[1973 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (15th) ♪

[1973 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (15th) ♪

Held on March 3, 1973, the 15th Grammy Awards acknowledged recordings from October 1, 1971, to September 30, 1972. Roberta Flack's tender and expressive "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" claimed the coveted Record of the Year award, a testament to its emotional resonance.
George Harrison's monumental charity concert album, The Concert for Bangladesh, a pioneering effort in benefit concerts, secured Album of the Year. The folk-rock trio America, known for their harmonious sound, was named Best New Artist.
Other important winners included Aretha Franklin for Best R&B Vocal Performance and Neil Diamond for his songwriting. This era saw the Grammys continue to broaden its scope, recognizing both established artists and emerging acts across various genres, including folk, rock, and soul, reflecting a dynamic and expanding musical landscape.

Record Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆Roberta FlackThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
NilssonWithout You
Neil DiamondSong Sung Blue
Don McLeanAmerican Pie
Gilbert O'SullivanAlone Again (Naturally)

Album Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton & Klaus VoormannThe Concert For Bangla Desh
NilssonNilsson Schmilsson
Neil DiamondMoods
Original Broadway CastJesus Christ Superstar
Don McLeanAmerican Pie

Song Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆Roberta FlackThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Sarah VaughanThe Summer Knows
Neil DiamondSong Sung Blue
Don McLeanAmerican Pie
Gilbert O'SullivanAlone Again (Naturally)

Best New Artist Of The Year

Artist
🏆America
Eagles
Harry Chapin
John Prine
Loggins And Messina

Best Instrumental Arrangement

ArtistWork
🏆Don Ellis, arranger (Don Ellis Big Band)Theme From The French Connection
Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)Theme From The Mancini Generation
Quincy Jones, arranger (Quincy Jones)Money Runner
Don Sebesky, arranger (Freddie Hubbard)Lonely Town
Richard Carpenter, arranger (Carpenters)Flat Baroque

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

ArtistWork
🏆Michel Legrand, arranger (Sarah Vaughan)What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
Michel Legrand, arranger (Sarah Vaughan)The Summer Knows
Don Sebesky, arranger (Jackie And Roy)Lazy Afternoon
Don Sebesky, arranger (Jackie And Roy)Day By Day
Thom Bell, arranger (Stylistics)Betcha By Golly, Wow

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

ArtistWork
🏆Armin Steiner, engineer (Neil Diamond)Moods
Robin Cable, Phillip MacDonald & Ken Scott, engineers (Nilsson)Son Of Schmilsson
Ken Scott, engineer (Elton John)Honky Chateau
Eddy Offord, engineer (Yes)Fragile
Armin Steiner, engineer (Bread)Baby I'm-A Want You

Best Album Cover

ArtistWork
🏆Acy R. Lehman, art director (Siegel-Schwall Band)The Siegel-Schwall Band
Bill Levy & Fred Marcellino, art directors (The Mission)Virgin
Ed Thrasher, Christopher Whorf & Dave Willardson, art directors (Zepher)Sunset Ride
Robert Otter, photographer (Alice Cooper)School's Out
Norman Seeff, art director (Canned Heat)Historical Figures And Ancient Heads
Hipgnosis, photographer; Poe, art director (Flash)Flash
Ron Levine, art director (Five Dollar Shoes)Five Dollar Shoes
(Dewey Terry)Chief

Best Album Notes

ArtistWork
🏆Tom T. Hall, album notes writer (Tom T. Hall)Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits
Michael Brooks, album notes writer (Count Basie)Super Chief
Charlie Mingus, album notes writer (Charlie Mingus)Let My Children Hear Music
Albert Goldman, album notes writer (Lenny Bruce)Lenny Bruce/Carnegie Hall
Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Bunny Berigan)Bunny Berigan, His Trumpet And His Orchestra, Volume I

Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist

ArtistWork
🏆Gary Burton, soloistAlone At Last
Sonny Stitt, soloistTune-Up!
Freddie Hubbard, soloistThe Hub Of Hubbard
McCoy Tyner, soloistSahara
Tom Scott, soloistGreat Scott

Best Jazz Performance By A Group

ArtistWork
🏆Freddie HubbardFirst Light
George BensonWhite Rabbit
Chuck Mangione QuartetThe Chuck Mangione Quartet
McCoy TynerSahara
Joe FarrellOutback
Weather ReportI Sing The Body Electric

Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band

ArtistWork
🏆Duke EllingtonToga Brava Suite
Gerry MulliganThe Age Of Steam
Maynard FergusonM.F. Horn Two
Don Ellis Big BandConnection
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big BandAll Smiles

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

ArtistWork
🏆Helen ReddyI Am Woman
Barbra StreisandSweet Inspiration/Where You Lead
Roberta FlackQuiet Fire
Aretha FranklinDay Dreaming
Carly SimonAnticipation

