[1968 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (10th) ♪

[1968 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (10th) ♪

Held on February 29, 1968, the 10th Grammy Awards recognized music from October 1, 1966, to September 30, 1967. This ceremony marked a watershed moment for rock music at the Grammys: The Beatles' revolutionary Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band made history by winning Album of the Year, a landmark achievement that signaled the Academy's recognition of rock's artistic depth and cultural significance. The 5th Dimension won Best New Artist, and their uplifting hit "Up, Up and Away" secured Record of the Year.
Glen Campbell also received significant accolades for his country-pop crossover success. This ceremony was a definitive shift, fully embracing the artistic merit and innovative spirit of rock and pop albums, opening the doors for future genre-bending successes and forever changing the Grammys' landscape.

Record Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆5th DimensionUp, Up And Away
Nancy Sinatra And Frank SinatraSomethin' Stupid
Bobbie GentryOde To Billie Joe
Ed AmesMy Cup Runneth Over
Glen CampbellBy The Time I Get To Phoenix

Album Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bobbie GentryOde To Billie Joe
Ed AmesMy Cup Runneth Over
Vikki CarrIt Must Be Him
Frank Sinatra And Antonio Carlos JobimFrancis Albert Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim

Song Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆5th DimensionUp, Up And Away
Bobbie GentryOde To Billie Joe
Ed AmesMy Cup Runneth Over
John HartfordGentle On My Mind
Glen CampbellBy The Time I Get To Phoenix

Best Instrumental Theme

ArtistWork
🏆Lalo Schifrin, composer (Lalo Schifrin)Mission: Impossible
Josef Zawinul, composer (Cannonball Adderly Quintet)Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Hugo Montenegro, composer (Hugo Montenegro)Hurry Sundown
Burt Bacharach & Hal David, composers (Herb Alpert And Tijuana Brass)Casino Royale
Chico Buarque De Hollanda, composer (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass)A Banda

Best Vocal Performance, Female

ArtistWork
🏆Bobbie GentryOde To Billie Joe
Aretha FranklinRespect
Vikki CarrIt Must Be Him
Petula ClarkDon't Sleep In The Subway
Dionne WarwickAlfie

Best Vocal Performance, Male

ArtistWork
🏆Glen CampbellBy The Time I Get To Phoenix
Ray CharlesYesterday
Ed AmesMy Cup Runneth Over
Frank SinatraFrancis Albert Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frankie ValliCan't Take My Eyes Off You

Best Instrumental Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Chet AtkinsChet Atkins Picks The Best
Bob Crewe GenerationMusic To Watch Girls By
Lalo SchifrinMission: Impossible
Cannonball Adderley QuintetMercy, Mercy, Mercy
Herb Alpert And The Tijuana BrassCasino Royale

Best Performance By A Vocal Group

ArtistWork
🏆5th DimensionUp, Up And Away
The Box TopsThe Letter
The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The AssociationNever My Love
The MonkeesI'm A Believer

Best Performance By A Chorus

ArtistWork
🏆Johnny Mann SingersUp, Up And Away
Ethel Gabriel Directing Living VoicesWish Me A Rainbow
Percy Faith Chorus And OrchestraWindy
The Swingle Singers With The Modern Jazz QuartetEncounter
Ray Charles SingersBlame It On Me

Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Show

ArtistWork
🏆Lalo Schifrin, composer (Lalo Schifrin)Mission: Impossible
Don Black, Ron Grainer & Mark London, composers (Various Artists Including Lulu And The Mindbenders)To Sir With Love
Quincy Jones, composer (Quincy Jones)In The Heat Of The Night
Leslie Bricusse, composer (Various Artists)Doctor Doolittle
Burt Bacharach, composer (Various Artists)Casino Royale

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

ArtistWork
🏆Fred Ebb & John Kander, composers; Goddard Lieberson, producer (Joel Grey, Lotte Lenya, Jill Haworth, Jack Gilford , Bert Convy)Cabaret
Clark Gesner, composer; Herb Galewitz & Bob Morgan, producers (Various Artists)You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen, composers; Richard C. Jones, producer (Various Artists)Walking Happy
Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt, composers; Andy Wiswell, producer (Mary Martin And Robert Preston)I Do! I Do!
Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Jule Styne, composers; Edward Kleban, producer (Various Artists)Hallelujah, Baby

Best Comedy Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Bill CosbyRevenge
Archie CampbellThe Cockfight And Other Tall Tales
George CarlinTake-Offs And Put-Ons
Lenny BruceLenny Bruce In Concert
Flip WilsonCowboys And Colored People

Best New Artist

Artist
🏆Bobbie Gentry
Jefferson Airplane
Harpers Bizarre
5th Dimension
Lana Cantrell

