10th Annual Grammy Awards

10th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	February 29, 1968
Location	Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York
Hosted by	Stan Freberg
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
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The 10th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 29, 1968, at Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1967.^[1][2]

Award winners[]

• Record of the Year
  • Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & The 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Album of the Year
  • The Beatles & George Martin (producer) for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Song of the Year
  • Jimmy L. Webb (songwriter) for "Up, Up and Away" performed by The 5th Dimension
• Best New Artist
  • Bobbie Gentry

Children's[]

• Best Recording for Children
  • Boris Karloff for Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Classical[]

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka Suites
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price, & the for Prima Donna, Volume 2
• Best Opera Recording
  • Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, , Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl & the & Chorus for Berg: Wozzeck
• Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)
  • Eugene Ormandy (conductor), (choir director), the & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Orff: Catulli Carmina
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin)
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin for West Meets East
• Album of the Year, Classical
  • John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
  • Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, , Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, & the for Berg: Wozzeck

Comedy[]

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Bill Cosby for Revenge

Composing and arranging[]

• Best Instrumental Theme
  • Lalo Schifrin (composer) for "Mission: Impossible"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Show
  • Lalo Schifrin (composer) for Mission: Impossible
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Burt Bacharach (arranger) for Alfie
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement
  • Jimmie Haskell (arranger) for "Ode to Billie Joe" performed by Bobbie Gentry

Country[]

• Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  • Tammy Wynette for "I Don't Wanna Play House"
• Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male
  • Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
• • Johnny Cash & June Carter for "Jackson"
• Best Country & Western Recording
  • Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
• Best Country & Western Song
  • John Hartford (songwriter) for "Gentle on My Mind" performed by Glen Campbell

Folk[]

• Best Folk Performance
  • John Hartford for Gentle On My Mind

Gospel[]

• Best Gospel Performance
  • Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers for More Grand Old Gospel
• Best Sacred Performance
  • Elvis Presley for How Great Thou Art

Jazz[]

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
  • Cannonball Adderley Mercy, Mercy, Mercy performed by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
  • Duke Ellington for "Far East Suite"

Musical show[]

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • Fred Ebb, John Kander (composers), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast (Joel Grey, Jill Haworth, Lotte Lenya, Jack Gilford & Bert Convy) for Cabaret

Packaging and notes[]

• Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
  • Jann Haworth & Peter Blake (art directors) for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band performed by The Beatles
• Best Album Cover, Photography
  • Robert Cato & John Berg (art directors) & (photographer) for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits performed by Bob Dylan
• Best Album Notes
  • John D. Loudermilk (notes writer) for Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse performed by John D. Loudermilk

Pop[]

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • The 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Best Performance by a Chorus
  • Johnny Mann for "Up, Up and Away" performed by the Johnny Mann Singers
• Best Instrumental Performance
  • Chet Atkins for Chet Atkins Picks the Best
• Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance
  • Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"
• Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance
  • Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
• Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental)
  • The 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Best Contemporary Single
  • Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & The 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Best Contemporary Album
  • George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Production and engineering[]

• Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
  • Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band performed by The Beatles
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • (engineer) & the for The Glorious Sound of Brass

R&B[]

• Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  • Aretha Franklin for "Respect"
• Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male
  • Lou Rawls for "Dead End Street"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
  • Sam & Dave for "Soul Man"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
  • Aretha Franklin for "Respect"

Spoken[]

• Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
  • Everett M. Dirksen for Gallant Men

References[]