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1975 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 50 years ago March 1, 1975

1975 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: March 1, 1975
Held at: Uris Theatre, New York, New York
Host: Andy Williams
Eligibility Year: October 16, 1973 – October 15, 1974

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The 1975 ceremony saw a change of venue, moving from Hollywood to the Uris Theatre in the Big Apple. It was the first time the event was held at this particular location.
Fulfillingness’ First Finale by Stevie Wonder won Album of the Year, winning Stevie’s second consecutive Album of the Year.
The hit song I Honestly Love You, performed by Olivia Newton-John, won both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, solidifying her star status.
The Best New Artist award went to Marvin Hamlisch, who would have an illustrious career in film scoring, including multiple Oscar wins.
Paul Simon’s Still Crazy After All These Years won Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, and the song itself would win Song of the Year in the following ceremony.
The ceremony host, Andy Williams, had been at the helm for multiple Grammy Awards by this point, becoming a familiar face for viewers.
Composer Alan Bergman won for Song of the Year for The Way We Were, collaborating with his wife, Marilyn Bergman, and Marvin Hamlisch. This iconic song would become a mainstay in pop culture.

1975 Grammy Winners

Record of the Year:
I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John

Album of the Year:
Fulfillingness’ First Finale, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)

Song of the Year:
The Way We Were – Marilyn and Alan Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch, songwriters

Best New Artist of the Year:
Marvin Hamlisch

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male:
Fulfillingness’ First Finale, Stevie Wonder

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female:
I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John

Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus:
Band on the Run – Paul McCartney and Wings

Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
The Entertainer – Marvin Hamlisch

Best Rhythm and Blues Song:
Living for the City – Stevie Wonder, songwriter

Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male:
Boogie on Reggae Woman – Stevie Wonder

Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female:
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – Aretha Franklin

Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus:
Tell Me Something Good – Rufus

Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance:
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia), MFSB

Best Jazz Performance By a Soloist:
First Recordings!, Charlie Parker

Best Jazz Performance By a Group:
The Trio, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass and Niels Pedersen

Best Jazz Performance By a Big Band:
Thundering Herd, Woody Herman

Best Country Song:
A Very Special Love Song – Norris Wilson and Billy Sherrill, songwriters

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male:
Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends – Ronnie Milsap

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female:
Love Song, Anne Murray

Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group:
Fairytale – Pointer Sisters

Best Country Instrumental Performance:
The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show, Chet Atkins and Merle Travis

Best Gospel Performance:
The Baptism of Jesse Taylor – Oak Ridge Boys

Best Soul Gospel Performance:
In the Ghetto, James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir

Best Inspirational Performance:
How Great Thou Art – Elvis Presley

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording:
Two Days in November, Doc and Merle Watson

Best Instrumental Arrangement:
Threshold – Pat Williams, arranger

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists:
Down to You – Joni Mitchell and Tom Scott, arrangers

Best Instrumental Composition:
Tubular Bells (Theme From The Exorcist), Mike Oldfield, composer

Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album:
Raisin, Judd Woldin and Robert Britten, composers (Columbia)

Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special:
The Way We Were, Marvin Hamlisch and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, composers (Columbia)

Album of the Year, Classical:
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony (London)

Best Classical Performance, Orchestra:
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony

Best Chamber Music Performance:
Brahms and Schumann Trios, Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng and Pierre Fournier

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra):
Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1, David Oistrakh

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra):
Albeniz, Iberia, Alicia de Larrocha

Best Opera Recording:
Puccini, La Bohème, Sir Georg Solti conducting London Philharmonic; solos: Caballé, Domingo, Milnes, Blegen and Raimondi (RCA)

Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera):
Berlioz, The Damnation of Faust, Colin Davis conducting London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Ambrosian Singers and Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir; solos: Gedda, Bastin, Veasey and Van Allen

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance:
Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss, Leontyne Price

Best Comedy Recording:
That Neggir’s Crazy, Richard Pryor (Partee/Stax)

Best Spoken Word Recording:
Good Evening, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (Island)

Best Recording for Children:
Winnie the Pooh and Teggir Too, Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell (Disneyland)

Best Album Package:
Come and Gone, Ed Thrasher and Christopher Whorf, art directors (Warner Bros.)

Best Album Notes (tie):
For the Last Time, Charles R. Townsend, annotator (United Artists)
The Hawk Flies, Dan Morgenstern, annotator (Milestone)

Best Album Notes, Classical:
The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Rory Guy, annotator (Angel)

Best Producer of the Year:
Thom Bell