6th Annual Grammy Awards

The 6th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 12, 1964, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1963. Henry Mancini won 4 awards.

Award winners

The following awards were the winners and nominees of the 6th annual awards ceremony:

Record of the Year
*Henry Mancini for "Days of Wine and Roses"
*Jack Jones for "Wives And Lovers"
*Tony Bennett for "I Wanna Be Around"
*Barbra Streisand for "Happy Days Are Here Again"
*Sœur Sourire for "Dominique"
Album of the Year (other than classical)
*Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album
*Sœur Sourire for The Singing Nun Album
*Andy Williams for Days Of Wine And Roses
*Al Hirt for Honey In The Horn
*The Swingle Singers for Bach's Greatest Hits
Song of the Year
*Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer for "Days of Wine and Roses" performed by Henry Mancini
*Burt Bacharach & Hal David for "Wives And Lovers" performed by Jack Jones
*Sacha Distal & Jack Reardon for "The Good Life" performed by Tony Bennett
*Johnny Mercer & Sadie Vimmerstedt for "I Wanna Be Around" performed by Tony Bennett
*Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen for "Call Me Irresponsible" performed by Frank Sinatra
Best New Artist
*Ward Swingle
*Vikki Carr
*J's With Jamie
*John Gary
*Trini Lopez

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme
*Riz Ortolani for "More - Theme From Mondo Cane"
*Bob Goldstein & David Shire for Washington Square performed by The Village Stompers
*Maurice Jarre for Lawrence Of Arabia
*Steve Allen & Ray Brown for Gravy Waltz
*Jean "Toots" Theilmans for "Bluesette"
Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show
*John Addison for Tom Jones
*Nino Oliviero & Roy Ortolani for Mondo Cane conducted by Riz Ortolani
*Maurice Jarre for Lawrence Of Arabia
*Alex North for Cleopatra
Best Instrumental Arrangement
*Quincy Jones for "I Can't Stop Loving You" performed by Count Basie
*Joe Sherman for Washington Square performed by The Village Stompers
*Marty Gold & Peter Nero for "Mountain Greenery" performed by Peter Nero
*Claus Ogerman for "More" performed by Kai Winding
*Robert N. Enevoldsen for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen
Best Background Arrangement
*Henry Mancini for "Days of Wine and Roses"
*Pete King for "Wives And Lovers" performed by Jack Jones
*Gerald Wilson for "Tell Me The Truth" performed by Nancy Wilson
*Nelson Riddle for "Call Me Irresponsible" performed by Frank Sinatra
*Benny Carter for "Busted" performed by Ray Charles
*Marion Evans for "Blame It On The Bossa Nova" performed by Eydie Gorme

Country

Best Country & Western Recording
*Bobby Bare for "Detroit City"
*Porter Wagoner for The Porter Wagoner Show
*Lefty Frizzell for "Saginaw, Michigan"
*Johnny Cash for "Ring Of Fire"
*Hank Snow for "Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street)"
*Buck Owens for "Love's Gonna Live Here"
*Flatt and Scruggs for ''Flatt And Scruggs At Carnegie Hall''

Folk

Best Folk Recording
*Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"
*Pete Seeger for "We Shall Overcome"
*The Rooftop Singers for Walk Right In
*Miriam Makeba for The World Of Miriam Makeba
*Odetta for Odetta Sings Folk Songs
*Judy Collins for Judy Collins #3
*The New Christy Minstrels for "Green, Green"

Gospel

Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
*Soeur Sourire for "Dominique"
*The Roger Wagner Chorale & Tennessee Ernie Ford for The Story Of Christmas
*George Beverly Shea for The Earth Is The Lord's
*Kings Of Harmony for "Steppin' Right In"
*Bessie Griffin and The Gospel Pearls for Recorded Live!
*Charles Magnuson & Fred Bock for Piano In Concert
*The Limeliters for ''Make A Joyful Noise''

