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Grammy Awards of 1968

Award winners:

* Album of the Year
o George Martin (producer) & The Beatles for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

* Song of the Year
o Jimmy L. Webb (songwriter) for "Up, Up and Away" performed by 5th Dimension

* Best New Artist
o Bobbie Gentry

Children's

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

Classical

* Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
o Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka Suites
* Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
o Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price, & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna, Volume 2
* Best Opera Recording
o 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)
o Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)
o 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)
o Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin)
* Best Chamber Music Performance
o Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin for West Meets East
* Album of the Year, Classical
o John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
o 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
o Bill Cosby for Revenge

Composing and arranging

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

Country

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

Folk

* Best Folk Performance
o John Hartford for Gentle On My Mind

Gospel

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

Jazz

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

Musical Show

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

Pop

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

Production and engineering

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

R&B

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

Spoken

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