15th Annual Grammy Awards

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15th Annual Grammy Awards
DateMarch 3, 1973
Location Tennessee Theatre, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by Andy Williams
Most awards Georg Solti (4)
Most nominations Georg Solti (4)
Television/radio coverage
Network CBS
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The 15th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 3, 1973, at the Tennessee Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee. The event was the first Grammy ceremony not to be held in either New York City or Los Angeles (the 64th Grammys, staged in Las Vegas in 2022, would be the second). [1] The 15th Grammys were also the first to be broadcast live on CBS, which has carried every Grammy telecast since. [2] [3]

Contents

Performers

Artist(s)Song(s)
Mike Curb Congregation Medley
Loggins & Messina "Your Mama Don't Dance"
Charley Pride "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'"
The Staple Singers "I'll Take You There"
Donna Fargo "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA"
Mac Davis "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me"
Helen Reddy "I Am Woman"
Andy Williams Medley of Song of the Year nominees:
"Alone Again (Naturally)"
"Song Sung Blue"
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
"American Pie"
"The Summer Knows"
Curtis Mayfield "Freddie's Dead"
Don McLean "Vincent"
Gilbert O'Sullivan "Alone Again (Naturally)"

Award winners

Children's

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

Gospel

Jazz

Musical show

Packaging and notes

Pop

Production and engineering

R&B

Spoken

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References

  1. Hipes, Patrick (January 18, 2022). "Grammy Awards Sets New April Date In Las Vegas". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  2. "Roberta Flack tops Grammys". The Montreal Gazette. 5 March 1973. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  3. "1972 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.