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19th Annual Grammy Awards

The 19th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 19, 1977, and were broadcast live on American television (CBS). It was the seventh and final year Andy Williams hosted the telecast. The ceremony recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1976.

Presenters
The Oak Ridge Boys - Best Inspirational Performance • Richard Pryor - Best Jazz Performance • Gladys Knight & The PipsRingo Starr & Paul Williams - Best Pop Vocal Performance Female • Bette Midler - Album of the Year • Peter Frampton - Best R&B Duo/Group With Vocals • The Jacksons - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance • The Beach Boys - Best New Artist ==Performers==
Winners and nominees
The following are the winners and nominees of the 19th annual Grammy Awards. • Strauss: Also Sprach ZarathustraChicago Symphony Orchestra - Georg Solti (conductor), Raymond Minshull (producer) • The Fourth of July! (Ives: Symphony No. 2, Variations On America / Copland: Appalachian Spring / Bernstein: Overture to Candide / Gershwin: An American In Paris) • Los Angeles Philharmonic OrchestraRavel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)Orchestre de ParisGershwin: Rhapsody in BlueNew York PhilharmonicFalla: Three Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla)New York PhilharmonicElgar: Symphony No. 2 in E Flat MajorLondon PhilharmonicBrahms: Symphony No. 1 in C MinorChicago Symphony OrchestraBerlioz: Symphonie FantastiqueOrchestre National de l'ORTF Best Classical Vocal Soloist PerformanceBeverly SillsHerbert: Music of Victor HerbertDietrich Fischer-DieskauWolf - Mörike-LiederMarni NixonSchoenberg: Nine Early Songs; The Cabaret Songs of Arnold SchoenbergMargaret PriceMozart: Arias (La Clemenza di Tito, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Nozze di Figaro etc)Janet Baker, James KingMahler: Das Lied von der ErdeJan DeGaetaniIves: SongsCarlo BergonziCarlo Bergonzi Sings VerdiBarbra StreisandClassical Barbra Best Opera RecordingGershwin: Porgy and BessCleveland Orchestra - Lorin Maazel (conductor), Michael Woolcock (producer) • Verdi: MacbethLa Scala Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Claudio Abbado (conductor), Rainer Brock (producer) • Schoenberg: Moses Und AaronBBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC Symphony Singers & Orpheus Boys Choir) - Pierre Boulez (conductor), Paul Myers (producer) • Massenet: ThaïsNew Philharmonia Orchestra (John Choir Alldis) - Lorin Maazel (conductor), Christopher Bishop (producer) • Joplin: Treemonisha • Original Cast Orchestra & Chorus - Gunther Schuller (conductor), Tom Mowrey (producer) • Bizet: CarmenLondon Philharmonic - Georg Solti (conductor), Christopher Raeburn (producer) Best Choral Performance (other than opera)London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choirmaster)Rachmaninoff: The Bells • Chorus of La Scala-Milan; Orchestra of La Scala-Milan - Claudio Abbado (conductor), Romano Gandolfi (choir director) • Verdi: Opera ChorusesBBC Choral Society & BBC Symphony Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra - Colin Davis (conductor) • Tippett: A Child of Our Time • Choir of the Monks of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes Abbey - Dom Jean Claire (choir director) • Gregorian Chant • Netherlands Radio Chorus; Rotterdam Philharmonic - Jean Fournet (conductor), Franz Muller (choir director) • Fauré: RequiemLondon Philharmonic Choir; Orchestra - Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) • Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51King's College Choir-Cambridge - Phillip Ledger (choir director) • Bernstein: Chichester Psalms/Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb • Choeurs de Radio France; Orchestre National de France & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Leonard Bernstein (choir director) • Berlioz: RequiemNew Philharmonia Chorus and London Philharmonic - Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Walter Hagen-Groll (choir director) • Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Concerts 1975/76 Best Chamber Music PerformanceDavid Munrow (conductor) & the Early Music Consort of London for The Art of Courtly Love Best Classical AlbumMax Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos Comedy Best Comedy Recording • '''Bicentennial Nigger - Richard Pryor''' • You Gotta Wash Your Ass - Redd FoxxSleeping Beauty - Cheech & ChongGoodbye Pop - National LampoonBill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days - Rat Own, Rat Own, Rat Own - Bill Cosby Composing and arrangingBest Instrumental CompositionChuck Mangione (composer) for BellaviaAlbum of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television SpecialNorman Whitfield (composer) for Car Wash performed by Rose RoyceBest Instrumental ArrangementChick Corea (arranger) for "Leprechaun's Dream" • Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)James William Guercio & Jimmie Haskell (arrangers) for "If You Leave Me Now" performed by ChicagoBest Arrangement for Voices (duo, group or chorus)Starland Vocal Band (arranger) for "Afternoon Delight" CountryBest Country Vocal Performance, FemaleEmmylou Harris for Elite HotelBest Country Vocal Performance, MaleRonnie Milsap for "(I'm a) Stand By My Woman Man" • Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or GroupAmazing Rhythm Aces for "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)" • Best Country Instrumental PerformanceChet Atkins & Les Paul for Chester and LesterBest Country SongLarry Gatlin (songwriter) for "Broken Lady" FolkBest Ethnic or Traditional RecordingJohn Hartford for Mark Twang GospelBest Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)The Oak Ridge Boys for "Where the Soul Never Dies" • Best Soul Gospel PerformanceMahalia Jackson for How I Got OverBest Inspirational PerformanceGary S. Paxton for The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton JazzBest Jazz Performance by a Soloist (Instrumental)Count Basie for Basie & ZootBest Jazz Performance by a GroupChick Corea for The LeprechaunBest Jazz Performance by a Big BandDuke Ellington for The Ellington SuitesBest Jazz Vocal PerformanceElla Fitzgerald for Fitzgerald and Pass... Again LatinBest Latin RecordingEddie Palmieri for Unfinished Masterpiece Musical showBest Cast Show AlbumLuigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti (producers) & various artists for Bubbling Brown Sugar Packaging and notesBest Album PackageJohn Berg (art director) for Chicago X performed by ChicagoBest Album NotesDan Morgenstern (notes writer) for The Changing Face of Harlem, the Savoy Sessions performed by Various Artists PopBest Pop Vocal Performance, FemaleHasten Down the Wind (album) - Linda RonstadtBest Pop Vocal Performance, MaleSongs in the Key of Life (album) - Stevie WonderBest Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus • "If You Leave Me Now" - ChicagoBest Pop Instrumental Performance • ''Breezin''' - George Benson Production and engineeringBest Engineered Recording, Non-Classical • ''Breezin''' - Al Schmitt (engineer) • Best Engineered Recording, ClassicalGershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers) • Best Producer of the YearStevie Wonder R&BBest R&B Vocal Performance, FemaleNatalie Cole for "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" • Best R&B Vocal Performance, MaleStevie Wonder for "I Wish" • Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or ChorusBilly Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo for "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" • Best R&B Instrumental PerformanceGeorge Benson for "Theme From Good King Bad" • Best Rhythm & Blues SongBoz Scaggs & David Paich (songwriters) for "Lowdown" performed by Boz Scaggs SpokenBest Spoken Word RecordingHenry Fonda, Helen Hayes, James Earl Jones & Orson Welles for Great American Documents ==References==
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