The 5th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 15, 1963, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1962. Tony Bennett and Igor Stravinsky each won 3 awards.

Award winners

*Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year **Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" *Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year (other than classical) **Vaughn Meader for ''The First Family (album), The First Family'' *Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year **Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) for "What Kind of Fool Am I?" performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. *Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist **Robert Goulet

Children's

*Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, Best Recording for Children **Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for ''Camille Saint-Saëns, Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Benjamin Britten, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra''

Classical

*Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance, Best Classical Performance - Orchestra **Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for ''Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance, Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra) **Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Eileen Farrell & the New York Philharmonic for ''Götterdämmerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs'' *Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Best Opera Recording **Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers, & the Rome Opera House Orchestra for ''Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi: Aida'' *Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) **Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for ''Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach: St. Matthew Passion'' *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra), Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) **Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for ''Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D'' *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra), Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra) **Vladimir Horowitz for ''Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz'' *Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music **Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for ''The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, Best Contemporary Composition **Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor) for ''Stravinsky: The Flood'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Album, Album of the Year - Classical **Vladimir Horowitz for ''Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz''

Composing and arranging

*Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Theme **Bobby Scott (musician), Bobby Scott & Ric Marlowe (composers) for "A Taste of Honey" *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement, Best Instrumental Arrangement **Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Baby Elephant Walk" *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), Best Background Arrangement **Marty Manning (arranger) for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett

Country

*Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, Best Country & Western Recording **Burl Ives for "Funny Way of Laughin'"

Folk

*Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Best Folk Recording **Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"

Gospel

*Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance, Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording **Mahalia Jackson for ''Great Songs of Love and Faith''

Jazz

*Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group, Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental) **Stan Getz for "Desafinado" *Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental) **Stan Kenton for ''Adventures In Jazz'' *Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition, Best Original Jazz Composition **Vince Guaraldi (composer) for "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

Musical show

*Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, Best Original Cast Show Album **Richard Rodgers (composer) & the original cast (Richard Kiley, Diahann Carroll, Bernice Mass, Noelle Adam, Don Chastain, Mitchell Gregg & Noelle Adam) for ''No Strings''

Packaging and notes

*Grammy Award for Best Album Cover - Classical, Best Album Cover - Classical **Marvin Schwartz (art director) for ''The Intimate Bach'' performed by Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent DeRosa *Grammy Award for Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical, Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical **Robert M. Jones (art director) for ''Lena...Lovely and Alive'' performed by Lena Horne

Pop

*Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female, Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female **Ella Fitzgerald for ''Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson'' *Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male, Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male **Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" *Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group, Best Performance by a Vocal Group **Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer" *Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus, Best Performance by a Chorus **The New Christy Minstrels for ''Presenting The New Christy Minstrels'' *Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing, Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing **Joe Harnell for ''Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops'' *Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing **Peter Nero for ''The Colorful Peter Nero'' *Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song, Best Rock and Roll Recording **Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, Bent Fabric for "Alley Cat"

Production and engineering

*Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Novelty and Other Than Classical **Al Schmitt (engineer) for ''Hatari!'' performed by Henry Mancini *Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical, Best Engineered Recording - Classical **Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for ''Richard Strauss, Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra'' *Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects, Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty **Robert Fine (engineer) for ''The Civil War, Vol. I'' performed by Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell

R&B

*Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance, Best Rhythm & Blues Recording **Ray Charles for "I Can't Stop Loving You"

Spoken

*Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy) **Charles Laughton for ''The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton''

References

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