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12th Annual Grammy Awards

The 12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969. Bill Cosby hosted in Los Angeles, Merv Griffin hosted in New York, Regis Philbin hosted in Chicago, Jack Palance hosted in Nashville, and Ray Stevens and Steve Alaimo in Atlanta.

Presenters
Sammy Davis Jr. - Introduced Blood, Sweat, and TearsSonny & Cher - Introduced The Isley BrothersBob Newhart - Introduced Johnny Cash ==Award winners==
Award winners
Record of the Year"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" — The 5th DimensionBones Howe, producer • “Spinning Wheel” — Blood, Sweat And TearsJames William Guercio, producer • “Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet” — Henry ManciniJoe Reisman, producer • “Is That All There Is?” — Peggy LeeJerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, producers • “A Boy Named Sue” — Johnny CashBob Johnston, producer Album of the Year • 'James William Guercio (producer) & Blood, Sweat & Tears for Blood, Sweat & Tears''''' Song of the YearJoe South for "Games People Play" Best New ArtistCrosby, Stills & Nash Children'sBest Recording for ChildrenPeter, Paul and Mary for Peter, Paul and Mommy ClassicalBest Classical Performance, OrchestraPierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"Best Vocal Soloist Performance, ClassicalThomas Schippers (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia for Barber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915Best Opera RecordingOtto Gerdes (producer), Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: SiegfriedBest Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Berio: SinfoniaBest Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)Wendy Carlos for Switched-On BachBest Chamber Music Performance • The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of GabrieliAlbum of the Year, ClassicalRachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach ComedyBest Comedy RecordingBill Cosby for Bill Cosby, aka Sports Composing and arrangingBest Instrumental ThemeJohn Barry (composer) for Midnight CowboyBest Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television SpecialBurt Bacharach (composer) for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidBest Instrumental ArrangementHenry Mancini (arranger) for "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" • Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)Fred Lipsius (arranger) for "Spinning Wheel" performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears CountryBest Country Vocal Performance, FemaleTammy Wynette for Stand By Your ManBest Country Vocal Performance, MaleJohnny Cash for A Boy Named SueBest Country Performance by a Duo or GroupWaylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for MacArthur ParkBest Country Instrumental Performance • The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis for The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville SoundsBest Country SongShel Silverstein (songwriter) for A Boy Named Sue performed by Johnny Cash FolkBest Folk PerformanceJoni Mitchell for Clouds GospelBest Gospel PerformancePorter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for In Gospel CountryBest Soul Gospel PerformanceEdwin Hawkins for Oh Happy Day performed by the Edwin Hawkins SingersBest Sacred Performance (Non-Classical)Jake Hess for ''Ain't That Beautiful Singing'' JazzBest Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small GroupWes Montgomery for Willow Weep for MeBest Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large GroupQuincy Jones for Walking in Space Musical showBest Score From an Original Cast Show AlbumBurt Bacharach, Hal David (composers), Henry Jerome, Phil Ramone (producers) & the original cast (Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter, Donna McKecknie, A .L. Hines, Marian Mercer & Paul Reed) for Promises, Promises Packaging and notesBest Album Cover • David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) for America the Beautiful performed by Gary McFarlandBest Album NotesJohnny Cash (notes writer) for Nashville Skyline performed by Bob Dylan PopBest Contemporary Vocal Performance, FemalePeggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?" • Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, MaleHarry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'" • Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a GroupThe 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" • Best Contemporary Performance by a ChorusPercy Faith for "Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus • Best Contemporary Instrumental PerformanceBlood, Sweat & Tears for "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie" • Best Contemporary SongJoe South for "Games People Play" Production and engineeringBest Engineered Recording, Non-ClassicalGeoff E. Emerick & Phil McDonald (engineers) for Abbey Road performed by The BeatlesBest Engineered Recording, ClassicalWendy Carlos (engineer & artist) for Switched-On Bach R&BBest R&B Vocal Performance, FemaleAretha Franklin for "Share Your Love With Me" • Best R&B Vocal Performance, MaleJoe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind" • Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or InstrumentalIsley Brothers for "It's Your Thing" • Best R&B Instrumental PerformanceKing Curtis for "Games People Play" • Best Rhythm & Blues SongRichard Spencer (songwriter) for "Color Him Father" performed by The Winstons SpokenBest Spoken Word RecordingArt Linkletter & Diane Linkletter for We Love You Call Collect ==References==
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