5th Annual Grammy Awards

Performers

• Henry Mancini - Moon River/Baby Elephant Walk/Peter Gunn television theme
• Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
• Diahann Carroll
• Peter, Paul, and Mary - If I Had a Hammer
• Connie Francis - What Kind of Fool Am I

Presenters

• Tony Bennett Introduced Henry Mancini
• Bill Dana - Introduced Tony Bennett
• Bob Newhart - Introduced Peter Nero
• Richard Rodgers - Introduced Diahann Caroll
• Les Brown - Introduced Peter, Paul, and Mary
• Dean Martin - Introduced Connie Francis
• Frank Sinatra - Presented Bing Crosby with the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award

Award winners

• Record of the Year
• *Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
• *Sammy Davis Jr. for "What Kind Of Fool Am I"
• *Nat King Cole for "Ramblin' Rose"
• *Ray Charles for "I Can't Stop Loving You"
• *Joe Harnell And His Orchestra for "Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova"
• *Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd for "Desafinado"
• Album of the Year (other than classical)
• *Vaughn Meader for The First Family
• *Allan Sherman for My Son, The Folk Singer
• *Ray Charles for Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, Vol. I
• *Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd for Jazz Samba
• *Tony Bennett for I Left My Heart In San Francisco
• Song of the Year
• *Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley for "What Kind of Fool Am I?" performed by Sammy Davis Jr.
• *Richard Rodgers for "The Sweetest Sounds" performed by Peggy Lee
• *Fred Ebb & John Kander for "My Coloring Book" performed by Sandy Stewart
• *George Cory & Douglas Cross for "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett
• *Lionel Bart for "As Long As He Needs Me" performed by Shirley Bassey & Della Reese
• Best New Artist
• *Robert Goulet
• *Four Seasons
• *Allan Sherman
• *Peter, Paul and Mary
• *Vaughn Meader
• *The New Christy Minstrels

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *Leonard Bernstein for Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• *John Ciardi for You Read To Me, I'll Read To You
• *The Limeliters for Through Children's Eyes
• *David Seville And The Chipmunks for The Chipmunk Songbook
• *Boris Karloff for The Cat Who Walked By Herself
• *Shari Lewis for Shari In Storyland
• *Danny Kaye for ''Grimm's Fairy Tales''

Classical

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

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme
• *Bobby Scott & Ric Marlowe for "A Taste of Honey"
• *Elmer Bernstein & Mack David for "Walk On The Wild Side" performed by Elmer Bernstein
• *Dave Rose for The Stripper performed by Dave Rose
• *Acker Bilk for "Stranger On The Shore" performed by Acker Bilk
• *Nelson Riddle for Route 66 Theme performed by Nelson Riddle
• *Henry Mancini for "Baby Elephant Walk" performed by Henry Mancini
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
• *Henry Mancini for "Baby Elephant Walk"
• *Dave Rose for The Stripper performed by Dave Rose
• *Robert Farnon for Sensuous Strings Of Robert Farnon performed by Robert Farnon And His Orchestra
• *Nelson Riddle for Route 66 Theme performed by Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra
• *Quincy Jones for Quintessence performed by Quincy Jones
• *Eddie Sauter for "Focus" performed by Stan Getz
• *Joe Harnell for "Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova" performed by Joe Harnell And His Orchestra
• Best Background Arrangement
• *Marty Manning for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett
• *Marty Paich for "What Kind Of Fool Am I" performed by Sammy Davis Jr.
• *Bill Finegan for "My Ship" performed by Carol Sloane
• *Antonio Carlos Jobim for "Joao Gilberto" performed by Joao Gilberto
• *Marty Paich for "I Can't Stop Loving You" performed by Ray Charles
• *Marion Evans for "Go Away Little Girl" performed by Steve Lawrence
• *Marty Paich for "Born To Lose" performed by Ray Charles

Country

• Best Country & Western Recording
• *Burl Ives for "Funny Way of Laughin'"
• *Claude King for "Wolverton Mountain"
• *George Jones for "She Thinks I Still Care"
• *Jimmy Dean for "P.T. 109"
• *Johnny Tillotson for "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'"
• *Marty Robbins for "Devil Woman"

