9th Annual Grammy Awards explained

9th Annual Grammy Awards
Date:	March 2, 1967
Location:	Los Angeles Music Center, California
Host:	Kirk Douglas
Network:	ABC
Previous:	8th
Main:	Grammy Awards
Next:	10th

The 9th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 2, 1967, at Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1966.^{[1] [2]} The 9th Grammy Awards is notable for not presenting the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Frank Sinatra won 5 awards.

Award winners

• Record of the Year
  • Jimmy Bowen (producer) & Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night"
• Album of the Year
  • Sonny Burke (producer) & Frank Sinatra for A Man and His Music
• Song of the Year
  • John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) for "Michelle" performed by The Beatles

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Marvin Miller for Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran the Zoo" and "Sleep Book"

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)
  • Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna (Works of Barber, Purcell, etc.)
• Best Opera Recording
  • Georg Solti (conductor), Régine Crespin, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Die Walkure
• Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Handel: Messiah
  • George Bragg (conductor), Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers, the Ithaca College Concert Choir, the Texas Boys Choir & the Columbia Chamber Orchestra for Ives: Music for Chorus
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
  • Julian Bream for Baroque Guitar (Works of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, etc.)
• Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
  • Boston Symphony Chamber Players for Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston
• Album of the Year - Classical
  • Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Bill Cosby for Wonderfulness

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme
  • Neal Hefti (composer) for "Batman Theme"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
  • Maurice Jarre (composer) for Doctor Zhivago
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Herb Alpert (arranger) for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
• Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
  • Ernie Freeman (arranger) for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra

Country

• Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
  • Jeannie Seely for "Don't Touch Me"
• Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male
  • David Houston for "Almost Persuaded"
• Best Country & Western Recording
  • David Houston for "Almost Persuaded"
• Best Country & Western Song
  • Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton (songwriters) for "Almost Persuaded" performed by David Houston

Folk

• Best Folk Recording
  • Cortelia Clark for Blues in the Street

Gospel

• Best Sacred Recording (Musical)
  • Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for Grand Old Gospel

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Group or Soloist with Group
  • Wes Montgomery for "Goin' Out of My Head"
• Best Original Jazz Composition
  • Duke Ellington for "In the Beginning God"

Musical show

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • Jerry Herman (composer) & the original cast (Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Jane Connell, Charles Braswell, Jerry Lanning & Frankie Michaels) for Mame

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
  • Klaus Voormann (graphic artist) for Revolver performed by The Beatles
• Best Album Cover, Photography
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) & Les Leverette (photographer) for Confessions of a Broken Man performed by Porter Wagoner
• Best Album Notes
  • Stan Cornyn (notes writer) for Sinatra at the Sands performed by Frank Sinatra

Pop

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Eydie Gorme for "If He Walked Into My Life"
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • Anita Kerr for "A Man and a Woman" performed by the Anita Kerr Singers
• Best Performance by a Chorus
  • Ray Conniff (choir director) for "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago)" performed by the Ray Conniff Singers
• Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz)
  • Herb Alpert for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
  • Paul McCartney for "Eleanor Rigby"
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
  • The Mamas & the Papas for "Monday, Monday"
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording
  • New Vaudeville Band for "Winchester Cathedral"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
  • Eddie Brackett & Lee Herschberg (engineers) for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra
• Best Engineered Recording - Classical
  • Anthony Salvatore (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Wagner: Lohengrin

R&B

• Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female
  • Ray Charles for "Crying Time"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
  • Ramsey Lewis for "Hold It Right There"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
  • Ray Charles for "Crying Time"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
  • Edward R. Murrow for Edward R. Murrow – A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I The War Years^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Sinatra Records Win Top Grammy Honors. 3 March 1967. The Milwaukee Journal. 1 May 2011. 12 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160312104446/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3lYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7463,1537133&dq=grammy&hl=en. dead.
2. Web site: 1966 Grammy Award Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717231634/https://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1966&genre=All . 17 July 2011 . 1 May 2011 . Grammy.com .
3. https://www.discogs.com/Edward-R-Murrow-A-Reporter-Remembers-Vol-I-The-War-Years/release/11028248#Credits Album Credits: