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Hy HARVEY rXLIOTT
Entertainment Editor
Kstablishmentarianism.
That's what has engulfed the
nation's entertainment awards,
and that's what could sum up
the list of winners last week
awarded the recording
industry's drammies.
The acidheads bowed to
Glen Campbell, and "Little
Green Apples" pushed "Hey
Jude" out of the picture. And
only a token Hair was
remaining to represent the
listening public.
Like the movies' Oscars
(who begrude every bit of
praise that John Cassavetes'
non-Hollywood FACES has
won) and the Broadway stage's
Tonys (who don't recognize
the best theatre in New
York-the repertory troupes),
the Grammy-givers stay rather
pompously in a rut.
They're rather WASPish in
their tastes and quite
conservative in their praise and
recognition of hard-rock and
other "newfangled thangs."
But Awards always have
been, and always should be,
taken with a grain of salt. On
with the news.
Awards were presented last
Wednesday in 25 categories,
from Album of the Year down
to Best Sacred Performance
and Best Spoken Word
Performance.
The only remaining category
is that of Record of the Year,
which was not announced last
week and will be revealed on
the May 5 television special on
NBC called "The Best on
Record." The Academy oT
Recording V Arts s & 'Sciences
waits until after the awards are
announced to compile a variety
hour of the winning numbers.
But to provide a little suspense
this year, they're holding out
on the "biggie" award.
Competitors for the top
Record of the Year are the
following:
-"Harper Valley P.T.A.,"
by Jeannie C. Riley. This
abysmal, redneck freak show
suposedly was trying to draw
parallels between little Harper
Valley and the "Shirley
Thompsons" and such in all of
us. Ugh.
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The Graduate starred Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman
But the movie's soundtrack
who won a Grammy last week
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Simon & Garfunkel W)n Two Grammies
. ; .for "Mrs. Robinson" single and soundtrack
-"Hey Jude," by the
Beatles. Their big hit of the
year returned from the Magical
Mystery Tour with a more
traditional Lennon-McCartney
number.
-"Honey," by Bobby
Goldsboro. A more
sophisticated version of the
1958 "Speed Angel" kind of
sentimental slop. But "Honey"
has been adopted by "class"
singers (a la Andy Williams)
and has gained quite a lot more
attention than it deserves.
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Simon & Garfunkel from the
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soundtrack album and
"Bookends" (in a longer form),
introduced in THE
GRADUATE. Because it's
already won in a separate
category, and because the
grammy-givers have a tendency
to repeat themselves, it stands
a good chance for a win, along
with. . .
"Wichita Lineman," by
Glen Campbell This artist is
also a 1968 winner and, by
virtue of unanimous
enthusiasm over Campbell by
starred Paul Simon & Art Garfunke
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the Academy, will run "Mrs.
Roainson" a hard race to the
fini sh line on May 5.
Are these the five best single
records of the year, by YOUR
sUndards? You call them
unpredictable? Not really. Just
look at the other winners.
The Album of the Year
award went to Glen Campbell,
fot "Bv the Time 1 Get To
Phoenix" Capitol LP. It
contains the traditional
Campbell "Jove s-labors-lost-
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Little One,"
ove is a Lonesome River. '-
"Homeward Bound," and the
title tune.
The "Phoenix" album won
the Best Album award over
Users "Bookends" (Simon &
Garfunkel), "Feliciano!" (Jose
eliciano), "Magical Mystery
our" (The Beatles) and "A
ramp Shining" (Richard
iarris).
The Award for Song of the
Year (or Songwriter's Award,
presented to the author rather
than to the recording artist)
was a similar rjattie as lor tne
yet-announced Record of the
Year prize. But Bobby Russell
won for "Little Green Apples,"
over Tom Hall's "Harper
Valley P.T.A.," the
Lennon-McCartney "Hey
Jude," Paul Simon's "Mrs.
Robinson" and Russell's own
second-nominee, "Honey."
Now for the personalities.
The Academy named Jose
Feliciano as the Best New
Artist of 1968, eliminating the
Cream, Gary Puckett & the
Union Gap, Jeannie C. Riley
and O.C. Smith from the
competition.
Best Contemporary Pop
Female Vocal Performance.
Awarded to Dionne W7arwick,
for "Do You Know the Way to
San Jose?"
This is a puzzler. "San Jose"
was one of the less-popular
Warwick ballads, and didn't
remain high on the charts for
as long as two other nominees.
Aretha i Franklin's "1 Say A
Little Prayer" and Mary
Hopkin's "Those Were the
Days" were more popular than
Dionne's ditty and the unique
and startling freshness of the
Hopkins tune and Mary's
delivery was thought to assure
it a winning spot.
The other two
nominees Merrilee Rush's
"Angel of the Morning" and
Barbra Streisand's "Funny
Girl" (a nominee for Oscar's
Best Song, also) were never
serious contenders.
Back to Feliciano, for Best
Contemporary Pop Male Vocal
Performance. "Light my Fire."
The losers were again Bobby
Goldsboro ("Honey"), O.C.
Smith ("Little Green Apples"),
Richard Harris ("MacArthur
Park") and Glen Campbell
("Wichita Lineman").
Simon & Garfunkel won the
award for Best Performance by
a Contemporary-Pop Vocal
Duo or Group (whew!) with
their single hit "Mrs.
Robinson." This tune, very
popular because of the success
of Mrs. Robinson's movie,
occupied a comfortably
moderate position in a list of
nominees which ranged from
Blood, Sweat & Tears ("Child
is Father to the Man") to the
Lcttermen ("Goin' Out O My
HeadCan't Take My Eyes Off
You" Medley). The other two
nominees were Sergio Mendes
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& Brasil '6G (for " The Fool on
the Hill") and Gary Puckett &
the Union Gap (for "Woman,
Woman").
THE GRADUATE also won
another award for Paul Simon,
this time in the lengthily-titled
category- of Best Original Score
Written For A Motion Picture
or a Television Special
(Composer's Award).
The loser, if they thought it
worthwhile, could probably
contest Simon's prize, since
several of the song's in THE
GRADUATE'S soundtrack
were NOT composed especially
for that film, though "Mrs.
Robinson" was.
The other soundtrack
albums nominated were from
BONNIE AND CLYDE, THE
FOX, THE ODD COUPLE, and
VALLEY OF 'THE DOLLS.
HAIR won the Original
Show Cast album, and rightly
so. It was the freshest, most
original set of songs and satire
penned amongst a rather bland
year of Broadway show music.
The other nominees were
GEORGE M!, THE HAPPY
TIME, YOUR OWN THING
and JACQUES BREL IS
ALIVE AND WELL IN PARIS.
Rhythm and Blues Awards
were quite predictable
awarded to Aretha Franklin
(for "Chain of Fools") on the
female side, and to thfe late
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Otis Redding ("Sittin' on-the
Dock of the Bay"), Best Male
Performance.
Her competitors were weak
ones: Ella Washington ("He
Called Me Baby"), Barbara
Acklin ("Love Makes a
Woman"). Erma Franklin
("Piece of My Heart") and Etta
James ("Security"). Otis won
out over Stevie Wonder ("For
Once in My Life"), Joe Simon
("You Keep Me Hangin' On"),
Marvin Gaye ("I Heard It
Through the Grapevine") and
Johnnie 'Taylor ("Who's Makin'
Love").
The 'Temptations won the
Grammy for Rhythm and
Blues Duo or Group, with their
"Cloud Nine." The other
nominees were Sam & Dave ("I
Thank You"). Peggy Scott &
Jo Jo Benson ("Pickin' Wild
Mountain Berries"), The Sweet
Inspirations ("Sweet
Inspiration") and Archie Bell
& The Drells (for "'Tighten
Up").
Comedian Bill Cosby was
the winner of the award for
Best Comedy Recording, for
his LP entitled "To Russell. My
Brother, Whom 1 Slept With."
Cosby's chief competitor had
been fellow black comic Flip
Wilson, with his album "Flip.
Wilson You Devil You." Other
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Female Vocal of 68
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comedy nominees were
"Rowan and Martin Laugh-In,"
Don Rickles and "Hello
Dummy!," and "W.C. Fields
Original Voice Tracks From
Great Movies."
Passing mention of other
winners . . .
Mason W7illiams, who gave
the Best Non-Jazz Instnt mental
Performance in "Classical
Gas."
Jeannie C. Riley (yep! she
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finally got one!) as Best
Country Female Vocal
Peformanre in "Harper Valley
P.T.A."
Johnny Cash in "Folsom
Prison Blues." Best Country
Male Vocal Performance.
-Flatt & Scruggs. IW
Performance by Country Duo
or Group, for "Foggy
Mountain Breakdown."
-Judy Collins. Best Folk
Performance, "Both Sides
NOw."
Rod McKuen. Best Spoken
Word Recording. "Lonesome
Cities."
the Bill Evans Trio. Best
instrumental Small-Group Jazz
Performance, "Bill Evans at the
Monlreux Jazz Festival."
- Duke Ellington. Best
Instrumental Large-Group Jazz
Performance. "And His Mother
Called Him Bill."
Pierre Bouiez. Bebt
Classical Performance h an
Orchestra, for "Bouiez
Conducts Debussy."
It wasn't a year for the
record-breakers, or een. in
most cases, for the real
record-makers.
Just a good year for little
green apples.
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