Ray Conniff, Herb Alpert, Ray Charles win Grammys 1967

 

Ray Conniff and Herb Alpert won Grammys at the 9th annual ceremony held March 2, 1967.  

The Ray Connniff Singers won Best Performance by a Chorus for their performance of Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago). 

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass won Best Instrumental Performance (Other than Jazz) and Best Instrumental Arrangement for What Now My Love.  The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Ray Charles's performance of Crying Time won Best R&B Solo vocal Performance, Male or Female and Best Rhythm & Blues Recording.

Neal Hefti won Best Instrumental Theme for Composing and Arranging for the Batman Theme.

Somewhere My Love by Ray Conniff

Herb Alpert wins Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance 1980

Herb Alpert released his instrumental piece Rise July 1979 and won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 22nd ceremony February 27, 1980.  Alpert is the only musician to have an instrumental performance and a vocal performance enter into the Billboard Hot 100.  His first entry was This Guy's In Love With You which reached #1 in 1968.

Rise reached #1 in October 1979 and remained for two weeks.  It also reached #4 on the R&B chart, #17 on the Disco chart, and #1 for a week on the Adult Contemporary Chart.

Herb Alpert's "Rise" reaches #1 1979

Herb Alpert's Rise, a single released from his solo album Rise, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 October 20, 1979.  It remained there for two weeks.  It spent one week as #1 on the Adult Contemporary Charts, peaked at #4 on the R&B charts and #17 on the disco charts. 

It won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Billy Joel wins Album of the Year, 52nd Street 1980

The 22^nd Grammy Awards was held February 27, 1980 in Los Angeles and my man Billy Joel took home Grammy for Album of the Year and Pop Male Vocalist, 52^nd Street!  It must have been an awesome night. Look at some of the other winners:

John Williams: Best Original Score for a Motion Picture, Best Instrumental Composition – Superman

Supertramp: Best Album Package. Best Engineered Recording – Breakfast in America

Doobie Brothers: Record of the Year, Best Cast Show Album – What a Fool Believes

Charlie Daniels Band: Best C&W Performance – Duo or Group with Vocal – Devil Went Down to Georgia

Kenny Rogers: Best C&W Male Vocal Performance – The Gambler

Gloria Gaynor: Best Disco Recording – I Will Survive

Ella Fitzgerald: Best Jazz Vocal Performance – Fine and Mellow

Herb Alpert: Best Pop Instrumental Performance – Rise

Earth Wind & Fire: Best R&B Instrumental Performance – Boogie Wonderland

Donna Summer: Rock Female Vocalist – Hot Stuff

The Eagles: Best Vocal Group – Heartache Tonight

Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald: Song of the Year – What A Fool Believes

These were up against some very stiff competition!