Grammy Awards of 1968

The 10th Grammy Awards were held in 1968. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1967.

Award winners:

• Record of the Year
• Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Album of the Year
• George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Song of the Year
• Jimmy L. Webb (songwriter) for "Up, Up and Away" performed by 5th Dimension
• Best New Artist
• Bobbie Gentry

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• Boris Karloff for Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
• Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka Suites
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price, & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna, Volume 2
• Best Opera Recording
• Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl & the Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Berg: Wozzeck
• Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
• Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)
• Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Orff: Catulli Carmina
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
• Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin)
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin for West Meets East
• Album of the Year, Classical
• John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
• Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, Choeur Nationale de Paris & the Orchestra of Paris National Opera for Berg: Wozzeck

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
• Bill Cosby for Revenge

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme
• Lalo Schifrin (composer) for "Mission: Impossible"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Show
• Lalo Schifrin (composer) for Mission: Impossible
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
• Burt Bacharach (arranger) for Alfie
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement
• Jimmie Haskell (arranger) for "Ode to Billie Joe" performed by Bobbie Gentry

Country

• Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female
• Tammy Wynette for "I Don't Wanna Play House"
• Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male
• Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
• Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio or Group (Vocal or Instrumental)
• Johnny Cash & June Carter for "Jackson"
• Best Country & Western Recording
• Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
• Best Country & Western Song
• John Hartford (songwriter) for "Gentle on My Mind" performed by Glen Campbell

Folk

• Best Folk Performance
• John Hartford for Gentle On My Mind

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance
• Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers Quartet for More Grand Old Gospel
• Best Sacred Performance
• Elvis Presley for How Great Thou Art

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
• Cannonball Adderly Mercy, Mercy, Mercy performed by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
• Duke Ellington for "Far East Suite"

Musical Show

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
• Fred Ebb, John Kander (composers), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast (Joel Grey, Jill Haworth, Lotte Lenya, Jack Gilford & Bert Convy) for Cabaret

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
• Jann Haworth & Peter Blake (art directors) for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band performed by The Beatles
• Best Album Cover, Photography
• Robert Cato & John Berg (art directors) & Roland Scherman (photographer) for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits performed by Bob Dylan
• Best Album Notes
• John D. Loudermilk (notes writer) for Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse performed by John D. Loudermilk

Pop

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
• Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
• Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
• 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Best Performance by a Chorus
• Johnny Mann for "Up, Up and Away" performed by the Johnny Mann Singers
• Best Instrumental Performance
• Chet Atkins for Chet Atkins Picks the Best
• Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance
• Bobbie Gentry for "Ode to Billie Joe"
• Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance
• Glen Campbell for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
• Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental)
• 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Best Contemporary Single
• Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers) & 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"
• Best Contemporary Album
• George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
• Geoff E. Emerick (engineer) for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band performed by The Beatles
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• Edward T. Graham (engineer) & the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for The Glorious Sound of Brass

R&B

• Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Female
• Aretha Franklin for "Respect"
• Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male
• Lou Rawls for "Dead End Street"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
• Sam & Dave for "Soul Man"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
• Aretha Franklin for "Respect"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
• Everett M. Dirksen for Gallant Men

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