Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals

Paul McCartney won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals in 1972

The Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals , in German "Grammy Award for the best arrangement, for instruments and vocals", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy in the field of composition / arrangement since 1963 .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals . The award has been given to the arranger of the award-winning work since 1963.

The name of the award has been changed several times:

• From 1963 to 1964 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Background Arrangement
• In 1965 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Accompaniment Arrangement for Vocalist (s) or Instrumentalist (s)
• From 1966 to 1967 the winners received the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
• In 1968, the award was under the name of Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist (s) / Best Background Arrangement awarded
• From 1969 to 1978 and 1981 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist (s)
• From 1979 to 1980 he called himself the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocal (s)
• From 1982 to 1994, and from 1998 to 1999 he was Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal (s) referred to
• From 1995 to 1997 the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals was given
• From 2000 to 2014 he was under the name of Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist (s) known
• Since 2015 the award has been called the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Interpreter	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1963	Marty Manning	United States	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	Tony Bennett	Ray Charles - Born to Lose Steve Lawrence - Go Away Little Girl Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You João Gilberto - João Gilberto
1964	Henry Mancini	United States	Days of Wine and Roses	Henry Mancini	Eydie Gorme - Blame It on the Bossa Nova Ray Charles - Busted Frank Sinatra - Call Me Irresponsible Nancy Wilson - Tell Me the Truth Jack Jones - Wives and Lovers
1965	Peter Matz	United States	People	Barbra Streisand	Nancy Wilson - How Glad I Am Lorne Greene - Ringo Gale Garnett - We'll Sing in the Sunshine Jack Jones - Where Love Has Gone Tony Bennett - Who Can I Turn To?
1966	Gordon Jenkins	United States	It was a very good year	Frank Sinatra	Astrud Gilberto - Day by Day Vikki Carr - Everything I've Got Kenny Burrell - Greensleeves Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love The Beatles - Yesterday
1967	Ernie Freeman	United States	Strangers in the Night	Frank Sinatra	Paul McCartney - Eleanor Rigby , played by The Beatles Wes Montgomery - Goin 'out of My Head Brian Wilson and Mike Love - Good Vibrations , played by The Beach Boys Eydie Gorme - If He Walked into My Life Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin '
1968	Jimmie Haskell	United States	Ode to Billie Joe	Bobbie Gentry	The Beatles - A Day in the Life Glen Campbell - By the Time I Get to Phoenix Petulia Clark - Don't Sleep in the Subway Association - Windy
1969	Jimmy L. Webb	United States	MacArthur Park	Richard Harris	Dave Grusin - Fool on the Hill, played by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 George Tipton - Light My Fire, played by Jose Feliciano Al de Lory - Wichita Lineman, played by Glen Campbell Torrie Zito - Yesterday I Heard the Rain, played by Tony Bennett
1970	Fred Lipsius	United States	Spinning wheel	Blood, Sweat & Tears	The 5th Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In Tony Bennett - I've Gotta Be Me Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is? Blood Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy
1971	Larry Knechtel and Paul Simon	United States	Bridge over Troubled Water	Simon and Garfunkel	The Carpenters - Close to You Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful Blood Sweat & Tears - Lucretia Mac Evil
1972	Paul McCartney	United Kingdom	Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey	Paul and Linda McCartney	BJ Thomas - Long Ago Tomorrow The Carpenters - superstar Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
1973	Michel Legrand	France	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	Sarah Vaughan
1974	George Martin	United Kingdom	Live and Let Die	Paul McCartney & Wings
1975	Joni Mitchell and Tom Scott	Canada  United States	Down to you	Joni Mitchell
1976	Ray Stevens	United States	Misty	Ray Stevens
1977	James William Guercio and Jimmie Haskell	United States	If you leave me now	Chicago
1978	Ian Freebairn-Smith	United States	Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)	Barbra Streisand
1979	Maurice White	United States	Got to Get You into My Life	Earth, Wind & Fire
1980	Michael McDonald	United States	What a Fool Believes	The Doobie Brothers
1981	Christopher Cross and Michael Omartian	United States	Sailing	Christopher Cross
1982	Jerry Hey and Quincy Jones	United States	Ai no corrida	Quincy Jones
1983	Jerry Hey, David Paich and Jeff Porcaro	United States	Rosanna	Toto
1984	Nelson Riddle	United States	What's new?	Linda Ronstadt
1985	David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock	Canada	Hard habit to break	Chicago
1986	Nelson Riddle	United States	Lush Life	Linda Ronstadt
1987	David Foster	Canada	Somewhere	Barbra Streisand
1988	Frank Foster	United States	Deedles' blues	Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra
1989	Jonathan Tunick	United States	No One Is Alone	Cleo Laine
1990	Dave Grusin	United States	My Funny Valentine	Michelle Pfeiffer
1991	Glen Ballard , Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones and Clif Magness	United States	The Places You Find Love	Siedah Garrett and Chaka Khan
1992	Johnny Almond	United States	Unforgettable	Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
