1972 Grammy Awards
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff ![]( "Updated by an Factmonster Editor on February 21, 2017")
| Record of the Year | “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Roberta Flack |
| Album of the Year | The Concert for Bangla Desh, George Harrison, Ravi Shanker, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton and Klaus Voormann (Apple) |
| Song of the Year | “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Ewan MacColl, songwriter |
| Best New Artist of the Year | America |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | “Without You,” Nilsson |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | “I Am Woman,” Helen Reddy |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus | “Where Is the Love,” Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance By an Instrumental Performer | “Outa-Space,” Billy Preston |
| Best Pop Instumental Performance With Vocal Coloring | Black Moses, Isaac Hayes |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song | “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, songwriters |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male | “Me and Mrs. Jones,” Billy Paul |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female | Young, Gifted and Black, Aretha Franklin |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group, or Chorus | “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” Temptations |
| Best Jazz Performance By a Soloist | “Alone at Last,” Gary Burton |
| Best Jazz Performance By a Group | “First Light,” Freddie Hubbard |
| Best Jazz Performance By a Big Band | “Toga Brava Suite,” Duke Ellington |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female | “Happiest Girl in the Whole USA,” Donna Fargo |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male | Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs, Charley Pride |
| Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group | “Class of '57,” Statler Brothers |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance | Charlie McCoy/The Real McCoy, Charlie McCoy |
| Best Country Song | “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin',” Ben Peters, songwriter |
| Best Gospel Performance | L-O-V-E, Blackwood Brothers |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance | “Amazing Grace,” Aretha Franklin |
| Best Inspirational Performance | He Touched Me, Elvis Presley |
| Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording | The London Muddy Waters Session, Muddy Waters (Chess) |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement | “Theme From The French Connection,” Don Ellis, arranger |
| Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist | “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life,” Michel Legrand, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Composition | “Brian's Song,” Michel Legrand, composer |
| Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album | Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Micki Grant, composer (Polydor) |
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | The Godfather, Nino Rota, composer |
| Album of the Year, Classical | Mahler, Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand), Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Singverein Chorus and Soloists (London) |
| Best Classical Performance, Orchestra | Mahler, Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Julian and John, Julian Bream and John Williams |
| Best Instrumental Soloist Performance, Classical (With Orchestra) | Brahms, Concerto No. 2, Artur Rubinstein |
| Best Instrumental Soloist Performance, Classical (Without Orchestra) | Horowitz Plays Chopin, Vladimir Horowitz |
| Best Opera Recording | Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini, Colin Davis conducting BBC Symphony and Chorus of Covent Garden (Philips) |
| Best Choral Performance, Classical | Mahler, Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand), Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Singverein Chorus and Soloists |
| Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical | Brahms, Die Schöne Magelone, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
| Best Comedy Recording | FM and AM, George Carlin (Little David) |
| Best Spoken Word Recording | Lenny, Original Cast (Blue Thumb) |
| Best Recording for Children | The Electric Company, Lee Chamberlin, Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Album Cover | The Siegel Schwall Band, Acy Lehman, art director; Harvey Dinnerstein, artist (Wooden Nickel) |
| Best Album Notes | Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits, Tom T. Hall, annotator (Mercury) |
| Best Album Notes, Classical | Williams, Symphony No. 2, James Lyons, annotator (RCA) |
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