1964 Grammy Awards

Awards
- 1964 Music Awards
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Awards

Album of the Year

  • Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album
  • Al Hirt - Honey in the Horn
  • Henry Mancini - The Days of Wine and Roses
  • Swingle Singers - Bach's Greatest Hits
  • The Singing Nun - The Singing Nun

Best Album Cover (Other than Classical)

  • Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album
  • Norman Luboff Choir - Aloha from Norman Luboff
  • Swingle Singers - Bach's Greatest Hits
  • Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks - Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival
  • Nancy Wilson - Hollywood My Way
  • Al Hirt - Honey in the Horn
  • Oscar Peterson - Night Train

Best Album Notes

  • Duke Ellington - The Ellington Era
  • Julian Bream Consort - An Evening of Elizabethan Music
  • Amanda Ambrose - The Amazing Amanda Ambrose
  • Pete Seeger and others - The Badmen
  • Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album
  • original cast - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Best Album of the Year - Classical

  • Benjamin Britten conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Vishnevskaya, Pears, Fischer-Dieskau); David Willocks directing the Bach Choir; Edward Chapman directing the Highgate School Choir - War Requiem
  • Horowitz - The Sound of Horowitz (works of Schumann, Scarlatti, Schubert, Scriabin)
  • Erich Leinsdorf conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Price, Tucker, Elias) - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
  • George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy: La Mer; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
  • Skitch Henderson conducting the RCA Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Price, Warfield) - Great Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

Best Background Arrangement

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Julian Bream Consort - An Evening of Elizabethan Music
  • Juilliard String Quartet - Beethoven: Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95; Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
  • Zino Francescatti, violinist; Robert Casadesus, pianist - Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Nos. 3, 4 and 5)
  • Arthur Gold, Robert Fizdale (with vocalists) - Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes; Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder
  • London Wind Soloists - Mozart: Wind Music, Vols. 1-5
  • Members of Budapest String Quartet with Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Julius Levine - Schubert: Quintet in A Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 114 (Trout)

Best Classical Composition by a Contemporary Composer

  • Benjamin Britten - War Requiem
  • Samuel Barber - Andromache's Farewell Op. 39
  • John LaMontaine - Concerto for Piano
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos - Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra
  • Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 4, Op. 43
  • William Schuman - Symphony No. 8

Best Classical Performance - Choral

  • David Willcocks directing the Bach Choir; Edward Chapman directing the Highgate School Choir; Benjamin Britten conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - Britten: War Requeim
  • Abraham Kaplan directing the Collegiate Chorale; Stuart Gardner directing the Boys' Choir, Church of Transfiguration; Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Bach: St. Matthew Passion
  • Richard Condie directing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Brahms: A German Requiem
  • David Willcocks conducting the Choir of King's College and London Symphony - Haydn: Nelson Mass (Mass No. 9 in D Minor, Missa Solemnis)
  • Hugh Ross directing Schola Cantorum of New York; Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Milhaud: Les Choephores
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra - Robert Shaw Chorale on Tour (Ives, Schoenberg, Mozart, Ravel)
  • Igor Stravinsky conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of Washington Opera Society - Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo without Orchestra

  • Vladimir Horowitz - The Sound of Horowitz (works of Schumann, Scarlatti, Schubert, Scriabin)
  • Glenn Gould - Bach: The 6 Partitas
  • Rudolf Serkin - Beethoven: 3 Favorite Sonatas (Sonatas No. 8 (Pathetique); No. 14 (Moonlight); No. 23 (Appassionata)
  • Andres Segovia - Granada (Albeniz: Granada; Granados: Spanish Dance in E Minor; Ponce, Tansman, Aguado; 8 Lessons for
  • Artur Rubinstein - Schumann: Carnaval Fantasiestuke

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

  • Artur Rubinstein (Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony) - Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor for Piano and Orchestra
  • Rudolf Serkin (Szell conducting the Columbia Symphony) - Bartok: Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
  • Jascha Heifetz (Sargent conducting the New Symphony Orchestra of London) - Bruch: Concerto No. 1 in G Minor for Violin, Op. 26; Mozart: Concerto No. 4 in D Major for Violin, K
  • David Oistrakh (Hindemith conducting the London Symphony) - Hindemith: Concerto for Violin
  • Andre Watts (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Liszt: Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy (Fistoulari conducting the London Symphony) - Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 3 in D Minor for Piano
  • Lorin Hollander (Leinsdorft conducting the Boston Symphony) - Ravel: Concerto in G for Piano and Orchestra; Dello Joio: Fantasy and Variations for Piano and Orche

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

  • Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphonic Orchestra - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
  • Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony - Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastorale)
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (Complete)
  • Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No.l 1 in D Major (The Titan)
  • George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
  • Arturo Toscanini conducting the Philadelphia Symphony - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great)

