Grammy Awards per l'anno 1968
L'11° Grammy Awards fu tenuto il 12 Marzo 1969. I
riconoscimenti riguardavano le realizzazioni dei musicisti per l'anno
precedente.
    - Record of the Year 
            - Paul Simon & Roy Halee (producers) &
                Simon and 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 
    
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
                Caballe & 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 and 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 P.T.A."
            
 
- 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 MacDermott, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (composers),
                Andy Wiswell (producer), Ronnie Dyson, Gerome
                Ragni and the original cast for Hair 
 
Packaging and Notes 
    - Best Album Cover 
            - John Berg, Richard Mantel (art directors), Horn
                Grinner Studios (photographer) for Underground
                performed by Thelonius Monk 
 
- Best Album Notes 
            - Johnny Cash for Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
            
 
Pop 
    - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance 
            - Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know the Way to
                San Jose?" 
 
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance 
            - Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire" 
 
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal 
            - Simon & Garfunkel; for "Mrs. Robinson"
            
 
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance 
            - Mason Williams for "Classical Gas" 
 
- Best Performance by a Chorus 
            - Alan Copeland for "Mission Impossible/Norwegian
                Wood" performed by the Alan Copeland Singers
            
 
Production and engineering 
    - Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical 
            - Hugh Davies & Joe Polito (engineers) for
                "Wichita Lineman" performed by Glen
                Campbell 
 
- Best Classical Engineered Recording 
            - Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti & the
                London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler:
                Symphony No. 9 in D conducted by Georg Solti
            
 
R&B 
    - Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance , Vocal or
        Instrumental; 
            - Temptations for "Cloud Nine" 
 
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; 
            - Aretha Franklin for "Chain of Fools" 
 
- Best Male R&B Vocal Performance; 
            - Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of
                the Bay" 
 
- Best R&B 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
 
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