title: 14th Annual Grammy Awards
text: # 14th Annual Grammy Awards
  
  The 14th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 14, 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States by ABC; the following year, they would move the telecasts to CBS, where they remain to this date. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1971.
  
  ## Award winners
  
  ### General field
  
  * Record of the Year
     * Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for "It's Too Late"
  * Album of the Year
     * Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for Tapestry
  * Song of the Year
     * Carole King (songwriter) for "You've Got a Friend"
  * Best New Artist
     * Carly Simon
  
  ### Children's
  
  * Best Recording for Children
     * Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs
  
  ### Classical
  
  * Best Classical Performance – Orchestra
     * Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D
  * Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
     * Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann
  * Best Opera Recording
     * Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Grace Bumbry, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Ruggero Raimondi, the John Aldis Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for Verdi: Aida
  * Best Choral Performance, Classical
     * Colin Davis (conductor), Russell Burgess, Arthur Oldham (choir directors) the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Requiem
  * Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
     * André Previn (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar
  * Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
     * Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
  * Best Chamber Music Performance
     * The Juilliard String Quartet for Debussy: Quartet in G Minor/Ravel: Quartet in F
  * Album of the Year, Classical
     * Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
  
  ### Comedy
  
  * Best Comedy Recording
     * Lily Tomlin for This Is a Recording
  
  ### Composing and arranging
  
  * Best Instrumental Composition
     * Michel LeGrand (composer) for "Theme From Summer of '42"
  * Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
     * Isaac Hayes (composer) for Shaft
  * Best Instrumental Arrangement
     * Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen (arrangers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
  * Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
     * Paul McCartney (arranger) for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" performed by Paul & Linda McCartney
  
  ### Country
  
  * Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
     * Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
  * Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
     * Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
  * Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
     * Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty for "After the Fire Is Gone"
  * Best Country Instrumental Performance
     * Chet Atkins for "Snowbird"
  * Best Country Song
     * Kris Kristofferson (songwriter) for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Sammi Smith
  
  ### Folk
  
  * Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
     * Muddy Waters for They Call Me Muddy Waters
  
  ### Gospel
  
  * Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)
     * 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 Performance by a Soloist
     * Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio
  * Best Jazz Performance by a Group
     * Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio
  * Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
     * Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite"
  
  ### Musical show
  
  * Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
     * Stephen Schwartz (composer & producer) & the original cast for Godspell
  
  ### Packaging and notes
  
  * Best Album Cover
     * Dean O. Torrence (art director) & Gene Brownell (photographer) for Pollution performed by Pollution
  * Best Album Notes
     * Sam Samudio (notes writer) for Sam, Hard and Heavy performed by Sam Samudio
  
  ### Pop
  
  * Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
     * Carole King for Tapestry
  * Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
     * James Taylor for "You've Got a Friend"
  * Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
     * The Carpenters for Carpenters
  * Best Pop Instrumental Performance
     * Quincy Jones for Smackwater Jack
  
  ### Production and engineering
  
  * Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
     * Henry Bush, Ron Capone & Dave Purple (engineers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
  * Best Classical Engineered Recording
     * Vittorio Negri (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Requiem
  
  ### R&B
  
  * Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
     * Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
  * Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
     * Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man"
  * Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group
     * Ike & Tina Turner for "Proud Mary"
  * Best Rhythm & Blues Song
     * Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine"
  
  ### Spoken
  
  * Best Spoken Word Recording
     * Les Crane for Desiderata
  