The12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969.Bill Cosby hosted in Los Angeles,Merv Griffin hosted in New York,Regis Philbin hosted in Chicago,Jack Palance hosted in Nashville, andRay Stevens andSteve Alaimo in Atlanta.^[1][2]

• Jack Jones -Games People Play
• The Isley Brothers -It's Your Thing
• Peggy Lee -Is That All There Is?

• Sammy Davis Jr. - IntroducedBlood, Sweat, and Tears
• Sonny & Cher - IntroducedThe Isley Brothers
• Bob Newhart - Introduced Johnny Cash

Record of the Year

• "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" —The 5th Dimension
  • Bones Howe, producer
• “Spinning Wheel” —Blood, Sweat And Tears
  • James William Guercio, producer
• “Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet” —Henry Mancini
  • Joe Reisman, producer
• “Is That All There Is?” —Peggy Lee
  • Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, producers
• “A Boy Named Sue” —Johnny Cash
  • Bob Johnston, producer

Album of the Year

• James William Guercio (producer) &Blood, Sweat & Tears forBlood, Sweat & Tears

Song of the Year

• Joe South for "Games People Play"

Best New Artist

• Crosby, Stills & Nash

• Best Recording for Children
  • Peter, Paul and Mary forPeter, Paul and Mommy

• Best Classical Performance, Orchestra
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor) & theCleveland Orchestra forBoulez ConductsDebussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"
• Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical
  • Thomas Schippers (conductor),Leontyne Price & theNew Philharmonia forBarber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915
• Best Opera Recording
  • Otto Gerdes (producer),Herbert von Karajan (conductor),Helga Dernesch,Thomas Stolze,Jess Thomas & theBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra forWagner: Siegfried
• Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
  • Luciano Berio (conductor),Ward Swingle (choir director), theSwingle Singers & theNew York Philharmonic forBerio:Sinfonia
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
  • Wendy Carlos forSwitched-On Bach
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • TheChicago Brass Ensemble,Cleveland Brass Ensemble &Philadelphia Brass Ensemble forGabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli
• Album of the Year, Classical
  • Rachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos forSwitched-On Bach

• Best Comedy Recording
  • Bill Cosby forBill Cosby, akaSports

• Best Instrumental Theme
  • John Barry (composer) forMidnight Cowboy
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  • Burt Bacharach (composer) forButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Fred Lipsius (arranger) for "Spinning Wheel" performed byBlood, Sweat & Tears

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Tammy Wynette forStand By Your Man
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Johnny Cash forA Boy Named Sue
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Waylon Jennings & theKimberlys forMacArthur Park
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • TheNashville Brass &Danny Davis forThe Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
• Best Country Song
  • Shel Silverstein (songwriter) forA Boy Named Sue performed byJohnny Cash

• Best Folk Performance
  • Joni Mitchell forClouds

• Best Gospel Performance
  • Porter Wagoner &the Blackwood Brothers forIn Gospel Country
• Best Soul Gospel Performance
  • Edwin Hawkins forOh Happy Day performed by theEdwin Hawkins Singers
• Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical)
  • Jake Hess forAin't That Beautiful Singing

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
  • Wes Montgomery forWillow Weep for Me
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
  • Quincy Jones forWalking in Space

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • Burt Bacharach,Hal David (composers),Henry Jerome,Phil Ramone (producers) & the original cast (Jerry Orbach,Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter, Donna McKecknie, A .L. Hines, Marian Mercer & Paul Reed) forPromises, Promises

• Best Album Cover
  • David Stahlberg &Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) forAmerica the Beautiful performed byGary McFarland
• Best Album Notes
  • Johnny Cash (notes writer) forNashville Skyline performed byBob Dylan

• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
  • Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?"
• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
  • Harry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'"
• Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group
  • The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
• Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus
  • Percy Faith for "Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus
• Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears for "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie"
• Best Contemporary Song
  • Joe South for "Games People Play"

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Geoff E. Emerick &Phil McDonald (engineers) forAbbey Road performed byThe Beatles
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Wendy Carlos (engineer & artist) forSwitched-On Bach

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Aretha Franklin for "Share Your Love With Me"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Joe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
  • Isley Brothers for "It's Your Thing"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • King Curtis for "Games People Play"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Richard Spencer (songwriter) for "Color Him Father" performed byThe Winstons

• Best Spoken Word Recording
  • Art Linkletter &Diane Linkletter forWe Love You Call Collect

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