18th Annual Grammy Awards

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18th Annual Grammy Awards
DateFebruary 28, 1976
Location Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
CountryUnited States  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Hosted by Andy Williams
Most awards Phil Woods, Michel Legrand, Janis Ian and Paul Simon (2)
Most nominations
Website https://www.grammy.com/awards/18th-annual-grammy-awards   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
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The 18th Annual Grammy Awards were held February 28, 1976, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1975. [1] [2]

Contents

Award winners

Children's

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

Gospel

Jazz

Latin

Musical show

Packaging and notes

Pop

Production and engineering

R&B

Spoken

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References

  1. "Album Wins Simon 2 Grammy Awards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1 March 1976. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. "1975 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.