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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.


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The Nominees

Album Of The Year

Album Of The Year - Classical

  • Winner:
    Pierre Boulez conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris National Opera (solos: Berry, Strauss, Uhl, Doench)     Berg: Wozzeck
  • Winner:
    Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony with soloists and choruses     Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)
  • Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz in Concert
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: King, Fischer-Dieskau) Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
  • Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Moffo, Barioni, Sereni, Sciutti, De Palma) Puccini: La Rondine
  • Leopold Stokowski conducting the American Symphony / Washington's Birthday - Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic The World of Charles Ives Robert Browning Overture

Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts

Best Album Cover, Photography

Best Album Notes

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Or Instrumentalist(s)

Best Chamber Performance

  • Winner:
    Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin     West Meets East
  • Philadelphia Brass Ensemble The Glorious Sound of Brass
  • Juilliard Quartet Ives: Quartets Nos. 1 and 3
  • Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose Brahms: Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello (Nos. 1-3)
  • Artur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet Brahms: Quintet in F Minor for Piano, Op. 34
  • Yale Quartet Beethoven: Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

Best Classical Performance - Choral

  • Winner:
    Robert Page conducting the Temple University Chorus; Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra     Orff: Catulli Carmina
  • Winner:
    Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra with soloists and choruses     Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)
  • Gregg Smith Singers The Choral Music of Arnold Schoenberg
  • Janusz Przybylski and Jozef Suwara conducting the Boys' Chorus of Cracow; Henryk Czyz conducting the Cracow Philharmonic Penderecki: Passion According to St. Luke
  • John McCarthy conducting the Ambrosian Singers; Charles Mackerras conducting the English Chamber Orchestra Handel: Messiah
  • Aaron Copland conducting the New England Conservatory Chorus Copland: In the Beginnina; Lark; Las Agachadas
  • Karl Bohm conducting the Vienna Singverein and Vienna Symphony Haydn: The Seasons

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Or Without Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Vladimir Horowitz     Horowitz in Concert
  • William Masselos Ives: Sonata No. 1 for Piano
  • Andres Segovia Segovia on Stage
  • Alicia de Larrocha Granados: Goyescas Completo/Escenas Romanticas
  • Artur Rubinstein Chopin: Nocturnes
  • Julian Bream 20th Century Guitar (works by Brindle, Britten, Villa-Lobos, Martin, Henze)

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony     Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka Suites
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor
  • Georg Solti conducting the London Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: King, Fischer-Dieskau) Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
  • Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony Ives: Orchestral Set No. 2; Robert Browning Overture: Putnam's Camp
  • Adrian Boult conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra Holst: The Planets

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Winner:
    Leontyne Price (Molinari-Pradelli conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra)     Prima Donna, Vol. 2
  • Christa Ludwig (with instrumental ensemble) Shepherd on the Rock and Other Songs
  • Victoria de los Angeles (Gonzalo Soriano, pianist) Victoria de los Angeles Sings Debussy and Ravel and other French Songs
  • Peter Pears (Benjamin Britten, pianist) Schubert: Die Winterreise
  • Fritz Wunderlich (Hubert Giesen, pianist) Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin
  • Adele Addison (Aaron Copland, pianist) Copland: 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson
  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Gerald Moore, pianist) An Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Songbook
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Jorg Demus, pianist) Beethoven: Songs

Best Comedy Recording

  • Winner:
    Bill Cosby     Revenge
  • Lenny Bruce Lenny Bruce in Concert
  • George Carlin Take-Offs and Put-Ons
  • Flip Wilson Cowboys and Colored People
  • Archie Campbell The Cockfight and Other Tall Tales

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo, Trio Or Group (vocal Or Instrumental)

  • Winner:
    Johnny Cash, June Carter     Jackson
  • Lonesome Rhodes The Lonesome Rhodes
  • Tompall & the Glaser Brothers Through the Eyes of Love
  • Bobby Goldsboro, Del Reeves Our Way of Life
  • Blue Boys My Cup Runneth Over
  • Liz Anderson, Bobby Bare, Norma Jean Game of Triangles
  • Some of Chet's Freinds Chet's Tune
  • David Houston, Tammy Wynette My Elusive Dreams

Best Country & Western Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Recording

