1973 Grammy Awards

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Roberta Flack
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Record of the Year
“Killing Me Softly With His Song,” Roberta Flack
Album of the YearInnervisions, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)
Song of the Year“Killing Me Softly With His Song,” Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, songwriters
Best New Artist of the YearBette Midler
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male“You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” Stevie Wonder
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female“Killing Me Softly With His Song,” Roberta Flack
Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus“Neither One of Us” (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye), Gladys Knight and the Pips
Best Pop Instrumental Performance“Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001),” Eumir Deodato
Best Rhythm and Blues Song“Superstition,” Stevie Wonder, songwriter
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male“Superstition,” Stevie Wonder
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female“Master of Eyes,” Aretha Franklin
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus“Midnight Train to Georgia,” Gladys Knight and the Pips
Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance“Hang on Sloopy,” Ramsey Lewis
Best Jazz Performance By a SoloistGod Is in the House, Art Tatum
Best Jazz Performance By a GroupSupersax Plays Bird, Supersax
Best Jazz Performance By a Big BandGiant Steps, Woody Herman
Best Country Song“Behind Closed Doors,” Kenny O'Dell, songwriter
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male“Behind Closed Doors,” Charlie Rich
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female“Let Me Be There,” Olivia Newton-John
Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group“From the Bottle to the Bottom,” Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
Best Country Instrumental Performance“Dueling Banjos,” Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell
Best Gospel PerformanceRelease Me (From My Sin), Blackwood Brothers
Best Soul Gospel Performance“Loves Me Like a Rock,” Dixie Hummingbirds
Best Inspirational PerformanceLet's Just Praise the Lord, Bill Gaither Trio
Best Ethnic or Traditional RecordingThen and Now, Doc Watson (United Artists)
Best Instrumental Arrangement“Summer in the City,” Quincy Jones, arranger
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist“Live and Let Die,” George Martin, arranger
Best Instrumental Composition“Last Tango in Paris,” Gato Barbiera, composer
Best Score From an Original Cast Show AlbumA Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim, composer
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television SpecialJonathan Livingston Seagull, Neil Diamond, composer
Album of the Year, ClassicalBartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Pierre Boulez conducting New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Columbia)
Best Classical Performance, OrchestraBartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Pierre Boulez conducting New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Best Chamber Music PerformanceJoplin, The Red Back Book, Gunther Schuller and the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (With Orchestra)Beethoven, Concerti (5) for Piano and Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy; Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (Without Orchestra)Scriabin, Horowitz Plays Scriabin, Vladimir Horowitz
Best Opera RecordingBizet, Carmen, Leonard Bernstein conducting The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Manhattan Opera Chorus; solos: Horne, McCracken, Maliponte and Krause (Deutsche Grammophon/Polydor)
Best Choral Performance, ClassicalWalton, Belshazzar's Feast, André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra; Arthur Oldham conducting London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Best Classical Vocal Soloist PerformancePuccini, Heroines (La Bohème, Tosca, Manon Lescaut), Leontyne Price; Downes conducting New Philharmonia
Best Comedy RecordingLos Cochinos, Cheech and Chong (Ode)
Best Spoken Word RecordingJonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Harris (Columbia)
Best Recording for ChildrenSesame Street Live, Sesame Street cast (Columbia)
Best Album PackageTommy, Wilkes and Braun, Inc., art director (Ode)
Best Album NotesGod Is in the House, Dan Morgenstern, annotator (Onyx)
Best Album Notes, ClassicalHindemith, Sonatas for Piano (Complete), Glenn Gould, annotator (Columbia)
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