The 3rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on April 12, 1961, at

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and New York. They recognized musical accomplishments by the performers for the year 1960.

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Gen ...

won four awards and

Bob Newhart George Robert Newhart (September 5, 1929 – July 18, 2024) was an American comedian and actor. Newhart was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style. Beginning his career as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned his career to acting in ...

and

Henry Mancini Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, ...

each won three awards.

Award winners

The following awards were given in the third award ceremony: *

Record of the Year The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without re ...

Percy Faith Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian–American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizin ...

for " Theme from ''A Summer Place''" **

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

for "Nice 'N Easy" **

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phra ...

for "

Mack The Knife "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" () is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama ''The Threepenny Opera'' (). The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld n ...

" **

for "

Georgia On My Mind "Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, and first recorded that same year by Carmichael at the RCA Studios New York#24th St, RCA Victor Studios at 155 East 24th Street in New York City. The song has ...

" **

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...

for "

Are You Lonesome Tonight? "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (sometimes stylized as Are You Lonesome To-night?) is a song written by Roy Turk and Lou Handman in 1926. It was recorded several times in 1927, first by Charles Hart, but also with successful versions by Vaughn De ...

" * Album of the Year **

for '' The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart'' **

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and Traditional pop, pop ...

for '' Wild Is Love'' ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) for ''Puccini Turandot'' **Frank Sinatra for '' Nice 'N Easy'' **Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) for ''Brahms: Concerto'' with

Sviatoslav Richter Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter ( – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist. He is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time,Great Pianists of the 20th Century and has been praised for the "depth of his interpreta ...

(piano) **

Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte ( ; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte ...

for '' Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall'' * Song of the Year ** Ernest Gold for " Theme of ''Exodus''" **

Max Steiner Maximilian Raoul Steiner (10 May 1888 – 28 December 1971) was an Austrian composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of cinema of the United States, Hollywood's greatest musical composers. Steiner was a child prodi ...

(songwriter) for "

Theme From A Summer Place "Theme from ''A Summer Place''" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film '' A Summer Place'', which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It was recorded for the film as an instrumental theme by ...

" performed by

Sammy Cahn Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premie ...

Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television, and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Award for Best Original Song, Academy Awards for ...

(songwriters) for "Second Time Around" performed by Frank Sinatra ** Alan Bergman, Marilyn (Keith) Bergman & Lew Spence (songwriters) for "Nice 'N Easy" performed by Frank Sinatra **Audrey Allison,

Joe Allison Joe Marion Allison (October 3, 1924 – August 2, 2002) was an American songwriter, radio and television personality, record producer, and country music business executive. Allison won five BMI performance awards for hit singles he wrote and a ...

& Charles Grean (songwriters) for " He'll Have To Go" performed by

Jim Reeves James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. One of the earliest pioneers and practitioners of the Nashville sound, he played a central role in the sonic development of country music in th ...

Best New Artist The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 (except in 1967) "for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that ar ...

** The Brothers Four ** Joanie Sommers **

Leontyne Price Leontyne Price ( born Mary Violet Leontine Price February 10, 1927) is an American spinto soprano who was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera. ...

Miriam Makeba Zenzile Miriam Makeba ( , ; 4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including African popular music, Afropop, ja ...

Children's

* Best Album Created for Children ** Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for ''Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks'' performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks" **

Ralph Bellamy Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was an American actor whose career spanned 65 years on stage, film, and television. During his career, he played leading roles as well as supporting roles, garnering acclaim and award ...

for ''Stories And Songs Of The Civil War'' **

Sterling Holloway Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January 14, 1905 – November 22, 1992) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He did voice acting for The Walt Disney Company, playing Mr. Stork in ''Dumbo'', Adult Flower in ...

for ''Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes'' **

Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weav ...

for ''Folk Songs For Young People'' ** Dr. Seuss for '' Dr. Seuss Presents Bartholomew And The Oobleck'' **Various Artists for ''Adventures In Music, Grade 3, Volume 1''

Classical

* Best Classical Performance - Orchestra **

Fritz Reiner Frederick Martin Reiner (; December 19, 1888 – November 15, 1963) was an American conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century. Hungarian born and trained, he emigrated to the United States in 1922, where he rose to promine ...

