16th Annual Grammy Awards

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16th Annual Grammy Awards
DateMarch 2, 1974
Location Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Andy Williams
Most awards Stevie Wonder (5)
Most nominations Stevie Wonder (7)
Television/radio coverage
Network CBS
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The 16th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1973. [1] [2]

Contents

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. "Blind Musician wins 4 Grammy awards". The Calgary Herald. 4 March 1974. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. "1973 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.