
About The Show
This is truly the grand-daddy of all awards shows. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding musical achievements. The Grammys always prove to be a night of spectacle and performance that truly can't be missed.
City: Los Angeles
The Nominees
Album Of The Year
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Winner:
Vaughn Meader The First Family - Tony Bennett I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd Jazz Samba
- Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
- Allan Sherman My Son, the Folk Singer
Album Of The Year - Classical
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Winner:
Vladimir Horowitz Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz - Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Choir Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts with Primrose, Pennario and Guests
- Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet
- Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
Best Album Cover (other Than Classical)
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Winner: Lena Horne
Lena ...Lovely and Alive
- Vaughn Meader The First Family
- Frank Sinatra The Great Years
- Modern Jazz Quartet The Comedy
- Allan Sherman My Son, the Folk Singer
- Modern Jazz Quartet Lonely Woman
- Stan Getz Jazz Samba
- Edith Piaf Potpourri par Piaf
Best Background Arrangement
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Winner: Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- Carol Sloane My Ship
- Sammy Davis Jr. What Kind Of Fool Am I?
- Joao Gilberto Joao Gilberto
- Ray Charles Born To Lose
- Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You
- Steve Lawrence Go Away Little Girl
Best Chamber Music Performance
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Winner:
Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts with Primrose, Pennario and Guests - Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski, Vincent De Rosa The Intimate Bach
- Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng Rubinstein and Szeryng Violin Sonatas, Brahms: Sonata No. 1; Beethoven: Sonata No. 8, Op. 30, No. 3
- Budapest String Quartet Beethoven: The Late Quartets
- Hungarian Quartet Bartok: Complete Quartets
- Yehudi Menuhin, George Malcolm Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Best Classical Composition By A Contemporary Composer
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Winner:
Igor Stravinsky The Flood - Lukas Foss Time Cycle
- Sir William Walton Symphony No. 2
- Lukas Foss Song of Songs
- Aaron Copland Connotations for Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten Noye's Fludde
- Edgard Varese Arcana
Best Classical Performance - Choral
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Winner:
Philharmonia Choir, Wilhelm Pitz, choral director; Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra Bach: St. Matthew Passion - Westminster Choir, Warren Martin, director; Thomas Schippers conducting the New York Philharmonic Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
- Women's Chorus of Schola Cantorum: Hugh Ross, director of Boys' Choir; Church of Transfiguration, Stuart Gardner, director; Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
- Roger Wagner Chorale, Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Roger Wagner, conductor Faure: Requiem
- New England Conservatory Chorus, Lorna Cooke de Varon, director; Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
- University of Utah Chorus, Ardean Watts, director; Maurice Abravanel conducting the Utah Symphony Honegger: King David (Le Roi David)
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Duo Without Orchestra
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Winner:
Vladimir Horowitz Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz - Robert and Gaby Casadesus French Piano Music - Four Hands
- Leon Goossens The Art of Leon Goossens
- Artur Rubinstein Highlights of Rubinstein at Carnegie Hall Recorded During the Historic 10 Recitals of 1961
- Sviatoslav Richter Beethoven: Sonata No. 22 for Piano
- Joseph Szigeti Bach: The 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Unaccompanied
- Glenn Gould Bach: The Art of the Fugue, Vol. 1
- Andres Segovia 5 Pieces from Platero and 1
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Orchestra
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Winner:
Isaac Stern (Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony) Stravinsky: Concerto in D for Violin - Van Cliburn (Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony) Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2
- Sviatoslav Richter (Kondrashin conducting the London Symphony) Liszt: Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 for Piano and Orchestra
- Jascha Heifetz (Sargent conducting the New Symphony Orchestra of London) Bruch: Scottish Fantasy; Vieuxtemps: Concerto No. 5
- David Oistrakh (Klemperer conducting the French National Raido Orchestra) Brahms: Concerto in D for Violin
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
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Winner:
Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet - Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
- Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
- Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist With Or Without Orchestra
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Winner:
Eileen Farrell (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) Wagner: Gotterdammerung, Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene; Wesendonck: Songs - Victoria de los Angeles (Sorianno, piano) Spanish Songs of the 20th Century
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Moore, piano) Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin
- Birgit Nilsson (Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic) R. Strauss: Salome
- Maria Callas (Pretre conducting the Orchestre National de la Radio Diffusion Francaise) Great Arias from French Opera
- Adele Addison (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) Foss: Time Cycle
Best Comedy Performance
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Winner:
Vaughn Meader The First Family - Elaine May, Mike Nichols Nichols and May Examine Doctors
- Allan Sherman My Son, the Folk Singer
- Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore Beyond the Fringe
- Jonathan Winters Another Day, Another World
Best Documentary Or Spoken Word Recording (other Than Comedy)
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Winner:
Charles Laughton The Story Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton - Michael Redgrave Sir Michael Redgrave Reads The Harmfulness of Tobacco, A Transgression, The First Class Passenger by
- Stan Kenton Mama Sang a Song
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic First Performance: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Laurence Harvey This Is My Beloved
- Claude Rains, reader; Glenn Gould, pianist Enoch Arden (music by R. Strauss; poem by Alfred Tennyson)
- Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg Reading His Poetry
Best Engineered Recording - Novelty
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Winner:
Fennell conducting the Eastman Wind Ensemble; Martin Gabel, narrator The Civil War, Vol. 1 - David Seville The Chipmunk Songbook
- Lou Monte Pepino, the Italian Mouse
- Allan Sherman My Son, the Folk Singer
- Vaughn Meader The First Family
Best Engineering Contribution (other Than Novelty Or Classical)
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Winner: Henry Mancini
Hatari!