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group

ArtistWork
🏆Cannonball Adderley QuintetMercy, Mercy, Mercy
Stan GetzSweet Rain
Miles DavisMiles Smiles
Bobby HutchersonHappenings
Bill EvansFurther Conversations With Myself
Gary Burton QuartetDuster

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group

ArtistWork
🏆Duke EllingtonFar East Suite
Woody HermanWoody Live -- East And West
Thad Jones And Mel LewisLive At The Village Vanguard
Don Ellis Big BandLive At Monterey
Buddy RichBig Swing Face

Best Contemporary Single

ArtistWork
🏆5th DimensionUp, Up And Away
Ray CharlesYesterday
Bobbie GentryOde To Billie Joe
Petula ClarkDon't Sleep In The Subway
Glen CampbellBy The Time I Get To Phoenix

Best Contemporary Album

ArtistWork
🏆The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5th DimensionUp, Up And Away
Bobbie GentryOde To Billie Joe
Vikki CarrIt Must Be Him
The AssociationInsight Out

Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Bobbie GentryOde To Billie Joe
Vikki CarrIt Must Be Him
Dionne WarwickI Say A Little Prayer
Petula ClarkDon't Sleep In The Subway
Aretha FranklinA Natural Woman

Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Glen CampbellBy The Time I Get To Phoenix
Ray CharlesYesterday
Scott McKenzieSan Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
Jimmie RodgersChild Of Clay
Frankie ValliCan't Take My Eyes Off You

Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal Or Instrumental)

ArtistWork
🏆5th DimensionUp, Up And Away
The AssociationWindy
The Box TopsThe Letter
The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The MonkeesI'm A Believer
Procul HarumA Whiter Shade Of Pale

Best Rhythm & Blues Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Aretha FranklinRespect
Otis ReddingTry A Little Tenderness
Sam And DaveSoul Man
Joe TexSkinny Legs And All
Lou RawlsDead End Street

Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female

ArtistWork
🏆Aretha FranklinRespect
Carla ThomasThe Queen Alone
Etta JamesTell Mama
Gladys Knight And The PipsI Heard It Through The Grapevine
Nina Simone(You'll) Go To Hell

Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Male

ArtistWork
🏆Lou RawlsDead End Street
Otis ReddingTry A Little Tenderness
Joe TexSkinny Legs And All
Jackie WilsonHigher And Higher
Wilson PickettFunky Broadway

Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental

ArtistWork
🏆Sam And DaveSoul Man
Carla Thomas And Otis ReddingThe King And Queen
Smokey Robinson And The MiraclesI Second That Emotion
Booker T. And The M.G'sHip Hug-Her
Marvin Gaye And Tammi TerrellAin't No Mountain High Enough

Best Sacred Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Elvis PresleyHow Great Thou Art
The BrownsThe Old Country Church
George Beverly Shea And The Blackwood Bros. QuartetSurely Goodness And Mercy
Red FoleySongs For The Soul
Dottie WestDottie West Sings Sacred Ballads

Best Gospel Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Porter Wagoner And The Blackwood Brothers QuartetMore Grand Old Gospel
The Singing RambosThe Singing Rambos - Gospel Ballads
The Oak Ridge BoysThe Oak Ridge Boys
Blackwood Brothers QuartetThe Blackwood Brothers Quartet Sings For Joy
The Happy Goodman FamilyGood 'n' Happy

Best Folk Performance

ArtistWork
🏆John HartfordGentle On My Mind
Pete SeegerWaist Deep In The Big Muddy
Janis IanJanis Ian
Judy CollinsIn My Life
Arlo GuthrieAlice's Restaurant
Peter, Paul And MaryAlbum 1700

Best Country & Western Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Glen CampbellGentle On My Mind
Tompall And The Glaser BrothersThrough The Eyes Of Love
Jim Ed BrownPop A Top
Charley PrideDoes My Ring Hurt Your Finger
Porter WagonerCold Hard Facts Of Life

Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female

ArtistWork
🏆Tammy WynetteI Don't Wanna Play House
Skeeter DavisWhat Does It Take
Dottie WestPaper Mansions
Liz AndersonMama Spank
Connie SmithCincinnati, Ohio

Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male

ArtistWork
🏆Glen CampbellGentle On My Mind
Jim Ed BrownPop A Top
Charley PrideDoes My Ring Hurt Your Finger
Porter WagonerCold Hard Facts Of Life
Jack GreeneAll The Time

Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio Or Group (Vocal Or Instrumental)_

