The 9th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 2, 1967, at Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1966. The 9th Grammy Awards is notable for not presenting the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Frank Sinatra won 5 awards. Award winners Record of the Year Jimmy Bowen (producer) & Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night" Album of the Year Sonny Burke (producer) & Frank Sinatra for A Man and His Music Song of the Year John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) for "Michelle" performed by The Beatles Children's Best Recording for Children Marvin Miller for Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran the Zoo" and "Sleep Book" Classical Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra) Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna (Works of Barber, Purcell, etc.) Best Opera Recording Georg Solti (conductor), Régine Crespin, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Die Walkure Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera) Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Handel: Messiah George Bragg (conductor), Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers, the Ithaca College Concert Choir, the Texas Boys Choir & the Columbia Chamber Orchestra for Ives: Music for Chorus Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) Julian Bream for Baroque Guitar (Works of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, etc.) Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal Boston Symphony Chamber Players for Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston Album of the Year - Classical Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor Comedy Best Comedy Performance Bill Cosby for Wonderfulness Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Theme Neal Hefti (composer) for "Batman Theme" Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show Maurice Jarre (composer) for Dr. Zhivago Best Instrumental Arrangement Herb Alpert (arranger) for "What Now My Love" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist Ernie Freeman (arranger) for "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra Country Best Country & Western Vocal Performance