1st Annual Grammy Awards
The 1st Annual Grammy Awards, which began as The Gramophone Awards, were held on May 4, 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Two separate ceremonies were held simultaneously on the same day: one in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the other in the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City. Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Domenico Modugno, Ross Bagdasarian, and Henry Mancini, each won 2 awards.
Award winners
The following awards were given in the first award ceremony:General
;Record of the Year"Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno- "Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como
- "Fever" – Peggy Lee
- "The Chipmunk Song" – David Seville and the Chipmunks
- "Witchcraft" – Frank Sinatra
- The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
- Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 – Van Cliburn
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book – Ella Fitzgerald
- Come Fly with Me – Frank Sinatra
- Only the Lonely – Frank Sinatra
- "Catch a Falling Star" – Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, songwriters
- "Gigi" – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, songwriters
- "Fever" – Eddie Cooley and Johnny Davenport, songwriters
- "Witchcraft" – Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, songwriters
Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- *Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"
Comedy
- Best Comedy Performance
- *Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song", performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"
Composing and arranging
- Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1958 (over 5 minutes duration)
- *Nelson Riddle for "Cross Country Suite"
- Best Arrangement
- *Henry Mancini for ''The Music from Peter Gunn''
Country
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance, Individual
- *Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
- Best Jazz Performance, Group
- *Count Basie for ''Basie''
Musical show
- Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)
- *Meredith Willson & the original cast with Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Eddie Hodges, Pert Kelton & Helen Raymond for The Music Man
- Best Sound Track Album, Dramatic Picture Score or Original Cast
- *André Previn & the original cast for ''Gigi ''
Packaging and notes
Pop
- Best Vocal Performance, Female
- *Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
- Best Vocal Performance, Male
- *Perry Como for "Catch a Falling Star"
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
- *Keely Smith & Louis Prima for "That Old Black Magic"
- Best Performance by a Dance Band
- *Count Basie for Basie
- Best Performance by an Orchestra
- *Billy May for ''Billy May's Big Fat Brass''
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Record - Non-Classical
- *Ted Keep for "The Chipmunk Song" performed by David Seville
- Best Engineered Record (Classical)
- *Sherwood Hall III, Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri for ''Duets with Spanish Guitar''
R&B
Spoken
- Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word
- *Stan Freberg for ''The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows''