Grammy Award Nominees 1971 - Grammy Award Winners 1971 (2025)

The 13^th Grammy Awards ceremony was held on 16^th March 1971, at Hollywood Palladium (Los Angeles). James Taylor, Ray Stevens and Miles Davis were the mostly nominated artists for the year. It was in 1971 that ABC bought the rights to the Grammy telecast. So it was for the first time that the Grammy Award ceremony was aired live. Andy Williams was the anchor for the evening. Mostly nominated artists for the year were James Taylor, Ray Stevens and Miles Davis. B.B. King, The Carpenters; Simon and Garfunkel were the artists honored with more Grammys. Given below is the list of the nominees as well as winners who seized the Grammy Awards for the year 1971.

Grammy Award Winners 1971

Album Of The Year

The nominees were:

Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Lyrics
Chicago - Chicago
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Deja Vu
Elton John - Elton John Lyrics
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
The Carpenters - Close To You Lyrics

Winner: Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Lyrics

Album Of The Year - Classical

The nominees were:

Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Vickers, Veasey, Lindholm) - Berlioz: Les Troyens
Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony (R. Page directing the Male Chorus of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia; solo: Krause) - Shostakovich: Symphony No.–
George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (solos: Oistrakh, Rostropovich) - Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)
Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (solos: Oistrakh, Anda, Kempf, Goossens, Leitner) - Beethoven Edition'70
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony - Ives: Three Places in New England; Ruggles: Sun Treader

Winner: Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Vickers, Veasey, Lindholm) - Berlioz: Les Troyens

Best Album Cover

The nominees were:

B.B. King - Indianola Mississippi Seeds Lyrics
Chicago - Chicago
Mason Williams - Hand Made
Mason Proffit - Mason Proffit
Rodzinski conducting the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London - Schubert: Unfinished Symphony; Beethoven: Fifth Symphony

Winner: B.B. King - Indianola Mississippi Seeds Lyrics

Best Album Notes

The nominees were:

Bessie Smith - The World's Greatest Blues Singer
Jack Moran - As I See It
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Alexander's Greyhound Brass - Hold Back the World
Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll
Judy Garland - Judy. London.1969
Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys - Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits

Winner: Bessie Smith - The World's Greatest Blues Singer

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(S)

The nominees were:

Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Lyrics
The Carpenters - Close To You Lyrics
Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful Lyrics
Blood Sweat & Tears - Lucretia Mac Evil Lyrics

Winner: Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Lyrics

Best Choral Performance

The nominees were:

Gregg Smith conducting the Gregg Smith Singers and Columbia Chamber Ensemble - New Music of Charles Ives
Reinhold Schmid, Helmut Froschauer conducting the Vienna Singverein; Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Haydn: The Creation
Arthur Oldham conducting the London Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Pierre Boulez conducting the London Symphony - Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
Lorna Cooke de Varon directing the New England Conservatory Chorus; Katherine Edmonds Pusztai conduting the Children's Chours of the New England Conservatory; Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony - Orff: Carmina Burana
Robert E. Page directing the Male Chorus of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia; Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony - Shostakovich: Symphony No.–
Gregg Smith conducting the Ithaca College Concert Choir; Robert Craft conducting the Columbia Symphony - The New Stravinsky

Winner: Gregg Smith conducting the Gregg Smith Singers and Columbia Chamber Ensemble - New Music of Charles Ives

Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music

The nominees were:

Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose - Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
Guarneri Quartet - Beethoven: The 5 Late Quartets
Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh - Franck: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano; Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in D Minor
Gunther Schuller - Ives: Calcium Light Night
Benjamin Britten conducting the English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Singers - Salute to Percy Grainger

Winner: Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose - Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(S) With Or Without Orchestra

The nominees were:

David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich (Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra) - Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)
Glenn Gould - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Nos. 9-16
Alexis Weissenberg (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony) - Bartok: Concerto No. 2 for Piano
Ivan Moravec - Beethoven: Sonatas No. 26, Op. 81a (Les Adieux), and No. 15, Op. 28 (Pastoral)
David Oistrakh (Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra) - Brahsm: Concerto in D Major for Violin

Winner: David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich (Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra) - Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

The nominees were:

Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
Seiji Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony - Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor

Winner: Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

The nominees were:

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gerald Moore, accompanist) - Schubert: Lieder
Leontyne Price - (Downes conducting the London Symphony) - Prima Donna, Vol. 3
Janet Backer (Gibson conducting the London Symphony) - Death of Cleopatra final scenes, Berlioz: Les Troyens
Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Marilyn Horn (Lewis, conductor) - Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Winner: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gerald Moore, accompanist) - Schubert: Lieder

Best Comedy Recording

The nominees were:

Flip Wilson - The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress
Bill Cosby - Live at Madison Square Garden
David Frye - I Am the President
Homer & Jethro - Daddy Played First Base
Orson Welles - The Begatting of the President

Winner: Flip Wilson - The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress

Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance

The nominees were:

Henry Mancini - Theme from Z and Other Film Music
Vincent Bell - Airport Love Theme
Assembled Multitude - Overture from Tommy
Quincy Jones - Soul Flower
Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner Lyrics

Winner: Henry Mancini - Theme from Z and Other Film Music

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

The nominees were:

Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed - Me and Jerry
Jerry Smith - Drivin' Home
Merle Haggard & the Stranger - Street Singer
Chet Atkins - Yestergroovin
Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass - You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet

Winner: Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed - Me and Jerry

Best Country & Western Song

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