9th Annual Grammy Awards

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Network ABC Other ceremonies 1966, 1968		Date 2 March 1967
Location Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York

The 9th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 2, 1967 at Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1966. The 9th Grammy Awards is notable for not presenting the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Award winners

Record of the Year

Jimmy Bowen (producer) & Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night"

Album of the Year

Sonny Burke (producer) & Frank Sinatra for A Man and His Music

Song of the Year

John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) for "Michelle" performed by The Beatles

Children's

Best Recording for Children

Marvin Miller for Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran the Zoo" and "Sleep Book"

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna (Works of Barber, Purcell, etc.)

Best Opera Recording

Georg Solti (conductor), Régine Crespin, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Die Walkure

Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)

Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Handel: Messiah

George Bragg (conductor), Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers, the Ithaca College Concert Choir, the Texas Boys Choir & the Columbia Chamber Orchestra for Ives: Music for Chorus

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)

Julian Bream for Baroque Guitar (Works of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, etc.)

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal

Boston Symphony Chamber Players for Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston

Album of the Year - Classical

Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance

Bill Cosby for Wonderfulness

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme

Neal Hefti (composer) for "Batman Theme"

Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show

Maurice Jarre (composer) for Dr. Zhivago

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Herb Alpert (arranger) for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist

Ernie Freeman (arranger) for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra

Country

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Jeannie Seely for "Don't Touch Me"

Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male

David Houston (singer) for "Almost Persuaded"

Best Country & Western Recording

David Houston (singer) for "Almost Persuaded"

Best Country & Western Song

Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton (songwriters) for "Almost Persuaded" performed by David Houston (singer)

Folk

Best Folk Recording

Cortelia Clark for Blues in the Street

Gospel

Best Sacred Recording (Musical)

Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for Grand Old Gospel

Jazz

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Group or Soloist with Group

Wes Montgomery for "Goin' Out of My Head"

Best Original Jazz Composition

Duke Ellington for "In the Beginning God"

Musical show

Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album

Jerry Herman (composer) & the original cast (Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Jane Connell, Charles Braswell, Jerry Lanning & Frankie Michaels ) for Mame

Packaging and notes

Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts

Klaus Voormann (graphic artist) for Revolver performed by The Beatles

Best Album Cover, Photography

Robert M. Jones (art director) & Les Leverette (photographer) for Confessions of a Broken Man performed by Porter Wagoner

Best Album Notes

Stan Cornyn (notes writer) for Sinatra at the Sands performed by Frank Sinatra

Pop

Best Vocal Performance, Female

Eydie Gorme for "If He Walked Into My Life"

Best Vocal Performance, Male

Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night"

Best Performance by a Vocal Group

Anita Kerr for "A Man and a Woman" performed by the Anita Kerr Singers

Best Performance by a Chorus

Ray Conniff (choir director) for "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago)" performed by the Ray Conniff Singers

Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz)

Herb Alpert for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female

Paul McCartney for "Eleanor Rigby"

Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental

The Mamas & the Papas for "Monday, Monday"

Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording

New Vaudeville Band for "Winchester Cathedral"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

Eddie Brackett & Lee Herschberg (engineers) for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

Anthony Salvatore (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Wagner: Lohengrin

R&B

Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female

Ray Charles for "Crying Time"

Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental

Ramsey Lewis for "Hold It Right There"

Best Rhythm & Blues Recording

Ray Charles for "Crying Time"

Spoken

Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording

Edward R. Murrow for Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I The War Years

References

9th Annual Grammy Awards Wikipedia

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