17th Annual Grammy Awards

1975 award ceremony for 1974 music

17th Annual Grammy Awards

Date| March 1, 1975
Location| Uris Theatre, New York, New York
Hosted by| Andy Williams
Most awards| Stevie Wonder (4)
Most nominations| Stevie Wonder (6)
Television/radio coverage
Network| CBS
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The 17th Annual Grammy Awards were presented March 1, 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1974.[1][2]

## Performers

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* The Spinners \- "Mighty Love"
* Marvin Hamlisch & Andy Williams \- "The Way We Were"
* Les Hooper \- big band performance
* Anne Murray \- "A Love Song"
* Harry Chapin \- "Cat's in the Cradle"
* Aretha Franklin \- "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
* Stevie Wonder \- "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
* Waylon Jennings \- "I'm a Ramblin' Man"

## Presenters

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* David Bowie \- Best R&B Performance, Female
* Bette Midler \- Album of the Year
* Paul Simon & John Lennon \- Record of the Year
* Tony Orlando & Dawn \- Best New Artist
* Gladys Knight & The Pips \- Song of the Year
* Kate Smith \- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
* Moms Mabley \- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
* Righteous Brothers & Aretha Franklin \- Best R&B Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal

## Award winners

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* Record of the Year
* John Farrar (producer) & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You" (accepted by Art Garfunkel)
* Album of the Year
* Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Fulfillingness' First Finale
* Song of the Year
* Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand
* Best New Artist
* Marvin Hamlisch

### Children's

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* Best Recording for Children
* Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell for Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

### Classical

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* Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
* Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
* Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
* Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss
* Best Opera Recording
* Richard Mohr (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi & the London Philharmonic for Puccini: La bohème
* Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
* Colin Davis (conductor) the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
* Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
* Maxim Shostakovich (conductor), David Oistrakh & the New Philharmonia for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
* Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
* Alicia de Larrocha for Albéniz: Iberia
* Best Chamber Music Performance
* Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor
* Album of the Year, Classical
* David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

### Comedy

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* Best Comedy Recording
* Richard Pryor for That Nigger's Crazy

### Composing and arranging

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* Best Instrumental Composition
* Mike Oldfield (composer) for "Tubular Bells \- Theme From The Exorcist"
* Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
* Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for The Way We Were performed by Barbra Streisand
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
* Patrick Williams (arranger) for Threshold
* Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists
* Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott (arrangers) for "Down to You" performed by Joni Mitchell

### Country

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* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
* Anne Murray for Love Song
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
* Ronnie Milsap for "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"
* Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
* The Pointer Sisters for "Fairytale"
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
* Chet Atkins & Merle Travis for The Atkins–Travis Traveling Show
* Best Country Song
* Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson (songwriters) for "A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich

### Folk

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* Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
* Doc Watson & Merle Watson for Two Days in November

### Gospel

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* Best Gospel Performance
* The Oak Ridge Boys for "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor"
* Best Soul Gospel Performance
* James Cleveland for In the Ghetto performed by James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir
* Best Inspirational Performance (non-classical)
* Elvis Presley for How Great Thou Art

### Jazz

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* Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
* Charlie Parker for First Recordings!
* Best Jazz Performance by a Group
* Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Oscar Peterson for The Trio
* Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
* Woody Herman for Thundering Herd

### Musical show

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* Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
* Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin (composers), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast (Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin) for Raisin

### Packaging and notes

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* Best Album Package
* Christopher Whorf & Ed Thrasher (art directors) for Come and Gone performed by Mason Proffit
* Best Album Notes
* Charles R. Townsend (notes writer) for For the Last Time performed by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
* Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for The Hawk Flies performed by Coleman Hawkins
* Best Album Notes - Classical
* Angus Scrimm (as Rory Guy) (notes writer) for Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold conducted by Ulf Hoelscher/Willy Mattes

### Pop

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* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
* Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"
* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
* Stevie Wonder for Fulfillingness' First Finale
* Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
* Paul McCartney & Wings for "Band on the Run"
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance
* Marvin Hamlisch for "The Entertainer"

### Production and engineering

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* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
* Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for Band on the Run performed by Paul McCartney & Wings
* Best Engineered Recording, Classical
* Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
* Best Producer of the Year
* Thom Bell

### R&B

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* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
* Aretha Franklin for "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
* Stevie Wonder for "Boogie on Reggae Woman"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
* Rufus for "Tell Me Something Good"
* Best R&B Instrumental Performance
* MFSB for "The Sound of Philadelphia"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
* Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Living for the City"

### Spoken

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* Best Spoken Word Recording
* Peter Cook & Dudley Moore for Good Evening

## References

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1. ^ "Wonder tops Grammy awards". The Montreal Gazette. March 3, 1975. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
2. ^ 1974 Grammy Award Winners at the Wayback Machine (archived October 13, 2013)

## External links

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* 17th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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