1967 Grammy Awards (9th) – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

The 9th Annual Grammy Awards took place on March 2, 1967, honoring recordings from October 1, 1965, to September 30, 1966. Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night" was a dominant force, not only taking Record of the Year but also propelling his Sinatra: A Man And His Music to an Album of the Year win, cementing his unparalleled influence.
While The Beatles' Revolver was nominated, they did not secure major awards at this particular ceremony, reflecting the Grammys' cautious pace in fully embracing rock. The Mamas & the Papas were recognized as Best New Artist.
This period saw the Grammys slowly but steadily beginning to acknowledge the seismic impact of rock music, though it would take a few more years for this burgeoning genre to truly dominate the top categories, as traditional pop and vocal jazz still held significant sway.

Record Of The Year

ResultArtistWork
WinnerFrank SinatraStrangers In The Night
NomineeNew Vaudeville BandWinchester Cathedral
NomineeHerb Alpert And The Tijuana BrassWhat Now My Love
NomineeMamas And The PapasMonday, Monday
NomineeDavid HoustonAlmost Persuaded

Album Of The Year

ResultArtistWork
WinnerFrank SinatraA Man And His Music
NomineeHerb Alpert And The Tijuana BrassWhat Now My Love
NomineeThe BeatlesRevolver
NomineeMaurice Jarre, conductorDr. Zhivago (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
NomineeBarbra StreisandColor Me Barbra

Song Of The Year

ResultArtistWork
WinnerThe BeatlesMichelle
NomineeRichard KileyThe Impossible Dream
NomineeFrank SinatraStrangers In The Night
NomineeRay Conniff Singers and by Maurice Jarre, conductorSomewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From /Dr. Zhivago/)
NomineeRoger WilliamsBorn Free

Best Instrumental Theme

ResultArtistWork
WinnerNeal Hefti, composer (Neal Hefti)Batman Theme
NomineeAlex North, composer (Alex North)Who's Afraid?
NomineeD.J. Edwards, composer (Al Hirt)Trumpet Pickin'
NomineePriscilla Hubbard, composer (Chet Atkins)Prissy
NomineeHenry Mancini, composer (Henry Mancini)Arabesque

Best Vocal Performance, Female

ResultArtistWork
WinnerEydie GormeIf He Walked Into My Life
NomineeNancy SinatraThese Boots Are Made For Walkin'
NomineeElla FitzgeraldElla At Duke's Place
NomineeBarbra StreisandColor Me Barbra
NomineeSandy PoseyBorn A Woman

Best Vocal Performance, Male

ResultArtistWork
WinnerFrank SinatraStrangers In The Night
NomineeAndy WilliamsThe Shadow Of Your Smile
NomineeJack JonesThe Impossible Dream
NomineePaul McCartneyEleanor Rigby
NomineeJim ReevesDistant Drums
NomineeDavid HoustonAlmost Persuaded

Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz)

ResultArtistWork
WinnerHerb Alpert And The Tijuana BrassWhat Now My Love
NomineeMaurice JarreDr. Zhivago (Soundtrack)
NomineeChet AtkinsChet Atkins Picks On The Beatles
NomineeRoger WilliamsBorn Free
NomineeNeal HeftiBatman Theme

Best Performance By A Vocal Group

ResultArtistWork
WinnerAnita Kerr SingersA Man And A Woman
NomineeMamas And The PapasMonday, Monday
NomineeThe SandpipersGuantanamera
NomineeThe Beach BoysGood Vibrations
NomineeThe AssociationCherish

Best Performance By A Chorus

ResultArtistWork
WinnerRay Conniff SingersSomewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago)
NomineeWard Swingle (The Swingle Singers)Rococo A' Go Go
NomineeHenry Mancini, His Orchestra And ChorusHenry Mancini Presents The Academy Award Songs
NomineeThe Alan Copeland Singers With Count BasieBasie Swingin', Voices Singin'
NomineeJohnny Mann SingersA Man And A Woman

Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Show

ResultArtistWork
WinnerMaurice Jarre, composer (Maurice Jarre)Dr. Zhivago
NomineeAlex North, composer (Alex North)Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
NomineeSonny Rollins, composer (Oliver Nelson)Alfie - Original Music From The Score
NomineeJohn Barry, composer (John Barry)Born Free
NomineeHenry Mancini, composer (Henry Mancini)Arabesque (Motion Picture)

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

ResultArtistWork
WinnerJerry Herman, composer (Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Jane Connell, Charles Braswell, Jerry Lanning, Frankie Michaels)Mame
NomineeJerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick, composers (Original Cast)The Apple Tree
NomineeCy Coleman & Dorothy Fields, composers (Original Cast)Sweet Charity
NomineeSammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen, composers (Original Cast)Skyscraper
NomineeJoe Darion & Mitch Leigh, composers (Original Cast)Man Of La Mancha

Best Comedy Performance

ResultArtistWork
WinnerBill CosbyWonderfulness
NomineeHomer And JethroWanted For Murder
NomineeArchie CampbellHave A Laugh On Me
NomineeDon BowmanFunny Way To Make An Album
NomineeMrs. MillerDowntown

Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Recording

ResultArtistWork
WinnerEdward R. MurrowEdward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers Vol. I The War Years
NomineeAdlai Stevenson, David BrinkleyThe Stevenson Wit
NomineeBuddy StarcherHistory Repeats Itself
NomineeLee J. Cobb And Mildred DunnockDeath Of A Salesman
NomineeJohnny SeaDay For Decision

Best Recording For Children

ResultArtistWork
WinnerMarvin MillerDr. Seuss Presents - /If I Ran The Zoo/ And /Sleep Book/
NomineePaul Tripp And Various ArtistsThe Christmas That Almost Wasn't
NomineeMarty Gold, Do-Re-Me Children's ChorusHappiness Is
NomineeArt LinkletterFor The Children Of The World Art Linkletter Narrates /The Bible/
NomineeOriginal TV CastAlice Through The Looking Glass

Best Album Notes

ResultArtistWork
WinnerStan Cornyn, album notes writer (Frank Sinatra)Sinatra At The Sands
NomineeStanley Dance & Ralph J. Gleason, album notes writers (Duke Ellington)The Ellington Era, Vol. II
NomineeFred Friendly, album notes writer (Edward R. Murrow)Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers - Vol. 1 The War Years
NomineeNelson Lyon, album notes writer (Maurice Jarre)Dr. Zhivago
NomineeHarvey Cowen, album notes writer (Ben Colder)Ben Colder Strikes Again

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Group Or Soloist With Group

ResultArtistWork
WinnerWes MontgomeryGoin' Out Of My Head
NomineeWoody Herman OrchestraWoody's Winners
NomineeStan KentonStan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra
NomineeJohn Handy QuintetJohn Handy Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival
NomineeBill Evans And Jim HallIntermodulation
NomineeDuke EllingtonConcert Of Sacred Music
NomineeBill Evans TrioBill Evans Trio With Symphony Orchestra
NomineeOrnette Coleman TrioAt The /Golden Circle/

Best Original Jazz Composition

ResultArtistWork
WinnerDuke Ellington, composer (Duke Ellington)In The Beginning God
NomineeBill Evans, composer (Bill Evans)Time Remembered
NomineeLalo Schifrin, composer (Lalo Schifrin)Marquis De Sade
NomineeClaus Ogerman, composer (Bill Evans & Jim Hall)Jazz Samba
NomineeJohn Handy, composer (John Handy)If Only We Knew
NomineeBob Brookmeyer, composer (Bob Brookmeyer)ABC Blues

Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording

ResultArtistWork
WinnerNew Vaudeville BandWinchester Cathedral
NomineeMamas And The PapasMonday, Monday
NomineeThe MonkeesLast Train To Clarksville
NomineeThe Beach BoysGood Vibrations
NomineePaul McCartneyEleanor Rigby
NomineeThe AssociationCherish

Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male Or Female

ResultArtistWork
WinnerPaul McCartneyEleanor Rigby
NomineeDusty SpringfieldYou Don't Have To Say You Love Me
NomineeNancy SinatraThese Boots Are Made For Walkin'
NomineeBobby DarinIf I Were A Carpenter
NomineeSandy PoseyBorn A Woman

Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental

ResultArtistWork
WinnerMamas And The PapasMonday, Monday
NomineeThe MonkeesLast Train To Clarksville
NomineeThe SandpipersGuantanamera
NomineeThe Beach BoysGood Vibrations
NomineeThe AssociationCherish

Best Rhythm & Blues Recording

ResultArtistWork
WinnerRay CharlesCrying Time
NomineePercy SledgeWhen A Man Loves A Woman
NomineeStevie WonderUptight
NomineeLou RawlsLove Is A Hurtin' Thing
NomineeJames BrownIt's A Man's Man's Man's World

Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Male Or Female

ResultArtistWork
WinnerRay CharlesCrying Time
NomineePercy SledgeWhen A Man Loves A Woman
NomineeStevie WonderUptight
NomineeLou RawlsLove Is A Hurtin' Thing
NomineeJames BrownIt's A Man's Man's Man's World

Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental

ResultArtistWork
WinnerRamsey LewisHold It Right There
NomineeKing CurtisSpanish Harlem
NomineeJames And Bobby PurifyI'm Your Puppet
NomineeSam And DaveHold On, I'm Comin'
NomineeThe CapitolsCool Jerk

Best Folk Recording

ResultArtistWork
WinnerCortelia ClarkBlues In The Street
NomineeMitchell TrioViolets Of Dawn
NomineeRavi ShankarSound Of The Sitar
NomineeMimi And Richard FarinaReflections In A Crystal Wind
NomineeOliver SmithOliver Smith
NomineeLeadbellyLeadbelly
NomineePeter, Paul And MaryHurry Sundown
NomineePete SeegerGod Bless The Grass

Best Sacred Recording (Musical)

ResultArtistWork
WinnerPorter Wagoner And The Blackwood BrothersGrand Old Gospel
NomineeThe Oak Ridge BoysThe Oak Ridge Boys At Their Best
NomineeGeorge Beverly SheaSouthland Songs That Lift The Heart
NomineeBlackwood BrothersHow Big Is God
NomineeConnie SmithConnie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs
NomineeThe Happy Goodman FamilyBigger 'n' Better

Best Country & Western Recording

ResultArtistWork
WinnerDavid HoustonAlmost Persuaded
NomineeJack GreeneThere Goes My Everything
NomineeLeRoy PullinsI'm A Nut
NomineeJeannie SeelyDon't Touch Me
NomineeJim ReevesDistant Drums

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

ResultArtistWork
WinnerJeannie SeelyDon't Touch Me
NomineeDottie WestWould You Hold It Against Me
NomineeJan HowardEvil On Your Mind
NomineeLoretta LynnDon't Come Home A Drinkin'
NomineeConnie SmithAin't Had No Loving

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Male

ResultArtistWork
WinnerDavid HoustonAlmost Persuaded
NomineeJack GreeneThere Goes My Everything
NomineeCharley PrideJust Between You And Me
NomineeJim ReevesDistant Drums
NomineeBen ColderAlmost Persuaded #2

Best Country & Western Song

ResultArtistWork
WinnerDavid HoustonAlmost Persuaded
NomineeDallas FrazierThere Goes My Everything
NomineeBobby BareStreets Of Baltimore
NomineeRoger MillerHusbands And Wives
NomineeJeannie SeelyDon't Touch Me

Best Instrumental Arrangement

ResultArtistWork
WinnerHerb Alpert, arranger (Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass)What Now My Love
NomineeBob Florence, arranger (Bud Shank)Michelle
NomineeJohn Barry, arranger (John Barry)Born Free
NomineeNeal Hefti, arranger (Neal Hefti)Batman Theme
NomineeHenry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)Arabesque

Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist

ResultArtistWork
WinnerErnie Freeman, arranger (Frank Sinatra)Strangers In The Night
NomineeBilly Strange, arranger (Nancy Sinatra)These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
NomineeDon Costa, arranger (Eydie Gorme)If He Walked Into My Life
NomineeBrian Wilson, arranger (The Beach Boys)Good Vibrations
NomineeOliver Nelson, arranger (Wes Montgomery)Goin' Out Of My Head
NomineeGeorge Martin, arranger (Paul McCartney (The Beatles))Eleanor Rigby

Best Engineered Recording - Non Classical

ResultArtistWork
WinnerEddie Brackett & Lee Herschberg, engineers (Frank Sinatra)Strangers In The Night
NomineeJames Malloy, engineer (Eddy Arnold)The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me
NomineePhil Ramone, engineer (Thad Jones)Presenting Thad Jones - Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra
NomineePhil Ramone, engineer (Joe Williams And Thad Jones)Joe Williams And Thad Jones - Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra
NomineeRichard Bogert, engineer (Henry Mancini)Arabesque

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

ResultArtistWork
WinnerAnthony Salvatore, engineer (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)Wagner: Lohengrin
NomineeErnest Oelrich, engineer (Robert Shaw, conductor)Vivaldi: Gloria In D
NomineeBernie(Bernard) Keville, engineer (Jean Martinon, conductor)Varese: Arcana
NomineeAnthony Salvatore, engineer (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor
NomineeBernie(Bernard) Keville, engineer (Morton Gould, conductor)Ives: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor

Best Album Cover, Photography

ResultArtistWork
WinnerLes Leverette, photographer; Robert M. Jones, art director (Porter Wagoner)Confessions Of A Broken Man
NomineeGeorge Jerman, photographer; Peter Whorf, art director (Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass)What Now My Love
NomineeGuy Webster, photographer; John Berg & Bob (Robert) Cato, art directors (The Byrds)Turn! Turn! Turn!
NomineeTom Zimmerman, photographer; Robert M. Jones, art director (Gary Burton)The Time Machine
NomineeTom Tucker, photographer; Ed Thrasher, art director (Sammy Davis Jr. And Laurindo Almeida)Sammy Davis Jr. Sings - Laurindo Almeida Plays
NomineePeter Whorf, photographer; Peter Whorf, art director (Sandpipers)Guantanamera
NomineeGerald Schatsberg, photographer; John Berg & Bob (Robert) Cato, art directors (Bob Dylan)Blonde On Blonde

Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts

ResultArtistWork
WinnerKlaus Voormann, graphic designerRevolver
NomineeWoody Woodward, art director (The Jazz Crusaders)Talk That Talk
NomineeGeorge Osaki, art director (Stan Kenton, conductor)Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra
NomineeGeorge Estes, art director (Morton Gould, conductor)Ives: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor
NomineeJohn Berg & Bob (Robert) Cato, art directors (Barbra Streisand)Color Me Barbra
NomineeJohn Berg & Bob (Robert) Cato, art directors (Charlie Byrd)Charlie Byrd Christmas Carols For Solo Guitar
NomineeWilliam S. Harvey, art director (Joshua Rifkin, conductor)Baroque Fanfares And Sonatas For Brass

Album Of The Year - Classical

ResultArtistWork
WinnerMorton Gould, artist; Howard Scott, producerIves: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor
NomineeGeorg Solti, artist; John Culshaw, producerWagner: Die Walkuere
NomineeMontserrat Caballe, artist; Charles Gerhardt, producerPresenting Montserrat Caballe (Bellini And Donizetti Arias)
NomineePeter Dellheim, producerOpening Nights At The Met
NomineeErich Leinsdorf, artist; Richard Mohr, producerMahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor
NomineeEugene Ormandy, artist; Thomas Frost, producerMahler: Symphony No. 10
NomineeHans Werner Henze, artist; Otto Gerdes, producerHenze: Symphonies (1 Thru 5)
NomineeColin Davis, artist; Harold Lawrence, producerHandel: Messiah
NomineeAaron Copland, artist; John McClure, producerAaron Copland Conducts