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Leontyne Price - Great Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
  • Anna Moffo (Ferrara conducting the RCA Italiana Symphonic Orchestra) - A Verdi CollaboratioN
  • Netania Davrath (orchestra conducted by Pierre de la Roche) - Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Vol. 2
  • Joan Sutherland (Bonynge conducting the London Symphony) - Command Performance
  • Maureen Forrester (Prohaska conducting the Symphony Orchestra of Vienna Festival) - Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
  • Victoria de los Angeles (Pretre conducting the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra) - Melodies de France (Ravel, Dubussy, Duparc)
  • Jennie Tourel (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Ravel: Sheherazade; Berlioz: Cleopatre (Scene Lyrique)
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Moore, pianist) - Schubert: Schwanengesang
  • Shirley Verrett (Stravinsky conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Washington Opera Society) - Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex

Best Comedy Performance

  • Allan Sherman - Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah
  • Bill Cosby - Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow, Right!
  • Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks - Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival
  • Cassius Clay - I Am the Greatest!
  • Smother Brothers - Think Ethnic

Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (Other than Comedy)

  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Edward Albee, playwright (original cast with Uta Hagen, Arthur Hill, George Grizzard, Melinda Dillon
  • Brecht on Brecht - Bertolt Brecht, playwright (original cast with Dane Clark, Anne Jackson, Lotte Lenya, Viveca Lindfor
  • We Shall Overcome (The March on Washington, August 28, 1963) - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (with Joan Baez, Marian Anderson, Odetta, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, Bob Dylan,
  • Strange Interlude - Eugene O'Neill, playwright (original Broadway cast with Betty Field, Jane Fonda, Ben Gazzara, Pat Hi
  • The Badmen - Goddard Leiberson, producer (Pete Seeger and others)
  • John F. Kennedy - The Presidential Years - Norman Weiser, producer (David Teig, narrator)

Best Engineered Recording (other than Classical)

  • Henry Mancini Orchestra & Chorus - Charade
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie - Ella and Basie
  • Henry Mancini - Our Man in Hollywood
  • Dick Schory - Politely Percussive
  • Dick Schory - Supercussion
  • Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album
  • Robert Shaw Chorale - The Many Moods of Christmas
  • Barbra Streisand - The Second Barbra Streisand Album

Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects

  • Frederick Fennell - Civil War, Vol. 2
  • Hank Thompson - Cheyenne Frontier Days
  • Bill McFadden, Bryna Rayburn - Fast, Fast, Fast, Relief from TV Commercials
  • Shut Downs - Four in the Floor
  • Dean Elliott - Heartstrings
  • Lou Monte - Pepino's Friend Pasquale
  • Dean Elliott - Zounds! What Sounds

Best Folk Recording

  • Peter, Paul & Mary - Blowing' in the Wind
  • Judy Collins - Judy Collins No. 3
  • Miriam Makeba - The World of Miriam Makeba
  • New Christy Minstrels - Green, Green
  • Odetta - Odetta Sings Folk Songs
  • Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome
  • Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In

Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording, Musical

  • Soeur Sourire (Singing Nun) - Dominique
  • Bessie Griffin and the Gospel Pearls - Recorded Live!
  • Charles Magnuson - Piano in Concert
  • George Beverly Shea - The Earth Is the Lord's (and the Fullness Thereof)
  • Kings of Harmony - Steppin' Right In
  • Limeliters - Makin' a Joyful Noise
  • Mahalia Jackson - Make a Joyful Noise
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford, Roger Wagner Chorale - The Story of Christmas

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance by a Large Group

  • Woody Herman Band - Encore: Woody Herman
  • Oliver Nelson Orchestra - Full Nelson
  • Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band - Gerry Mulligan '63
  • Al Hirt - Our Man in New Orleans
  • Quincy Jones - Quincy Jones Plays the Hip Hits
  • Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance by a Soloist or Small Group

  • Bill Eavns - Converstations with Myself
  • Andre Previn, with Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Shelly Mannc - 4 to Go!
  • Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet - Dave Brubeck at Carnegie Hall
  • Al Hirt - Our Man in New Orleans
  • Peter Nero - Peter Nero in Person
  • Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven

Best Instrumental Theme

  • Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Norman Newell - More (Theme from Mondo Cane)
  • Bob Goldstein, David Shire - Washington Square
  • Jean Toots Theilmans - Bluesette
  • Maurice Jarre - Lawrence of Arabia
  • Ray Brown, Steven Allen - Gravy Waltz

Best Intstrumental Arrangement

  • Quincy Jones - I Can't Stop Loving You (Count Basie)
  • Robert N. Enevoldsen - Gravy Waltz (Steven Allen)
  • Claus Ogerman - More (Kai Winding)
  • Peter Nero, Marty Gold - Mountain Greenery (Peter Nero)
  • Joe Sherman - Washington Square (Village Stompers)

Best Jazz Composition

  • Ray Brown, Steven Allen - Gravy Waltz
  • Charlie Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
  • Kenyon Hopkins - East Side-West Side
  • Dick Grove, Pete Jolly, Tommy Wolf - Little Bird
  • Newton Mendonco, Antonio Carlos Jobim - Meditation
  • Paul Desmond - Take Ten

