1963 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1963 Music Awards
-- Grammy Awards

--- 1963 Grammy Awards

Details & Performances

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  • Venue: Beverly Hilton
  • City: Los Angeles
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Awards

Album of the Year

  • Vaughn Meader - The First Family
  • Allan Sherman - My Son, the Folk Singer
  • Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
  • Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba
  • Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Album of the Year - Classical

  • Vladimir Horowitz - Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
  • Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
  • Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony - Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet
  • Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky - The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts with Primrose, Pennario and Guests
  • Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Choir - Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Best Album Cover (Other than Classical)

  • Lena Horne - Lena ...Lovely and Alive
  • Stan Getz - Jazz Samba
  • Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman
  • Allan Sherman - My Son, the Folk Singer
  • Edith Piaf - Potpourri par Piaf
  • Modern Jazz Quartet - The Comedy
  • Vaughn Meader - The First Family
  • Frank Sinatra - The Great Years

Best Background Arrangement

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose - The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts with Primrose, Pennario and Guests
  • Yehudi Menuhin, George Malcolm - Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
  • Hungarian Quartet - Bartok: Complete Quartets
  • Budapest String Quartet - Beethoven: The Late Quartets
  • Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng - Rubinstein and Szeryng Violin Sonatas, Brahms: Sonata No. 1; Beethoven: Sonata No. 8, Op. 30, No. 3
  • Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski, Vincent De Rosa - The Intimate Bach

Best Classical Composition by a Contemporary Composer

  • Igor Stravinsky - The Flood
  • Edgard Varese - Arcana
  • Aaron Copland - Connotations for Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten - Noye's Fludde
  • Lukas Foss - Song of Songs
  • Sir William Walton - Symphony No. 2
  • Lukas Foss - Time Cycle

Best Classical Performance - Choral

  • Philharmonia Choir, Wilhelm Pitz, choral director; Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra - Bach: St. Matthew Passion
  • New England Conservatory Chorus, Lorna Cooke de Varon, director; Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony - Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
  • Roger Wagner Chorale, Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Roger Wagner, conductor - Faure: Requiem
  • University of Utah Chorus, Ardean Watts, director; Maurice Abravanel conducting the Utah Symphony - Honegger: King David (Le Roi David)
  • 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
  • Westminster Choir, Warren Martin, director; Thomas Schippers conducting the New York Philharmonic - Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo without Orchestra

  • Vladimir Horowitz - Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
  • Andres Segovia - 5 Pieces from Platero and 1
  • Joseph Szigeti - Bach: The 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Unaccompanied
  • Glenn Gould - Bach: The Art of the Fugue, Vol. 1
  • Sviatoslav Richter - Beethoven: Sonata No. 22 for Piano
  • Robert and Gaby Casadesus - French Piano Music - Four Hands
  • Artur Rubinstein - Highlights of Rubinstein at Carnegie Hall Recorded During the Historic 10 Recitals of 1961
  • Leon Goossens - The Art of Leon Goossens

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Isaac Stern (Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony) - Stravinsky: Concerto in D for Violin
  • David Oistrakh (Klemperer conducting the French National Raido Orchestra) - Brahms: Concerto in D for Violin
  • Jascha Heifetz (Sargent conducting the New Symphony Orchestra of London) - Bruch: Scottish Fantasy; Vieuxtemps: Concerto No. 5
  • Sviatoslav Richter (Kondrashin conducting the London Symphony) - Liszt: Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 for Piano and Orchestra
  • Van Cliburn (Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

  • Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony - Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet
  • Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
  • Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
  • Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony - R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist with or without Orchestra

  • Eileen Farrell (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Wagner: Gotterdammerung, Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene; Wesendonck: Songs
  • Adele Addison (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Foss: Time Cycle
  • Maria Callas (Pretre conducting the Orchestre National de la Radio Diffusion Francaise) - Great Arias from French Opera
  • Birgit Nilsson (Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic) - R. Strauss: Salome
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Moore, piano) - Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin
  • Victoria de los Angeles (Sorianno, piano) - Spanish Songs of the 20th Century

Best Comedy Performance

  • Vaughn Meader - The First Family
  • Jonathan Winters - Another Day, Another World
  • Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore - Beyond the Fringe
  • Allan Sherman - My Son, the Folk Singer
  • Elaine May, Mike Nichols - Nichols and May Examine Doctors

Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (Other than Comedy)

  • Charles Laughton - The Story Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton
  • Carl Sandburg - Carl Sandburg Reading His Poetry
  • Claude Rains, reader; Glenn Gould, pianist - Enoch Arden (music by R. Strauss; poem by Alfred Tennyson)
  • Laurence Harvey - This Is My Beloved
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - First Performance: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
  • Michael Redgrave - Sir Michael Redgrave Reads The Harmfulness of Tobacco, A Transgression, The First Class Passenger by
  • Stan Kenton - Mama Sang a Song

Best Engineered Recording - Novelty

  • Fennell conducting the Eastman Wind Ensemble; Martin Gabel, narrator - The Civil War, Vol. 1
  • Vaughn Meader - The First Family
  • Allan Sherman - My Son, the Folk Singer
  • Lou Monte - Pepino, the Italian Mouse
  • David Seville - The Chipmunk Songbook

Best Engineering Contribution (Other than Novelty or Classical)

  • Henry Mancini - Hatari!
  • Stan Kenton - Adventures in Jazz
  • Si Zentner Orchestra, Johnny Mann Singers - Great Band with Great Voices Swing the Great Voices of the Great Bands
  • Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You Lyrics
  • Nelson Riddle - Route 66 Theme
  • various artists - Stereo Spectacular

Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording

  • Lewis W. Layton - Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
  • Fred Plaut - Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
  • Robert Fine - Copland: Billy the Kid; Appalachian Spring
  • London Recording Team - Holst: The Planets
  • Fred Plaut - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
  • William Britten - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
  • Robert Fine - Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 for Piano; Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 1 for Piano

Best Folk Recording

Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording

  • Mahalia Jackson - Great Songs of Love and Faith
  • Alex Bradford (Marion Williams & Stars of Faith) - Black Nativity
  • Clefs of Calvary - Same Me
  • Leopold Stokowski conducting the New Symphony Orchestra of London - Inspiration
  • Franz Rupp, piano - Marian Anderson
  • Ralph Carmichael - Hymns at Sunset
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford - I Love to Tell the Story

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Henry Mancini - Baby Elelphant Walk
  • Joe Harnell - Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova
  • Eddie Sauter - Focus (Stan Getz)
  • Quincy Jones - Quintessence
  • Nelson Riddle - Route 66 Theme
  • Robert Farnon - Sensuous Strings of Robert Farnon
  • David Rose - The Stripper

Best Instrumental Theme

  • Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow - A Taste of Honey
  • Stranger on the Shore - Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin
  • The Stripper - David Rose
  • Walk on the Wild Side - Elmer Bernstein
  • Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini
  • Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle

Best Jazz Performance by a Large Group - Instrumental

  • Stan Kenton - Adventures in Jazz
  • Stan Getz, Gary McFarland - Big Band Bossa Nova
  • Dizzy Gillespie - Carnegie Hall Concert
  • Duke Ellington, Count Basie - First Time!
  • Miles Davis, Gil Evans - Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall
  • Count Basie - The Legend
  • Jimmy Smith - Walk on the Wild Side

Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist or Small Group - Instrumental

  • Stan Getz - Desafinado
  • Eddie Cano - A Taste of Honey
  • George Shearing Quintet - Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays
  • Charlie Mingus - Tijuana Moods
  • Bill Evans, Jim Hall - Undercurrent
  • Oscar Peterson Trio - West Side Story

Best Opera Recording

  • Georg Solti conducting the Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Price, Vickers, Gorr, Merrill, Tozzi) - Verdi: Aida
  • 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
  • Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Nilsson, Wachter, Stolze) - R. Strauss: Salome
  • Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Ludwig, Vickers, Frick, Hallstein, Berry) - Beethoven: Fidelio
  • Pierre Dervaux conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of Theatre National de l'Opera Comique (solos: Micheau, Gedda) - Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

Best Original Cast Show Album

  • Richard Rodgers (Broadway cast) - No Strings
  • Dudley Moore (Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore) - Beyond the Fringe
  • Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley (Anthony Newley, Anna Quayle and cast) - Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
  • Lionel Bart (Broadway cast) - Oliver!
  • Stephen Sondheim (Broadway cast) - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Best Original Jazz Composition

  • Vince Guaraldi - Cast Your Fate to the Winds
  • Paul Desmond - Desmond Blue
  • Eddie Sauter - Focus
  • Quincy Jones - Quintessence
  • Henry Mancini - Sounds of Hatari!
  • Charlie Mingus - Tijuana Moods
  • Lalo Schifrin - Tunisian Fantasy

Best Performance by a Chorus

  • New Christy Minstrels - Presenting the New Christy Minstrels
  • Norman Luboff - A Choral Spectacular
  • Pete King Chorale - Consider Yourself
  • Johnny Mann Singers (Si Zentner Orchestra) - Great Band with Great Voices Swing the Great Voices of the Great Bands
  • Fred Waring & the Pennyslvanians - The Waring Blend

Best Performance by an Orchestra for Dancing

  • Joe Harnell - Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova
  • Stan Getz, Gary McFarland - Big Band Bossa Nova
  • Quincy Jones - Big Band Bossa Nova
  • Neal Hefti - Jazz Pops
  • David Rose - The Stripper
  • Laurindo Almeida - Viva Bossa Nova!

Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrument with Orchestra (Not Jazz or Dancing)

  • Peter Nero - The Colorful Peter Nero
  • Henry Mancini - Hatari!
  • Felix Slatkin - Hoedown!
  • Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore
  • Elmer Bernstein - Walk on the Wild Side

Best Recording for Children

  • Leonard Bernstein - Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Boris Karloff - The Cat Who Walked by Herself
  • Danny Kaye - Grimms' Fairy Tales
  • David Seville - The Chipmunk Songbook
  • John Ciardi - You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
  • Limeliters - Through Children's Eyes
  • Shari Lewis - Shari in Storyland

Country and Western Recording

Female Solo Vocal Performance

  • Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Riddle
  • Peggy Lee - I'm A Woman Lyrics
  • Lena Horne - Lena...Lovely and Alive
  • Kitty Lester - Love Letters
  • Sandy Stewart - My Coloring Book
  • Diahann Carroll - No, Strings
  • Pat Thomas - Slightly Out of Time

Lifetime Achievement Award

Male Solo Vocal Performance

New Artist

Record of the Year

Rhythm & Blues Recording

Rock and Roll Recording

Song of the Year

  • Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley - What Kind of Fool Am I
  • Douglass Cross, George Cory - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
  • John Kander, Fred Ebb - My Coloring Book
  • Lionel Bart - As Long as He Needs Me
  • Richard Rodgers - The Sweetest Sounds

Vocal Group Performance

Top Winning Artist

Most Nominated Artist

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