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

ResultArtistWork
Winner(Boston Symphony Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor
Nominee(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)Varese: Arcana/Martin: Concerto For Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion And String Orchestra
Nominee(L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande)Ravel: Daphnis And Chloe
Nominee(Philadelphia Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 10
Nominee(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)Ives: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor
Nominee(New York Philharmonic)Ives: Fourth Of July
Nominee(BBC Symphony Orchestra)Boulez: Le Soleil Des Eaux/Messiaen: Chronochromie/Koechlin: Les Bandar-Log
Nominee(Cleveland Orchestra)Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental Or Vocal

ResultArtistWork
WinnerBoston Symphony Chamber Players, artistBoston Symphony Chamber Players - Works Of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston
NomineeVienna Philharmonic Quartet, artistSchubert: Quintet In C Major
NomineeRudolf Firkusny & Gregor Piatigorsky, artistsProkofiev: Sonata For Cello And Piano, Op. 119/Chopin: Sonata In G Minor For Violin And Piano, Op. 65
NomineeWalter Trampler, artistMozart: The Six Quintets For String Quartet And Viola
NomineeWeller Quartet, artistsHaydn: Quartets (Op.33)
NomineeErick Friedman & Andre Previn, artistsFranck: Sonata In A Major For Violin And Piano/Debussy: Sonata In G Minor For Violin And Piano
NomineeEugene Istomin, Leonard Rose & Isaac Stern, artistsBeethoven: Trio No. 6 In B Flat, Op. 97 (/Archduke/)
NomineeJascha Heifetz, Leonard Pennario & Gregor Piatigorsky, artistsArensky: Trio In D Minor For Violin, Cello And Piano/ Martinu: Duo For Violin And Cello

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)

ResultArtistWork
WinnerNOMINEESBaroque Guitar (Works Of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, Etc.)
NomineeJohn Christopher WilliamsRubinstein And Chopin (Bolero, Tarentelle, Fantasie in F Minor, Barcarolle, Bercuse And 3 Nouvelles Etudes)
NomineeJohn BrowningRodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez For Guitar And Orchestra/ Castelnuovo - Tedesco: Concerto In D Major For Guitar
NomineeRaymond LewenthalProkofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Flat Major For Piano/ Concerto No. 2 In G Minor For Piano
NomineeYehudi MenuhinOperatic Liszt
NomineeIsaac SternElgar: Concerto For Violin
NomineeIvan MoravecDvorák: Violin Concerto In A Minor
Nominee-Chopin: Nocturnes

Best Opera Recording

ResultArtistWork
WinnerGeorg Solti (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)Wagner: Die Walkure
NomineeErich Leinsdorf (Boston Symphony Orchestra)Wagner: Lohengrin
NomineeFrancesco Molinari-Pradelli (Rome Opera Chorus; Rome Opera Orchestra)Puccini: Turandot
NomineeAaron Copland (Choral Arts Society; New York Philharmonic)Copland: The Tender Land
NomineeIstvan Kertesz (London Symphony Orchestra)Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

Best Classical Choral Performance

ResultArtistWork
Winner(Ithaca College Concert Choir, Gregg Smith Singers & Texas Boys Choir; Columbia Chamber Orchestra)Ives: Music For Chorus
Winner(Robert Shaw Chorale; Robert Shaw Orchestra)Handel: Messiah
Nominee(London Symphony Choir; London Symphony Orchestra)Handel: Messiah
Nominee(Boston Symphony Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchestra)Verdi: Requiem
Nominee(Bach Choir & Westminster Abbey Choir; London Symphony Orchestra)Vaughan Williams: Hodie
Nominee(New Philharmonia Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra)Orff: Carmina Burana
Nominee(Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra)Bless This House
Nominee(New Philharmonia Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra)Beethoven: Missa Solemnis In D Major

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (With Or Without Orchestra)

ResultArtistWork
Winner(RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra)Prima Donna (Works Of Barber, Purcell, Etc.)
Nominee(Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra)Strauss: Four Last Songs
NomineeMontserrat CaballeSchumann: Dichterliebe
NomineeJanet BakerPresenting Montserrat Caballe
Nominee(London Philharmonic Orchestra)Mahler: The Youth's Magic Horn (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)
Nominee(Cleveland Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 4 In G Major

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