Folk

• Best Folk Recording
• *Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"
• *Harry Belafonte for "The Midnight Special"
• *Flatt And Scruggs for "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
• *The Kingston Trio for Something Special
• *The New Christy Minstrels for Presenting The New Christy Minstrels
• *Joan Baez for Joan Baez In Concert
• *Bob Dylan for ''Bob Dylan''

Gospel

• Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
• *Mahalia Jackson for Great Songs of Love and Faith
• *Tennessee Ernie Ford for "I Love To Tell The Story"
• *Ralph Carmichael for Hymns At Sunset
• *Alex Bradford, Marion Williams And The Stars Of Faith & Princess Stewart for Back Nativity
• *The Clefs Of Calvary for "Save Me"
• *Marian Anderson for Marian Anderson - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands And 18 Other Spirituals
• *Leopold Stokowski & Norman Luboff Choir for ''Inspiration - Great Music For Chorus And Orchestra''

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental)
• *Stan Getz for "Desafinado"
• *Oscar Peterson for West Side Story
• *Laurindo Almeida for Viva Bossa Nova!
• *Bill Evans & Jim Hall for Undercurrent
• *Charlie Mingus Tijauna Moods
• *George Shearing Quintet for Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays
• *Eddie Cano for A Taste Of Honey
• Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)
• *Stan Kenton for Adventures In Jazz
• *Jimmy Smith for "Walk On The Wild Side"
• *Count Basie for The Legend
• *Miles Davis & Gil Evans for Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall
• *Count Basie Orchestra & Duke Ellington Orchestra for First Time!
• *Dizzy Gillespie for Carnegie Hall Concert
• *Gary McFarland & Stan Getz for Big Band Bossa Nova
• Best Original Jazz Composition
• *Vince Guaraldi for "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
• *Lalo Schifrin for "Tunisian Fantasy" performed by The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
• *Charlie Mingus for "Tijuana Moods"
• *Henry Mancini for "The Sounds Of Hatari"
• *Quincy Jones for "Quintessence"
• *Eddie Sauter for "Focus" performed by Stan Getz
• *Paul Desmond for "Desmond Blue"

Musical show

• Best Original Cast Show Album
• *Richard Rodgers & the original cast for No Strings
• *Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley for Stop The World - I Want To Get Off performed by original cast including Anthony Newley & Anna Quale
• *Lionel Bart for Oliver! performed by original Broadway cast including Clive Revill & David Jones
• *Dudley Moore for Beyond The Fringe performed by Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett, Peter Cook & Jonathan Miller
• *Stephen Sondheim for A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum performed by original Broadway cast including Zero Mostel & Jack Gilford

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover - Classical
• *Marvin Schwartz for The Intimate Bach performed by Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent DeRosa
• *Marvin Schwartz for Wagner: Prelude And Love Death/R. Strauss: Death And Transfiguration conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
• *Marvin Schwartz for Otto Klemperer Conducts conducted by Otto Klemperer
• *Marvin Schwartz for Faure: Requiem conducted by Roger Wagner
• *Marvin Schwartz for Beethoven: Fidelio conducted by Otto Klemperer
• *Jim Silke for Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin/ ''Shostakovich: The Age Of Gold conducted by Robert Irving
• Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
• *Robert M. Jones for Lena...Lovely and Alive performed by Lena Horne
• *Jim Silke for The Great Years performed by Frank Sinatra
• *Bill Longcore for The First Family performed by Vaughn Meader & other artists
• *Loring Eutemey for The Comedy performed by Modern Jazz Quartet
• *Ed Thrasher for Potpourri Par Piaf performed by Édith Piaf
• *Ken Kim for My Son, The Folk Singer performed by Allan Sherman
• *Loring Eutemey for Lonely Woman performed by Modern Jazz Quartet
• *John Murello for Jazz Samba'' performed by Stan Getz

