The 17th Annual Grammy Awards were presented March 1, 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1974.

Performers

  • The Spinners - "Mighty Love"
  • Marvin Hamlisch & Andy Williams - "The Way We Were"
  • Les Hooper - big band performance
  • Anne Murray - "A Love Song"
  • Harry Chapin - "Cat's in the Cradle"
  • Aretha Franklin - "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
  • Stevie Wonder - "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
  • Waylon Jennings - "I'm a Ramblin' Man"

Presenters

  • David Bowie - Best R&B Performance, Female
  • Bette Midler - Album of the Year
  • Paul Simon & John Lennon - Record of the Year
  • Tony Orlando & Dawn - Best New Artist
  • Gladys Knight & The Pips - Song of the Year
  • Kate Smith - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Moms Mabley - Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Righteous Brothers & Aretha Franklin - Best R&B Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal

Award winners

  • Record of the Year
  • John Farrar (producer) & Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You" (accepted by Art Garfunkel)
  • Album of the Year
  • Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Fulfillingness' First Finale
  • Song of the Year
  • Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand
  • Best New Artist
  • Marvin Hamlisch

Children's

  • Best Recording for Children
  • Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell for Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

Classical

  • Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
  • Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss
  • Best Opera Recording
  • Richard Mohr (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi & the London Philharmonic for Puccini: La bohème
  • Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
  • Colin Davis (conductor) the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
  • Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Maxim Shostakovich (conductor), David Oistrakh & the New Philharmonia for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Alicia de Larrocha for Albéniz: Iberia
  • Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor
  • Album of the Year, Classical
  • David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Comedy

  • Best Comedy Recording
  • Richard Pryor for That Nigger's Crazy

Composing and arranging

  • Best Instrumental Composition
  • Mike Oldfield (composer) for "Tubular Bells - Theme From The Exorcist"
  • Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  • Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (composers) for The Way We Were performed by Barbra Streisand
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Patrick Williams (arranger) for Threshold
  • Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists
  • Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott (arrangers) for "Down to You" performed by Joni Mitchell

Country

  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Anne Murray for Love Song
  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Ronnie Milsap for "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"
  • Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
  • The Pointer Sisters for "Fairytale"
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Chet Atkins & Merle Travis for The Atkins–Travis Traveling Show
  • Best Country Song
  • Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson (songwriters) for "A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich

Folk

  • Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
  • Doc Watson & Merle Watson for Two Days in November

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 & the Southern California Community Choir
  • Best Inspirational Performance (non-classical)
  • Elvis Presley for How Great Thou Art

Jazz

  • Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
  • Charlie Parker for First Recordings!
  • Best Jazz Performance by a Group
  • Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Oscar Peterson for The Trio
  • Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
  • Woody Herman for Thundering Herd

Musical show

  • Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
  • Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin (composers), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast (Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin) for Raisin

Packaging and notes

  • Best Album Package
  • 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
  • Angus Scrimm (as Rory Guy) (notes writer) for Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold conducted by Ulf Hoelscher/Willy Mattes

Pop

  • Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"
  • Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Stevie Wonder for Fulfillingness' First Finale
  • Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
  • 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
  • Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
  • Best Producer of the Year
  • Thom Bell

R&B

  • Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Aretha Franklin for "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
  • Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Stevie Wonder for "Boogie on Reggae Woman"
  • Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
  • Rufus for "Tell Me Something Good"
  • Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • MFSB for "The Sound of Philadelphia"
  • Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "Living for the City"

Spoken

  • Best Spoken Word Recording
  • Peter Cook & Dudley Moore for Good Evening

References

  • 17th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database