11th Annual Grammy Awards

The 11th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 12, 1969. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1968.

11th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	March 12, 1969
Location	Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville & New York
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

Presenters

• Dan Rowan & Dick Martin - Introduced The Temptations
• Flip Wilson - Introduced Jeannie C. Riley
• The King Family - Best New Artist & Best Contemporary Male Vocal Performance and introduced Jose Feliciano
• Lou Rawls & Bobbie Gentry - Introduced Glen Campbell
• Burt Bacharach - Introduced Dionne Warwick
• Mama Cass Elliott - Introduced The Beatles
• Nancy Sinatra - Introduced Mason Williams
• Davy Jones - Introduced Bobby Goldsboro
• Don Rickles & Tiny Tim - Introduced Simon & Garfunkel
• Tommy Smothers - Introduced the cast of Hair
• Henry Mancini - Record of the Year

Performers

• The Temptations - Cloud Nine
• Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA
• Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire
• Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
• Dionne Warwick - Do You Know the Way to San Jose
• The Beatles - Hey Jude
• Mason Williams - Classical Gas
• Bobby Goldsboro - Honey
• Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
• O.C. Smith - Little Green Apples
• The Cast of Hair - Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

Award winners

• Record of the Year
  • Paul Simon & Roy Halee (producers) & Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"
• Album of the Year
  • Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for By the Time I Get to Phoenix
• Song of the Year
  • Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith
• Best New Artist
  • José Feliciano

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)
• Best Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor), Montserrat Caballé & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Rossini: Rarities
• Best Opera Recording
  • Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Ezio Flagello, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Judith Raskin, George Shirley, Tatiana Troyanos & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg Smith, (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers & the Texas Boys Choir for The Glory of Gabrieli
• Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz on Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz)
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Vittorio Negri (conductor), E. Power Biggs & the Edward Tarr Ensemble for Glory of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Bill Cosby for To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme
  • Mason Williams (composer) for "Classical Gas"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  • Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (composers) for The Graduate performed by Simon & Garfunkel
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Mike Post (arranger) for "Classical Gas" performed by Mason Williams
• Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Jimmy L. Webb (arranger) for "MacArthur Park" performed by Richard Harris

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley PTA"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues"
• Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental
  • Flatt & Scruggs for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
• Best Country Song
  • Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith

Folk

• Best Folk Performance
  • Judy Collins for "Both Sides Now"

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance
  • The Happy Goodman Family for The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans
• Best Soul Gospel Performance
  • Dottie Rambo for "The Soul of Me"
• Best Sacred Performance
  • Jake Hess for "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
  • Bill Evans for Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival performed by the Bill Evans Trio
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
  • Duke Ellington for "And His Mother Called Him Bill"

Musical show

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (composers), Andy Wiswell (producer) the original cast (Ronnie Dyson, Gerome Ragni, Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Diane Keaton, Melba Moore & James Rado) for Hair.

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover
  • John Berg, Richard Mantell (art directors), Horn Grinner Studios (photographer) for Underground performed by Thelonious Monk
• Best Album Notes
  • Johnny Cash (notes writer) for Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison performed by Johnny Cash

Pop

• Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
• Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire"
• Best Contemporary-Pop Performance - Vocal Duo or Group
  • Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"
• Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Chorus
  • Alan Copeland (choir director) for "Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood Medley" performed by the Alan Copeland Singers
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Mason Williams for "Classical Gas"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Hugh Davies & Joe Polito (engineers) for "Wichita Lineman" performed by Glen Campbell
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D

R&B

• Best R&B Performance, Female
  • Aretha Franklin for "Chain of Fools"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (posthumously)
• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
  • The Temptations for "Cloud Nine"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Otis Redding & Steve Cropper (songwriters) for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" performed by Otis Redding

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word Recording
  • Rod McKuen for Lonesome Cities