Awards & Winners

1977 Grammy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1977 Grammy Awards. Check awards winners of 20th Annual Grammy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

20th Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition

John Williams

Honored for : Star Wars: Main Theme
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

John Williams

Honored for : Star Wars: A New Hope
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Lou Rawls

Honored for : Unmistakably Lou
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Thelma Houston

Honored for : Don't Leave Me This Way
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Barbra Streisand

Honored for : Evergreen

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Nominee Nominated Work
Debby Boone You Light Up My Life
Dolly Parton Here You Come Again
Linda Ronstadt Blue Bayou
Carly Simon Nobody Does It Better
Barbra Streisand Evergreen
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

James Taylor

Honored for : Handy Man
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Andy Gibb I Just Want to Be Your Everything
Engelbert Humperdinck After The Lovin'
Leo Sayer When I Need You
James Taylor Handy Man
Stephen Bishop On and On
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Bee Gees

Honored for : How Deep Is Your Love

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Nominee Nominated Work
Steely Dan Aja
Eagles Hotel California
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young CSN
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love
Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

The Kendalls

Honored for : Heaven's Just a Sin Away
Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Richard Leigh

Honored for : Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

John Williams

Honored for : Star Wars: A New Hope
(Best Pop Instrumental Recording)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bill Conti Gonna Fly Now
Theme from: Rocky
Barry De Vorzon Nadia's Theme
Theme from: The Young & The Restless
Maynard Ferguson Gonna Fly Now
Theme from: Rocky
John Williams Star Wars: A New Hope
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance

Hargus "Pig" Robbins

Honored for : Country Instrumentalist of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

Arthur Rubinstein

Honored for : Piano Sonata No.18, Fantasiestücke
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

Margaret Hillis, Georg Solti

Honored for : The Verdi Requiem
(Choir Director, Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Georg Solti The Verdi Requiem
Margaret Hillis The Verdi Requiem
Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Bill Szymczyk, Eagles

Honored for : Hotel California

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Nominee Nominated Work
Debby Boone You Light Up My Life
Crystal Gayle Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Linda Ronstadt Blue Bayou
Barbra Streisand Evergreen
Eagles Hotel California
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Richard Dashut, Fleetwood Mac, Ken Caillat

Honored for : Rumours
(Fleetwood Mac received 2 awards for this category; 1 as artist and one as producer)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Richard Dashut Rumours
Ken Caillat Rumours
Eagles Hotel California
Steely Dan Aja
James Taylor JT
John Williams Star Wars: A New Hope
London Symphony Orchestra Star Wars: A New Hope
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams

Honored for : Evergreen
(Two songs won this year.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Brooks You Light Up My Life
Richard Leigh Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Barbra Streisand Evergreen
Paul Williams Evergreen
Don Henley Hotel California
Don Felder Hotel California
Glenn Frey Hotel California
Carole Bayer Sager Nobody Does It Better
Marvin Hamlisch Nobody Does It Better
Allen Toussaint Southern Nights
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Joseph Brooks

Honored for : You Light Up My Life

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Brooks You Light Up My Life
Richard Leigh Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Barbra Streisand Evergreen
Paul Williams Evergreen
Don Henley Hotel California
Don Felder Hotel California
Glenn Frey Hotel California
Carole Bayer Sager Nobody Does It Better
Marvin Hamlisch Nobody Does It Better
Allen Toussaint Southern Nights
Grammy Award for Best New Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Bishop
Shaun Cassidy
Foreigner
Andy Gibb
Debby Boone
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement

Perry Botkin, Jr., Barry De Vorzon, Harry Betts

Honored for : Nadia's Theme

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barry De Vorzon Nadia's Theme
Perry Botkin, Jr. Nadia's Theme
Harry Betts Nadia's Theme
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Ian Freebairn-Smith

Honored for : Evergreen
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices

Eagles

Honored for : New Kid in Town
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bill Schnee Aja
Al Schmitt Aja
Roger Nichols Aja
Elliot Scheiner Aja
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

Kosh

Honored for : Simple Dreams
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

George T. Simon

Honored for : Bing Crosby - A Legendary Performer
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album

Al Jarreau

Honored for : Look To The Rainbow
(Best Jazz Vocal Performance)
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Oscar Peterson

Honored for : The Giants
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

The Emotions

Honored for : Best of My Love
Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance

The Brothers Johnson

Honored for : Q
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

Vini Poncia, Leo Sayer

Honored for : You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

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Nominee Nominated Work
Leo Sayer You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Vini Poncia You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary

The Imperials

Honored for : Sail On
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

The Oak Ridge Boys

Honored for : Just A Little Talk With Jesus
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary

Edwin Hawkins

Honored for : Wonderful!
Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional

Rev. James Cleveland

Honored for : James Cleveland Live At Carnegie Hall
Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance

B. J. Thomas

Honored for : Home Where I Belong
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Crystal Gayle

Honored for : Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Kenny Rogers

Honored for : Lucille
Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Muddy Waters

Honored for : Hard Again
Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording

Mongo Santamaría

Honored for : Amanecer
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

Juilliard String Quartet

Honored for : Schoenberg: Quartets For Strings
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Itzhak Perlman

Honored for : The Four Seasons
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

Christopher Cerf, Jim Timmens

Honored for : Aren't You Glad You're You?
(Producers)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Timmens Aren't You Glad You're You?
Christopher Cerf Aren't You Glad You're You?
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

Steve Martin

Honored for : Let's Get Small
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

Julie Harris

Honored for : The Belle of Amherst
(Narrator)
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Larry Morton

Honored for : Annie (1977 original Broadway cast)
(Composers)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Charnin Annie (1977 original Broadway cast)
Charles Strouse Annie (1977 original Broadway cast)
Larry Morton Annie (1977 original Broadway cast)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

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Nominee Nominated Work
Leonard Bernstein Concert of the Century
Mstislav Rostropovich Concert of the Century
Vladimir Horowitz Concert of the Century
Lyndon Woodside Concert of the Century
Isaac Stern Concert of the Century
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Concert of the Century
Thomas Frost Concert of the Century
Yehudi Menuhin Concert of the Century
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

Günther Breest, Carlo Maria Giulini

Honored for : Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D
(Producer, Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Günther Breest Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D
Carlo Maria Giulini Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

Thomas Z. Shepard, John DeMain

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

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas Z. Shepard Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
John DeMain Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo

Janet Baker

Honored for : Bach: Arias
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

Kenneth Wilkinson

Honored for : Boléro
(Engineer)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Phil Woods

Honored for : The Phil Woods Six - Live From The Showboat
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Count Basie

Honored for : Prime Time
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Honored for : Bach-Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Art Tatum

Honored for : The Genius of Art Tatum, Vols. 1-13
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Edward R. Murrow

Honored for : I Can Hear It Now, Vols. 1-3
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Billie Holiday

Honored for : Fine and Mellow / Strange Fruit
(For Strange Fruit)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Gene Austin

Honored for : My Blue Heaven