The 1972 Grammy Awards The awards given in 1973 were for recordings made in 1972. Notes & Highlights: The first benefit, cause-oriented recording won album of the year. << p r e v h o m e n e x t >>
	Album of the Year George Harrison and friends For: The Concert for Bangla Desh Record of the Year Roberta Flack For: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Song of the Year Ewan MacColl (songwriter) For: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Best New Artist America Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Nilsson For: Without You Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Helen Reddy For: I Am Woman Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway For: Where Is the Love Best Pop Instrumental Performance Billy Preston For: Outa-Space Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring Isaac Hayes For: Black Moses Best Rhythm and Blues Song Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield (songwriters) For: Papa Was a Rolling Stone Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, male Billy Paul For: Me and Mrs. Jones Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, female Aretha Franklin For: Young, Gifted and Black Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Temptations For: Papa Was a Rolling Stone Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance Temptations, Paul Riser For: Papa Was a Rolling Stone Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist Gary Burton For: Alone at Last Best Jazz Performance by a Group Freddie Hubbard For: First Light Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band Duke Ellington For: Togo Brava Suite Best Inspirational Recording Elvis Presley For: He Touched Me Best Soul Gospel Performance Aretha Franklin For: Amazing Grace Best Gospel Performance (other than Soul) Blackwood Brothers For: L-O-V-E Best Country Song Ben Peters (songwriter award) For: Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Male Charlie Pride For: Charlie Pride Sings Heart Songs Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Female Donna Fargo For: Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. Best Country & Western Performance by duo or group Statler Brothers For: Class of '57 Best Country Instrumental Performance Charlie McCoy For: The Real McCoy Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording Muddy Waters For: The London Muddy Waters Session Best Instrumental Composition Michael Legrand (composer) For: Brian's Song Best Instrumental Arrangement Don Ellis For: Theme From "The French Connection" Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Michael Legrand For: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Best Original Cast Show Album Micki Grant (composer) For: Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Show Nino Rota For: The Godfather Album of the Year, Classical Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony, Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Singverein Chorus and soloists For: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ("Symphony of a Thousand") Best Classical Performance, (conductors award) Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony For: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor Best Chamber Music Performance Julian Bream, John Williams For: Julian and John Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) Artur Rubenstein For: Brahms: Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major for Piano Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz For: Horowitz plays Chopin Best Opera Recording Colin Davis conducting the BBC Symphony; Chorus of Covent Garden For: Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Best Classical Performance, Choral (other than opera) Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony, Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Singverein Chorus and soloists For: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ("Symphony of a Thousand") Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau For: Brahms: Die Schone Magelone Best Engineered Recording, Classical Gordon Perry, Kenneth Wilkinson For: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major Best Spoken Word Recording original case For: Lenny Best Comedy Recording George Carlin For: FM & AM Best Recording for Children Lee Chamberlin, Bill Cosby, Rita Moreno For: The Electric Company Best Engineered Recording Armin Steiner For: Moods (Neil Diamond) Best Album Cover Acy Lehman, Harvey Dinnerstein For: The Siegel-Schwall Band (The Siegel-Schwall Band) Best Album Notes (classical) James Lyons For: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 ("A London Symphony") (Previn conducting the London Symphony) Best Album Notes Tom T. Hall For: Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits (Tom T. Hall)
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