1975 Grammy Awards

The 17th Grammy Awards took place on March 1, 1975 . This most important US music prize was awarded 47 times at the 1975 Grammy Awards and winners from 15 different fields were recognized.

Main categories

Single of the year (Record of the Year):

• "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John

Album of the Year:

• "Fulfillingness' First Finale" by Stevie Wonder

Song of the Year:

• " The Way We Were " by Barbra Streisand (Authors: Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman , Marvin Hamlisch )

Best New Artist:

• Marvin Hamlisch

pop

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

• "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John

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

• "Fulfillingness' First Finale" by Stevie Wonder

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

• " Band on the Run " by the Wings

Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Pop :

• “ The Entertainer ” by Marvin Hamlisch

Rhythm & Blues

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

• "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" by Aretha Franklin

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

• "Boogie On Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder

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

• "Tell Me Something Good" by Rufus

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

• "TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)" by MFSB

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

• "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder (Author: Stevie Wonder)

Country

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

• Love Song by Anne Murray

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

• Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends by Ronnie Millsap (Author: Kris Kristofferson)

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

• Fairytale from the Pointer Sisters

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

• The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show by Chet Atkins & Merle Travis

Best Country Song (Best Country Song):

• A Very Special Love Song by Charlie Rich (Authors: Billy Sherrill, Norris Wilson)

jazz

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

• First recordings! by Charlie Parker

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

• The Trio by Joe Pass , Niels Pedersen & Oscar Peterson

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

• Thundering stove by Woody Herman

Gospel

Best gospel performance (Best Gospel Performance):

• The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor by the Oak Ridge Boys

Best Soul Gospel performance (Best Soul Gospel Performance):

• In The Ghetto by James Cleveland & The Southern California Community Choir

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

• How Great Thou Art by Elvis Presley

Folk

Best Ethnofolk- or traditional folk recording (Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording):

• Two Days In November by Doc Watson & Merle Watson

For children

Best Recording for Children (Best Recording For Children):

• Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too by Sebastian Cabot , Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell

language

Best Spoken Recording (Best Spoken Word Recording):

• Good Evening by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording (Best Comedy Recording):

• That Nigger's Crazy by Richard Pryor

Musical show

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

• Raisin from the original line-up with Virginia Capers, Joe Morton , Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen and Helen Martin (composers: Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin; producer: Thomas Z. Shepard )

Composition / arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition (Best Instrumental Composition):

• Tubular Bells - Theme From The Exorcist by Mike Oldfield

Album Of Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special: Album Of Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special:

• The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand (composers: Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman , Marvin Hamlisch )

Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• Threshold (arranger: Patrick Williams )

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

• Down To You by Joni Mitchell (Arrangers: Joni Mitchell, Tom Scott )

Packages and album text

Best Album Package (Best Album Package):

• Come And Gone by Mason Proffit

Best Album Notes:

• For The Last Time by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (Author: Charles R. Townsend)
• The Hawk Flies by Coleman Hawkins (Author: Dan Morgenstern)

Best Album Notes - Classical:

• The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold by Ulf Hoelscher and the Symphonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks under the direction of Willy Mattes (author: Rory Guy)

Production and technology

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

• Band on the Run by Paul McCartney & the Wings (Technique: Geoff E. Emerick )

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

• Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Georg Solti (technique: Kenneth Wilkinson)

Producer of the Year (Best Producer Of The Year):

• Thom Bell

Classical music

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

• Berlioz : “ Symphonie Fantastique ” by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Georg Solti

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

• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Georg Solti

Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):

• Puccini : “ La Bohème ” by Judith Blegen , Montserrat Caballé , Plácido Domingo , Sherrill Milnes , Ruggero Raimondi and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Georg Solti

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

• Berlioz: “ La damnation de Faust ” by the Ambrosian Singers, 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 Instrumental Soloist Performance or Soloists With Orchestra):

• Shostakovich : Violin Concerto No. 1 by David Oistrach and the New Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Maxim Shostakowitsch

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

• Albeniz : "Iberia" by Alicia de Larrocha

Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):

• Brahms : Trios (complete recording) / Schumann : Trio No. 1 in D minor by Pierre Fournier , Arthur Rubinstein and Henryk Szeryng

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

• "Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss " by Leontyne Price

Special Merit Awards

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Trustees Award were not awarded in 1975.