Best Country & Western Song

  • Winner:
    John Hartford     Gentle on My Mind
  • John Loudermilk Break My Mind
  • Don Robertson, John Crutchfield, Doris Clement Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger
  • Dale Noe It's Such a Pretty World Today
  • Bill Anderson Cold Hard Facts Of Life

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Winner:
    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble     The Glorious Sound of Brass
  • Bohm conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; solos: Nilsson, Windgassen Wagner: Tristan and Isolde Live
  • Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 in D
  • Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat
  • Resurrection Solti conducting the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra; solos: Harper, Watts Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
  • Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
  • Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and soloists Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Best Folk Performance

Best Gospel Performance

  • Winner:
    Porter Wagoner, Blackwood Brothers Quartet     More Grand Old Gospel
  • Blackwood Brothers Quartet The Blackwood Brothers Quartet Sings for Joy
  • Singing Rambos Singing Rambos, Gospel Ballads
  • Oak Ridge Boys Oak Ridge Boys
  • Happy Goodman Family Good 'n' Happy

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group

Best Instrumental Performance

Best Instrumental Theme

  • Winner:
    Lalo Schifrin     Mission: Impossible
  • Joe Sawinul Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
  • Hugo Montenegro Hurry Sundown
  • Chico Buarque De Hollanda A Banda
  • Burt Bacharach, Hal David Casino Royale

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    Pierre Boulez conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris National Opera (solos: Berry, Strauss, Uhl, Doench)     Berg: Wozzeck
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Fischer-Dieskau, Ligabue, Sciutti, Resnik) Verdi: Falstaff
  • Karl Bohm conducting the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Nilsson, Windgassen, Ludwig, Talvela, Wachter) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Live
  • Julius Rudel conducting the New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Treigle, Sills, Forrester, Wolff) Handel: Julius Caesar
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (solos: Crespin, Janowitz, Veasey, Vickers, Stewart, Talvela) Wagner: Die Walkure
  • John Barbirolli conducting the Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Scotto, Bergonzi) Puccini: Madama Butterfly
  • Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Moffo, Barioni, Scrcni, Sciutti, Del Palma) Puccini: La Rondine

Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Show

  • Winner:
    Lalo Schifrin Orchestra     Mission: Impossible
  • soundtrack with Lulu & the Mindbenders To Sir with Love
  • Quincy Jones, conductor In the Heat of the Night
  • Rex Harrison and motion picture cast; Lionel Newman, conductor Doctor Doolittle
  • various artists; Burt Bacharach, conductor Casino Royale

Best Performance By A Chorus

  • Winner:
    Johnny Mann Singers     Up, Up and Away
  • Living Voices; Ethel Gabriel, conductor Wish Me a Rainbow
  • Percy Faith Chorus & Orchestra Windy
  • Ray Charles Singers Blame It on Me
  • Swingle Singers with Modern Jazz Quartet Encounter

Best Recording For Children

  • Winner:
    Boris Karloff     Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (TV soundtrack)
  • verses by Ogden Nash, narrated by Tutti Camarata (Symphonie-Orchester Graunke) The Carnival of the Animals
  • Sterling Holloway A Happy Birthday Party with Winnie-the-Pooh
  • motion picture cast The Jungle Book
  • Julie Harris, Richard Kiley Magic Fishbone/Happy Prince/Potted Princess
  • Richard Kiley Jungle Books

Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance - Vocal Or Instrumental

Best Rhythm & Blues Recording

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Sacred Performance

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

  • Winner:
    Fred Ebb, John Kander     Cabaret
  • Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen Walking Happy
  • Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green Hallelujah, Baby
  • Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones I Do! I Do!
  • Clark Gesner You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Recording

  • Winner:
    Everett M. Dirksen     Gallant Men
  • Rod McKuen The Earth
  • Victor Lundberg An Open Letter to My Teenage Son
  • Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw A Man For All Seasons
  • Patrick Magee, Cyril Cusack The Balcony
  • Hal Holbrook Mark Twain Tonight, Vol. 3
  • James Dickey Poems of James Dickey

Contemporary Album

Contemporary Single

Contemporary Vocal Group

Female Contemporary Vocal Solo

Female Vocal Performance

Group Vocal Performance

Lifetime Achievement Award

Male Contemporary Vocal Solo

Male Vocal Performance

New Artist

Record Of The Year

Song Of The Year

Trustees Award

  • Winner:
    Krzysztof Penderecki
  • Winner:
    Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
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