15th Annual Grammy Awards • 1973 Telecast

For recordings released between October 16, 1971 – October 15, 1972

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Category Winner Title
Record Of The Year Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face All Nominees
Album Of The Year George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann The Concert For Bangla Desh All Nominees
Song Of The Year Ewan MacColl The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face All Nominees
Best New Artist Of The Year America All Nominees
Best Instrumental Arrangement Don Ellis Theme From The French Connection All Nominees
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Michel Legrand What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? All Nominees
Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical Armin Steiner Moods All Nominees
Best Album Cover Acy R. Lehman The Siegel-Schwall Band All Nominees
Best Album Notes Tom T. Hall Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits All Nominees
Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist Gary Burton Alone At Last All Nominees
Best Jazz Performance By A Group Freddie Hubbard First Light All Nominees
Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band Duke Ellington Toga Brava Suite All Nominees
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Helen Reddy I Am Woman All Nominees
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Harry Nilsson Without You All Nominees
Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack Where Is The Love All Nominees
Best Pop Instrumental Performance By An Instrumental Performer Billy Preston Outa-Space All Nominees
Best Pop Instrumental Performance By An Arranger, Composer, Orchestra And/Or Choral Leader Isaac Hayes Black Moses All Nominees
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female Aretha Franklin Young, Gifted And Black All Nominees
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Billy Paul Me And Mrs. Jones All Nominees
Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus The Temptations Papa Was A Rollin' Stone All Nominees
Best R&B Instrumental Performance The Temptations, Paul Riser Papa Was A Rollin' Stone All Nominees
Best Rhythm & Blues Song Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield Papa Was A Rollin' Stone All Nominees
Best Soul Gospel Performance Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace All Nominees
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Donna Fargo Happiest Girl In The Whole USA All Nominees
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Charley Pride Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs All Nominees
Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group Statler Brothers Class Of '57 All Nominees
Best Country Instrumental Performance Charlie McCoy Charlie McCoy/The Real McCoy All Nominees
Best Country Song Ben Peters Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' All Nominees
Best Inspirational Performance Elvis Presley He Touched Me All Nominees
Best Gospel Performance (Other Than Soul Gospel) Blackwood Brothers L-O-V-E All Nominees
Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording (Including Traditional Blues) Muddy Waters The London Muddy Waters Session All Nominees
Best Recording For Children Rita Moreno, Bill Cosby The Electric Company All Nominees
Best Comedy Recording George Carlin FM And AM All Nominees
Best Spoken Word Recording (Original Cast) Lenny All Nominees
Best Instrumental Composition Michel Legrand Brian's Song All Nominees
Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special Nino Rota The Godfather All Nominees
Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album Micki Grant, Jerry Ragavoy Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope All Nominees
Best Classical Album Georg Solti, David Harvey Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand) All Nominees
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Georg Solti, conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor All Nominees
Best Opera Recording Colin Davis, Erik Smith Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini All Nominees
Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) Georg Solti, conductor (Various Artists) Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand) All Nominees
Best Chamber Music Performance Julian Bream, John Christopher Williams Julian And John (Works By Lawes, Carulli, Albeniz, Granados) All Nominees
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Orchestra) Artur Rubinstein Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat All Nominees
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (Without Orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz Plays Chopin All Nominees
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone Brahms: Die Schone Magelone All Nominees
Best Album Notes, Classical James Lyons Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony) All Nominees
Best Engineered Recording, Classical Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand) All Nominees
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