Grammy Awards of 1977

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last = 1976

The 19th Grammy Awards were held in 1977, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1976.

Award winners:

*Record of the Year
**Tommy LiPuma (producer) & George Benson for "This Masquerade"

*Album of the Year
**Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for "Songs in the Key of Life"

* Song of the Year
**Bruce Johnston (songwriter) for "I Write the Songs" performed by Barry Manilow

* Best New Artist
**Starland Vocal Band

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Karl Böhm (conductor) & Hermione Gingold for "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals"

Classical

*Best Classical Orchestral Performance
**Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for "Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra"
*Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
**Beverly Sills for "Herbert: Music of Victor Herbert"
*Best Opera Recording
**Michael Woolcock (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), Leona Mitchell, Willard White & the Cleveland Orchestra for "Gershwin: Porgy and Bess"
*Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
**Andre Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choirmaster) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for "Rachmaninoff: The Bells"
*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"
*Best Classical Album
**Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic for "Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos"

Comedy

*Best Comedy Recording
**Richard Pryor for "Bicentennial Nigger"

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 various artists
*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
**Emmylou Harris for "Elite Hotel"
*Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
**Ronnie Milsap for "(I'm a) Stand By My Woman Man"
*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
**Chet Atkins & Les Paul for "Chester and Lester"
*Best Country Song
**Larry Gatlin (songwriter) for "Broken Lady"

Folk

*Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
**John Hartford for "Mark Twang"

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

*Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist (Instrumental)
**Count Basie for "Basie and Zoot"
*Best Jazz Performance by a Group
**Chick Corea for "The Leprechaun"
*Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
**Duke Ellington for "The Ellington Suites"
* Best Jazz Vocal Performance
**Ella Fitzgerald for "Fitzgerald and Pass...Again"

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
**John Berg (art director) for "Chicago X" performed by Chicago
*Best Album Notes
**Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for "The Changing Face of Harlem, the Savoy Sessions" performed by Various Artists

Pop

*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
**Linda Ronstadt for "Hasten Down the Wind"
*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
**Stevie Wonder for "Songs in the Key of Life"
*Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
**Chicago for "If You Leave Me Now"
*Best Pop Instrumental Performance
**George Benson for "Breezin' "

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
**Al Schmitt (engineer) for "Breezin' " performed by George Benson
*Best Engineered Recording, Classical
**Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), George Gershwin, & the Columbia Jazz Band for "Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue"
*Best Producer of the Year
**Stevie Wonder

R&B

*Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
**Natalie Cole for "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)"
*Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
**Stevie Wonder for "I Wish"
*Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
**Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo for "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
*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

poken

*Best Spoken Word Recording
**Henry Fonda, Helen Hayes, James Earl Jones & Orson Welles for "Great American Documents"

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