The 17th Grammy Awards were held in 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1974.

Children's

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

  • Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
    • Merle Watson for Two Days in November performed by Merle Watson & Doc Watson

Gospel

  • Best Gospel Performance
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance
    • James Cleveland for In the Ghetto performed by James Cleveland with the Southern California Community Choir
  • Best Inspirational Performance
Jazz

Musical Show
  • Best Musical Show Album
    • Robert Brittan (composer) & Thomas Z. Shepard (producer)for Raisin performed by Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin

Packaging and Notes

  • Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
    • Christopher Whorf & Ed Thrasher (art directors) for Come and Gone performed by Mason Proffit
  • Best Album Notes
  • Best Album Notes, Classical
    • Rory Guy (notes writer) for Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold conducted by Ulf Hoelscher/Willy Mattes

Pop

Production and engineering

  • Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
    • Thom Bell
  • Best Classical Engineered Recording
R&B

Spoken


Other Grammy Award Years

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