(conductor) & the

Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891, the ensemble has been based in the Symphony Center since 1904 and plays a summer season at the Ravinia F ...

for '' Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta'' * Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist **

for ''A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital'' * Best Classical Opera Production ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi & the Rome Opera Orchestra for ''

Puccini Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, s ...

Turandot ''Turandot'' ( ; see #Origin and pronunciation of the name, below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Puccini left the opera unfinished at the time of his death in 1924; it ...

'' * Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio) **

Thomas Beecham Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, (29 April 18798 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philh ...

(conductor) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus for ''

Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...

'' * Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor),

& the

for '' Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat'' * Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (other than with orchestral accompaniment) ** Laurindo Almeida for ''The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida'' * Best Classical Performance - Vocal or Instrumental - Chamber Music ** Laurindo Almeida for ''Conversations With the Guitar'' * Best Contemporary Classical Composition **

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Compos ...

(composer & conductor) & the

Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five (orchestras), Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in ...

for ''Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite''

Comedy

* Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word **

for '' The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!'' ** Jonathan Winters for '' The Wonderful World Of Jonathan Winters'' ** Shelley Berman for ''The Edge Of Shelley Berman'' **

Carl Reiner Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. He was the List of awards and nominations received by Carl Reiner, recipient of many awards and ...

Mel Brooks Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodie ...

for '' 2000 Year Old Man'' * Best Comedy Performance - Musical **

Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical tr ...

& Paul Weston for '' Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris'' performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards" ** Stan Freberg for ''The Old Payola Roll Blues'' ** Homer And Jethro for ''Homer And Jethro At The Country Club'' **

Tom Lehrer Thomas Andrew Lehrer (; born April 9, 1928) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy and humorous, often Music and politics, political songs that ...

for '' An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer'' ** David Seville And The Chipmunks for " Alvin For President"

Composing and arranging

* Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television ** Ernest Gold (composer) for '' Exodus'' **

Nelson Riddle Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including ...

(composer) for '' The Untouchables'' performed by Nelson Riddle ** Adolph Deutch (composer) for '' The Apartment'' performed by Various Artists **

(composer) for '' Mr. Lucky'' performed by Henry Mancini ** Miklos Rozsa (composer) for '' Ben Hur'' performed by Miklos Rozsa * Best Arrangement **

(arranger & artist) for ''Mr. Lucky'' **Dick Schory (arranger) for ''Wild Percussion And Horns A' Plenty'' performed by Dick Schory **

Don Costa Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including '' Sinatra and Strings'' and '' My Way'' ...

(arranger) for " Theme From ''The Apartment''" performed by Ferrante & Teicher **

(arranger) for " Theme From ''A Summer Place''" performed by Percy Faith **

(arranger) for " Nice 'N Easy" performed by

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...

(arranger) for " Let The Good Times Roll" performed by Ray Charles ** Bill Holman (arranger) for "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" performed by

Gerry Mulligan Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing t ...

Billy May Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet (TV series), The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad (TV series), T ...

George Shearing Sir George Albert Shearing (13 August 191914 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. Shearing was the composer of over 300 so ...

(arrangers) for "Honeysuckle Rose" performed by George Shearing

Country

* Best Country & Western Performance **

Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. He was one of the most popular and successful singers of his genre for most o ...

for "

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" ** Ferlin Husky for Wing Of A Dove ** Hank Locklin for '' Please Help Me, I'm Falling'' **

Johnny Horton John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country, honky tonk, and rockabilly musician during the 1950s. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrative country saga songs that became international ...

for "North To Alaska''"'' **

for " He'll Have To Go"

Folk

* Best Performance - Folk **

for "Swing Dat Hammer" **

Alan Lomax Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activ ...

for ''Southern Folk Heritage Series'' ** Ewan MacColl for ''Songs Of Robert Burns'' **

Jimmy Driftwood James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907 – July 12, 1998), known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk music, folk-style songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans (song), ...

for ''Songs Of Billy Yank And Johnny Reb'' **

for ''

'' **

The Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, ...

for ''Here We Go Again'' ** The Brothers Four for '' Greenfields'' ** Belafonte Folk Singers for ''Cheers''

Jazz

* Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group **

André Previn André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved ...

for ''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...

'' **

for '' White Satin'' **

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

And His Octet for '' The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All'' **

Modern Jazz Quartet The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical music, classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop. The Quartet consisted of John Lewis (pianist), John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphon ...

for ''

Pyramid A pyramid () is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular in broad outline and converge toward the top, making the appearance roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be of any polygon shape, such as trian ...