- Various Artists Stereo Spectacular
- Nelson Riddle Route 66 Theme
- Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You
- Stan Kenton Adventures in Jazz
- Si Zentner Orchestra, Johnny Mann Singers Great Band with Great Voices Swing the Great Voices of the Great Bands
Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
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Winner:
Lewis W. Layton Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Robert Fine Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 for Piano; Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 1 for Piano
- William Britten Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
- Fred Plaut Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
- Robert Fine Copland: Billy the Kid; Appalachian Spring
- London Recording Team Holst: The Planets
- Fred Plaut Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
Best Folk Recording
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Winner: Peter, Paul & Mary
If I Had A Hammer
- New Christy Minstrels Presenting the New Christy Minstrels
- Kingston Trio Something Special
- Joan Baez Joan Baez in Concert
- Flatt and Scruggs Ballad Of Jed Clampett
- Harry Belafonte The Midnight Special
- Bob Dylan Bob Dylan
Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording
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Winner: Mahalia Jackson
Great Songs of Love and Faith
- Ralph Carmichael Hymns at Sunset
- Tennessee Ernie Ford I Love To Tell The Story
- Franz Rupp, piano Marian Anderson He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, and 18 Other Spirituals - Marian Anderson
- Clefs of Calvary Same Me
- Leopold Stokowski conducting the New Symphony Orchestra of London Inspiration Great Music for Chorus and Orchestra - Norman Luboff Choir
- Alex Bradford (Marion Williams & Stars of Faith) Black Nativity
Best Instrumental Arrangement
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Winner: Henry Mancini
Baby Elelphant Walk
- Robert Farnon Sensuous Strings of Robert Farnon
- David Rose The Stripper
- Nelson Riddle Route 66 Theme
- Quincy Jones Quintessence
- Joe Harnell Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova
- Eddie Sauter Focus (Stan Getz)
Best Instrumental Theme
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Winner:
Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow A Taste of Honey - Route 66 Theme Nelson Riddle
- Baby Elephant Walk Henry Mancini
- The Stripper David Rose
- Stranger on the Shore Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin
- Walk on the Wild Side Elmer Bernstein
Best Jazz Performance By A Large Group - Instrumental
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Winner:
Stan Kenton Adventures in Jazz - Count Basie The Legend
- Jimmy Smith Walk on the Wild Side
- Miles Davis, Gil Evans Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall
- Duke Ellington, Count Basie First Time!
- Stan Getz, Gary McFarland Big Band Bossa Nova
- Dizzy Gillespie Carnegie Hall Concert
Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist Or Small Group - Instrumental
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Winner: Stan Getz
Desafinado
- Oscar Peterson Trio West Side Story
- Bill Evans, Jim Hall Undercurrent
- George Shearing Quintet Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays
- Eddie Cano A Taste of Honey
- Charlie Mingus Tijuana Moods
Best Opera Recording
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Winner:
Georg Solti conducting the Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Price, Vickers, Gorr, Merrill, Tozzi) Verdi: Aida - Pierre Dervaux conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of Theatre National de l'Opera Comique (solos: Micheau, Gedda) Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
- Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Ludwig, Vickers, Frick, Hallstein, Berry) Beethoven: Fidelio
- Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Nilsson, Wachter, Stolze) R. Strauss: Salome
- Erich Leinsdorf conducting the London Symphony (solos: Nilsson, Brouwenstijn, Gorr, Vickers, London, Ward) Wagner: Die Walkure
- Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Moffo, Tucker, Costa, Merrill, Tozzi, Maero) Puccini: La Boheme
Best Original Cast Show Album
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Winner:
Richard Rodgers (Broadway cast) No Strings - Stephen Sondheim (Broadway cast) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Lionel Bart (Broadway cast) Oliver!
- Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley (Anthony Newley, Anna Quayle and cast) Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
- Dudley Moore (Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore) Beyond the Fringe
Best Original Jazz Composition
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Winner: Vince Guaraldi
Cast Your Fate to the Winds
- Charlie Mingus Tijuana Moods
- Lalo Schifrin Tunisian Fantasy
- Henry Mancini Sounds of Hatari!
- Quincy Jones Quintessence
- Paul Desmond Desmond Blue
- Eddie Sauter Focus
Best Performance By A Chorus
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Winner:
New Christy Minstrels Presenting the New Christy Minstrels - Fred Waring & the Pennyslvanians The Waring Blend
- Johnny Mann Singers (Si Zentner Orchestra) Great Band with Great Voices Swing the Great Voices of the Great Bands
- Pete King Chorale Consider Yourself
- Norman Luboff A Choral Spectacular
Best Performance By An Orchestra For Dancing
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Winner:
Joe Harnell Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova - Laurindo Almeida Viva Bossa Nova!
- David Rose The Stripper
- Neal Hefti Jazz Pops
- Stan Getz, Gary McFarland Big Band Bossa Nova
- Quincy Jones Big Band Bossa Nova
Best Performance By An Orchestra Or Instrument With Orchestra (not Jazz Or Dancing)
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Winner:
Peter Nero The Colorful Peter Nero - Elmer Bernstein Walk on the Wild Side
- Acker Bilk Stranger on the Shore
- Felix Slatkin Hoedown!
- Henry Mancini Hatari!
Best Recording For Children
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Winner:
Leonard Bernstein Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - The Limeliters Through Children's Eyes
- Shari Lewis Shari in Storyland
- John Ciardi You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
- Danny Kaye Grimms' Fairy Tales
- David Seville The Chipmunk Songbook
- Boris Karloff The Cat Who Walked by Herself
Female Solo Vocal Performance
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Winner: Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Riddle
- Diahann Carroll No, Strings
- Pat Thomas Slightly Out of Time
- Sandy Stewart My Coloring Book
- Kitty Lester Love Letters
- Peggy Lee I'm A Woman
- Lena Horne Lena...Lovely and Alive
Lifetime Achievement Award
Male Solo Vocal Performance
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Winner: Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- Sammy Davis Jr. What Kind Of Fool Am I?
- Anthony Newley What Kind of Fool Am I
- Mel Torme Comin' Home Baby
- Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You
New Artist
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Winner: Robert Goulet
- Allan Sherman
- Vaughn Meader
- The New Christy Minstrels
- Peter, Paul & Mary
- The Four Seasons
Record Of The Year
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Winner: Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd Desafinado
- Sammy Davis Jr. What Kind Of Fool Am I?
- Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You
- Joe Harnell and His Orchestra Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova
Rhythm & Blues Recording
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Winner: Ray Charles
I Can't Stop Loving You
- Sam Cooke Bring It On Home To Me
- Mel Torme Comin' Home Baby
- Little Eva The Locomotion
- Bobby Darin What'd I Say
- B. Bumble and the Stingers Nut Rocker
Rock And Roll Recording
Song Of The Year
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Winner:
Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley What Kind of Fool Am I - Richard Rodgers The Sweetest Sounds
- Lionel Bart As Long as He Needs Me
- Douglass Cross, George Cory I Left My Heart in San Francisco
- John Kander, Fred Ebb My Coloring Book
Vocal Group Performance
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Winner: Peter, Paul & Mary
If I Had A Hammer
- The Limeliters Through Children's Eyes
- The Four Freshmen The Swingers
- The Hi-Los The Hi-Los Happen to Folk Songs
- The Lettermen A Song for Young Love