Best Spoken Word Recording
21st Annual Grammy Awards • 1979
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1977 – September 30, 1978
Orson Welles won the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording with "Citizen Kane"
Winners & Nominees 1979
Winner
Nominees
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Citizen Kane
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John Steinbeck: The Grapes Of Wrath (Excerpts) (Album)
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Roots
Original Sound Track For TV
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The Nixon Interviews With David Frost
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Wuthering Heights (Album)
Judith Anderson, Claire Bloom, James Mason, George Rose, Gordon Gould
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Orson Welles | Citizen Kane | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Julie Harris | The Belle Of Amherst | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Helen Hayes, Orson Welles, Henry Fonda, James Earl Jones | Great American Documents | All Nominees |
| 1976 | James Whitmore | Give 'Em Hell Harry | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Dudley Moore, Peter Cook | Good Evening | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Richard Harris | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | All Nominees |
| 1973 | (Original Cast) | Lenny | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Les Crane | Desiderata | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Martin Luther King Jr. | Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Art Linkletter, Diane Linkletter | We Love You Call Collect | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Rod McKuen | Lonesome Cities | All Nominees |