The 12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969. Award winners Record of the Year Bones Howe (producer) & The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" Album of the Year James William Guercio (producer) & Blood, Sweat & Tears for Blood, Sweat & Tears Song of the Year Joe South for "Games People Play" Best New Artist Crosby, Stills & Nash Children's Best Recording for Children Peter, Paul and Mary for Peter, Paul and Mommy Classical Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre" Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical Thomas Schippers (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia for Barber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915 Best Opera Recording Otto Gerdes (producer), Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Siegfried Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Berio: Sinfonia Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach Best Chamber Music Performance The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli Album of the Year, Classical Rachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach Comedy Best Comedy Recording Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby, aka Sports. Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Theme John Barry (composer) for Midnight Cowboy Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Burt Bacharach (composer) for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Best Instrumental Arrangement Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Fred Lipsius (arranger) for "Spinning Wheel" performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears Country Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Tammy Wynette for Stand By Your Man Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Johnny Cash for A Boy Named Sue Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for MacArthur Park Best Country Instrumental Performance The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis for The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds Best Country Song Shel Silverstein (songwriter) for A Boy Named Sue performed by Johnny Cash Folk Best Folk Performance Joni Mitchell for Clouds Gospel Best Gospel Performance Porter Wagoner &