ArtistWork
🏆Johnny Cash & June CarterJackson
Tompall And The Glaser BrothersThrough The Eyes Of Love
The Lonesome RhodesThe Lonesome Rhodes
Bobby Goldsboro And Del ReevesOur Way Of Life
David Houston And Tammy WynetteMy Elusive Dreams
The Blue BoysMy Cup Runneth Over
Liz Anderson, Bobby Bare, Norma JeanGame Of Triangles
Some Of Chet's FriendsChet's Tune

Best Country & Western Song

ArtistWork
🏆John HartfordGentle On My Mind
Wynn StewartIt's Such A Pretty World Today
Charley PrideDoes My Ring Hurt Your Finger
Porter WagonerCold Hard Facts Of Life
George Hamilton IVBreak My Mind

Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Everett M. DirksenGallant Men
Rod McKuenThe Earth
Patrick Magee And Cyril CusakThe Balcony
James DickeyPoems Of James Dickey
Hal HolbrookMark Twain Tonight, Vol. 3
Victor LundbergAn Open Letter To My Teenage Son
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert ShawA Man For All Seasons

Best Recording For Children

ArtistWork
🏆Boris KarloffDr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Motion Picture Cast - Phil Harris, Louis Prima, Sterling Holloway, Sebastian Cabot, George SaundersThe Jungle Book
Tutti CamarataThe Carnival Of The Animals
Julie Harris And Richard KileyMagic Fishbone/Happy Prince/Potted Princess
Richard KileyJungle Books
Sterling HollowayA Happy Birthday Party With Winnie The Pooh

Best Instrumental Arrangement

ArtistWork
🏆Burt Bacharach, arranger (Burt Bacharach)Alfie
Bill Reddie, arranger (Buddy Rich)West Side Medley
Claus Ogerman, arranger (Antonio Carlos Jobim)Wave
Bill Holman, arranger (Buddy Rich)Norwegian Wood
Hutch Davie, arranger (Bob Crewe Generation)Music To Watch Girls By
Burt Bacharach, arranger (Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass)Casino Royale

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Or Instrumentalist(s)

ArtistWork
🏆Jimmie Haskell, arranger (Bobbie Gentry)Ode To Billie Joe
Bill Holman, Bones Howe & Ray Pohlman, arrangers (The Association)Windy
Tony Hatch, arranger (Petula Clark)Don't Sleep In The Subway
Al De Lory, arranger (Glen Campbell)By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Beatles & George Martin, arrangers (The Beatles)A Day In The Life

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

ArtistWork
🏆Geoff E. Emerick, engineer (The Beatles)Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Joe Polito, engineer (Bobbie Gentry)Ode To Billie Joe
Hank Cicalo, engineer (Lalo Schifrin)Mission: Impossible
James Malloy, engineer (Elvis Presley)How Great Thou Art
William Vandevort, engineer (Some of Chet's Friends)Chet's Tune

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

ArtistWork
🏆Edward (Bud) T. Graham, engineer (Philadelphia Brass Ensemble)The Glorious Sound Of Brass
Gunter Hermanns, engineer (Karl Bohm, conductor)Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde
Edward (Bud) T. Graham, engineer (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 In D
Hellmuth Kolbe, engineer (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat
Edwin Begley, engineer (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor
Gordon Parry, engineer (Georg Solti, conductor)Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor (/Resurrection/)
Gordon Parry, engineer (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde

Best Album Cover - Photography

ArtistWork
🏆Roland Scherman, photographer; John Berg & Bob (Robert) Cato, art directors (Bob Dylan)Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Joel Brodsky & Guy Webster, photographers; William S. Harvey, art director (The Doors)The Doors
Ken Kim, photographer; Ken Kim, art director (Robert Mitchum)That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings
Jimmy Moore, photographer; Robert M. Jones, art director (John D. Loudermilk)Surburban Attitudes In Country Verse
Howard Cooper, photographer; Robert M. Jones, art director (Don Bowman)From Mexico With Laughs
New World Photography, photographer; Robert M. Jones, art director (John Hartford)Earthwords And Music
Ken Kim, photographer; Ken Kim, art director (Charles Aznavour)Bravo, Bravo, Aznavour

Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts

ArtistWork
🏆Peter Blake & Jann Haworth, art directors (The Beatles)Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Woody Woodward, art director (5th Dimension)Up, Up And Away
Ed Thrasher, art director (Hank Thompson)The Gold Standard Collection
Robert M. Jones, art director (Homer And Jethro)Nashville Cats
John Berg & Bob (Robert) Cato, art directors (Thelonious Monk)Monk/Straight, No Chaser
John Berg, Bob (Robert) Cato & Henrietta Condak, art directors (New York Philharmonic)Haydn: Symphony No 84 In E Flat Major And Symphony No. 85 In B Flat Major /La Reine/

