Best Spoken Word Recording
13th Annual Grammy Awards • 1971
Honoring recordings released between November 2, 1969 – October 15, 1970
Martin Luther King Jr. won the 1971 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording with "Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam"
Winners & Nominees 1971
Winner
Nominees
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Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam
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Everett Dirksen's America (Album)
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Grover Henson Feels Forgotten
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In The Beginning
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Poems And Ballads From 100-Plus American Poets (Album)
Amanda Ambrose, Bob Dryden, Paul Hecht, Paul Malloy, Pete Seeger
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The Soft Sea (Album)
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 |