1968 Grammy Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
| Record of the Year | “Mrs. Robinson,” Simon and Garfunkel |
| Album of the Year | By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Glen Campbell (Capitol) |
| Song of the Year | “Little Green Apples,” Bobby Russell, songwriter |
| Best New Artist of 1968 | José Feliciano |
| Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Male | “Light My Fire,” José Feliciano |
| Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Female | “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” Dionne Warwick |
| Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Duo or Group | “Mrs. Robinson,” Simon and Garfunkel |
| Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Chorus | “Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood” (medley), Alan Copeland Singers |
| Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Instrumental | “Classical Gas,” Mason Williams |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song | (Sittin' On) “The Dock of the Bay,” Otis Redding and Steve Cropper, songwriters |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male | (Sittin' On) “The Dock of the Bay,” Otis Redding |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female | “Chain of Fools,” Aretha Franklin |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental | “Cloud Nine,” The Temptations |
| Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group | Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Bill Evans Trio |
| Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group | “And His Mother Called Him Bill,” Duke Ellington |
| Best Country Song | “Little Green Apples,” Bobby Russell, songwriter |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male | “Folsom Prison Blues,” Johnny Cash |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female | “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” Jeannie C. Riley |
| Best Country Performance, Duo or Group Vocal or Instrumental | “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” Flatt and Scruggs |
| Best Sacred Performance | “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,” Jack Hess |
| Best Gospel Performance | The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans, Happy Goodman Family |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance | “The Soul of Me,” Dottie Rambo |
| Best Folk Performance | “Both Sides Now,” Judy Collins |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement | “Classical Gas,” Mike Post, arranger |
| Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | “MacArthur Park,” Jimmy L. Webb, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Theme | “Classical Gas,” Mason Williams, composer |
| Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album | Hair, Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt MacDermott, composers (RCA) |
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | The Graduate, Paul Simon and Dave Grusin, composers |
| Best Classical Performance, Orchestra | Boulez Conducts Debussy, Pierre Boulez conducting New Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Gabrieli, Canzoni for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ, E. Power Biggs with Edward Tarr Ensemble and Gabrieli Consort; Vittorio Negri, conductor |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With or Without Orchestra) | Horowitz on Television, Vladimir Horowitz |
| Best Opera Recording | Mozart, Cosi fan tutte, Erich Leinsdorf conducting New Philharmonia Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus; solos: Price, Raskin, Troyanos, Milnes, Shirley and Flagello (RCA) |
| Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) | The Glory of Gabrieli, Vittorio Negri conducting Gregg Smith Singers and Texas Boys Choir; George Bragg directing Edward Tarr Ensemble with E. Power Biggs |
| Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance | Rossini Rarities, Montserrat Caballe; Carlo Felice Cillario conducting RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
| Best Comedy Recording | To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With, Bill Cosby (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Spoken Word Recording | Lonesome Cities, Rod McKuen (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts) |
| Best Album Cover | Underground, John Berg and Richard Mantel, art directors (Columbia) |
| Best Album Notes | Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash, annotator |
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