Best Album Notes

ArtistWork
🏆John D. Loudermilk, album notes writer (John D. Loudermilk)Suburban Attitudes In Country Verse
Stanley Dance, album notes writer (Duke Ellington)The Far East Suite
Rod McKuen, album notes writer (Rod McKuen And Anita Kerr)The Earth
Richard Oliver, album notes writer (Gary Lewis And The Playboys)Listen!
Stan Cornyn, album notes writer (Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim)Francis Albert Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim
Rory Guy, album notes writer (Peggy Lee)Extra Special

Album Of The Year, Classical

ArtistWork
🏆Leonard Bernstein, artist; John McClure, producerMahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand)
🏆Pierre Boulez, artist; Thomas Z. Shepard, producerBerg: Wozzeck
Leonard Bernstein & Leopold Stokowski, artists; Thomas Frost & John McClure, producersThe World Of Charles Ives (Washington's Birthday, Robert Browning Overture)
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, artist; Richard Mohr, producerPuccini: La Rondine
Leonard Bernstein, artist; John Culshaw, producerMahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde
Vladimir Horowitz, artist; Thomas Frost, producerHorowitz In Concert

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

ArtistWork
🏆(Columbia Symphony Orchestra)Stravinsky: Firebird And Petrouchka Suites
(Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 In E Minor
(London Symphony Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor (/Resurrection/)
(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde
(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)Ives: Orchestral Set No. 2/Robert Browning Overture/Putnam's Camp
(New Philharmonia Orchestra)Holst: The Planets

Best Chamber Music Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Yehudi Menuhin & Ravi Shankar, artistsWest Meets East
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, artistThe Glorious Sound Of Brass
Juilliard String Quartet (Claus Adam, Earl Carlyss, Raphael Hillyer & Robert Mann), artistsIves: Quartets Nos. 1 And 2
Guarneri Quartet (John Dalley, David Soyer, Arnold Steinhardt & Michael Tree) & Artur Rubinstein, artistsBrahms: Quintet In F Minor For Piano, Op.34
Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose & Isaac Stern, artistsBrahms: (The) Trios For Piano, Violin And Cello (Nos. 1,2 And 3)
Yale Quartet, artistsBeethoven: Quartet No. 15 In A Minor Op.132

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

ArtistWork
🏆NOMINEESHorowitz In Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin)
William MasselosSegovia On Stage
Alicia De LarrochaIves: Sonata No. 1 For Piano
Artur RubinsteinGranados: Goyescas (Complete)/Escenas Romanticas
Julian BreamChopin: Nocturnes
-20th Century Guitar (Works By Brindle, Britten, Villa-Lobos, Martin, Henze)

Best Opera Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Pierre Boulez; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Choeur Nationale De Paris; National Opera Orchestra Of Paris)Berg: Wozzeck
Karl Bohm; Otto Gerdes & Hans Hirsch, producers (Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra)Wagner: Tristan And Isolde /Live/
Herbert von Karajan; Otto Gerdes, producer (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)Wagner: Die Walkure
Leonard Bernstein; Erik Smith, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)Verdi: Falstaff
John Barbirolli; R. Kinloch Anderson, producer (Rome Opera Chorus; Rome Opera Orchestra)Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli; Richard Mohr, producer (RCA Italiana Opera Chorus; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra)Puccini: La Rondine
Julius Rudel; Peter Dellheim, producer (New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra)Handel: Julius Caesar

Best Classical Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)

ArtistWork
🏆(Temple University Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra)Orff: Catulli Carmina
🏆(London Symphony Choir; London Symphony Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major (Symphony Of A Thousand)
(Gregg Smith Singers)The Choral Music Of Arnold Schoenberg
(Cracow Philharmonia Boys Chorus & Cracow Philharmonia Mixed Chorus; Cracow Philharmonia Orchestra)Penderecki: Passion According To St. Luke
(Vienna Singverein Chorus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra)Haydn: The Seasons
(Ambrosian Singers; English Chamber Orchestra)Handel: Messiah
(New England Conservatory Choru)Copland: In The Beginning, Lark, Las Agachadas

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

ArtistWork
🏆(RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra)Prima Donna, Volume 2
Christa LudwigVictoria De Los Angeles Sings Debussy And Ravel And Other French Songs
Peter PearsShepherd On The Rock And Other Songs
Fritz WunderlichSchubert: Die Winterreise
Adele AddisonSchubert: Die Schoene Muellerin
Dietrich Fischer-DieskauCopland: 12 Poems Of Emily Dickenson
Elisabeth SchwarzkopfBeethoven: Songs
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