1975 Grammy Award Winners

1975 Grammy Award Winners

Trivia and Details

  • 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