Grammy Awards of 1971

The 13th Grammy Awards were held on 16 March 1971, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1970.

• Record of the Year
  • Roy Halee[?] (producer) for "Bridge Over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

• Album of the Year
  • Roy Halee[?] (producer) for Bridge Over Troubled Water performed by Simon & Garfunkel

• Song of the Year
  • Paul Simon (songwriter) for "Bridge Over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

• Best New Artist
  • The Carpenters

Children's

• Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken[?]
  • Joan Cooney[?] & Thomas Z. Shepard[?] (producers) for Sesame Street performed by The Muppets

Classical

• Best Classical Album[?]
  • Royal Opera House Orchestra[?] - Covent Garden for Berlioz: Les Troyens conducted by Colin Davis
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance[?]
  • Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps conducted by Pierre Boulez
• Best Opera Recording[?]
  • Royal Opera House Orchestra[?] - Covent Garden for Berlioz: Les Troyens conducted by Colin Davis
• Best Choral Performance, Classical[?]
  • Gregg Smith Singers[?] & the Columbia Chamber Ensemble[?] for Ives: New Music Of Charles Ives conducted by Gregg Smith[?]
• Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra)[?]
  • Mstislav Rostropovich for Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto In A Minor For Violin And Cello) performed by David Oistrakh & Mstislav Rostropovich,
• Best Chamber Music Performance[?]
  • Eugene Istomin[?], Isaac Stern & Leonard Rose[?] for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
• Best Classical Vocal Performance[?]
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau[?] for Schubert: Lieder

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
  • Flip Wilson[?] for The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)[?]
  • Alfred Newman[?] for Airport Love Theme
• Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television[?]
  • The Beatles for Let It Be
• Best Instrumental Arrangement[?]
  • Henry Mancini for "Theme From Z"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement[?]
  • Larry Knechtel[?] & Paul Simon (arrangers) for "Bridge Over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance[?]
  • Lynn Anderson[?] for "Rose Garden"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Ray Price[?] for "For The Good Times"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[?]
  • Johnny Cash & June Carter for "If I Were A Carpenter"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed[?] for Me And Jerry
• Best Country Song
  • Marty Robbins for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"

Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording[?]
  • T. Bone Walker[?] for Good Feelin

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance[?]
  • The Oak Ridge Boys[?] for "Talk About The Good Times"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance[?]
  • Edwin Hawkins for "Every Man Wants To Be Free" performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers[?]
• Best Sacred Performance[?]
  • Jake Hess[?] for "Everything Is Beautiful"

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group[?]
  • Bill Evans for Alone
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance[?]
  • Miles Davis for Bitches Brew[?]

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album[?]
  • Thomas Z. Shepard[?] (producer) for Company performed by Dean Jones[?], Barbara Barrie[?], George Coe[?], Teri Rolston[?], John Cunningham[?] & Beth Howland[?]

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography[?]
  • Ivan Nagy[?] (photographer) for Indianola Mississippi Seeds performed by B.B. King
• Best Album Notes[?]
  • Chris Albertson[?] (notes writer) for The World's Greatest Blues Singer performed by Bessie Smith

Pop

• Best Contemporary Song[?]
  • Paul Simon (songwriter) for "Bridge Over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel
• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male[?]
  • Ray Stevens for "Everything Is Beautiful",
• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female[?]
  • Dionne Warwick for I'll Never Fall in Love Again
• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By a Group[?]
  • The Carpenters for "Close to You"
• Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Henry Mancini for Theme From Z and Other Film Music

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical[?]
  • Roy Halee[?] (engineer) for Bridge Over Troubled Water performed by Simon & Garfunkel,
• Best Classical Engineered Recording[?]
  • Arthur Kendy[?], Fred Plaut[?] & Ray Moore[?] (engineers) for Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps performed by Pierre Boulez

R&B

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Aretha Franklin for "Don't Play That Song"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • B.B. King for "The Thrill Is Gone"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Delfonics for "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
• Best R&B Song
  • General Johnson[?] & Ronald Dunbar[?] (songwriters) for "Patches" performed by Clarence Carter[?]

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album[?]
  • Martin Luther King Jr. for Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam