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New York Post

March 12, 1970

Grammys Go to the Moog And Blood, Sweat & Tears
By MARY CAMPBELL

The nine-man rock group Blood, Sweat and Tears, the pop song "Games People Play," and a recording of Bach played on an instrument called the Moog Synthesizer shared top honors last night when the best recordings of 1969 were announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Each of the three-Blood, Sweat and Tears: "Games People Play," and "Switched on Bach"-won three Grammys, the gramophone-shaped statuettes that are the re- cording world's equivalent of the movies' Oscars.

Blood, Sweat and Tears had been nominated for 10 Grammys, breaking Frank Sinatra's nominations record of nine for 1966. The group won the album-of-the-year award for its album titled "Blood, Sweat and Tears," despite the fact It was released in December 1968. 'The groups "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie" also won for best contemporary Instrumental performance and its "Spinning Wheel" won as best arrangement accompanying a vocalist.

"Games People Play" was judged best song of the year and best contemporary song winning for its writer Joe South, and best Rhythm-and blues Instrumental performance, winning for saxophonist King Curtis.

Classical Album
Swltched on Bach" a record by Walter Carlos performed on the Moog Syn- thesizer, was named classical album of the year, best Instrumental classical performance without orchestra and best engineered classical recording.

The best contemporary vocal performance awards to Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?" and to Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'," which is part of the soundtrack of "Midnight Cowboy."

Johnny Cash won for his Country vocal performance on "A Boy Named Sue" and for the album notes he wrote for Bob Dylan's "Nashville Skyline." "A Boy Named Sue" also won as best Country song, winning for its writer. Shel Silver- stein.

The best female Country vocal performance was Tammy Wynette's, on "Standby Your Man;" the best group country performance, Waylon Jennings and the Kim- berlys, on "MacArthur Park," and the best country instrumental, the LP, "The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds."

Crosby, Stills and Nash were named best new artists of 1969.
The pop single winner was not named. That award was being saved for announcement on "The Best on Records" TV' show May 7, on which many Grammy win- ners will perform.

Best Arrangement
"The Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" won twice, for Henry Mancini for best instrumental arrangement and for Percy Faith's orchestra and chorus as best contemporary performance by a chorus.

The Beatles' won for the best engineered recording "Abbey Road." The 5th Dimension's 'Aquarius-Let the Sunshine In" was best contemporary vocal performance by a group.
Rhythm 'n' Blues winners: Areatha Franklin, "Share Your Love With Me," best performance by a woman; Joe Simon, "The Chokin' Kind," best performance by a man; and the Isley Brothers "It's Your Thing," best performance by a group; "Color Him Father," for writer Richard Spencer, best song.

Other awards:
"Oh Happy Day" Edwin Hawkins Singers, best soul gospel. "Clouds" Joni Mitchell, best folk performance.

"Butch Cassidy and the Kid," Burt Bacharach, best score written for a movie on TV special.

"Promises, Promises," Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David best score from an original cast show album.

Peter, Paul and Mommy," Peter, Paul and Mary, best recording for children.
"Bill Cosby," best comedy record.

"We Love You Call Collect," Art Linkletter and his late daughter, Diane best recording of spoken words.

"Siegfried," conducted by Herbert von Karajan, title role sung by Jess Thomas, best opera recording.

"Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2," conductor Pierre Boulez and the Cleveland Orchestra, best orchestra performance.

"Knoxville: Summer of 1915" and 'Two Scenes from Antony and Cleopatra," Leontyne Price, best solo vocal performance.