14th Annual Grammy Awards

American music award television show

14th Annual Grammy Awards

Date| March 14, 1972
Location| Felt Forum, New York City
Hosted by| Andy Williams
Most awards| Carole King (4)
Most nominations| Isaac Hayes (8)
Television/radio coverage
Network| ABC
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Carole King won all 4 awards it was nominated for including 3 from Big Four.

The 14th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 14, 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States by ABC; the following year, they would move the telecasts to CBS, where they remain to this date. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1971.[1][2]

## Performers

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* The cast of Godspell \- Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord/Day By Day

## Presenters

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* Anthony Newley & Florence Henderson \- Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album
* The 5th Dimension \- Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group
* Ed Sullivan \- Best Comedy Recording
* Andy Williams \- Presented the Trustees Award to The Beatles and presented a preview of the upcoming film The Concert For Bangladesh
* The Carpenters & Herb Alpert \- Record of the Year
* Richard Harris \- Best Original Score
* The Temptations \- Best R&B Vocal Performance
* Bobby Darin & Aretha Franklin \- Best Jazz Performance

## Award winners

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### General field

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* Record of the Year
* Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for "It's Too Late"
* Album of the Year
* Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for Tapestry
* Song of the Year
* Carole King (songwriter) for "You've Got a Friend"
* Best New Artist
* Carly Simon

### Children's

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* Best Recording for Children
* Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs

### Classical

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* Best Classical Performance – Orchestra
* Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D
* Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
* Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann
* Best Opera Recording
* Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Grace Bumbry, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Ruggero Raimondi, the John Aldis Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for Verdi: Aida
* Best Choral Performance, Classical
* Colin Davis (conductor), Russell Burgess, Arthur Oldham (choir directors) the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Requiem
* Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
* André Previn (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar
* Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
* Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
* Best Chamber Music Performance
* The Juilliard String Quartet for Debussy: Quartet in G Minor/Ravel: Quartet in F
* Album of the Year, Classical
* Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)

### Comedy

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* Best Comedy Recording
* Lily Tomlin for This Is a Recording

### Composing and arranging

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* Best Instrumental Composition
* Michel LeGrand (composer) for "Theme From Summer of '42"
* Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
* Isaac Hayes (composer) for Shaft
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
* Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen (arrangers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
* Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
* Paul McCartney (arranger) for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" performed by Paul & Linda McCartney

### Country

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* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
* Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
* Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
* Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
* Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty for "After the Fire Is Gone"
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
* Chet Atkins for "Snowbird"
* Best Country Song
* Kris Kristofferson (songwriter) for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Sammi Smith

### Folk

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* Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
* Muddy Waters for They Call Me Muddy Waters

### Gospel

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* Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)
* Charley Pride for "Let Me Live"
* Best Soul Gospel Performance
* Shirley Caesar for Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man From Galilee
* Best Sacred Performance
* Charley Pride for Did You Think to Pray

### Jazz

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* Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
* Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio
* Best Jazz Performance by a Group
* Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio
* Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
* Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite"

### Musical show

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* Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
* Stephen Schwartz (composer & producer) & the original cast for Godspell

### Packaging and notes

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* Best Album Cover
* Dean O. Torrence (art director) & Gene Brownell (photographer) for Pollution performed by Pollution
* Best Album Notes
* Sam Samudio (notes writer) for Sam, Hard and Heavy performed by Sam Samudio

### Pop

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* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
* Carole King for Tapestry
* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
* James Taylor for "You've Got a Friend"
* Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
* The Carpenters for Carpenters
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance
* Quincy Jones for Smackwater Jack

### Production and engineering

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* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
* Henry Bush, Ron Capone & Dave Purple (engineers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
* Best Classical Engineered Recording
* Vittorio Negri (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Requiem

### R&B

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* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
* Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
* Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group
* Ike & Tina Turner for "Proud Mary"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
* Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine"

### Spoken

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* Best Spoken Word Recording
* Les Crane for Desiderata

## References

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1. ^ "Carole King Wins Top Grammy Kudos". The Palm Beach Post. March 16, 1972. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
2. ^ "1971 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

## External links

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* 14th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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