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis

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

• Orff: " Carmina Burana " by the Cleveland Boys Choir and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas

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

• Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and Concerto for Piano in G major / Fauré: Fantaisie pour piano et orchester de Larrocha by Alicia and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

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

• Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin by Nathan Milstein

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• Schubert: Trio No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 99, and No. 2. In E flat major, Op 100 (Piano Trios ) by Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein and Henryk Szeryng

Best Classical Vocal Performance ( Best Classical Vocal Performance ):

• Mahler: " Kindertotenlieder " by Janet Baker

Special Merit Awards

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

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