19th Annual Grammy Awards

Presenters

• The Oak Ridge Boys - Best Inspirational Performance
• Richard Pryor - Best Jazz Performance
• Gladys Knight & The Pips
• Ringo 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

• Natalie Cole - Mr. Melody
• Sarah Vaughan - Tenderly
• Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Deed I Do
• Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
• Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

Winners and nominees

General field

• * Tommy LiPuma, producer
• "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
• * James Guercio, producer
• "I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow
• * Ron Dante & Barry Manilow, producers
• "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band
• * Milton Okun, producer
• "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
• * Phil Ramone & Paul Simon, producers

• * Stevie Wonder, producerSilk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
• * Joe Wissert, producerFrampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton
• * Peter Frampton, producerChicago X - Chicago
• * James William Guercio, producerBreezin' - George Benson
• * Tommy LiPuma, producer

• * Bruce Johnston, songwriter
• "This Masquerade"
• * Leon Russell, songwriter
• "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
• * Gordon Lightfoot, songwriter
• "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
• * Howard Greenfield & Neil Sedaka, songwriters
• "Afternoon Delight"
• * Bill Danoff, songwriter

• Brothers Johnson
• Boston
• Wild Cherry
• Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

Children's

• * Karl Böhm & Hermione Gingold"Winnie The Pooh For President "
• * Larry Groce & Sterling Holloway"The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay"
• * Muhammad Ali and His Gang"Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"
• * Various Artists"Dickens' Christmas Carol"
• * Various Artists

Classical

• Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
• *Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull The Fourth of July!
• * Los Angeles Philharmonic OrchestraRavel: Daphnis Et Chloe
• * Orchestre de ParisGershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
• * New York PhilharmonicFalla: Three Cornered Hat
• * New York PhilharmonicElgar: Symphony No. 2 in E Flat Major
• * London PhilharmonicBrahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
• * Chicago Symphony OrchestraBerlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
• * Orchestre National de l'ORTF

• * Herbert: Music of Victor Herbert
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• * Wolf - Mörike-Lieder
• Marni Nixon
• * Schoenberg: Nine Early Songs; The Cabaret Songs of Arnold Schoenberg
• Margaret Price
• * Mozart: Arias
• Janet Baker, James King
• * Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
• Jan DeGaetani
• * Ives: Songs
• Carlo Bergonzi
• * Carlo Bergonzi Sings Verdi
• Barbra Streisand
• * Classical Barbra

• * Cleveland Orchestra - Lorin Maazel, Michael Woolcock Verdi: Macbeth
• * La Scala Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Claudio Abbado, Rainer Brock Schoenberg: Moses Und Aaron
• * BBC Symphony Orchestra - Pierre Boulez, Paul Myers Massenet: Thaïs
• * New Philharmonia Orchestra - Lorin Maazel, Christopher Bishop Joplin: Treemonisha
• * Original Cast Orchestra & Chorus - Gunther Schuller, Tom Mowrey Bizet: Carmen
• * London Philharmonic - Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn

• * Rachmaninoff: The Bells
• Chorus of La Scala-Milan; Orchestra of La Scala-Milan - Claudio Abbado, Romano Gandolfi
• * Verdi: Opera Choruses
• BBC Choral Society & BBC Symphony Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra - Colin Davis
• * Tippett: A Child of Our Time
• Choir of the Monks of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes Abbey - Dom Jean Claire
• * Gregorian Chant
• Netherlands Radio Chorus; Rotterdam Philharmonic - Jean Fournet, Franz Muller
• * Fauré: Requiem
• London Philharmonic Choir; Orchestra - Sir Adrian Boult
• * Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51
• King's College Choir-Cambridge - Phillip Ledger
• * Bernstein: Chichester Psalms/Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
• Choeurs de Radio France; Orchestre National de France & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Leonard Bernstein
• * Berlioz: Requiem
• New Philharmonia Chorus and London Philharmonic - Carlo Maria Giulini, Walter Hagen-Groll
• * Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

• Daniel Barenboim, Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos

• Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Concerts 1975/76

• David Munrow & the Early Music Consort of London for The Art of Courtly Love

• Max Wilcox, Daniel Barenboim, Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic for ''Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos''

Comedy

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• *Chuck Mangione for Bellavia
• Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
• *Norman Whitfield for Car Wash performed by Rose Royce
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
• *Chick Corea for "Leprechaun's Dream"
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
• *James William Guercio & Jimmie Haskell for "If You Leave Me Now" performed by Chicago
• Best Arrangement for Voices (duo, group or chorus)
• *Starland Vocal Band for "Afternoon Delight"

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• *Emmylou Harris for Elite Hotel
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• *Ronnie Milsap for "(I'm a) Stand By My Woman Man"
• Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
• *Amazing Rhythm Aces for "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
• *Chet Atkins & Les Paul for Chester and Lester
• Best Country Song
• *Larry Gatlin for "Broken Lady"

Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
• *John Hartford for ''Mark Twang''

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)
• *The Oak Ridge Boys for "Where the Soul Never Dies"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance
• *Mahalia Jackson for How I Got Over
• Best Inspirational Performance
• *Gary S. Paxton for ''The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton''

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist (Instrumental)
• *Count Basie for Basie & Zoot
• Best Jazz Performance by a Group
• *Chick Corea for The Leprechaun
• Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
• *Duke Ellington for The Ellington Suites
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
• *Ella Fitzgerald for ''Fitzgerald and Pass... Again''

Latin

• Best Latin Recording
• *Eddie Palmieri for ''Unfinished Masterpiece''

Musical show

• Best Cast Show Album
• *Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti & various artists for ''Bubbling Brown Sugar''

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• *John Berg for Chicago X performed by Chicago
• Best Album Notes
• *Dan Morgenstern for The Changing Face of Harlem, the Savoy Sessions performed by Various Artists

Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• *Hasten Down the Wind - Linda Ronstadt
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• *Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
• Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
• *"If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• *Breezin' - George Benson

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• *Breezin' - Al Schmitt
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• *Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Edward T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore
• Best Producer of the Year
• *Stevie Wonder

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• *Natalie Cole for "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• *Stevie Wonder for "I Wish"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
• *Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo for "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
• *George Benson for "Theme From Good King Bad"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• *Boz Scaggs & David Paich for "Lowdown" performed by Boz Scaggs

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word Recording
• *Henry Fonda, Helen Hayes, James Earl Jones & Orson Welles for ''Great American Documents''