14th Annual Grammy Awards

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.

Performers

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

Presenters

• 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

General field

• 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

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

Classical

• 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

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

Composing and arranging

• 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

• 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

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

Gospel

• 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

• 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

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

Packaging and notes

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Best Spoken Word Recording
• Les Crane for "Desiderata"

References

External links

• 14th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database