Grammy Awards of 1975

The 17th Grammy Awards were held in 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1974.

• Record of the Year
  • John Farrar[?] (producer) for "I Honestly Love You" performed by Olivia Newton-John

• Album of the Year
  • Stevie Wonder for Fulfillingness' First Finale

• Song of the Year
  • Marvin Hamlisch[?] (songwriter) for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand

• Best New Artist
  • Marvin Hamlisch[?]

Children's

• Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken[?]
  • Sterling Holloway[?] for Winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too performed by Sterling Holloway[?], Sebastian Cabot[?] & Paul Winchell

Classical

• Best Classical Album[?]
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique conducted by Georg Solti
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance[?]
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique conducted by Georg Solti
• Best Opera Recording[?]
  • London Philharmonic for Puccini: La Boheme conducted by Georg Solti
• Best Choral Performance, Classical[?]
  • Wandsworth School Boys' Choir[?] & the London Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust conducted by Colin Davis
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)[?]
  • David Oistrakh for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)[?]
  • Alicia de Larrocha[?] for Albeniz: Iberia
• Best Chamber Music Performance[?]
  • Pierre Fournier[?] for Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 In D Minor performed by Pierre Fournier[?], Artur Rubinstein[?] & Henryk Szeryng[?]
• Best Classical Vocal Performance[?]
  • Leontyne Price[?] for Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
  • Richard Pryor for That Nigger's Crazy

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)[?]
  • Mike Oldfield for "Tubular Bells" (Theme From "The Exorcist")
• Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television[?]
  • Marvin Hamlisch[?] (composer) for The Way We Were performed by Barbra Streisand
• Best Instrumental Arrangement[?]
  • Pat Williams[?] for Threshold
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)[?]
  • Tom Scott[?] (arranger) for "Down To You" performed by Joni Mitchell

Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance[?]
  • Anne Murray for Love Song
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Ronnie Milsap[?] for "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[?]
  • The Pointer Sisters[?] for "Fairytale"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Chet Atkins & Merle Travis[?] for The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show
• Best Country Song
  • Norris Wilson[?] (songwriter) for"A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich[?]

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording[?]
  • Merle Watson[?] for Two Days In November performed by Merle Watson[?] & Doc Watson

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance[?]
  • The Oak Ridge Boys[?] for "The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance[?]
  • James Cleveland[?] for In The Ghetto performed by James Cleveland[?] with the Southern California Community Choir[?]
• Best Inspirational Performance[?]
  • Elvis Presley for "How Great Thou Art"

Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist[?]
  • Charlie Parker for First Recordings!
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group[?]
  • Oscar Peterson for The Trio performed by Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson & Niels Pedersen[?]
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance[?]
  • Woody Herman[?] for Thundering Herd

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album[?]
  • Robert Brittan[?] (composer) & Thomas Z. Shepard[?] (producer)for Raisin performed by Virginia Capers[?], Joe Morton[?], Ernestine Jackson[?], Robert Jackson[?], Deborah Allen[?] & Helen Martin[?]

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography[?]
  • Christopher Whorf[?] & Ed Thrasher[?] (art directors) for Come And Gone performed by Mason Proffit[?]
• Best Album Notes[?]
  • Charles R. Townsend[?] (notes writer) for For The Last Time performed by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  • Dan Morgenstern[?] (notes writer) for The Hawk Flies performed by Coleman Hawkins
• Best Album Notes, Classical[?]
  • Rory Guy[?] (notes writer) for Korngold[?]: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold conducted by Ulf Hoelscher[?]/Willy Mattes[?]

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Stevie Wonder for Fulfillingness' First Finale
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Paul McCartney & Wings for "Band On The Run"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Marvin Hamlisch[?] for "The Entertainer"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical[?]
  • Geoff E. Emerick[?] (engineer) for Band On The Run performed by Paul McCartney & Wings
• Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical[?]
  • Thom Bell[?]
• Best Classical Engineered Recording[?]
  • Kenneth Wilkinson[?] (engineer) for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique conducted by Georg Solti

R&B

• Best R&B Instrumental Performance[?]
  • MFSB[?] for "The Sound Of Philadelphia"
• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Aretha Franklin for "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Stevie Wonder for "Boogie On Reggae Woman"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Rufus[?] for "Tell Me Something Good"
• Best R&B Song
  • Stevie Wonder for "Living For The City"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album[?]
  • Peter Cook for Good Evening performed by Peter Cook & Dudley Moore