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

ArtistWork
🏆Harry NilssonWithout You
Sammy Davis Jr.The Candy Man
Mac DavisBaby, Don't Get Hooked On Me
Don McLeanAmerican Pie
Gilbert O'SullivanAlone Again (Naturally)

Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus

ArtistWork
🏆Donny Hathaway & Roberta FlackWhere Is The Love
Seals And CroftsSummer Breeze
New SeekersI'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
BreadBaby I'm-A Want You
AmericaA Horse With No Name

Best Pop Instrumental Performance By An Instrumental Performer

ArtistWork
🏆Billy PrestonOuta-Space
Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlinThe Inner Mounting Flame
Apollo 100Joy
Doc SeverinsenDoc
Pipes And Drums And Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragon GuardsAmazing Grace

Best Pop Instrumental Performance By An Arranger, Composer, Orchestra And/Or Choral Leader

ArtistWork
🏆Isaac HayesBlack Moses
(Various Artists)Theme From The Garden Of The Finzi Continis
Emerson, Lake And PalmerPictures At An Exhibition
Quincy JonesMoney Runner
SantanaCaravanserai
Henry Mancini And Doc SeverinsenBrass On Ivory

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

ArtistWork
🏆Aretha FranklinYoung, Gifted And Black
Merry ClaytonOh, No Not My Baby
Candi StatonIn The Ghetto
Esther PhillipsFrom A Whisper To A Scream
Betty WrightClean Up Woman

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

ArtistWork
🏆Billy PaulMe And Mrs. Jones
Ray CharlesWhat Have They Done To My Song Ma
Joe TexI Gotcha
Curtis MayfieldFreddie's Dead
Joe SimonDrowning In The Sea Of Love

Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus

ArtistWork
🏆The TemptationsPapa Was A Rollin' Stone
Harold Melvin And The Blue NotesIf You Don't Know Me By Now
The Staple SingersI'll Take You There
The SpinnersI'll Be Around
Gladys Knight And The PipsHelp Me Make It Through The Night

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

ArtistWork
🏆The Temptations & Paul RiserPapa Was A Rollin' Stone
Isaac HayesLet's Stay Together
Curtis MayfieldJunkie Chase
King CurtisEverybody's Talkin'
CrusadersCrusaders I

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

ArtistWork
🏆The TemptationsPapa Was A Rollin' Stone
Billy PaulMe And Mrs. Jones
Curtis MayfieldFreddie's Dead
The Main IngredientEverybody Plays The Fool
The O'JaysBack Stabbers

Best Soul Gospel Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Aretha FranklinAmazing Grace
Aretha Franklin And James ClevelandPrecious Memories
The B. C. And M. ChoirMy Sweet Lord
Clara WardLast Mile Of The Way
The Edwin Hawkins SingersJesu

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

ArtistWork
🏆Donna FargoHappiest Girl In The Whole USA
Dolly PartonTouch Your Woman
Loretta LynnOne's On The Way
Skeeter DavisOne Tin Soldier
Tammy WynetteMy Man
Tanya TuckerDelta Dawn

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

ArtistWork
🏆Charley PrideCharley Pride Sings Heart Songs
Merle HaggardIt's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
Charlie RichI Take It On Home
Waylon JenningsGood Hearted Woman
Jerry Lee LewisChantilly Lace

Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group

ArtistWork
🏆The Statler BrothersClass Of '57
(Various Artists)Will The Circle Be Unbroken
George Jones And Tammy WynetteTake Me
Conway Twitty And Loretta LynnLead Me On
Johnny Cash & June CarterIf I Had A Hammer

Best Country Instrumental Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Charlie McCoyCharlie McCoy/The Real McCoy
Chet Atkins And Jerry ReedMe And Chet
Lester FlattFoggy Mountain Breakdown
Nashville Brass With Danny DavisFlowers On The Wall
Chet AtkinsChet Atkins Picks On The Hits

Best Country Song

ArtistWork
🏆Charley PrideKiss An Angel Good Mornin'
Don GibsonWoman (Sensuous Woman)
Donna FargoHappiest Girl In The Whole USA
Donna FargoFunny Face
Tanya TuckerDelta Dawn

Best Inspirational Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Elvis PresleyHe Touched Me
Eugene Ormandy Conducting Philadelphia Orchestra And ChorusThe Greatest Hits Of Christmas
Danny Lee And The Children Of TruthSpread A Little Love Around
Ray StevensLove Lifted Me
Merle HaggardLand Of Many Churches
Little Jimmy DempseyAward Winning Guitar
The Pipes And Drums And Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon GuardsAmazing Grace

Best Gospel Performance (Other Than Soul Gospel)

