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: Frank Sinatra
September of My Years
- Beatles Help!
- Julie Andrews and cast The Sound of Music
- Barbra Streisand My Name Is Barbra
- Eddy Arnold My World
Album Of The Year - Classical
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Winner:
Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, an Historic Return - Leopold Stokowski conducting the American Symphony Ives: Symphony No. 4
- Karl Bohm conducting the Orchestra of German Opera, Berlin Berg: Wozzeck
- Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony (solo: Leontyne Price) Strauss: Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils, Interlude and Final Scene); The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene)
- Artur Rubinstein Chopin: 8 Polonaises and 4 Impromptus
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
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Winner:
Silverstein, Lenisdorf, Boston Symphony Bartok: Concerto No. 2 for Violin; Stravnisky: Concerto for Violin - Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures
- Thelonious Monk Solo Monk
- Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra; Copland: Dance Symphony
- Duke Ellington Concert in the Virgin Islands
- Horowitz at Carnegie Hall Horowitz at Carnegie Hall
Best Album Cover, Photography
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Winner:
Paul Horn Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts - Charles Aznavour The Aznavour Story
- Charles Aznavour Whipped Cream and Other Delights
- Barbra Streisand My Name Is Barbra
- Thelonious Monk Monk
- Kenny Burrell & Gil Evans Orchestra Kenny Burrell: Guitar Forms
- Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home
Best Album Notes
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Winner: Frank Sinatra
September of My Years
- Adlai Stevenson The Voice of the Uncommon Man
- Earl Hines Grand Terrace Band
- Karl Bohm conducting the German Opera Berg: Wozzeck
Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist
Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental Or Vocal
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Winner:
Juilliard String Quartet Bartok: The 6 String Quartets - Joseph Szigeti, Bela Bartok Sonata Recital by Szigeti and Bartok (Bartok, Beethoven, Debussy)
- Isaac Stern, Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose Schubert: Trio No. 1 in B Flat for Piano
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Malcolm Frager Mozart/Schumann Recital
- Yehudi Menuhin and members of the Bath Festival Orchestra A Purcell Anthology
- Erick Friedman, Bruce Prince-Joseph Bach: The 6 Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Best Classical Performance - Choral
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Winner:
Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Symphony Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Poulenc: Gloria - Wolfgang Schubert conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Rafael Kubelik conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
- Wilhelm Pitz, chorus master, Philharmonia Chorus; Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra Handel: Messiah
- Benjamin Britten conducting the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Britten: Cantata Misericordium
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Singverein and Berlin Philharmonic Brahms: A German Requiem
- Robert Page conducting the Temple University Chori; Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra Berlioz: Requiem
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Orchestra
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Winner:
Artur Rubinstein (Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony) Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra - Gary Graffman (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 2 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra; Concerto No. 3 in E Flat Major for P
- Leonard Pennario (Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic) Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 1 in F Sharp for Piano; Concerto No. 4 in G Minor for Piano
- Rudolf Serkin (Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony) Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra
- Isaac Stern (Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Hindemith: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, Eugene Istomin (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) Without Orchestra
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Winner:
Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, an Historic Return - Julian Bream Julian Bream in Concert
- Artur Rubinstein Chopin: 8 Polonaises and 4 Impromptus
- Vladimir Ashkenazy Chopin Ballades (1-4)
- Glenn Gould Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Vol. 3 (17-24)
- Raymond Lewenthal Alkan: Piano Music
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
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Winner:
Leopold Stokowski conducting the American Symphony Ives: Symphony No. 4 - Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 in E Flat Minor
- Jean Martinon conducting the Chicago Symphony Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2; Roussel: Bacchus and Ariadne, Suite No. 2
- Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra; Copland: Dance Symphony
- Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Best Classical Vocal Performance With Or Without Orchestra
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Winner:
Leontyne Price (Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony) Strauss: Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene); The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Sc - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Moore, pianist) Schumann: Liederkreis
- Nicolai Ghiaurov (Downes conducting the London Symphony) Russian and French Arias
- Galina Vishnevskaya (Markevitch conducting the Russian State Symphony Mussorgsky: Songs
- Shirley Verrett Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs
- Mirella Freni (Ferraris conducting the Rome Opera House Orchestra) Mirella Freni, Operatic Arias
- Anna Moffo (Stokowski conducting the American Symphony) Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne; Rachmaninov: Vocalise; Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Best Comedy Performance
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Winner:
Bill Cosby Why Is There Air? - various artists, written by Bob Booker, George Foster You Don't Have to Be Jewish
- Earl Doud, Allen Robin Welcome to the L.B.J. Ranch
- Godfrey Cambridge Them Cotton Pickin' Days Is Over
- Smothers Brothers Mom Always Liked You Best
Best Composition By A Contemporary Classical Composer
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Winner:
Charles Ives Symphony No. 4 - William Walton Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
- Morton Gould World War I Suite
- David Diamond String Quartet No. 4
- Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms
- Benjamin Britten Cantata Misericordium
Best Country & Western Album
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Winner:
The Return of Roger Miller Roger Miller - Father and Son: Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr.
