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]}

Performers

• Glen Campbell, Bobbie Gentry, Chet Atkins, and Jack Jones - Song of the Year medley
• Lou Rawls - Dead End Street
• Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin - Filmed appearance from a United Nations human rights benefit concert

Presenters

• Tommy Smothers - Introduced Glen Campbell

Award winners

Record of the Year

• "Up, Up and Away" — The 5th Dimension
  • Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon, producers
• “Somethin’ Stupid” — Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra
  • Jimmy Bowen & Lee Hazelwood, producers
• “Ode To Billie Joe” — Bobbie Gentry
  • Kelly Gordon & Bobby Paris, producers
• “My Cup Runneth Over” — Ed Ames
  • Jim Foglesong & Joe Reisman, producers
• “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” — Glen Campbell
  • Al De Lory, producer

Album of the Year

• “ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band” — The Beatles
  • George Martin, producer
• “Ode To Billy Joe” — Bobbie Gentry
  • Kelly Gordon & Bobby Paris, producers
• “My Cup Runneth Over” — Ed Ames
  • Jim Foglesong, producer
• “It Must Be Him” — Vikki Carr
  • Tommy Oliver & Dave Pell, producers
• Francis Albert Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim — Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
  • Sonny Burke, producer

Song of the Year

• "Up, Up and Away" — The 5th Dimension
  • Jimmy L. Webb, songwriter
• “Ode To Billie Joe” — Bobbie Gentry
  • Bobbie Gentry, songwriter
• “My Cup Runneth Over” — Ed Ames
  • Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt, songwriters
• “Gentle On My Mind” — John Hartford
  • John Hartford, songwriter
• “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” — Glen Campbell
  • Jimmy L. Webb, songwriter

Best New Artist

• Bobbie Gentry
• Jefferson Airplane
• Harpers Bizarre
• The 5th Dimension
• Lana Cantrell

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 RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna, Volume 2
• Best Opera Recording
  • Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl & the Paris National Opera Orchestra & 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), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir & 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, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, Choeur Nationale de Paris & the Orchestra of Paris National Opera 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"
• Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio or Group (Vocal or Instrumental)
  • 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 for 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) & Roland Scherman (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
  • Edward T. Graham (engineer) & the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble 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

1. Campbell, Mary (1 March 1968). "Up, Up and Away Picks Up 6 Grammy Record Awards". The Sun. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
2. "1967 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2011.