1972 Grammy Awards
The 1972 Grammy Awards took place on March 15 of that year. It was the 14th award of the most important US music award. The awards were made in 44 categories from 15 fields.
For the first time, two artists received an honor gram for their life's work. However, it should be the last award in this special category for a long time; it was only reintroduced in 1984.
Main categories
Single of the year (Record of the Year):
- "It's Too Late" by Carole King
Album of the Year:
- " Tapestry " by Carole King
Song of the Year:
- " You've Got a Friend " by Carole King (Author: Carole King)
Best New Artist:
pop
Best female vocal performance - Pop (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female):
- "Tapestry" by Carole King
Best Male Vocal Performance - Pop (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male):
- "You've Got a Friend" by James Taylor
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- "Carpenters" from the Carpenters
Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Pop :
- "Smackwater Jack" by Quincy Jones
Rhythm & Blues
Best female vocal performance - R&B (Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female):
- "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Aretha Franklin
Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B (Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male):
- "A Natural Man" by Lou Rawls
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- "Proud Mary" by Ike & Tina Turner
Best R&B Song (Best R&B Song):
- "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers (Author: Bill Withers)
Country
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Female):
- Help Me Make It Through The Night by Sammi Smith
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Male):
- When You're Hot, You're Hot by Jerry Reed
Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group):
- After The Fire Is Gone by Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance):
- Snowbird by Chet Atkins
Best Country Song (Best Country Song):
- Help Me Make It Through The Night by Sammi Smith (Author: Kris Kristofferson )
jazz
Best Jazz Performance by a soloist (Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist):
- The Bill Evans album by Bill Evans
Best jazz performance group (Best Jazz Performance By A Group):
- The Bill Evans album by the Bill Evans Trio
Best jazz performance a Big Band (Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band):
- New Orleans Suite by Duke Ellington
Gospel
Best gospel performance (without soul gospel) (Best Gospel Performance, Other Than Soul Gospel):
- Let Me Live by Charley Pride
Best Soul Gospel performance (Best Soul Gospel Performance):
- Put Your Hand In The Hand Of The Man From Galilee by Shirley Caesar
Best Sacred-performance (Best Sacred Performance):
- Did You Think To Pray by Charley Pride
Folk
Best Ethnofolk- or traditional folk recording (including traditional Blues) (Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording, Including Traditional Blues):
- They Call Me Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters
For children
Best Recording for Children (Best Recording For Children):
- Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs by Bill Cosby
language
Best Spoken Recording (Best Spoken Word Recording):
- Desiderata from Les Crane
Comedy
Best Comedy Recording (Best Comedy Recording):
- This Is a Recording by Lily Tomlin
Musical show
Best music of an original cast show album (Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album):
- Godspell from the original cast (composer and producer: Stephen Schwartz )
Composition / arrangement
Best Instrumental Composition (Best Instrumental Composition):
- Theme From Summer Of '42 (Composer: Michel Legrand )
Best Original Score written for a movie or a TV Special (Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special):
- Shaft by Isaac Hayes
Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):
- Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes (Arrangers: Isaac Hayes, Johnny Allen )
Best arrangement with vocal accompaniment (Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists):
- Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey by Paul & Linda McCartney (Arranger: Paul McCartney)
Packages and album text
Best album cover (Best Album Cover):
- Pollution von Pollution (Artistic Director: Dean O. Torrence; Photographer: Gene Brownell)
Best Album Notes:
- Sam, Hard And Heavy by Sam Samudio (Author: Sam Samudio)
Production and technology
Best technical recording without classical music (Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical):
- Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes (Technique: Henry Bush, Ron Capone, Dave Purple)
Best Technical classical recording (Best Classical Engineered Recording):
- Berlioz: Requiem by the Wandsworth School Boys Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra and Choir under the direction of Colin Davis (Technique: Vittorio Negri)
Classical music
Best Classical Album of the Year (Album Of The Year, Classical):
- "Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff " ( Etudes-tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) by Vladimir Horowitz
Best Classical Orchestral Performance (Best Classical Performance - Orchestra):
- Mahler : " Symphony No. 1 in D major " by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini
Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):
- Verdi : “ Aida ” by Grace Bumbry , Plácido Domingo , Sherrill Milnes , Leontyne Price , Ruggero Raimondi , the John Aldis Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf
Best choral performance, classical (Best Choral Performance, Classical):
- Berlioz : “ Requiem ” by the Wandsworth School Boys Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra and Choir under the direction of Colin Davis
Best solo instrument performances with orchestra (Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists With Orchestra):
- Villa-Lobos : "Concert for Guitar" by Julian Bream and the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of André Previn
Best solo instrument performance without orchestra (Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists Without Orchestra):
- "Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff" (Etudes-tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) by Vladimir Horowitz
Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):
- Debussy : "Quartet in G minor" / Ravel : "Quartet in F major" by the Juilliard String Quartet
Best classical solo vocal performance (Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance):
- “Leontyne Price sings Robert Schumann ” by Leontyne Price