- My World Eddy Arnold
- More of That Guitar Country Chet Atkins
- The Jim Reeves Way Jim Reeves
Best Country & Western Single
Best Country & Western Song
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Winner: Roger Miller
King Of The Road
- Ted Harris Crystal Chandelier
- Neal Merritt May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
- Lewis Dewitt Flowers on the Wall
- Carl Belew, B.J. Moore, Eddie Busch What's He Doing in My World
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
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Winner: Jody Miller
Queen Of The House
- Skeeter Davis Sunglasses
- Molly Bee Single Girl Again
- Wilma Burgess Baby
- Dottie West Before The Ring On Your Finger Turns Green
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
Best Engineered Recording
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Winner:
Larry Levine A Taste of Honey (Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass) - Chuck Seitz, William Vandevort That Honey Horn Sound (Al Hirt)
- Lowell Frank September of My Years (Frank Sinatra)
- Al Pachucki, Chuck Seitz More of That Guitar Country (Chet Atkins)
- Richard Bogert, James Malloy Latin Sounds of Henry Mancini (Henry Mancini)
- Frank Laico My Name Is Barbra (Barbra Streisand)
Best Engineered Recording - Classical
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Winner:
Fred Plaut Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, an Historic Return (Vladimir Horowitz) - Bernard Keville Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Symphony)
- Anthony Salvatore Strauss: Salome; The Egyptian Helen (Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony; solo: Leontyne Price)
- Edward T. Graham Ives: Symphony No. 4 (Stokowski conducting the American Symphony Orchestra)
- Bernard Keville Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra; Copland: Dance Symphony (Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony)
Best Folk Recording
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Winner:
Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba - Roscoe Holcomb Roscoe Holcomb: The High Lonesome Sound
- Womenfolk The Womefolk at the Hungry 1
- Peter, Paul & Mary A Song Will Rise
- Pete Seeger Strangers and Cousins
- Joan Baez There But For Fortune
- Miriam Makeba Makeba Sings
Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording
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Winner:
George Beverly Shea & Anita Kerr Quartet Southland Favorites - Statesmen Quartet with Hovic Lister All Day Sing and Dinner on the Ground
- Tennessee Ernie Ford Let Me Walk with Thee
- Ralph Carmichael Singers & Orchestra Bob Ashton's Songs of Living Faith
- Kate Smith How Great Thou Art
- Happy Goodman Family What a Happy Time
- Blackwood Brothers Something Old, Something New
- Marian Anderson Just Keep on Singing
Best Instrumental Arrangement
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Winner: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
A Taste Of Honey
- Jankowski Orchestra Walk in the Black Forest
- Armbruster Orchestra The Shadow of Your Smile
- Neal Hefti Girl Talk
- Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops A Hard Day's Night
- Si Zentner Orchestra Mission to Moscow
Best Instrumental Performance (non-jazz)
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Winner: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
A Taste Of Honey
- Chet Atkins Yakety Axe
- Horst Jankowski Walk in the Black Forest
- Henry Mancini The Great Race
- Neal Hefti Girl Talk
Best Jazz Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group
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Winner:
Duke Ellington Orchestra Ellington '66 - Stan Getz Mickey One
- Dizzy Gillespie (Fuller, Monterey Jazz Festival) Theme from The Sandpiper
- Kenny Burrell, Gil Evans Orchestra Kenny Burrell: Guitar Forms
- Paul Horn Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts
- Rod Levitt Insight
- Wes Montgomery with String Orchestra Bumpin'
Best Jazz Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group
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Winner:
Ramsey Lewis Trio The In Crowd - Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer Quintet The Power of Positive Swinging
- Bill Evans Trio Trio '65
- Cal Tjader Soul Sauce
- Gary McFarland Group Soft Samba
- Paul Horn Cycle
- Paul Desmond, Jim Hall Glad to Be Unhappy
- John Coltrane A Love Supreme
Best New Country & Western Artist
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Winner: The Statler Brothers
- Del Reeves
- Norma Jean
- Wilma Burgess
- Jody Miller
Best Opera Recording
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Winner:
