19th Annual Grammy Awards
1977 award ceremony for music
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The 19th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 19, 1977, and were broadcast live on American television (CBS). It was the seventh and final year Andy Williams hosted the telecast. The ceremony recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1976.[1][2]
| 19th Annual Grammy Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 19, 1977 |
| Location | Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California |
| Hosted by | Andy Williams |
| Most awards | Stevie Wonder (4) |
| Most nominations | Stevie Wonder (7) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS |
Helen Hayes's win made her the second person to become an EGOT.
Presenters
- The Oak Ridge Boys - Best Inspirational Performance
- Richard Pryor & George Benson - Best Jazz Vocal Performance
- Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Ringo Starr & Paul Williams - Best Pop Vocal Performance Female
- Bette Midler & Dinah Shore - Album of the Year
- Peter Frampton - Best R&B Duo/Group With Vocals
- The Jacksons - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- The Beach Boys - Best New Artist
- Dolly Parton & Freddy Fender - Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Pam Grier
- Barbra Streisand - Record of the Year
Performers
Winners and nominees
The following are the winners and nominees of the 19th annual Grammy Awards.[2] Winners appear first and highlighted in bold.
General field
- "This Masquerade" - George Benson
- Tommy LiPuma, producer
- "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
- James Guercio, producer
- "I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow
- Ron Dante & Barry Manilow, producers
- "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band
- Milton Okun, producer
- "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
- Phil Ramone & Paul Simon, producers
- Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
- Stevie Wonder, producer
- Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
- Joe Wissert, producer
- Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton
- Peter Frampton, producer
- Chicago X - Chicago
- James William Guercio, producer
- Breezin' - George Benson
- Tommy LiPuma, producer
- "I Write the Songs"
- Bruce Johnston, songwriter (Barry Manilow)
- "This Masquerade"
- Leon Russell, songwriter (George Benson)
- "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
- Gordon Lightfoot, songwriter (Gordon Lightfoot)
- "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
- Howard Greenfield & Neil Sedaka, songwriters (Neil Sedaka)
- "Afternoon Delight"
- Bill Danoff, songwriter (Starland Vocal Band)
Children's
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
- "Winnie The Pooh For President (Campaign Song)"
- "The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay"
- "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"
- Various Artists
- "Dickens' Christmas Carol"
- Various Artists
Classical
Best Classical Orchestral Performance[3]
- Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Georg Solti (conductor), Raymond Minshull (producer)
- The Fourth of July! (Ives: Symphony No. 2, Variations On America / Copland: Appalachian Spring / Bernstein: Overture to Candide / Gershwin: An American In Paris)
- Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Falla: Three Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla)
- Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E Flat Major
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Beverly Sills
- Herbert: Music of Victor Herbert
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Wolf - Mörike-Lieder
- Marni Nixon
- Schoenberg: Nine Early Songs; The Cabaret Songs of Arnold Schoenberg
- Margaret Price
- Mozart: Arias (La Clemenza di Tito, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Nozze di Figaro etc)
- Janet Baker, James King
- Jan DeGaetani
- Ives: Songs
- Carlo Bergonzi
- Carlo Bergonzi Sings Verdi
- Barbra Streisand
- Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
- Cleveland Orchestra - Lorin Maazel (conductor), Michael Woolcock (producer)
- Verdi: Macbeth
- La Scala Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Claudio Abbado (conductor), Rainer Brock (producer)
- Schoenberg: Moses Und Aaron
- BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC Symphony Singers & Orpheus Boys Choir) - Pierre Boulez (conductor), Paul Myers (producer)
- Massenet: Thaïs
- New Philharmonia Orchestra (John Choir Alldis) - Lorin Maazel (conductor), Christopher Bishop (producer)
- Joplin: Treemonisha
- Original Cast Orchestra & Chorus - Gunther Schuller (conductor), Tom Mowrey (producer)
- Bizet: Carmen
- London Philharmonic - Georg Solti (conductor), Christopher Raeburn (producer)
Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
- London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choirmaster)
- Chorus of La Scala-Milan; Orchestra of La Scala-Milan - Claudio Abbado (conductor), Romano Gandolfi (choir director)
- Verdi: Opera Choruses
- BBC Choral Society & BBC Symphony Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra - Colin Davis (conductor)
- Choir of the Monks of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes Abbey - Dom Jean Claire (choir director)
- Gregorian Chant
- Netherlands Radio Chorus; Rotterdam Philharmonic - Jean Fournet (conductor), Franz Muller (choir director)
- London Philharmonic Choir; Orchestra - Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
- Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51
- King's College Choir-Cambridge - Phillip Ledger (choir director)
- Bernstein: Chichester Psalms/Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
- Choeurs de Radio France; Orchestre National de France & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Leonard Bernstein (choir director)
- Berlioz: Requiem
- New Philharmonia Chorus and London Philharmonic - Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Walter Hagen-Groll (choir director)
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Concerts 1975/76
Best Chamber Music Performance
- David Munrow (conductor) & the Early Music Consort of London for The Art of Courtly Love
- Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Comedy
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition
- Chuck Mangione (composer) for Bellavia
- Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
- Norman Whitfield (composer) for Car Wash performed by Rose Royce
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Chick Corea (arranger) for "Leprechaun's Dream"
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- James William Guercio & Jimmie Haskell (arrangers) for "If You Leave Me Now" performed by Chicago
- Best Arrangement for Voices (duo, group or chorus)
- Starland Vocal Band (arranger) for "Afternoon Delight"
Country
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
- Amazing Rhythm Aces for "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Best Country Song
- Larry Gatlin (songwriter) for "Broken Lady"
Folk
Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)
- The Oak Ridge Boys for "Where the Soul Never Dies"
- Best Soul Gospel Performance
- Mahalia Jackson for How I Got Over
- Best Inspirational Performance
- Gary S. Paxton for The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton
Jazz
Latin
- Best Latin Recording
- Eddie Palmieri for Unfinished Masterpiece
Musical show
- Best Cast Show Album
- Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti (producers) & various artists for Bubbling Brown Sugar
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Package
- Best Album Notes
- Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for The Changing Face of Harlem, the Savoy Sessions performed by Various Artists
Pop
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Breezin' - Al Schmitt (engineer)
- Best Engineered Recording, Classical
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers)
- Best Producer of the Year
R&B
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- Stevie Wonder for "I Wish"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- George Benson for "Theme From Good King Bad"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Boz Scaggs & David Paich (songwriters) for "Lowdown" performed by Boz Scaggs
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- Henry Fonda, Helen Hayes, James Earl Jones & Orson Welles for Great American Documents