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.

'\Children's'

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

  • Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
    • T. Bone Walker for Good Feelin'

Gospel

  • Best Gospel Performance
  • 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

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
  • Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
  • Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
  • Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By a Group
  • Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
Production and engineering

  • Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Best Classical Engineered Recording
R&B

Spoken


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