ArtistWork
🏆Blackwood BrothersL-O-V-E
The Singing RambosSoul In The Family
The Oak Ridge BoysLight
Wendy Bagwell And The SunlitersBy Your Request
Thrasher BrothersAmerica Sings

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording (Including Traditional Blues)

ArtistWork
🏆Muddy WatersThe London Muddy Waters Session
Otis SpannWalking The Blues
John Lee HookerLive At Soledad Prison
Lightnin' Sam HopkinsLightnin' Strikes
Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, Sunnyland Slim, Speckled Red, Otis Spann, Curtis JonesBlues Piano Orgy

Best Recording For Children

ArtistWork
🏆Rita Moreno & Bill CosbyThe Electric Company
Jim Henson And The MuppetsThe Muppet Alphabet Album
Original CastSnoopy, Come Home
(Various Artists)Sesame Street II
Kukla, Fran And OllieKukla, Fran And Ollie

Best Comedy Recording

ArtistWork
🏆George CarlinFM And AM
Flip WilsonGeraldine
Cheech And ChongBig Bambu
Lily TomlinAnd That's The Truth
Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob ReinerAll In The Family

Best Spoken Word Recording

ArtistWork
🏆(Original Cast)Lenny
YevtushenkoYevtushenko
Rod McKuenThe Word
Rich HolmesCannonball Adderley Presents Soul Zodiac

Best Instrumental Composition

ArtistWork
🏆Michel Legrand, composer (Michel Legrand)Brian's Song
Nino Rota, composer (Nino Rota)Theme From The Godfather
Don Ellis, composer (Don Ellis Big Band)Theme From The French Connection
Joe Greene & Billy Preston, composers (Billy Preston)Outa-Space
Henry Mancini, composer (Henry Mancini)Brass On Ivory

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

ArtistWork
🏆Nino Rota, composer (Nino Rota)The Godfather
Manuel De Sica, composer (Various Artists)The Garden Of The Finzi Continis
(Curtis Mayfield)Superfly
Richard Rodney Bennett, composer (Various Artists)Nicholas And Alexandra
Quincy Jones, composer (Quincy Jones)$ (Dollars)

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

ArtistWork
🏆Micki Grant, composer; Jerry Ragavoy, producer (Alex Bradford, Hope Clarke, Bobby Hill)Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
John Guare & Galt MacDermott, composers; Galt MacDermott, Harold Wheeler & Lee Young, producers (Jonelle Allen, Diana Davila, Clifton Davis, Raul Julia, Norman Matlock)Two Gentlemen Of Verona
Bob Merrill & Jule Styne, composers; Mitch Miller, producer (Robert Morse, Tony Roberts, Cyril Ricthard, Elaine Joyce & Sheila Smith)Sugar
Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs, composers; Arnold Maxin, producer (Barry Bostwick, Adrienne Barbeau, Walter Bobbie)Grease
Melvin Van Peebles, composer; Melvin Van Peebles, producer (Arthur French, Gloria Edwards, Ralph Wilcox)Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death

Album Of The Year, Classical

ArtistWork
🏆Georg Solti, artist; David Harvey, producerMahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand)
Georg Solti, artist; Raymond Minshull, producerWagner: Tannhauser
Vladimir Horowitz, artist; Thomas Frost & Richard Killough, producersHorowitz Plays Chopin
Artur Rubinstein, artist; Max Wilcox, producerBrahms: Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major For Piano
Leonard Bernstein, artist; John McClure, producerBernstein: Mass
Colin Davis, artist; Erik Smith, producerBerlioz: Benvenuto Cellini

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

ArtistWork
🏆(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor
(Boston Symphony Orchestra)Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring (Sacre Du Printemps)
(Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra)Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
(Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)Schumann: Symphonies (4)
(London Symphony Orchestra)Ives: Orchestral Set No. 2
(Philharmonia Hungarica)Haydn: Symphonies (Complete) Vol. 4 And 5
(Philadelphia Orchestra)Gliere: Ilya Murometz (Symphony No. 3)
(New York Philharmonic)Boulez Conducts Bartok / The Miraculous Mandarin And Dance Suite

Best Opera Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Colin Davis; Erik Smith, producer (BBC Symphony Orchestra)Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Wilhelm Furtwangler; J.D. Bicknell & Radiotelevisione Italiana, producers (RAI Chorus; Rome Symphony Orchestra)Wagner: The Ring Of The Nibelung
Georg Solti; Raymond Minshull, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)Wagner: Tannhauser
Leonard Bernstein; John Culshaw, producer (Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Herbert von Karajan; Raymond Minshull, producer (Vienna Boys Choir & Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Benjamin Britten; David Harvey, producer (English Chamber Orchestra)Britten: Owen Wingrave

Best Choral Performance, (Other Than Opera)