Pop

• Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
• *Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
• *Pat Thomas for "Slightly Out Of Tune (Desafinado)"
• *Diahann Carroll for No Strings
• *Sandy Stewart for "My Coloring Book"
• *Ketty Lester for Love Letters
• *Lena Horne for Lena... Lovely And Alive
• *Peggy Lee for "I'm A Woman"
• Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
• *Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
• *Sammy Davis Jr. for "What Kind Of Fool Am I"
• *Anthony Newley "What Kind Of Fool Am I"
• *Ray Charles for I Can't Stop Loving You
• *Mel Tormé for Comin' Home Baby
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
• *Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"
• *The Limeliters for Through Children's Eyes
• *The Four Freshman for The Swingers
• *The Hi-Lo's for The Hi-Lo's Happen To Folk Songs
• *The Letterman for "A Song For Young Love"
• Best Performance by a Chorus
• *The New Christy Minstrels for Presenting The New Christy Minstrels
• *Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians for The Waring Blend
• *Johnny Mann Singers for Great Band With Great Voices Swing The Great Voices Of The Great Band
• *Pete King Orchestra & Chorale for Consider Yourself
• *Norman Luboff Choir for A Choral Spectacular
• Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
• *Joe Harnell for Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops
• *Quincy Jones for Big Band Bossa Nova
• *Laurindo Almeida for Viva Bossa Nova!
• *Dave Rose for "The Stripper"
• *Neal Hefti for "Jazz Pops"
• *Stan Getz & Gary McFarland for Big Band Bossa Nova
• Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing
• *Peter Nero for The Colorful Peter Nero
• *Elmer Bernstein for Walk On The Wild Side
• *Acker Bilk for "Stranger On The Shore"
• *Felix Slatkin for Hoedown!
• *Henry Mancini for Hatari!
• Best Rock and Roll Recording
• *Bent Fabric for "Alley Cat"
• *Mary Wells for "You Beat Me To The Punch"
• *The Drifters for "Up On The Roof"
• *Sam Cooke for "Twistin' The Night Away"
• *Neil Sedaka for "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
• *Four Seasons for "Big Girls Don't Cry"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Novelty and Other Than Classical
• *Al Schmitt for Hatari! performed by Henry Mancini
• *William Hamilton for Stereo Spectacular performed by various artists
• *John Kraus for "Route 66 Theme" performed by Nelson Riddle
• *Hugh Davies for Jonah Jones And Glen Gray performed by Jonah Jones & Glen Gray
• *Bill Putnam for I Can't Stop Loving You performed by Ray Charles
• *Al Schmitt for Great Band With Great Voices Swing The Great Voices Of The Great Bands performed by Johnny Mann Singers
• *Carson C. Taylor Adventures In Jazz performed by Stan Kenton
• Best Engineered Recording - Classical
• *Lewis W. Layton, Fritz Reiner & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
• *Robert Fine for Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 For Piano/Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 1 For Piano conducted by Kyril Konrashin, piano by Byron Janis
• *William Britten for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor conducted by Bruno Walter
• *Fred Plaut for Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor conducted by Leonard Bernstein
• *John Culshaw for Holst: The Planets conducted by Herbert von Karajan
• *Robert Fine for Copland: Billy The Kid/Appalachian Spring conducted by Antal Dorati
• *Fred Plaut for Columbia Records Presents VLADIMIR HOROWITZ piano by Vladimir Horowitz
• Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty
• *Robert Fine for The Civil War, Vol. I performed by Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell
• *John Quinn for The First Family performed by Vaughan Meader and other artists
• *Al Schmitt for The Chipmunk Songbook performed by David Seville
• *Eddie Smith for Pepino The Italian Mouse performed by Lou Monte
• *Lowell Frank for My Son, The Folk Singer performed by Allan Sherman

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
• *Ray Charles for "I Can't Stop Loving You"
• *Bobby Darin for "What'd I Say"
• *B. Bumble and the Stingers for "Nut Rocker"
• *Little Eva for "Loco-Motion"
• *Mel Tormé for Comin' Home Baby
• *Sam Cooke for "Bring It On Home To Me"

Spoken

• Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
• *Charles Laughton for The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton
• *Laurence Harvey for This Is My Beloved
• *Yehuda Lev for Six Million Accuse
• *Michael Redgrave for Sir Michael Redgrave Reads Chekov Stories
• *Stan Kenton for Mama Sang A Song
• *Leonard Bernstein for First Performance Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts
• *Glenn Gould & Claude Rains for Enoch Arden
• *Carl Sandburg for ''Carl Sandburg Reading His Poetry''