Karl Bohm conducting the Orchestra of German Opera, Berlin (solos: Fischer-Dieskau, Lear, Wunderlich) Berg: Wozzeck - Thomas Schippers conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus (solos: Price, Tucker, Verrett, Merrill, Tozzi, Flagello) Verdi: La Forza del Destino
- Richard Bonynge conducting the London Symphony and Chorus (solos: Sutherland, Horne, Alexander, Cross) Bellini: Norma
- Fausto Cleva conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus (solos: Moffo, Bergonzi, Verrett, MacNeil, Tozzi, Flagello) Verdi: Luisa Miller
- Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Nilsson, Windgassen, Fischer-Dieskau) Wagner: Gotterdammerung
Best Original Jazz Composition
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Winner:
Lalo Schifrin Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts - Eddie Sauter Mickey One
- Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn Virgin Islands Suite
- Oscar Peterson Canadiana Suite
- Wes Montgomery Bumpin'
- John Coltrane A Love Supreme
Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Show
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Winner:
Robert Armbruster Orchestra The Sandpiper - Mikis Theodorakis Orchestra Zorba the Greek
- Michel Legrand Orchestra The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Hugo Montenergo Orchestra The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Beatles Help
Best Performance By A Chorus
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Winner: Swingle Singers
Anyone for Mozart?
- Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra on Broadway
- Paul Horn and Chorus Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts
- Henry Mancini Chorus & Orchestra Dear Heart and Other Songs About Love
- New Christy Minstrels Chim Chim Cher-ee and Other Happy Songs
Best Recording For Children
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Winner:
Dr. Seuss Presents Fox in Sox and Green Eggs and Ham Marvin Miller - Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree Sterling Holloway, Sebastian Cabot
- Love Songs for Children: A You're Adorable Diahann Carroll
- Supercalifragelistic Expialidocious Chipmunks (David Seville)
- Patrick Muldoon and His Magic Balloon Carmel Quinn
Best Score From An Original Cast Show
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Winner:
Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - Walter Marks Bajour
- Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim Do I Hear a Waltz?
- Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessell Baker Street
- David Heneker Half a Sixpence
Best Spoken Word Or Drama Recording
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Winner:
John F. Kennedy As We Remember Him - National Theatre of Great Britain Much Ado About Nothing
- Margaret Webster The Brontes
- Alec Guinness A Personal Choice
- Adlai Stevenson The Voice of the Uncommon Man
- Chet Huntley, David Brinkley A Time to Keep: 1964
Contemporary Rock & Roll Female Vocal Performance
Contemporary Rock & Roll Group Vocal Performance
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Winner: The Statler Brothers
Flowers On The Wall
- Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs Wooly Bully
- The Supremes Stop! In The Name Of Love
- Hermin's Hermits Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
- Beatles Help
Contemporary Rock & Roll Male Vocal Performance
Female Vocal Performance
Lifetime Achievement Award
Most Promising New Recording Artist
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Winner:
Peter Serkin, pianist - Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass
- Evelyn Lear, soprano
- Raymond Lewenthal, pianist
- Shirley Verrett, mezzo
New Artist
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Winner: Tom Jones
- Hermans Hermits
- Sonny & Cher
- Horst Jankowski
- Glenn Yarbrough
- Marilyn Maye
- The Byrds
Record Of The Year
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Winner: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
A Taste Of Honey
- Tony Bennett The Shadow Of Your Smile
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio The 'In' Crowd
- Roger Miller King Of The Road
- Paul McCartney Yesterday
Rhythm & Blues Recording
Song Of The Year
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Winner:
Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel The Shadow of Your Smile - Roger Miller King Of The Road
- Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Demy I Will Wait for You
- John Lennon, Paul McCartney Yeterday
- Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn September of My Years
Vocal Group Performance
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Winner:
The Anita Kerr Quartet We Dig Mancini - We Five You Were on My Mind
- Hermans Hermits Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter
- Beatles Help
- The Statler Brothers Flowers On The Wall