Awards & Winners

1976 Grammy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1976 Grammy Awards. Check awards winners of 19th Annual Grammy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

19th Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Stevie Wonder

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

Billy Davis, Jr., Marilyn McCoo

Honored for : You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Marilyn McCoo You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)
Billy Davis, Jr. You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

David Paich, Boz Scaggs

Honored for : Lowdown
(Songwriters)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Boz Scaggs Lowdown
David Paich Lowdown
Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Emmylou Harris

Honored for : Elite Hotel
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Ronnie Milsap

Honored for : I'm a Stand by My Woman Man
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Stevie Wonder

Honored for : Songs in the Key of Life
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees
Gordon Lightfoot The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
George Benson This Masquerade
Lou Rawls You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Chicago

Honored for : If You Leave Me Now
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Elton John Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Kiki Dee Don't Go Breaking My Heart
England Dan & John Ford Coley I'd Really Love to See You Tonight
Starland Vocal Band Afternoon Delight
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
Chicago If You Leave Me Now
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

The Amazing Rhythm Aces

Honored for : The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Larry Gatlin

Honored for : Broken Lady
(Songwriter)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album

Ella Fitzgerald

Honored for : Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
(Best Jazz Vocal Performance)
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance

Chet Atkins, Les Paul

Honored for : Chester & Lester
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Les Paul Chester & Lester
Chet Atkins Chester & Lester
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

Vladimir Horowitz

Honored for : Horowitz Concerts 1975/76
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Tommy LiPuma, George Benson

Honored for : This Masquerade
(Producer, Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Simon 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Barry Manilow I Write the Songs
Starland Vocal Band Afternoon Delight
Chicago If You Leave Me Now
George Benson This Masquerade
1977 Record of the Year
Tommy LiPuma This Masquerade
1977 Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Stevie Wonder

Honored for : Songs in the Key of Life
(Artist, Producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chicago Chicago X
Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees
Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life
Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive!
George Benson Breezin'
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Bruce Johnston

Honored for : I Write the Songs
(Songwriter)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bruce Johnston I Write the Songs
Neil Sedaka Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Howard Greenfied Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Bill Danoff Afternoon Delight
Leon Russell This Masquerade
Gordon Lightfoot The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Grammy Award for Best New Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Wild Cherry
Starland Vocal Band
Boston
The Brothers Johnson
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement

Chick Corea

Honored for : Leprechaun's Dream
(Arranger)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

James William Guercio, Jimmie Haskell

Honored for : If You Leave Me Now
(Arrangers)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jimmie Haskell If You Leave Me Now
James William Guercio If You Leave Me Now
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices

Starland Vocal Band

Honored for : Afternoon Delight
(Arranger)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Al Schmitt

Honored for : Breezin'
(Engineer)
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

John Berg

Honored for : Chicago X
(Art Director)
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

Dan Morgenstern

Honored for : The Changing Face Of Harlem - The Savoy Sessions
(Album notes writer)
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Stevie Wonder

(Producer)
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Count Basie

Honored for : Basie & Zoot
(Soloist)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Chick Corea

Honored for : The Leprechaun
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Duke Ellington

Honored for : The Ellington Suites
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Linda Ronstadt

Honored for : Hasten Down the Wind
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Natalie Cole Natalie
Linda Ronstadt Hasten Down the Wind
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Emmylou Harris Here, There and Everywhere
Vicki Sue Robinson Turn the Beat Around
Joni Mitchell The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

George Benson

Honored for : Breezin'
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jeff Beck Wired
The Brecker Brothers Back to Back
George Benson Breezin'
1977 Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Stevie Wonder Contusion
Walter Murphy A Fifth of Beethoven
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Natalie Cole

Honored for : Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance

George Benson

Honored for : Theme From Good King Bad
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance

Mahalia Jackson

Honored for : How I Got Over
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

The Oak Ridge Boys

Honored for : Where the Soul Never Dies
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance

Gary S. Paxton

Honored for : The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

John Hartford

Honored for : Mark Twang
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording

Eddie Palmieri

Honored for : Unfinished Masterpiece
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

Karl Böhm, Hermione Gingold

Honored for : Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Saint-Saens: Carnival Of The Animals
(Artists)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hermione Gingold Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Saint-Saens: Carnival Of The Animals
Karl Böhm Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Saint-Saens: Carnival Of The Animals
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

Richard Pryor

Honored for : Bicentennial Nigger
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

Orson Welles, James Earl Jones, Henry Fonda, Helen Hayes

Honored for : Great American Documents
(Narrators)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Orson Welles Great American Documents
James Earl Jones Great American Documents
Helen Hayes Great American Documents
Henry Fonda Great American Documents
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition

Chuck Mangione

Honored for : Bellavia
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Norman Whitfield

Honored for : Car Wash
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore

Honored for : Bubbling Brown Sugar (1977 original London cast)
(Producers)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hugo Peretti Bubbling Brown Sugar (1977 original London cast)
Luigi Creatore Bubbling Brown Sugar (1977 original London cast)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

Daniel Barenboim, Arthur Rubinstein, Max Wilcox

Honored for : Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
(Conductor, Artist, Producer)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Max Wilcox Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Daniel Barenboim Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Arthur Rubinstein Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

Georg Solti, Ray Minshull

Honored for : Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
(artist, Producer)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ray Minshull Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Georg Solti Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

Lorin Maazel, Michael Woolcock

Honored for : Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
(Artist, Producer)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Woolcock Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Lorin Maazel Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

André Previn, Arthur Oldham

Honored for : Rachmaninoff: The Bells
(Artist, Choir Director)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
André Previn Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Arthur Oldham Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

David Munrow

Honored for : The Art of Courtly Love (The Early Music Consort of London feat. conductor: David Munrow)
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Arthur Rubinstein

Honored for : Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo

Beverly Sills

Honored for : Herbert: Music Of Victor Herbert
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore

Honored for : Rhapsody in Blue
(Engineers)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edward (Bud) T. Graham Rhapsody in Blue
Milton Cherin Rhapsody in Blue
Ray Moore Rhapsody in Blue
Grammy Trustees Award
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Wanda Landowska

Honored for : Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Honored for : The 9 Symphonies (NBC Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Arturo Toscanini)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

Honored for : Begin the Beguine / Indian Love Call
(Begin the Beguine)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra

Honored for : Singin' the Blues / Clarinet Marmalade
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews

Honored for : My Fair Lady (1956 original Broadway cast)