Mark's Music Circus presents Music Awards & Competitions in
13th Annual Grammy Awards
Date: 16 March 1971
Location: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by: Andy Williams
Television/Radio coverage: ABC Network
Award winners
Record of the Year:
Simon & Garfunkel for "Bridge over Troubled Water"; Roy Halee, Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon (producers)
Children's: Best Recording for Children
Joan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard (producers) for Sesame Street performed by The Muppets
Classical: Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for Schubert: Lieder Best Opera Recording Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus & various artists for Berlioz: Les Troyens Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers & the Columbia Chamber Ensemble for Ives: New Music of Charles Ives Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) George Szell (conductor), David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Cleveland Orchestra for Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello) Best Chamber Music Performance Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose & Isaac Stern for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios Album of the Year, Classical Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), various artists & the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens
Comedy: Best Comedy Recording Flip Wilson for The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress
Composing and arranging: Best Instrumental Composition Alfred Newman (composer) for "Airport Love Theme" Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr (composers) for Let It Be performed by The Beatles Best Instrumental Arrangement Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Theme From Z"
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Larry Knechtel & Paul Simon (arrangers) for "Bridge over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel
Country: Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Lynn Anderson for "Rose Garden" Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Ray Price for "For the Good Times" Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Johnny Cash & June Carter for "If I Were a Carpenter" Best Country Instrumental Performance Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed for Me and Jerry Best Country Song Marty Robbins (songwriter) for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"
Folk: Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues) T-Bone Walker for Good Feelin'
Gospel: Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel) The Oak Ridge Boys for "Talk About the Good Times" Best Soul Gospel Performance Edwin Hawkins for "Every Man Wants to Be Free" performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers Best Sacred Performance (Musical) Jake Hess for "Everything Is Beautiful"
Jazz: Best Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group Bill Evans for Alone Best Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group Miles Davis for Bitches Brew
Musical Show: Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album Stephen Sondheim (composer), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast (Dean Jones, Barbara Barrie, Elaine Stritch, Charles Kimbrough, George Coe, Teri Rolston, John Cunningham & Beth Howland) for Company
Packaging and notes: Best Album Cover Robert Lockart (graphic artist) & 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 Vocal Performance, Female Dionne Warwick for I'll Never Fall in Love Again Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male Ray Stevens for "Everything Is Beautiful" Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus The Carpenters for "Close to You" Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance Henry Mancini for Theme From Z and Other Film Music Best Contemporary Song Paul Simon (songwriter) for "Bridge over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel
Production and engineering: Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical Roy Halee (engineer) for Bridge over Troubled Water performed by Simon & Garfunkel Best Engineered Recording, Classical Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
R&B: Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female Don't Play That Song by Aretha Franklin Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male The Thrill Is Gone" by B.B. King Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) by The Delfonics Best Rhythm & Blues Song General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar (songwriters) for "Patches" performed by Clarence Carter
Spoken: Best Spoken Word Recording Martin Luther King, Jr. for Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam
Country Music Association Awards
Date: November 1971
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Hosted by: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Television/Radio coverage: NBC Network
Award winners
Entertainer of the Year: Charley Pride Top Male Vocalist: Charley Pride Top Female Vocalist: Lynn Anderson Top Vocal Group: Osborne Brothers Top Instrumental Group: Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass Top Vocal Duo: Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton Single of the Year: "Help Me Make It Through The Night" - Sammi Smith Song of the Year: "Easy Loving" - Freddie Hart Album of the Year: I Won't Mention It Again - Ray Price Musician of the Year: Jerry Reed
Eurovision Song Contest
Date: 3 April 1971
Venue: Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Hosted by: Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir
Host broadcaster: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Winning Entry: Monaco "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" by Séverine
United Kingdom Entry: 4th "Jack In The Box" by Clodagh Rodgers
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