Best Opera Recording

  • Erich Leinsdorf conducting the RCA Italiana Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Price, Tucker, Elias) - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
  • Andre Cluytens conducting the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra and Chorus of National Opera of Sofia (soloist: Christoff) - Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
  • Eugen Jochum conducting the RIAS Chamber Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic (solos: Seefried, Merriman, Koth, Haefliger, Prey, Fischer-Dieskau) - Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
  • Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra (solos: Elias, Hines) - Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle
  • Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Nilsson, Windgassen, Hotter, Stolze, Hoffgen, Neidlinger, Sutherland) - Wagner: Siegfried
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Price, di Stefano, Taddei) - Puccini: Tosca

Best Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Show

  • John Addison
  • Alex North
  • Maurice Jarre
  • Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero

Best Performance by a Chorus

  • Swingle Singers - Bach's Greatest Hits
  • Henry Mancini & His Orchestra with Chorus - Charade
  • New Christy Minstrels - Green, Green
  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Richard P. Condie, director; Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) - The Joy of Christmas
  • Robert Shaw Chorale (Robert Shaw conducting the RCA Orchestra) - The Many Moods for Christmas

Best Performance by an Orchestra for Dancing

  • Count Basie - This Time by Basie! Hits of the '50s and '60s
  • Woody Herman - Encore: Woody Herman, 1963
  • Joe Harnell - Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops
  • Quincy Jones - Quincy Jones Plays the Hip Hits
  • Les Brown - Richard Rodgers Bandbook
  • Page Cavanaugh - The Page 7 ...An Explosion in Pop Music

Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra (not Jazz or Dancing)

  • Al Hirt - Java
  • Andre Previn - Andre Previn in Hollywood
  • Peter Nero - Hail the Conquering Nero
  • Kai Winding - More
  • Henry Mancini - Our Man in Hollywood
  • Percy Faith - Themes for Young Lovers

Best Recording for Children

  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Bernstein Conducts for Young People
  • various artists - Let's Go to the Zoo
  • Jack Gilford - Winnie-the-Pooh
  • Pete Seeger - Children's Concert
  • Peter, Paul & Mary - Puff The Magic Dragon Lyrics
  • Rica Owen Moore - Addition and Subtraction
  • Tom Glazer (and the Do Re Mi Children's Chorus) - On Top of Spaghetti

Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album

  • Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick (original cast with Barbara Cook, Daniel Massey, Jack Cassidy) - She Loves Me
  • Arthur Schwartz, Howard Deitz (original cast with Mary Martin, Ethel Shutta, George Wallace, Jack DeLon, Robbin Bailey) - Jennie
  • Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones (original cast with Robert Horton, Inga Swenson, Stephen Douglass, Will Peer, Steve Roland, Scooter Teague, Lesley Warren; orchestra conducted by Donald W. Pippin) - 110 in the Shade
  • Lee Pockriss, Anne Cromwell (original cast with Vivien Leigh, Jean-Pierre Aumont) - Tovarich

Country and Western Recording

Female Vocal Performance

  • Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album
  • Eydie Gorme - Blaime It on the Bossa Nova
  • The Singing Nun - Dominique
  • Peggy Lee - I'm A Woman Lyrics
  • Miriam Makeba - The World of Miriam Makeba

Male Vocal Performance

Most Promising New Classical Artist

  • Andre Watts, pianist
  • Fou Ts'Ong, pianist
  • Colin Davis, conductor
  • Alirio Diaz, guitarist
  • Abbey Singers, vocalists
  • John Ogdon, pianist

New Artist

Record of the Year

Rhythm & Blues Recording

Rock and Roll Recording

  • Nino Tempo, April Stevens - Deep Purple
  • Chet Atkins - Teen Scene
  • Lesley Gore - It's My Party Lyrics
  • Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him
  • Ruby and the Romantics - Our Day Will Come
  • Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night

Song of the Year

  • Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini - The Days of Wine and Roses
  • Burt Bacharach, Hal David - Wives and Lovers
  • Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon - The Good Life
  • Sadie Vimmerstedt, Johnny Mercer - I Wanna Be Around
  • Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen - Call Me Irresponsible

Vocal Group Performance

  • Peter, Paul & Mary - Blowin' in The Wind Lyrics
  • The J's with Jamie - Hey Look Us Over!
  • Jackie and Ray Kral - Like Sing...Jackie and Ray Kral
  • The Hi-Los - The Hi-Los Happen to Bossa Nova
  • The Anita Kerr Quartet - Waitin' for the Evening Train

Top Winning Artist

  • 1. Barbra Streisand Lyrics (3)
  • 2. Henry Mancini Lyrics (2)
  • Count Basie (1 times)
  • Frederick Fennell (1 times)
  • Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick (original cast with Barbara Cook, Daniel Massey, Jack Cassidy) (1 times)
  • Woody Herman Band (1 times)
  • Andre Watts, pianist (1 times)
  • David Willcocks directing the Bach Choir; Edward Chapman directing the Highgate School Choir; Benjamin Britten conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (1 times)
  • 9. Quincy Jones Lyrics (1)
  • Nino Tempo, April Stevens (1 times)

Most Nominated Artist

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