Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The 15th Grammy Awards were held in 1973, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1972. Record of the Year Joel Dorn (producer) & Roberta Flack for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" performed by Roberta Flack Album of the Year Phil Spector (producer), George Harrison (producer & artist), Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr & Klaus Voormann for The Concert for Bangla Desh Song of the Year Ewan MacColl (songwriter) for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" performed by Roberta Flack Best New Artist America Children's Best Recording for Children Christopher Cerf, Lee Chamberlin, Joe Raposo (producers), Bill Cosby & Rita Moreno for The Electric Company Classical Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for Brahms: Die Schone Magelone Best Opera Recording Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor) the BBC Symphony Orchestra & various artists for Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) Georg Solti (conductor), the Vienna Boys Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & various artists for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand) Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Artur Rubinstein & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Chopin Best Chamber Music Performance Julian Bream & John Christopher Williams for Julian and John (Works by Lawes, Carulli, Albeniz, Granados) Best Classical Album David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), various artists, the Vienna Boys Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand) Comedy Best Comedy Recording George Carlin for FM and AM Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Composition Michel Legrand (composer) for "Brian's Song" Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Nino Rota (composer) for The Godfather Best Instrumental Arrangement Don Ellis (arranger) for "Theme From The French Connection" performed by the Don Ellis Big Band Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Michel Legrand (arranger) for "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" performed by Sarah Vaughan Country Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Donna Fargo for "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Charley Pride for Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group The Statler Brothers for "Class of '57" Best Country Instrumental Performance Charlie McCoy for Charlie McCoy/The Real McCoy Best Country Song Ben Peters (songwriter) for "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" performed by Charley Pride Folk Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording Muddy Waters for The London Muddy Waters Session Gospel Best Gospel Performance Blackwood Brothers for L-O-V-E Best Soul Gospel Performance Aretha Franklin for Amazing Grace Best Inspirational Performance Elvis Presley for He Touched Me Jazz Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Gary Burton for "Alone at Last" Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group Freddie Hubbard for "First Light" Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance Duke Ellington for Toga Brava Suite Musical Show Best Musical Show Album Micki Grant (composer) and Jerry Ragavoy (producer) for Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope performed by Alex Bradford, Hope Clarke & Bobby Hill Packaging and Notes Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography Harvey Dinnerstein (graphic artist) for The Siegel-Schwall Band performed by the Siegel-Schwall Band Best Album Notes Tom T. Hall for Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits Best Album Notes, Classical James Lyons (notes writer) for Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony) conducted by Andre Previn Pop Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Helen Reddy for "I am Woman" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Harry Nilsson for "Without You" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack for "Where Is the Love" Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance by an Instrumental Performer Billy Preston for "Outa-Space" Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring Isaac Hayes for "Black Moses" Production and engineering Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical Armin Steiner (engineer) for Moods performed by Neil Diamond Best Classical Engineered Recording Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) conducted by Georg Solti R&B Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Aretha Franklin for Young, Gifted and Black Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Billy Paul for "Me and Mrs. Jones" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Temptations for "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" Best R&B Song Norman Whitfield (songwriter) for "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" performed by The Temptations Best R&B Instrumental Performance The Temptations for "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" performed by The Temptations & Paul Riser Spoken Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album Bruce Botnick (producer) for Lenny performed by the original cast Other Grammy Award Years 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 This article is from Wikipedia. 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