17th Annual Grammy Awards

Performers

• The Spinners - "Mighty Love"
• Marvin Hamlisch & Andy Williams - "The Way We Were"
• Les Hooper - big band performance
• Anne Murray - "A Love Song"
• Harry Chapin - "Cat's in the Cradle"
• Aretha Franklin - "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
• Stevie Wonder - "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
• Waylon Jennings - "I'm a Ramblin' Man"

Presenters

• David Bowie - Best R&B Performance, Female
• Bette Midler - Album of the Year
• Paul Simon & John Lennon - Record of the Year
• Tony Orlando & Dawn - Best New Artist
• Gladys Knight & The Pips - Song of the Year
• Kate Smith - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• Moms Mabley - Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• Righteous Brothers & Aretha Franklin - Best R&B Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal

Award winners

• Record of the Year
• *John Farrar & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"
• Album of the Year
• *Stevie Wonder for Fulfillingness' First Finale
• Song of the Year
• *Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand
• Best New Artist
• *Marvin Hamlisch

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell for ''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too''

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
• *Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• *Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss
• Best Opera Recording
• *Richard Mohr, Georg Solti, Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi & the London Philharmonic for Puccini: La bohème
• Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
• *Colin Davis the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
• Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
• *Maxim Shostakovich, David Oistrakh & the New Philharmonia for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
• *Alicia de Larrocha for Albéniz: Iberia
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• *Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for Brahms: Trios /Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor
• Album of the Year, Classical
• *David Harvey, Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for ''Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique''

Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
• *Richard Pryor for ''That Nigger's Crazy''

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• *Mike Oldfield for "Tubular Bells - Theme From The Exorcist"
• Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
• *Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch for The Way We Were performed by Barbra Streisand
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
• *Patrick Williams for Threshold
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists
• *Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott for "Down to You" performed by Joni Mitchell

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• *Anne Murray for Love Song
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• *Ronnie Milsap for "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"
• Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
• *The Pointer Sisters for "Fairytale"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
• *Chet Atkins & Merle Travis for The Atkins–Travis Traveling Show
• Best Country Song
• *Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson for "A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich

Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
• *Doc Watson & Merle Watson for ''Two Days in November''

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance
• *The Oak Ridge Boys for "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance
• *James Cleveland for In the Ghetto performed by James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir
• Best Inspirational Performance (non-classical)
• *Elvis Presley for ''How Great Thou Art''

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
• *Charlie Parker for First Recordings!
• Best Jazz Performance by a Group
• *Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Oscar Peterson for The Trio
• Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
• *Woody Herman for ''Thundering Herd''

Musical show

• Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
• *Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin, Thomas Z. Shepard & the original cast for ''Raisin''

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• *Christopher Whorf & Ed Thrasher for Come and Gone performed by Mason Proffit
• Best Album Notes
• *Charles R. Townsend for For the Last Time performed by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
• *Dan Morgenstern for The Hawk Flies performed by Coleman Hawkins
• Best Album Notes - Classical
• *Angus Scrimm for Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold conducted by Ulf Hoelscher/Willy Mattes

Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• *Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• *Stevie Wonder for Fulfillingness' First Finale
• Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
• *Paul McCartney & Wings for "Band on the Run"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• *Marvin Hamlisch for "The Entertainer"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• *Geoff E. Emerick for Band on the Run performed by Paul McCartney & Wings
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• *Kenneth Wilkinson, Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
• Best Producer of the Year
• *Thom Bell

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• *Aretha Franklin for "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• *Stevie Wonder for "Boogie on Reggae Woman"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
• *Rufus for "Tell Me Something Good"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
• *MFSB for "The Sound of Philadelphia"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• *Stevie Wonder for "Living for the City"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word Recording
• *Peter Cook & Dudley Moore for ''Good Evening''