Grammy Awards of 1972

• Record of the Year
  • Carole King & Lou Adler[?] (producers) for "It's Too Late" performed by Carole King

• Album of the Year
  • Carole King & Lou Adler[?] (producers) for Tapestry performed by Carole King

• Song of the Year
  • Carole King for "You've Got A Friend"

• Best New Artist
  • Carly Simon

Children's

• Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken[?]
  • Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs

Classical

• Best Classical Album[?]
  • Richard Killough[?] & Thomas Frost[?] (producers) for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) performed by Vladimir Horowitz
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance[?]
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini[?]
• Best Opera Recording[?]
  • John Alldis Choir[?] & the London Symphony Orchestra for Verdi: Aida conducted by Erich Leinsdorf[?]
• Best Choral Performance, Classical[?]
  • Wandsworth School Boys Choir[?] & the London Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Requiem conducted by Colin Davis
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)[?]
  • Julian Bream[?] for Villa-Lobos: Concerto For Guitar
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)[?]
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
• Best Chamber Music Performance[?]
  • Juilliard String Quartet[?] for Debussy: Quartet In G Minor/Ravel: Quartet In F
• Best Classical Vocal Performance[?]
  • Leontyne Price[?] for Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
  • Lily Tomlin for This Is A Recording

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)[?]
  • Michel LeGrand[?] for "Theme From Summer Of '42"
• Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television[?]
  • Isaac Hayes for Shaft
• Best Instrumental Arrangement[?]
  • Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen[?] (arrangers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)[?]
  • Paul McCartney (arranger) for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" performed by Paul & Linda McCartney

Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance[?]
  • Sammi Smith[?] for "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Jerry Reed[?] for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[?]
  • Conway Twitty[?] & Loretta Lynn for "After The Fire Is Gone"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Chet Atkins for "Snowbird"
• Best Country Song
  • Kris Kristofferson for "Help Me Make It Through The Night"

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording[?]
  • Muddy Waters for They Call Me Muddy Waters

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance[?]
  • Charley Pride[?] for "Let Me Live"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance[?]
  • Shirley Caesar[?] for Put Your Hand In The Hand Of The Man From Galilee
• Best Sacred Performance[?]
  • Charley Pride[?] for Did You Think To Pray

Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist[?]
  • Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio[?],
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group[?]
  • Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio[?],
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance[?]
  • Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite"

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album[?]
  • Stephen Schwartz[?] (producer) for Godspell performed by Original Cast

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography[?]
  • Gene Brownell[?] (photographer) for Pollution performed by Pollution
• Best Album Notes[?]
  • Sam Samudio[?] for Sam, Hard And Heavy

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Carole King for Tapestry
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • James Taylor for "You've Got A Friend"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Richard Carpenter for Carpenters performed by the Carpenters[?]
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Quincy Jones for Smackwater Jack

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical[?]
  • Ron Capone[?] (engineer) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes,
• Best Classical Engineered Recording[?]
  • Vittorio Negri[?] (engineer) for Berlioz: Requiem performed by the Wandsworth School Boys Choir[?] & the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis

R&B

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Lou Rawls[?] for "A Natural Man"
• Best R&B Song
  • Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine"
• Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental[?]
  • Ike And Tina Turner[?] for "Proud Mary"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album[?]
  • Les Crane[?] for Desiderata

Other Grammy Award Years

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