1993	Johnny Almond	United States	Here's to Life	Shirley Horn
1994	David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock	Canada	When I Fall in Love	Celine Dion and Clive Griffin
1995	Hans Zimmer and Lebo Morake	Germany  South Africa	Circle of Life	Carmen Twillie
1996	Rob McConnell	Canada	I get a kick out of you	Mel Tormé with Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass
1997	Alan Broadbent & David Foster	New Zealand  Canada	When I Fall in Love	Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
1998	Slide Hampton	United States	Cotton tail	Dee Dee Bridgewater
1999	Herbie Hancock , Robert Sadin and Stevie Wonder	United States	St. Louis Blues	Herbie Hancock
2000	Alan Broadbent	New Zealand	Lonely Town	Charlie Haden Quartet West featuring Shirley Horn
2001	Vince Mendoza	United States	Both sides now	Joni Mitchell
2002	Paul Buckmaster	United Kingdom	Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)	Train
2003	Dave Grusin	United States	Mean Old Man	James Taylor
2004	Vince Mendoza	United States	Woodstock	Joni Mitchell
2005	Victor Vanacore		Over the rainbow	Ray Charles and Johnny Mathis
2006	Billy Childs , Gil Goldstein and Heitor Pereira	United States  Brazil	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	Chris Botti and Sting
2007	Jorge Calandrelli	Argentina	For Once in My Life	Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder
2008	John Clayton	United States	I'm Gonna Live Till I Die	Queen Latifah
2009	Nan Schwartz		Here's That Rainy Day	Natalie Cole
2010	Claus Ogerman	United States	Quiet Nights	Diana Krall
2011	Christopher Tin	United States	Baba Yetu	Soweto Gospel Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2012	Jorge Calandrelli	Argentina	Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)		Vince Mendoza for Ao Mar (Vince Mendoza - Night on Earth) Rob Mathes for Moon Over Bourbon Street ( Sting and The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra - Sting Live in Berlin) Kevin Axt, Ray Brinker, Trey Henry, Christian Jacob and Tierney Sutton for On Broadway (The Tierney Sutton Band - American Road) William A. Ross for The Windmills of Your Mind ( Barbra Streisand - What Matters Most - Barbra Streisand Sings The Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman)
2013	Thara Memory and Esperanza Spalding	United States	City of Roses	Esperanza Spalding	Gil Evans for Look to the Rainbow, played by the Gil Evans Project & Luciana Souza Shelly Berg for Out There, played by Lorraine Feather Vince Mendoza for Spain (I Can Recall), played by Al Jarreau & The Metropole Orchestra Nan Schwartz for Wild is the Wind, played by Whitney Claire Kaufman and Andrew Playfoot
2014	Gil Goldstein	United States	Swing low	Bobby McFerrin and Esperanza Spalding	Nan Schwarz for La Vida Nos Espera, played by Gian Marco Chris Walden for Let's Fall In Love, played by Calabria Foti featuring Seth Justman John Hollenbeck for The Moon's A Harsh Mistress, played by John Hollenbeck Shelly Berg for What a Wonderful World, played by Gloria Estefan
2015	Billy Childs	United States	New York Tendaberry	Billy Childs ft. Renée Fleming and Yo Yo Ma	Jeremy Fox for All My Tomorrows, played by Jeremy Fox ft. Kate McGarry Vince Mendoza for Goodnight America, played by Mary Chapin Carpenter Gordon Goodwin for Party Rockers, played by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Pete McGuinness for What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life ?, played by the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra
2016	Maria Schneider		Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)	David Bowie	Shelly Berg for Be My Muse, played by Lorraine Feather Patrick Williams for 52nd & Broadway, played by Patrick Williams ft. Patti Austin Otmaro Ruiz for Garota de Ipanema , played by Catina DeLuna ft. Otmaro Ruiz Jimmy Greene for When I Come Home, played by Jimmy Greene and Javier Colon
2017	Jacob Collier	United States	Flintstones	Jacob Collier	Gordon Goodwin for Do You Hear What I Hear, played by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band ft. Take 6 John Daversa for Do You Want To Know a Secret, played by John Daversa ft. Renee Olstead Alan Broadbent for I'm a Fool to Want You, played by Kristin Chenoweth Billy Childs and Larry Klein for Somewhere (Dirty Blvd), played by Lang Lang ft. Lisa Fischer and Jeffrey Wright
2018	Randy Newman	United States	Putin	Randy Newman	Justin Hurwitz for Another Day of Sun, played by the La La Land cast Jorge Calandrelli for Every Time We Say Goodbye, played by Clint Holmes ft. Jane Monheit Joel McNeely for I Like Myself, played by Seth MacFarlane Shelly Berg , Gregg Field, Gordon Goodwin and Clint Holmes for I Loves You Porgy / There's a Boat That's Leavin 'Soon for New York, played by Clint Holmes ft. Dee Dee Bridgewater and The Count Basie Orchestra
2019	Randy Waldman		Spiderman Theme	Randy Waldman ft. Take 6 and Chris Potter	Matt Rollings and Kristin Wilkinson for It Was a Very Good Year, played by Mitski Dan Pugach and Nicole Zuraitis for Jolene, played by Dan Pugach Vince Mendoza for Mona Lisa, played by Gregory Porter Gonzalo Grau for Niña, played by Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider
2020	Jacob Collier , arranger	United Kingdom	All night long	Jacob Collier featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest	Jolene von Geoff Keezer , arranger ( Sara Gazarek ) Marry Me a Little by Cyrille Aimée & Diego Figueiredo, arranger (Cyrille Aimée) Over the Rainbow by Vince Mendoza , arranger ( Trisha Yearwood ) 12 Little Spells (Thoracic Spine) by Esperanza Spalding , arranger (Esperanza Spalding)

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 28, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved May 28, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Winners Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist (s) / Best Background Arrangement. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .