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

• Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco Lyrics
• Ray Charles - Born To Lose Lyrics
• Steve Lawrence - Go Away Little Girl
• Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You Lyrics
• Joao Gilberto - Joao Gilberto
• Carol Sloane - My Ship
• Sammy Davis Jr. - What Kind of Fool Am I

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

• Peter, Paul & Mary - If I Had A Hammer Lyrics
• Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
• Flatt and Scruggs - Ballad Of Jed Clampett Lyrics
• Harry Belafonte - The Midnight Special
• Joan Baez - Joan Baez in Concert
• Kingston Trio - Something Special
• New Christy Minstrels - Presenting the New Christy Minstrels

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

• Burl Ives - Funny Way of Laughin'
• Claude King - Wolverton Mountain Lyrics
• George Jones - She Still Thinks I Can
• Jimmy Dean - P. T. 109 Lyrics
• Johnny Tillotson - It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'
• Marty Robbins - Devil Woman Lyrics

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

• Bing Crosby Lyrics

Male Solo Vocal Performance

• Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco Lyrics
• Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby
• Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You Lyrics
• Anthony Newley - What Kind of Fool Am I
• Sammy Davis Jr. - What Kind of Fool Am I

New Artist

• Robert Goulet
• Peter, Paul & Mary Lyrics
• The Four Seasons Lyrics
• The New Christy Minstrels
• Vaughn Meader
• Allan Sherman

Record of the Year

• Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco Lyrics
• Joe Harnell and His Orchestra - Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova
• Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You Lyrics
• Sammy Davis Jr. - What Kind of Fool Am I
• Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd - Desafinado

Rhythm & Blues Recording

• Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You Lyrics
• B. Bumble and the Stingers - Nut Rocker
• Bobby Darin - What'd I Say
• Little Eva - The Locomotion Lyrics
• Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby
• Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me Lyrics

Rock and Roll Recording

• Bent Fabric - Alley Cat
• Mary Wells - You Beat Me To The Punch Lyrics
• Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Lyrics
• Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away
• The Drifters - Up On The Roof Lyrics
• The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry Lyrics

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

• Peter, Paul & Mary - If I Had A Hammer Lyrics
• The Lettermen - A Song for Young Love
• The Hi-Los - The Hi-Los Happen to Folk Songs
• The Four Freshmen - The Swingers
• The Limeliters - Through Children's Eyes