'' **Miles Davis for ''Jazz Track'' **Art Tatum for ''Greatest Piano Of Them All'' **Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Lambert, Hendricks And Ross for ''The Hottest New Group in Jazz, The Hottest New Group In Jazz'' **Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges for ''Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues, Back To Back - Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues'' *Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Jazz Performance Large Group **

for ''The Blues and the Beat, Blues and the Beat'' **

for ''The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones, The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones'' **Count Basie for ''The Count Basie Story'' **Miles Davis & Gil Evans for ''Sketches of Spain'' **

for "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" *Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition, Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration **Gil Evans & Miles Davis for ''Sketches of Spain'' **Jimmy Giuffre (composer) for ''Western Suite'' performed by Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Brookmeyer & Jim Hall (musician), Jim Hall **John Lewis (pianist), John Lewis (composer) for "Sketch" performed by

& Guests **Maynard Ferguson (composer) for "Newport Suite" performed by Maynard Ferguson **Duke Ellington (composer) for ''Idiom '59'' performed by Duke Ellington **Bob Brookmeyer (composer) for ''Blues Suite'' performed by Bob Brookmeyer **Dave Brubeck (composer) for "Blue Rondo à la Turk, Blue Rondo A La Turk" performed by Dave Brubeck

Musical show

* Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, Best Show Album (Original Cast) **Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast for ''The Sound of Music'' **Meredith Willson (composer), original cast including Tammy Grimes, Harve Presnell & Jack Harrold for ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical), The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' **Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick (composers), original cast including Tom Bosley for ''Fiorello! (album), Fiorello!'' **Alan Jay Lerner, Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe (composers) for ''Camelot (Broadway cast recording), Camelot'' performed by Richard Burton, Julie Andrews & Robert Goulet **Lee Adams & Charles Strouse (composers) for ''Bye Bye Birdie'' performed by Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke & Paul Lynde *Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television, Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television **Cole Porter (composer),

& the original cast for ''Can Can'' **

(composer) for ''Li'l Abner (1959 film), Li'l Abner'' performed by Nelson Riddle **

for ''G.I. Blues'' performed by Elvis Presley **Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Jule Styne (composers) for ''Bells Are Ringing (film), Bells Are Ringing'' performed by original cast including Judy Holliday & Dean Martin

Packaging and notes

*Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Best Album Cover **Marvin Schwartz (art director) for ''Latin a la Lee'' performed by Peggy Lee **Robert M. Jones (art director) for ''Wild Percussion And Horns A' Plenty'' performed by Dick Schory **Robert M. Jones (art director) for ''Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Excerpts'' performed by

**Robert M. Jones (art director) for ''Stravinsky: Petrouchka'' performed by Pierre Monteux **Robert M. Jones (art director) for ''Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky'' performed by Fritz Reiner **Irving Werbin (art director) for ''Now Fred Astaire, Now! Fred Astaire'' performed by Fred Astaire **Sheldon Marks (art director) for ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book'' performed by

**Robert M. Jones (art director) for ''Carlos Montoya'' performed by Carlos Montoya **Marvin Israel (art director) for ''Bean Bags'' performed by Milt Jackson

Pop

*Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female, Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female **

for "Mack the Knife" **Doris Day for "Sound of Music" **Brenda Lee for "I'm Sorry (Brenda Lee song), I'm Sorry" **Peggy Lee for "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" **Eileen Farrell for "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" *Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female, Best Vocal Performance Album, Female **

for ''Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife, Mack the Knife - Ella in Berlin'' **

for ''

'' **Peggy Lee for ''Latin ala Lee!, Latin Ala Lee!'' **Della Reese for ''Della (album), Della'' **Rosemary Clooney for ''Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie!, Clap Hands, Here Comes Rosie'' *Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male, Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male **Ray Charles, Ray Charles for "Georgia on My Mind" **

for "Nice 'N Easy" **Johnny Mathis for "Misty (song), Misty" **

for " He'll Have To Go" **

for "

