1997 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Results
Professional
Artist of the Year:
Winner: Rockapella
Runner up: Real Group
Studio Album of the Year:
Winner: "SoVoSo" - SoVoSo
Runner up: "Lucky 7" - Rockapella
Live Album of the Year:
Winner: "Live In Stockholm" - The Real Group
Runner up: "Exposed" - Trenchcoats
Best Female Vocalist:
Winner: Margareta Jalkeus - Real Group
Runner up: Mary Jane Jones - Extempo
Best Male Vocalist:
Winner: Carl Connor-Kelley - M-PACT!
Runner up: Anders Jalkeus - Real Group
Best Original Pop Song:
Winner: tie:
"Daisy Simone" - Rockapella
"Jag Vill Va Med Dig" - Real Group
Best Pop Cover Song:
Winner: "I Love Your Smile" - Five Live
Runner up: "Thank You" - SoVoSo
Best Jazz Song:
Winner: "Waltz For Debby" - Real Group
Runner up: "Blues In The Night" - Voices Iowa
Best Classical Song:
Winner: "Totus Tuus" - King's Singers
Runner up: "Wave" - Bulgarian Voices
Best Humorous Song:
Winner: "Christmas in LA" - Bobs
Runner up: "Bionic" - Extempo
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Song:
Winner: "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" - Sweet Deliverance
Runner up: "Arise My Soul" - Glad
Best Folk/Progressive Song:
Winner: "Tell My Feet" - No Place For Jennifer
Runner up: "Do Not Turn Away" - Flirtations
Best Doo-Wop/R&B Song:
Winner: "Change In My Life" - M-PACT!
Runner up: "Love Me Or Leave Me" - Tonic Sol-Fa
Best Barbershop Song:
Winner: "Strike Up The Band Medley" - Gas House Gang
Runner up: "Darkness on the Delta" - 4-Star Collection
Best Holiday Song:
Winner: "Carol of the Bells" - Return to Zero
Runner up: "All I Want For Christmas" - Bobs
Collegiate
Female Best Album:
Winner: "Raising Atlantis" - Tufts Jackson Jills
Runner up: "Smitty's Place" - UNC Loreleis
Female Best Song:
Winner: "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" - Tufts Jackson Jills
Runner up: "Smooth Operator" - UNC Loreleis
Female Best Arrangement:
Winner: "Dreams" - Catalina Joos - UNC Loreleis
Runner up: "I Alone" - Erin Morgan - Tufts Jackson Jills
Female Best Soloist:
Winner: Kasey Jeffcoat - Tufts Jackson Jills
Runner up: Susan Frankfort - UNC Loreleis
Mixed Best Album:
Winner: "When Mama's Not Around" - U Penn Off The Beat
Runner up: "Hat Sale! Get Mama!" - Tufts Amalgamates
Mixed Best Song:
Winner: tie:
"Man In The Mirror" - Tufts Amalgamates
"The Rainmaker" - Stanford Talisman A Cappella
Mixed Best Arrangement:
Winner: "You Oughta Know" - Rob Redei - U Penn Off The Beat
Runner up: "Why Would I Cry For You" - Brian Fehlau - Harvard-Radcliffe Opportunes
Mixed Best Soloist:
Winner: Alex Jarige - U Penn Off The Beat
Runner up: Osi Imeokparia - Stanford Everyday People
Male Best Album:
Winner: "Clapping Joes" - Middlebury Dissapated Eight
Runner up: "Aftershock" - U Illinois Xtension Chords
Male Best Song:
Winner: "For What It's Worth" - Middlebury D8
Runner up: "With Or Without You" - Tufts Beelzebubs
Male Best Arrangement:
Winner: "Ordinary World" - David Wilner - U Illinois Xtension Chords
Runner up: "Shape Of My Heart" - Todd Herzog - Tufts Beelzebubs
Male Best Soloist:
Winner: Chiadi Ndumele - Johns Hopkins U Allnighters
Runner up: Winston Miller - Conn College Co Co Beaux