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What happened in history on this day: February 29?
On February 29 in ...
- 1968 - NBC airs "The Best On Record: The GRAMMY Awards Show", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 10th Annual Grammy Awards.
- Record of the Year: 5th Dimension for "Up, Up And Away";
- Album of the Year: The Beatles and George Martin for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band";
- Song of the Year: Jimmy L. Webb for "Up, Up And Away";
- Best Instrumental Theme: Lalo Schifrin for "Mission: Impossible";
- Best Vocal Performance, Female: Bobbie Gentry for "Ode To Billie Joe";
- Best Vocal Performance, Male: Glen Campbell for "By The Time I Get To Phoenix";
- Best Instrumental Performance: Chet Atkins for "Chet Atkins Picks The Best";
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group: The 5th Dimension for "Up, Up And Away";
- Best Performance by a Chorus: Johnny Mann Singers for "Up, Up And Away";
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Show: Lalo Schifrin for "Mission: Impossible";
- Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album: Fred Ebb, John Kander, and Goddard Lieberson for "Cabaret";
- Best Comedy Recording: Bill Cosby for "Revenge";
- Best New Artist: Bobbie Gentry;
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist with Small Group: Cannonball Adderley for "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy";
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group: Duke Ellington for "Far East Suite";
- Best Contemporary Single: 5th Dimension for "Up, Up And Away";
- Best Contemporary Album: The Beatles and George Martin for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band";
- Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance: Bobbie Gentry for "Ode To Billie Joe";
- Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance: Glen Campbell for "By The Time I Get To Phoenix";
- Best Contemporary Group Performance (vocal or instrumental): 5th Dimension for "Up, Up And Away";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Recording: Aretha Franklin for "Respect";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Respect";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Male: Lou Rawls for "Dead End Street";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental: Sam And Dave for "Soul Man";
- Best Sacred Performance: Elvis Presley for "How Great Thou Art";
- Best Gospel Performance: Porter Wagoner And The Blackwood Brothers Quartet for "More Grand Old Gospel";
- Best Folk Performance: John Hartford for "Gentle On My Mind";
- Best Country and Western Recording: Glen Campbell for "Gentle On My Mind";
- Best Country and Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female: Tammy Wynette for "I Don't Wanna Play House";
- Best Country and Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male: Glen Campbell for "Gentle On My Mind";
- Best Country and Western Performance Duet, Trio or Group (vocal or instrumental): Johnny Cash and June Carter for "Jackson";
- Best Country and Western Song: John Hartford for "Gentle On My Mind";
- Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording: Everett M. Dirksen for "Gallant Men";
- Best Recording for Children: Boris Karloff for "Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas";
- Best Instrumental Arrangement: Burt Bacharach for "Alfie";
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s): Jimmie Haskell for "Ode To Billie Joe";
- Best Engineered Recording - Non-classical: Geoff E. Emerick for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band";
- Best Engineered Recording, Classical: Edward T. Graham for "The Glorious Sound Of Brass";
- Best Album Cover, Photography: Bob Cato, John Berg, and Roland Scherman for "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits";
- Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts: Jann Haworth and Peter Blake for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band";
- Best Album Notes: John D. Loudermilk for "Suburban Attitudes In Country Verse";
- Album of the Year, Classical: Pierre Boulez for "Berg: Wozzeck", and Leonard Bernstein for "Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand)";
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra: Igor Stravinsky for "Stravinsky: Firebird And Petrouchka Suites";
- Best Chamber Music Performance: Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin for "West Meets East";
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra): Vladimir Horowitz for "Horowitz In Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin)";
- Best Opera Recording: Pierre Boulez and Thomas Z. Shepard for "Berg: Wozzeck";
- Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera): Leonard Bernstein for "Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major (Symphony Of A Thousand)", and Eugene Ormandy and Robert Page for "Orff: Catulli Carmina".
- 1968 - Howard Hanson's 6th Symphony premieres.
Births on February 29
- 1904 - Birth of Jimmy Dorsey in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Stage Show TV show, "So Rare" song).
- 1916 - Birth of Dinah Shore AKA Frances Rose Shore in Winchester, Tennessee, USA; singer (80 charted hits in the 1940s and 1950s, four decades in television, Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV show, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street radio show, The Eddie Cantor Show radio show, nine Emmy awards, one Peabody Award, one Golden Globe award).
- 1940 - Birth of Gretchen Christopher in Olympia, Washington, USA; American pop singer/songwriter, founder and female lead of The Fleetwoods ("Come Softly To Me", "Mr Blue").
- 1956 - Birth of Randy Jackson; rocker (Zebra - "Tell Me What You Want").
Deaths on February 29
- 1916 - Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor/composer (Parisina), dies at age 62.
- 1996 - Death of Wes Farrell of cancer at age 56; writer-producer (The Partridge Family TV show), songwriter ("Hang On Sloopy" song).
- 2000 - Death of Dennis Danell, American musician (Social Distortion) (born 1961).
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