Best Contemporary Song
1971 • 13th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1969 and Aug 30, 1970
1971 Winner is (Simon And Garfunkel) with "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Nominees 1971
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Everything Is Beautiful
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I'll Never Fall In Love Again
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Close To You
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Theme From "Z" And Other Film Music
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Single)
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Elton John (Album)
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Airport Love Theme
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ABC
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Fancy (Album)
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Overture From Tommy
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Everything Is Beautiful (Single)
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Bridge Over Troubled Water (Album)
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Mad Dogs And Englishmen (Album)
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Soul Flower
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Fire And Rain (Single)
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Chicago
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Long Long Time (Album)
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Rainy Night In Georgia (Single)
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Star Spangled Banner
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Let It Be (Single)
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Snowbird (Single)
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Sweet Baby James (Album)
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We've Only Just Begun
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Let It Be
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 |