Grammy Awards 1974

The 1974 Grammy Awards were the 16th award of this most important US music award.

The Grammy went to winners in 45 different categories from 15 fields in the music industry.

Main categories

Single of the year (Record of the Year):

• " Killing Me Softly With His Song " by Roberta Flack

Album of the Year:

• " Innervisions " by Stevie Wonder

Song of the Year:

• "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack (Authors: Charles Fox , Norman Gimbel )

Best New Artist:

• Bette Midler

pop

Best female vocal performance - Pop (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female):

• " Killing Me Softly With His Song " by Roberta Flack

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

• "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):

• "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" by Gladys Knight & the Pips

Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Pop :

• “Also Spoke Zarathustra” (2001) by Deodato

Rhythm & Blues

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

• "Master of Eyes" by Aretha Franklin

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

• "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):

• " Midnight Train to Georgia " by Gladys Knight & the Pips

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

• "Hang On Sloopy" by Ramsey Lewis

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

• "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder (Author: Stevie Wonder)

Country

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

• Let Me Be There by Olivia Newton-John

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

• Behind Closed Doors by Charlie Rich

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

• From The Bottle To The Bottom by Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson

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

• Dueling Banjos by Steve Mandell & Eric Weissberg

Best Country Song (Best Country Song):

• Behind Closed Doors by Charlie Rich (Author: Kenny O'Dell)

jazz

Best Jazz Performance by a soloist (Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist):

• God Is in the House by Art Tatum

Best jazz performance group (Best Jazz Performance By A Group):

• Supersax Plays Bird by Supersax

Best jazz performance a Big Band (Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band):

• Giant Steps by Woody Herman

Gospel

Best gospel performance (Best Gospel Performance):

• Release Me (From My Sin) by the Blackwood Brothers

Best Soul Gospel performance (Best Soul Gospel Performance):

• Loves Me Like A Rock from the Dixie Hummingbirds

Best Inspirational-performance (Best Inspirational Performance):

• Let's Just Praise The Lord from the Bill Gaither Trio

Folk

Best Ethnofolk- or traditional folk recording (including traditional Blues) (Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording, Including Traditional Blues):

• Then And Now by Doc Watson

For children

Best Recording for Children (Best Recording For Children):

• Sesame Street Live by Sesame Street Actors (Producer: Joe Raposo)

language

Best Spoken Recording (Best Spoken Word Recording):

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Harris

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording (Best Comedy Recording):

• Los Cochinos by Cheech and Chong

Musical show

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

• A Little Night Music by the original line-up with Glynis Johns , Len Cariou, Hermione Gingold , Victoria Mallory, Patricia Elliott and Teri Ralston (composer: Stephen Sondheim ; producer: Goddard Lieberson )

Composition / arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition (Best Instrumental Composition):

• Last Tango in Paris by various performers (composer: Gato Barbieri )

Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special:

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull by various performers (Composer: Neil Diamond )

Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• Summer in the City (Arranger: Quincy Jones )

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

• Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney and the Wings (Arranger: George Martin )

Packages and album text

Best Album Package (Best Album Package):

• Tommy of the London Symphony Orchestra and Choir (Artistic Directors: Wilkes & Braun)

Best Album Notes:

• God Is In The House by Art Tatum (Author: Dan Morgenstern)

Best Album Notes - Classical:

• Paul Hindemith: Piano Sonatas (complete recording) by Glenn Gould (Author: Glenn Gould)

Production and technology

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

• Innervisions by Stevie Wonder (Technique: Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff)

Best Technical classical recording (Best Classical Engineered Recording):

• Bartók: Concert for orchestra of the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Pierre Boulez (Technique: Edward T. Graham, Ray Moore)

Classical music

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

• Bartók : “Concerto for Orchestra” by the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Pierre Boulez

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

• Bartók: “Concerto for Orchestra” by the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Pierre Boulez

Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):

• Bizet : “ Carmen ” with Marilyn Horne , Tom Krause , Adriana Maliponte , James McCracken and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir under the direction of Leonard Bernstein

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

• Walton : "Belshazzer's Feast" by the London Symphony Orchestra and choir under the direction of André Previn

Best solo instrument performances with orchestra (Best Classical Instrumental Soloist Performance or Soloists With Orchestra):

• Beethoven : “Five Concerts for Piano and Orchestra” by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Georg Solti

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

• "Horowitz plays Scriabin " by Vladimir Horowitz

Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):

• Joplin : "The Red Back Book" by the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble

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

• Puccini : "Heroines" by Leontyne Price and the New Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Edward Downes

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Trustees Award were not awarded in 1974.