1969 Grammy Awards

The 1969 Grammy Awards were the 11th award of the most important US music award.

The Grammy was awarded a total of 40 times in 14 different fields.

Main categories

Single of the year (Record of the Year):

• Mrs. Robinson from Simon & Garfunkel

Album of the Year:

• By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Glen Campbell

Song of the Year:

• Little Green Apples by OC Smith or Roger Miller (Author: Bobby Russell)

Best New Artist:

• José Feliciano

pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Pop contemporary (Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Female):

• Do You Know The Way To San Jose? by Dionne Warwick

Best Male Vocal Performance, Contemporary Pop (Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male):

• Light My Fire by José Feliciano

Best vocal performance by a duo or a group, contemporary pop (Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Vocal Duo Or Group):

• Mrs. Robinson from Simon and Garfunkel

Best contemporary pop performance by a choir (Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Chorus):

• Mission Impossible / Norwegian Wood Medley from the Alan Copeland Singers

Best Pop Instrumental performance (Best Pop Instrumental Performance):

• Classical Gas by Mason Williams

Rhythm & Blues

Best female vocal performance - R&B (Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female):

• Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin

Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B (Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male):

• (Sittin 'On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding

Best R&B performance by a duo or group, vocal or instrumental (Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental):

• Cloud Nine from the Temptations

Best R&B Song (Best R&B Song):

• (Sittin 'On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding (Authors: Otis Reding, Steve Cropper )

Country

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Female):

• Harper Valley PTA by Jeannie C. Riley

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Male):

• Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group - vocal or instrumental (Best Country Performance, Duo Or Group - Vocal Or Instrumental):

• Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Flatt & Scruggs

Best Country Song (Best Country Song):

• Little Green Apples by Roger Miller / OC Smith (Author: Bobby Russell)

jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - small group or soloist with small groups (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group):

• Bill Evans At The Montreux Jazz Festival by Bill Evans

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - large group or soloist with large group (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group):

• ... And His Mother Called Him Bill by Duke Ellington

Gospel

Best gospel performance (Best Gospel Performance):

• The Happy Gospel Of The Happy Goodmans by the Happy Goodman Family

Best Soul Gospel performance (Best Soul Gospel Performance):

• The Soul Of Me by Dottie Rambo

Best Sacred-performance (Best Sacred Performance):

• Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere by Jake Hess

Folk

Best Folk Performance (Best Folk Performance):

• Both Sides Now by Judy Collins

language

Best Spoken Recording (Best Spoken Word Recording):

• Lonesome Cities by Rod McKuen

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording (Best Comedy Recording):

• To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With by Bill Cosby

Musical show

Best music of an original cast show album (Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album):

• Hair from the original line-up with Ronnie Dyson, Gerome Ragni, Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Diane Keaton, Melba Moore and James Rado (composers: Galt MacDermot , Gerome Ragni , James Rado ; producer: Andy Wiswell)

Composition / arrangement

Best instrumental theme (Best Instrumental Theme):

• Classical Gas by Mason Williams

Best Original Score written for a movie or a TV Special (Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special):

• The Graduate von Simon & Garfunkel (Composers: Dave Grusin , Paul Simon )

Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• Classical Gas by Mason Williams (Arranger: Mike Post )

Best arrangement with vocal accompaniment (Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists):

• MacArthur Park by Richard Harris (Arranger: Jimmy L. Webb )

Packages and album text

Best album cover (Best Album Cover):

• Underground by Thelonious Monk (Artistic Directors: John Berg, Richard Mantel; Photography: Horn Grinner Studios)

Best Album Notes:

• At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash (Author: Johnny Cash)

Production and technology

Best technical recording without classical music (Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical):

• Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell (Technique: Hugh Davies, Joe Polito)

Best Technical classical recording (Best Engineered Recording, Classical):

• Mahler: 9th Symphony by the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Georg Solti (technique: Gordon Parry)

Classical music

Best Classical Orchestral Performance (Best Classical Performance - Orchestra):

• Boulez conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ; Jeux) with the New Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Pierre Boulez

Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):

• Mozart: Cosi fan tutte by Ezio Flagello , Sherrill Milnes , Leontyne Price , Judith Raskin , George Shirley , Tatiana Troyanos and the New Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf

Best choral performance (without opera) (Best Choral Performance Other Than Opera):

• The Glory of Gabrieli by E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers and the Texas Boys Choir under the direction of Vittorio Negri

Best solo instrument performance with or without orchestra (Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists With Or Without Orchestra):

• Horowitz on Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz) by Vladimir Horowitz

Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):

• Glory of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ by E. Power Biggs and the Edward Tarr Ensemble under the direction of Vittorio Negri

Best classical solo vocal performance (Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance):

• Rossini: Rarities by Montserrat Caballé and the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Choir under the direction of Carlo Felice Cillario

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and Trustees Award were not awarded in 1969.