ArtistWork
🏆(Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna Singverein Chorus & Vienna State Opera Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand)
(Gregg Singers Smith & Texas Boys Choir; Tarr Brass Ensemble)The Glory Of Venice (Gabrielli In San Marco-Music For Multiple Choirs, Brass And Organ)
(London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra)Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
(Ambrosian Singers & Glyndebourne Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra)Monteverdi: Madrigals, (Books 8, 9 And 10)
(London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic)Delius: A Mass Of Life
(Berkshire Boys Choir & Norman Chorus Scribner; Berkshire Orchestra)Bernstein: Mass

Best Chamber Music Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Julian Bream & John Christopher Williams, artistsJulian And John (Works By Lawes, Carulli, Albeniz, Granados)
La Salle Quartet (Lee Fiser, Peter Kamnitzer, Walter Levin & Henry Meyer), artistsString Quartets Of The New Viennese School (Webern)
David Oistrakh & Sviatoslav Richter, artistsShostakovich: Sonata For Violin And Piano
Guarneri Quartet (John Dalley, David Soyer, Arnold Steinhardt & Michael Tree), artistsSchubert: Quartet No. 13 In A Minor
Thurston Dart & Igor Kipnis, artistsMusic For Two Harpsichords (Mozart, Byrd, Farnaby, Etc.)
Rafael Puyana & John Christopher Williams, artistsMusic For Guitar And Harpsichord (Works By Straube, Ponce And Dodgson)
Guarneri Quartet (John Dalley, David Soyer, Arnold Steinhardt & Michael Tree), artistsDvorák: Quintet In A For Piano
Isaac Stern & Alexander Zakin, artistsBartók: Sonatas Nos. 1 And 2 For Violin And Piano

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Orchestra)

ArtistWork
🏆Artur Rubinstein, artist (Philadelphia Orchestra)Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat
Heinz Holliger, artistStrauss: Concerto In D Major For Oboe/Mozart: Concerto In C Major For Oboe
Philippe Entremont, artistRavel: Concerto In D For Left Hand
E. Power Biggs, artistMusic For Organ, Brass And Percussion
Barry Tuckwell, artistMozart: The Four Horn Concertos
David Oistrakh, artistMozart: Complete Works For Violin And Orchestra

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

ArtistWork
🏆Vladimir Horowitz, artistHorowitz Plays Chopin
Laurindo Almeida, artistThe Art Of Laurindo Almeida
William Masselos, artistSchumann: Davidsbundlertanze/Brahms: Sonata No. 1
Itzhak Perlman, artistPaganini: The 24 Caprices
Rudolf Firkusny, artistJanácek: Piano Works (Complete)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, artistDebussy: Images, Books 1 And 2 And Children's Corner Suite
Rafael Puyana, artistCouperin: Harpsichord Pieces
Charles Rosen, artistBeethoven: The Late Sonatas For Piano

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

ArtistWork
🏆NOMINEESBrahms: Die Schone Magelone
(London Symphony Orchestra)Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Jan De GaetaniSongs Of Debussy
Leontyne PriceSongs By Stephen Foster
(London Symphony Orchestra)Five Great Operatic Scenes (Verdi: Traviata, Don Carlo/ Tchaikovsky: Onegin/ Strauss: Ariadne, Etc.)
(London Symphony)Elgar: Sea Pictures

Best Album Notes (Classical)

ArtistWork
🏆James Lyons, album notes writer (Andre Previn, conductor)Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)
Ursula von Rauchhaupt, album notes writer (La Salle Quartet)String Quartets Of The New Viennese School
Karolynne Gee, album notes writer (Michael Rabin)Michael Rabin -- In Memoriam
Tom Eastwood, album notes writer (Julian Bream And John Williams)Julian And John
Sacheverell Sitwell, album notes writer (John Ogden)John Ogdon Plays Alkan
H. C. Robbins Landon, album notes writer (Antal Dorati, conductor)Haydn: Symphonies (Complete) Vols. 4 And 5
David Cairns, album notes writer (Colin Davis, conductor)Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini

Best Engineered Recording (Classical)

ArtistWork
🏆Gordon Parry & Kenneth Wilkinson, engineers (Georg Solti, conductor)Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand)
James Lock, Colin Moorfoot & Gordon Parry, engineers (Georg Solti, conductor)Wagner: Tannhauser
Paul Goodman, engineer (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)Gliere: Ilya Murometz (Symphony No. 3)
Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers (Pierre Boulez, conductor)Boulez Conducts Stravinsky (Petrushka)
Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers (Pierre Boulez, conductor)Boulez Conducts Bartok/The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete) And Dance Suite
Don Puluse, engineer (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)Bernstein: Mass
Hans Lauterslager, engineer (Colin Davis, conductor)Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini