Best Contemporary Song
1968 • 10th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1966 and Aug 30, 1967
1968 Winner is Glen Campbell with "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Nominees 1968
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Up, Up And Away
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Ode To Billie Joe
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Up, Up And Away
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By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Single)
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A Natural Woman (Single)
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A Whiter Shade Of Pale
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Insight Out (Album)
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Don't Sleep In The Subway (Single)
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Don't Sleep In The Subway (Single)
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Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Single)
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It Must Be Him (Album)
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I'm A Believer
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I Say A Little Prayer
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Child Of Clay
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Ode To Billie Joe (Single)
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Ode To Billie Joe (Album)
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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It Must Be Him
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San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
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The Letter
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Yesterday (Single)
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Yesterday (Single)
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Up, Up And Away (Album)
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Windy
Winners
| Year | Winner | Nomination | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Paul Simon | Bridge Over Troubled Water | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Ray Stevens | Everything Is Beautiful | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Dionne Warwick | I'll Never Fall In Love Again | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Carpenters | Close To You | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Henry Mancini | Theme From "Z" And Other Film Music | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Peggy Lee | Is That All There Is? | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Harry Nilsson | Everybody's Talkin' | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Joe South | Games People Play | All Nominees |
| 1970 | 5th Dimension | Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Percy Faith | Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Blood, Sweat And Tears | Variations On A Theme By Eric Satie | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Mason D. Williams | Classical Gas | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Dionne Warwick | Do You Know The Way To San Jose? | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Jose Feliciano | Light My Fire | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Alan Copeland | Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood Medley | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Simon And Garfunkel | Mrs. Robinson | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Glen Campbell | By The Time I Get To Phoenix | All Nominees |
| 1968 | 5th Dimension | Up, Up And Away | All Nominees |
| 1968 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Bobbie Gentry | Ode To Billie Joe | All Nominees |
| 1968 | 5th Dimension | Up, Up And Away | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Paul McCartney | Eleanor Rigby | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Mamas And The Papas | Monday, Monday | All Nominees |
| 1967 | New Vaudeville Band | Winchester Cathedral | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Statler Brothers | Flowers On The Wall | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Petula Clark | I Know A Place | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Roger Miller | King Of The Road | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Roger Miller | King Of The Road | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Petula Clark | Downtown | All Nominees |
| 1964 | April Stevens, Nino Tempo | Deep Purple | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Bent Fabric | Alley Cat | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Chubby Checker | Let's Twist Again | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Ray Charles | Georgia On My Mind | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Nat "King" Cole | Midnight Flyer | All Nominees |
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