Grammy Awards of 1969

9 he 11th Grammy Awards were held in 1969. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1968.

• Record of the Year
  • Paul Simon & Roy Halee (producers) & Simon and Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"

• Album of the Year
  • Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for By The Time I Get To Phoenix

• Song of the Year
  • Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith

• Best New Artist
  • Jose Feliciano

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)
• Best Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor), Montserrat Caballe & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Rossini: Rarities
• Best Opera Recording
  • Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Ezio Flagello, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Judith Raskin, George Shirley, Tatiana Troyanos & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg Smith, (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers & the Texas Boys Choir for The Glory of Gabrieli
• Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz on Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz)
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Vittorio Negri (conductor), E. Power Biggs & the Edward Tarr Ensemble for Glory of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Bill Cosby for To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme
  • Mason Williams (composer) for "Classical Gas"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  • Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (composers) for The Graduate performed by Simon and Garfunkel
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Mike Post (arranger) for "Classical Gas" performed by Mason Williams
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Jimmy L. Webb (arranger) for "MacArthur Park" performed by Richard Harris

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley P.T.A."
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues"
• Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental
  • Flatt & Scruggs for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
• Best Country Song
  • Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith

Folk

• Best Folk Performance
  • Judy Collins for "Both Sides Now"

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance
  • The Happy Goodman Family for The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans
• Best Soul Gospel Performance
  • Dottie Rambo for "The Soul of Me"
• Best Sacred Performance
  • Jake Hess for "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
  • Bill Evans for Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival performed by the Bill Evans Trio
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
  • Duke Ellington for "And His Mother Called Him Bill"

Musical Show

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • Galt MacDermott, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (composers), Andy Wiswell (producer), Ronnie Dyson, Gerome Ragni and the original cast for Hair

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Cover
  • John Berg, Richard Mantel (art directors), Horn Grinner Studios (photographer) for Underground performed by Thelonius Monk
• Best Album Notes
  • Johnny Cash for Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Mason Williams for "Classical Gas"
• Best Performance by a Chorus
  • Alan Copeland for "Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood" performed by the Alan Copeland Singers

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Hugh Davies & Joe Polito (engineers) for "Wichita Lineman" performed by Glen Campbell
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D conducted by Georg Solti

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance , Vocal or Instrumental
  • Temptations for "Cloud Nine"
• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Aretha Franklin for "Chain of Fools"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
• Best R&B Song
  • Otis Redding & Steve Cropper (songwriters) for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" performed by Otis Redding

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word Recording
  • Rod McKuen for Lonesome Cities

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