15th Annual Grammy Awards

The 15th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 3, 1973, at the Tennessee Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee. The event was the first Grammy ceremony not to be held in either New York City or Los Angeles (the 64th Grammys, staged in Las Vegas in 2022, would be the second). The 15th Grammys were also the first to be broadcast live on CBS, who would carry every Grammy telecast through 2026.

Performers

Presenters

The 5th Dimension - Best New Artist

Loretta Lynn & Eddy Arnold - Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Johnny Mann & Moms Mabley - Best R&B by a Duo or Group

Roger Miller & Bobbie Gentry - Best Country Performance Female

David Clayton Thomas & Aretha Franklin - Best Pop Vocal Performance Male

Joey Heatherton & Rod McKuen - Best Pop Vocal Performance Female

Andy Williams - Song of the Year

Harry Nilsson & Ringo Starr - Best R&B Vocal Performance Male

Johnny Mathis & Dusty Springfield - Album of the Year

Art Garfunkel - Record of the Year

Award winners

Record of the Year

Joel Dorn (producer) & Roberta Flack for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" performed by Roberta Flack

Album of the Year

George Harrison (producer & artist), Phil Spector (producer), Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr & Klaus Voormann for The Concert for Bangladesh

Song of the Year

Ewan MacColl (songwriter) for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" performed by Roberta Flack

Best New Artist

America

Children's

Best Recording for Children

Christopher Cerf, Lee Chamberlin, Joe Raposo (producers), Bill Cosby & Rita Moreno for The Electric Company

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for Brahms: Die Schöne Magelone

Best Opera Recording

Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor) the BBC Symphony Orchestra & various artists for Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini

Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)

Georg Solti (conductor), the Vienna Boys' Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & various artists for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)

Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)

Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Chopin

Best Chamber Music Performance

Julian Bream & John Christopher Williams for Julian and John (Works by Lawes, Carulli, Albéniz, Granados)

Best Classical Album

David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), various artists, the Vienna Boys' Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording

George Carlin for FM & AM

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

Michel Legrand (composer) for "Brian's Song"

Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special

Nino Rota (composer) for The Godfather

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Don Ellis (arranger) for "Theme From The French Connection" performed by the Don Ellis Big Band

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Michel Legrand (arranger) for "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" performed by Sarah Vaughan

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

Donna Fargo for "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA"

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

Charley Pride for Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs

Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group

The Statler Brothers for "Class of '57"

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Charlie McCoy for Charlie McCoy/The Real McCoy

Best Country Song

Ben Peters (songwriter) for "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" performed by Charley Pride

Folk

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)

Muddy Waters for The London Muddy Waters Sessions

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance

The Blackwood Brothers for L-O-V-E

Best Soul Gospel Performance

Aretha Franklin for Amazing Grace

Best Inspirational Performance

Elvis Presley for He Touched Me

Jazz

Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist

Gary Burton for Alone at Last

Best Best Jazz Performance by a Group

Freddie Hubbard for First Light

Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band

Duke Ellington for Togo Brava Suite

Musical show

Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album

Micki Grant (composer), Jerry Ragovoy (producer) & the original cast (Alex Bradford, Hope Clarke & Bobby Hill) for Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

Packaging and notes

Best Album Cover

Acy R. Lehman (art director) & Harvey Dinnerstein (graphic artist) for The Siegel–Schwall Band performed by the Siegel–Schwall Band

Best Album Notes

Tom T. Hall for Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits

Best Album Notes - Classical

James Lyons (notes writer) for Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony) conducted by André Previn

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Helen Reddy for "I am Woman"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

Harry Nilsson for "Without You"

Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus

Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack for "Where Is the Love"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance by an Instrumental Performer

Billy Preston for "Outa-Space"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring

Isaac Hayes for Black Moses

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

Armin Steiner (engineer) for Moods performed by Neil Diamond

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson (engineers) Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Aretha Franklin for Young, Gifted and Black

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

Billy Paul for "Me and Mrs.