12th Annual Grammy Awards
The 12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969.Award winners
- Record of the Year
- *Bones Howe & The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
- Album of the Year
- *James William Guercio & Blood, Sweat & Tears for Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Song of the Year
- *Joe South for "Games People Play"
- Best New Artist
- *Crosby, Stills & Nash
Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- *Peter, Paul and Mary for Peter, Paul and Mommy
Classical
- Best Classical Performance, Orchestra
- *Pierre Boulez & the Cleveland Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"
- Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical
- *Thomas Schippers, Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia for Barber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915
- Best Opera Recording
- *Otto Gerdes, Herbert von Karajan, Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Siegfried
- Best Choral Performance, Classical
- *Luciano Berio, Ward Swingle, the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Berio: Sinfonia
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
- *Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- * The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli
- Album of the Year, Classical
- *Rachel Elkind & Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach
Comedy
- Best Comedy Recording
- *Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby, aka Sports.
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Theme
- *John Barry for Midnight Cowboy
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
- *Burt Bacharach for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- *Henry Mancini for "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist
- *Fred Lipsius for "Spinning Wheel" performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears
Country
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- *Tammy Wynette for Stand By Your Man
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- *Johnny Cash for A Boy Named Sue
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
- *Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for MacArthur Park
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- *The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis for The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
- Best Country Song
- *Shel Silverstein for A Boy Named Sue performed by Johnny Cash
Folk
- Best Folk Performance
- *Joni Mitchell for Clouds
Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance
- *Porter Wagoner & the Blackwood Brothers for In Gospel Country
- Best Soul Gospel Performance
- *Edwin Hawkins for Oh Happy Day performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
- Best Sacred Performance
- *Jake Hess for Ain't That Beautiful Singing
Jazz
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
- *Wes Montgomery for Willow Weep for Me
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
- *Quincy Jones for Walking in Space
Musical show
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
- *Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Henry Jerome, Phil Ramone & the original cast for Promises, Promises
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Cover
- *David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish for America the Beautiful performed by Gary McFarland
- Best Album Notes
- *Johnny Cash for Nashville Skyline performed by Bob Dylan
Pop
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
- *Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?"
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
- *Harry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'"
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group
- *The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
- Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus
- *Percy Faith for "Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus
- Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
- *Blood, Sweat & Tears for "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie"
- Best Contemporary Song
- *Joe South for "Games People Play"
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- *Geoff E. Emerick & Phil McDonald for Abbey Road performed by The Beatles
- Best Engineered Recording, Classical
- * Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach
R&B
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- *Aretha Franklin for "Share Your Love With Me"
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- *Joe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
- *Isley Brothers for "It's Your Thing"
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- *King Curtis for "Games People Play"
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- *Richard Spencer for "Color Him Father" performed by The Winstons
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Recording
- *Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter for We Love You Call Collect