" *Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male, Best Vocal Performance Album, Male **

for ''The Genius of Ray Charles'' **

for '' Wild Is Love'' **Frank Sinatra for '' Nice 'N Easy'' **Elvis Presley for ''G.I. Blues'' **

for '' Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall'' *Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group, Best Performance by a Vocal Group (2 to 6) **Eydie Gormé & Steve Lawrence for "We Got Us" **Swe-Danes for ''Scandinavian Shuffle'' **

for ''Here We Go Again'' ** The Brothers Four for "Greenfields" **The Hi-Lo's, The Hi-Los for ''All Over The Place'' *Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus, Best Performance by a Chorus (7 or More Persons) **Norman Luboff for ''Songs of the Cowboy'' performed by the Norman Luboff Choir **Robert Shaw Chorale for ''That Wonderous Love'' **Pete King Chorale for "My Favorite Things" **Ray Charles Singers for ''Deep Night'' **Belafonte Folk Singers for ''Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall'' *Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing, Best Performance by a Band for Dancing **Count Basie for ''Dance Along with Basie'' **

for ''The Blues and the Beat, The Blues And The Beat'' **

for ''Girls And Boys On Broadway'' **Pérez Prado, Perez Prado for ''Big Hits By Prado'' **Les Brown (bandleader), Les Brown for ''Bandland'' *Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Best Performance by an Orchestra **

for ''Mr. Lucky'' **

for "

" **Count Basie for ''The Count Basie Story'' **

for ''The Concert Jazz Band'' **Juan García Esquivel, Esquivel for ''Infinity In Sound'' *Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song, Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist **

for "Georgia on My Mind" **Frank Sinatra for "Nice 'N Easy" **Ella Fitzgerald for "Mack The Knife" **Peggy Lee for "Heart" **Elvis Presley for "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

Production and engineering

*Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording **Luis P. Valentin (engineer) for ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook'' performed by

**Robert Simpson (composer), Robert Simpson (engineer) for ''Wild Percussion And Horns A' Plenty'' performed by Dick Schory **John Kraus (engineer) for ''Wild Is Love'' performed by Nat King Cole **Robert Fine (engineer) for ''Persuasive Percussion #2'' performed by Terry Snyder And All The Stars **Luis P. Valentin for ''Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne'' performed by Louie Bellson, Louis Bellson **John Norman (engineer) for ''Infinity In Sound'' performed by Esquivel **Robert Simpson (engineer) for ''Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall'' performed by Harry Belafonte *Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical, Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording **Hugh Davies (engineer) & Laurindo Almeida for ''The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida'' **John Kraus (engineer) for ''The Two Pianos Of Leonard Pennario'' performed by Leonard Pennario **Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for ''R. Strauss: Don Quixote'' performed by

**Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for ''Puccini Turandot'' performed by Erich Leinsdorf **Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for ''Berlioz: Requiem'' conducted by Charles Munch (conductor), Charles Munch **Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for ''Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste'' conducted by Fritz Reiner **Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for ''Alexander Nevsky'' conducted by Fritz Reiner *Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects, Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording **John Kraus (engineer) for "The Old Payola Roll Blues" performed by Stan Freberg **Thorne Nogar (engineer) for ''Spike Jones In Hi-Fi'' performed by Spike Jones **John Crawford (musician), John Crawford, Anthony Salvatore & Robert Simpson (composer), Robert Simpson (engineers) for ''New Sounds America Loves Best'' performed by John Klein **George Fernandez (engineer) for "Mr. Custer" performed by Larry Verne **Theodore Keep, Ted Keep (engineer) for ''Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks, Let's All Sing With The Chipmunks'' performed by David Seville (entertainer), David Seville **John Kraus (engineer) for ''June Night'' performed by Jack Cookerly **Ted Keep (engineer) for " Alvin For President" performed by David Seville And The Chipmunks

R&B

*Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance, Best Rhythm & Blues Performance **

for "Let the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan song), Let the Good Times Roll" **Bo Diddley for "Walkin' And Talkin'" **John Lee Hooker for Travelin' (John Lee Hooker album), ''Travelin **LaVern Baker for "Shake a Hand, Shake A Hand" **Jackie Wilson for "Lonely Teardrops" **Muddy Waters for "Got My Mojo Working" **Hank Ballard for "Finger Poppin' Time" **Etta James for "All I Could Do Was Cry"

Spoken

*Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy) **Robert Bialek (producer) for ''FDR Speaks'' **Henry Fonda for ''Voices Of The Twentieth Century'' **John Gielgud for ''Part Two Of Shakespeare's \"Ages Of Man\", \"One Man In This Time\'' **Archibald MacLeish for ''J.B. (play), J.B.''

References

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