Grammy Awards of 1968

The 10th Grammy Awards were held in 1968. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1967.

• Record of the Year
  • Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"

• Album of the Year
  • George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

• Song of the Year
  • Jimmy L. Webb (songwriter) for "Up, Up and Away" performed by 5th Dimension

• Best New Artist
  • Bobbie Gentry

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Boris Karloff for Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka Suites
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price, & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna, Volume 2
• Best Opera Recording
  • Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl & the Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Berg: Wozzeck
• Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)
  • Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Orff: Catulli Carmina
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin)
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin for West Meets East
• Album of the Year, Classical
  • John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
  • Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, Choeur Nationale de Paris & the Orchestra of Paris National Opera for Berg: Wozzeck

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Bill Cosby for Revenge

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme
  • Lalo Schifrin (composer) for "Mission: Impossible"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Show
  • Lalo Schifrin (composer) for Mission: Impossible
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Burt Bacharach (arranger) for Alfie
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement
  • Jimmie Haskell (arranger) for "Ode to Billie Joe" performed by Bobbie Gentry

Country

• Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  • Tammy Wynette for "I Don't Wanna Play House"
• Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male
  • Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
• Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio or Group (Vocal or Instrumental)
  • Johnny Cash & June Carter for "Jackson"
• Best Country & Western Recording
  • Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
• Best Country & Western Song
  • John Hartford (songwriter) for "Gentle on My Mind" performed by Glen Campbell

Folk

• Best Folk Performance
  • John Hartford for "Gentle on My Mind"

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance
  • Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers Quartet for More Grand Old Gospel
• Best Sacred Performance
  • Elvis Presley for How Great Thou Art

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
  • Cannonball Adderly Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
  • Duke Ellington for "Far East Suite"

Musical Show

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • Fred Ebb & John Kander (composers), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast for Cabaret

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Notes
  • John D. Loudermilk for Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse
• Best Album Cover, Photography
  • Robert Cato & John Berg (art directors) & Roland Scherman (photographer) for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits performed by Bob Dylan
• Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
  • Jann Haworth & Peter Blake (art directors) for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band performed by The Beatles

Pop

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz)
  • Chet Atkins for Chet Atkins Picks the Best
• Best Performance by a Chorus
  • Johnny Mann for "Up, Up and Away" performed by the Johnny Mann Singers
• Best Contemporary Single
  • Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Best Contemporary Album
  • George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance
  • Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"
• Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance
  • Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
• Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental)
  • 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band performed by The Beatles
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Edward T. Graham (engineer) & the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for The Glorious Sound of Brass

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
  • Aretha Franklin for "Respect"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance , Vocal or Instrumental
  • Sam and Dave for "Soul Man"
• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Aretha Franklin for "Respect"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Lou Rawls for "Dead End Street"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
  • Everett M. Dirksen for Gallant Men

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