11th Annual Grammy Awards

The 11th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 12, 1969. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1968.

Award winners

 * Record of the Year
 * Paul Simon & Roy Halee (producers) & Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"
 * Album of the Year
 * Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for By the Time I Get to Phoenix
 * Song of the Year
 * Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith
 * Best New Artist
 * José Feliciano

Classical

 * Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
 * Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)
 * Best Vocal Soloist Performance
 * Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor), Montserrat Caballé & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Rossini: Rarities
 * Best Opera Recording
 * Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Ezio Flagello, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Judith Raskin, George Shirley, Tatiana Troyanos & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
 * Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
 * Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg Smith, (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers & the Texas Boys Choir for The Glory of Gabrieli
 * Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
 * Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz on Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz)
 * Best Chamber Music Performance
 * Vittorio Negri (conductor), E. Power Biggs & the Edward Tarr Ensemble for Glory of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ

Comedy

 * Best Comedy Performance
 * Bill Cosby for To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With

Composing and arranging

 * Best Instrumental Theme
 * Mason Williams (composer) for "Classical Gas"
 * Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
 * Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (composers) for The Graduate performed by Simon & Garfunkel
 * Best Instrumental Arrangement
 * Mike Post (arranger) for "Classical Gas" performed by Mason Williams
 * Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
 * Jimmy L. Webb (arranger) for "MacArthur Park" performed by Richard Harris

Country

 * Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
 * Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley PTA"
 * Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
 * Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues"
 * Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental
 * Flatt & Scruggs for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
 * Best Country Song
 * Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith

Folk

 * Best Folk Performance
 * Judy Collins for "Both Sides Now"

Gospel

 * Best Gospel Performance
 * The Happy Goodman Family for The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans
 * Best Soul Gospel Performance
 * Dottie Rambo for "The Soul of Me"
 * Best Sacred Performance
 * Jake Hess for "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"

Jazz

 * Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
 * Bill Evans for Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival performed by the Bill Evans Trio
 * Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
 * Duke Ellington for "And His Mother Called Him Bill"

Musical show

 * Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
 * Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (composers), Andy Wiswell (producer) the original cast (Ronnie Dyson, Gerome Ragni, Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Diane Keaton, Melba Moore & James Rado) for Hair.

Packaging and notes

 * Best Album Cover
 * John Berg, Richard Mantell (art directors), Horn Grinner Studios (photographer) for Underground performed by Thelonious Monk
 * Best Album Notes
 * Johnny Cash (notes writer) for Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison performed by Johnny Cash

Pop

 * Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female
 * Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
 * Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male
 * Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire"
 * Best Contemporary-Pop Performance - Vocal Duo or Group
 * Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson"
 * Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Chorus
 * Alan Copeland (choir director) for "Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood Medley" performed by the Alan Copeland Singers
 * Best Pop Instrumental Performance
 * Mason Williams for "Classical Gas"

Production and engineering

 * Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
 * Hugh Davies & Joe Polito (engineers) for "Wichita Lineman" performed by Glen Campbell
 * Best Engineered Recording, Classical
 * Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D

R&B

 * Best R&B Performance, Female
 * Aretha Franklin for "Chain of Fools"
 * Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
 * Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (posthumously)
 * Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
 * The Temptations for "Cloud Nine"
 * Best Rhythm & Blues Song
 * Otis Redding & Steve Cropper (songwriters) for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" performed by Otis Redding

Spoken

 * Best Spoken Word Recording
 * Rod McKuen for Lonesome Cities