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Grammy Awards of 1972

Award winners:

* Album of the Year
o Lou Adler (producer) & Carole King for Tapestry

* Song of the Year
o Carole King (songwriter) for "You've Got a Friend"

* Best New Artist
o Carly Simon

Children's

* Best Recording for Children
o Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs

Classical

* Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
o Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D
* Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
o Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann
* Best Opera Recording
o 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
o 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)
o Andre Previn (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
o Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
* Best Chamber Music Performance
o The Juilliard String Quartet for Debussy: Quartet in G Minor/Ravel: Quartet in F
* Album of the Year, Classical
o Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)

Comedy

* Best Comedy Recording
o Lily Tomlin for This Is a Recording

Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Composition
o Michel LeGrand (composer) for "Theme From Summer of '42"
* Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
o Isaac Hayes (composer) for Shaft
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
o Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen (arrangers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
* Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
o Paul McCartney (arranger) for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" performed by Paul & Linda McCartney

Country

* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
o Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
o Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
* Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
o Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty for "After the Fire Is Gone"
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
o Chet Atkins for "Snowbird"
* Best Country Song
o Kris Kristofferson (songwriter) for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Sammi Smith

Folk

* Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
o Muddy Waters for They Call Me Muddy Waters

Gospel

* Best Gospel Performance(other than soul gospel)
o Charley Pride for "Let Me Live"
* Best Soul Gospel Performance
o Shirley Caesar for Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man From Galilee
* Best Sacred Performance
o Charley Pride for Did You Think to Pray

Jazz

* Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
o Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio
* Best Jazz Performance by a Group
o Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio
* Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
o Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite"

Musical Show

* Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
o Stephen Schwartz (composer & producer) & the original cast for Godspell

Packaging and Notes

* Best Album Cover
o Dean O. Torrence (art director) & Gene Brownell (photographer) for Pollution performed by Pollution
* Best Album Notes
o Sam Samudio (notes writer) for Sam, Hard and Heavy performed by Sam Samudio

Pop

* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
o Carole King for Tapestry
* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
o James Taylor for "You've Got a Friend"
* Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
o The Carpenters for Carpenters
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance
o Quincy Jones for Smackwater Jack

Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
o Henry Bush, Ron Capone & Dave Purple (engineers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
* Best Classical Engineered Recording
o 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
o Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
o Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group
o Ike & Tina Turner for "Proud Mary"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
o Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine"

Spoken

* Best Spoken Word Recording
o Les Crane for Desiderata