Who were the Grammy Award winners 40 years ago?
The 10th Grammy Awards were (for recordings in the year 1967:)
Album of the Year: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles,
George Martin (producer)
Record of the Year: “Up, Up and Away” by The 5th Dimension,
Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers)
Song of the Year: “Up, Up and Away” by the 5th Dimension,
Jimmy L. Webb (songwriter)
Contemporary Album:
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts:
Peter Blake, Jann Haworth for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Best Engineered Recording:
G.E. Emerick for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Contemporary Single, Contemporary Vocal Group AND Group Vocal Performance:
“Up, Up, and Away” by the 5th Dimension
Best New Artist - Best Vocal Performance, Female AND Female Contemporary Vocal Solo: Bobbie Gentry for “Ode to Billie Joe” (she bested Jefferson Airplane and the 5th Dimension, who were also nominated in the New Artist catagory)
Best Comedy Performance: Bill Cosby for his Revenge album
Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio or Group:
Johnny Cash & June Carter for “Jackson”
Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Female AND Best Rhythm & Blues Recording:
Aretha Franklin for “Respect”
Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male: Lou Rawls for “Dead End …

According to Billboard Magazine, the hit record charts looked something like this in 1968:
Hot 100 Singles:
“Hey Jude” - The Beatles *
“Love is Blue (L’Amour Est Bleu)” - Paul Mauriat *
“(What A) Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong *
“(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” - Otis Redding *
“Honey” - Bobby Goldsboro
“People Got To Be Free” - The Rascals *
Hot R&B Singles:
“Say It Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud” - James Brown
“Slip Away” - Clarence Carter *
“(Sittin’ On The) Dock of the Bay” - Otis Redding *
“Grazing In The Grass” - Hugh Masekela *
“You’re All I Need To Get By” - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Hot Country Songs:
“Folsom Prison Blues” - Johnny Cash *
“Skip A Rope” - Henson Cargill
“D-I-V-O-R-C-E” - Tammy Wynette
“Mama Tried” - Merle Haggard
“A World Of Our Own” - Sonny James
*I’ve got eight in my memory. How many of these do YOU remember?
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