Awards & Winners

1973 Grammy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1973 Grammy Awards. Check awards winners of 16th Annual Grammy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

16th Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Stevie Wonder

Honored for : Innervisions
(Artist and Producer)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors
Bette Midler The Divine Miss M
Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly
Paul Simon There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Stevie Wonder Innervisions
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox

Honored for : Killing Me Softly with His Song
(Songwriter)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stevie Wonder You Are the Sunshine of My Life
L. Russell Brown Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Irwin Levine Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Kenny O'Dell Behind Closed Doors
Carly Simon You're So Vain
Charles Fox Killing Me Softly with His Song
Norman Gimbel Killing Me Softly with His Song
Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Joel Dorn, Roberta Flack

Honored for : Killing Me Softly With His Song
(Artist, Producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Croce Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Carly Simon Yellow River
Stevie Wonder You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors
Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song
Joel Dorn Killing Me Softly With His Song
Grammy Award for Best New Artist

Bette Midler

(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Marie Osmond
Eumir Deodato
Barry White
Maureen McGovern
Bette Midler
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement

Quincy Jones

Honored for : Summer in the City
(Arranger)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

George Martin

Honored for : Live and Let Die (main title)
(Arranger)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff

Honored for : Innervisions
(Engineer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Margouleff Innervisions
Malcolm Cecil Innervisions
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

Tom Wilkes, Craig Braun

Honored for : Tommy
(Art Directors)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Craig Braun Tommy
Tom Wilkes Tommy
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

Dan Morgenstern

Honored for : God Is in the House: Original 1940-41 Recordings
(Album notes writer)
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Art Tatum

Honored for : God Is in the House: Original 1940-41 Recordings
(Soloist)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Supersax

Honored for : Supersax Plays Bird
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Woody Herman

Honored for : Giant Steps
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Roberta Flack

Honored for : Killing Me Softly With His Song
(Artist)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bette Midler Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Carly Simon Yellow River
Diana Ross Touch Me in the Morning
Anne Murray Danny's Song
Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Stevie Wonder

Honored for : You Are the Sunshine of My Life
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Perry Como And I Love You So
Elton John Daniel
Jim Croce Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Paul Simon There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Stevie Wonder You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Gladys Knight & the Pips

Honored for : Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Seals and Crofts Diamond Girl
Paul McCartney Live and Let Die (main title)
Wings Live and Let Die (main title)
Tony Orlando and Dawn Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
The Carpenters Sing
Gladys Knight & the Pips Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Eumir Deodato

Honored for : Also Sprach Zarathustra
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edgar Winter Frankenstein
The Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire
Billy Preston Space Race
Quincy Jones You've Got It Bad Girl
Eumir Deodato Also Sprach Zarathustra
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Aretha Franklin

Honored for : Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Stevie Wonder

Honored for : Superstition
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

Gladys Knight & the Pips

Honored for : Midnight Train to Georgia
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Ramsey Lewis

Honored for : Hang on Sloopy
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

Stevie Wonder

Honored for : Superstition
(Songwriter)
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance

The Dixie Hummingbirds

Honored for : Loves Me Like a Rock
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Olivia Newton-John

Honored for : Let Me Be There
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Charlie Rich

Honored for : Behind Closed Doors
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Rita Coolidge, Kris Kristofferson

Honored for : From the Bottle to the Bottom
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rita Coolidge From the Bottle to the Bottom
Kris Kristofferson From the Bottle to the Bottom
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance

Steve Mandell, Eric Weissberg

Honored for : Dueling Banjos
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Steve Mandell Dueling Banjos
Eric Weissberg Dueling Banjos
Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Kenny O'Dell

Honored for : Behind Closed Doors
(Songwriter)
Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance

Bill Gaither Trio

Honored for : Lets Just Praise the Lord
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

The Blackwood Brothers

Honored for : Release Me (From My Sin))
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Doc Watson

Honored for : Then and Now
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

Joe Raposo

Honored for : Sesame Street Live
(Producer)
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

Richard Harris

Honored for : Jonathan Livingston Seagull
(Narrator)
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

Cheech & Chong

Honored for : Los Cochinos
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition

Gato Barbieri

Honored for : Last Tango in Paris
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

Thomas Z. Shepard, Pierre Boulez

Honored for : Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
(Artist, Producer)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas Z. Shepard Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
Pierre Boulez Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

Goddard Lieberson, Stephen Sondheim

Honored for : A Little Night Music (1973 original Broadway cast)
(Producer, Composer)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Sondheim A Little Night Music (1973 original Broadway cast)
Goddard Lieberson A Little Night Music (1973 original Broadway cast)
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

Pierre Boulez

Honored for : Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

Thomas Mowrey, Leonard Bernstein

Honored for : Bizet: Carmen
(Artist, Producer)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Leonard Bernstein Bizet: Carmen
Thomas Mowrey Bizet: Carmen
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Neil Diamond

Honored for : Jonathan Livingston Seagull
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

André Previn, Arthur Oldham

Honored for : Walton Belshazzars Feast
(Artist, Choir director)

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Nominee Nominated Work
André Previn Walton Belshazzars Feast
Arthur Oldham Walton Belshazzars Feast
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

Gunther Schuller

Honored for : Joplin: The Red Back Book
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Honored for : Beethoven: Concerti (5) For Piano And Orchestra
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo

Leontyne Price

Honored for : Puccini Heroines
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

Vladimir Horowitz

Honored for : Horowitz plays Scriabin
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

Ray Moore, Edward (Bud) T. Graham

Honored for : Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
(Engineers)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edward (Bud) T. Graham Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
Ray Moore Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes: Classical

Glenn Gould

Honored for : The Glenn Gould Edition: Hindemith: The 3 Piano Sonatas
(Album notes writer)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra, Nathaniel Shilkret

Honored for : GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

The Nat King Cole Trio

Honored for : The Christmas Song / In the Cool of Evening
(Award for 'The Christmas Song')
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

Honored for : West End Blues / Fireworks
(For West End Blues)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Bing Crosby

Honored for : White Christmas
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

Honored for : A Fine Dinner / Body and Soul
(Body and Soul)