1970 Grammy Awards

The 12th Grammy Music Award ceremony took place in 1970. Prize winners from a total of 45 categories in 15 fields were able to celebrate at the 1970 Grammy Awards .

Main categories

Single of the year (Record of the Year):

• " Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In " from the Fifth Dimension

Album of the Year:

• "Blood, Sweat & Tears" by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Song of the Year:

• "Games People Play" by Joe South (Author: Joe South)

Best New Artist:

• Crosby, Stills and Nash

pop

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

• "Is That All There Is" by Peggy Lee

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

• "Everybody's Talkin '" by Nilsson

Best Contemporary Vocal Performance of a group (Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By A Group):

• "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In" from the Fifth Dimension

Best Contemporary Vocal Performance of a choir (Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By A Chorus)

• "Love Theme from 'Romeo And Juliet'" by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus

Best Contemporary Instrumental performance (Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance):

• "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie " by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Best Contemporary Song:

• "Games People Play" by Joe South

Rhythm & Blues

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

• "Share Your Love With Me" by Aretha Franklin

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

• "The Chokin 'Kind" by Joe Simon

Best vocal performance by a duo or group (Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group):

• "It's Your Thing" by the Isley Brothers

Best instrumental performance - R&B (Best R&B Instrumental Performance):

• "Games People Play" by King Curtis

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

• "Color Him Father" by the Winstons (Author: Richard Spencer )

Country

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

• Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette

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

• A Boy Named Sue from Johnny Cash

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group (Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group):

• MacArthur Park by Waylon Jennings & The Kimberlys

Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance):

• The Nashville Brass featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds by The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis

Best Country Song (Best Country Song):

• A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash (Author: Shel Silverstein )

jazz

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

• Willow Weep for Me by Wes Montgomery

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

• Walking In Space by Quincy Jones

Gospel

Best gospel performance (Best Gospel Performance):

• In Gospel Country by Porter Wagoner and the Blackwood Brothers

Best Soul Gospel performance (Best Soul Gospel Performance):

• Oh Happy Day from the Edwin Hawkins Singers

Best Sacred Performance (Without Classical) (Best Sacred Performance, Non-Classical):

• Ain't That Beautiful Singing by Jake Hess

Folk

Best Folk Performance (Best Folk Performance):

• Clouds by Joni Mitchell

For children

Best Recording for Children (Best Recording For Children):

• Peter, Paul And Mommy by Peter, Paul and Mary

language

Best Spoken Recording (Best Spoken Word Recording):

• We Love You Call Collect by Art and Diane Linkletter

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording (Best Comedy Recording):

• Bill Cosby by Bill Cosby

Musical show

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

• Promises, Promises from the original line-up with Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter, Donna McKechnie, AL Hines, Marian Mercer and Paul Reed (composers: Burt Bacharach , Hal David ; producers: Phil Ramone , Henry Jerome )

Composition / arrangement

Best instrumental theme (Best Instrumental Theme):

• Asphalt Cowboy (Composer: John Barry )

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

• Two bandits (composer: Burt Bacharach )

Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet (Arranger: Henry Mancini )

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

• Spinning Wheel by Blood, Sweat & Tears (Arranger: Fred Lipsius )

Packages and album text

Best album cover (Best Album Cover):

• America The Beautiful by Gary McFarland (Graphic Artists: David Stahlberg, Evelyn J. Kelbish)

Best Album Notes:

• Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan (Author: Johnny Cash )

Production and technology

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

• Abbey Road by the Beatles (Technique: Geoff E. Emerick , Philip McDonald)

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

• Switched-On Bach by Walter Carlos (Technique: Walter Carlos)

Classical music

Best Classical Album of the Year (Album Of The Year, Classical):

• “Switched-On Bach ” by Walter Carlos , producer: Rachel Elkind

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

• “Boulez conducts Debussy , Vol. 2: 'Images pour orchester'” by the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Pierre Boulez

Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):

• Wagner : “ Siegfried ” by Helga Dernesch , Thomas Stolze , Jess Thomas and the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Herbert von Karajan

Best classical choir performance (without opera) (Best Choral Performance, Classical, Other Than Opera):

• Berio : “Sinfonia” by the Swingle Singers and the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Luciano Berio

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

• "Switched-On Bach" by Walter Carlos

Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):

• Gabrieli : "Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli" by the Chicago Brass Ensemble, the Cleveland Brass Ensemble and the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

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

• Barber : "Two Scenes from 'Antony and Cleopatra' / Knoxville, Summer of 1915" by Leontyne Price and the New Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Schippers

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award was not awarded in 1970.

Trustees Award

• Robert Moog