1977 Grammy Awards
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Record of the Year | “Hotel California,” Eagles |
| Album of the Year | Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.) |
| Song of the Year (tie) | “Love Theme From A Star Is Born” (Evergreen), Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams, songwriters |
| “You Light Up My Life,” Joe Brooks, songwriter | |
| Best New Artist of the Year | Debby Boone |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | “Handy Man,” James Taylor |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | “Love Theme From A Star Is Born” (Evergreen), Barbra Streisand |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus | “How Deep Is Your Love,” Bee Gees |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Star Wars, John Williams conducting London Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song | “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,” Leo Sayer and Vini Poncia, songwriters |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male | Unmistakably Lou, Lou Rawls |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female | “Don't Leave Me This Way,” Thelma Houston |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus | “Best of My Love,” Emotions |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance | “Q,” Brothers Johnson |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance | Look to the Rainbow, Al Jarreau |
| Best Jazz Performance By a Soloist | The Giants, Oscar Peterson |
| Best Jazz Performance By a Group | The Phil Woods Six—Live From the Showboat, Phil Woods |
| Best Jazz Performance By a Big Band | Prime Time, Count Basie and His Orchestra |
| Best Country Song | “Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue,” Richard Leigh, songwriter |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male | “Lucille,” Kenny Rogers |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female | “Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue,” Crystal Gayle |
| Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group | “Heaven's Just a Sin Away,” The Kendalls |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance | Country Instrumentalist of the Year, Hargus “Pig” Robbins |
| Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational | Sail On, Imperials |
| Best Gospel Performance, Traditional | “Just a Little Talk With Jesus,” Oak Ridge Boys |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary | Wonderfull, Edwin Hawkins and the Edwin Hawkins Singers |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional | James Cleveland Live at Carnegie Hall, James Cleveland |
| Best Latin Recording | Dawn, Mongo Santamaria (Vaya) |
| Best Inspirational Performance | Home Where I Belong, B.J. Thomas |
| Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording | Hard Again, Muddy Waters (Blue Sky/CBS) |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement | “Nadia's Theme” (The Young and the Restless), Harry Betts, Perry Botkin, Jr. and Barry De Vorzon, arrangers |
| Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | “Love Theme From A Star Is Born” (Evergreen), lan Freebairn-Smith, arranger |
| Best Arrangement for Voices | “New Kid in Town,” Eagles, arrangers |
| Best Instrumental Composition | “Main Title From Star Wars,” John Williams, composer |
| Best Cast Show Album | Annie, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, composers (Columbia) |
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special | Star Wars, John Williams, composer (20th Century) |
| Album of the Year, Classical | Concert of the Century, Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Yehudi Menuhin and Lyndon Woodside (Columbia) |
| Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Schoenberg, Quartets for Strings, Juilliard Quartet |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) | Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Itzhak Perlman, violin; Itzhak Perlman conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) | Beethoven, Sonata for Piano No. 18; Schumann, Fantasiestücke, Artur Rubinstein, piano |
| Best Opera Recording | Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, John De Main conducting Sherwin M. Goldman Houston Grand Opera Production; solos: Albert, Dale, Smith, Shakesnider, Lane, Brice and Smalls (RCA) |
| Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) | Verdi, Requiem, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Margaret Hillis, choral director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus |
| Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance | Bach, Arias, Janet Baker; Neville Marriner conducting Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Best Comedy Recording | Let's Get Small, Steve Martin (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Spoken Word Recording | The Belle of Amherst, Julie Harris (Credo) |
| Best Recording for Children | Aren't You Glad You're You, Sesame Street cast and Muppets (Sesame Street) |
| Best Album Package | Simple Dreams, Kosh, art director (Asylum) |
| Best Album Notes | Bing Crosby: A Legendary Performer, George T. Simon, annotator (RCA) |
| Best Producer of the Year | Peter Asher |
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