Jazz

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group
*Bill Evans for Conversations with Myself
*Miles Davis for Seven Steps To Heaven
*Peter Nero for Peter Nero In Person
*Al Hirt for Our Man In New Orleans
*Dave Brubeck Quartet for Dave Brubeck At Carnegie Hall
*Thelonious Monk for Criss-Cross
*Ray Brown, Andre Previn, Herb Ellis & Shelly Manne for 4 To Go!
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group
*Woody Herman for Encore: Woody Herman, 1963
*Miles Davis for Seven Steps To Heaven
*Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Plays The Hip Hits
*Al Hirt for Our Man In New Orleans
*Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band for Gerry Mulligan '63
*Oliver Nelson Orchestra for Full Nelson
Best Original Jazz Composition
*Steve Allen & Ray Brown for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen
*Paul Desmond for Take Ten
*Antonio Carlos Jobim & Newton Mendonça for "Meditation" performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim
*Dick Grove, Pete Jolly & Tommy Wolf for "Little Bird" performed by Pete Jolly
*Kenyon Hopkins for East Side - West Side
*Charlie Mingus for "Black Saint And The Sinner Lady"

Musical show

Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
*Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick & the original cast for She Loves Me
*Anne Croswell & Lee Pockriss for Tovarich performed by original Broadway cast including Vivien Leigh, Jean Pierre Aumont & George S. Irving
*Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz for Jennie performed by original Broadway cast including George D. Wallace and Robin Bailey
*Meredith Willson for Here's Love performed by original Broadway cast including Valerie Lee, Janis Paige & Laurence Naismith
*Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt for 110 In The Shade performed by original Broadway cast including Robert Horton and Inga Swenson

Packaging and notes

Best Album Cover - Classical
*Robert M. Jones for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
*Robert "Bob" Cato for Strauss: Don Quixote conducted by Eugene Ormandy
*Dorle Soria for Puccini: Tosca conducted by Herbert von Karajan
*Vladimir Bobri for Granada performed by Andrés Segovia
*Dorle Soria for Evening Of Elizabethan Music performed by Julian Bream Consort
*Robert M. Jones for Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 conducted by Fritz Reiner
*John Berg for Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
*John Berg for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
*John Murello for Night Train performed by Oscar Peterson
*Robert M. Jones for Honey In The Horn performed by Al Hirt
*Jim Silke for Hollywood - My Way performed by Nancy Wilson
*Ed Thrasher for Carl Reiner And Mel Brooks At The Cannes Film Festival performed by Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks
*Jim Ladwig for Bach's Greatest Hits performed by Swingle Singers
*Robert M. Jones for Aloha From Norman Luboff performed by Norman Luboff Choir
Best Album Notes
*Stanley Dance & Leonard Feather for The Ellington Era performed by Duke Ellington
*Edward Albee & Harold Clurman for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? performed by original cast including Uta Hagen, Arthur Hill, Melinda Dillon & George Grizzard
*Harold Arlen for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
*B.A. Botkin, James L. Horan, Harold Preece & Sylvester L. Vigilante for The Badmen performed by Pete Seeger and others
*Bob Bollard for The Amazing Amanda Ambrose performed by Amanda Ambrose
*Sidney Bock for Evening Of Elizabethan Music performed by Julian Bream

Pop

Best Vocal Performance, Female
*Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album
*Miriam Makeba for The World Of Miriam Makeba
*Peggy Lee for I'm A Woman
*Sœur Sourire for "Dominique"
*Eydie Gorme for Blame It On The Bossa Nova
Best Vocal Performance, Male
*Jack Jones for "Wives and Lovers"
*Andy Williams for Days Of Wine And Roses
*Tony Bennett for "I Wanna Be Around"
*John Gary for Catch A Rising Star
*Ray Charles for "Busted"
Best Performance by a Vocal Group
*Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"
*Anita Kerr Singers for Waitin' For The Evening Train
*The Hi-Lo's for The Hi-Lo's Happen To The Bossa Nova
*Jackie and Roy for Like Sing - Jackie And Roy Kral
*J's With Jamie for Hey, Look Us Over!
Best Performance by a Chorus
*Ward Swingle for Bach's Greatest Hits performed by the Swingle Singers
*Robert Shaw Chorale for The Many Moods Of Christmas
*Leonard Bernstein & Richard Conde for The Joy Of Christmas
*The New Christy Minstrels for "Green, Green"
*Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus for Charade
Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
*Count Basie for This Time by Basie! Hits of the 50s and 60s
*Page Cavanaugh for The Page 7... An Explosion In Pop Music
*Les Brown for Richard Rodgers Bandbook
*Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Plays The Hip Hits
*Joe Harnell for Fly Me To The Moon And The Bossa Nova Pops
*Woody Herman for Encore: Woody Herman 1963
Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing
*Al Hirt for "Java"
*Percy Faith for Themes For Young Lovers
*Kai Winding for "More"
*Peter Nero for Hail The Conquering Nero
*Henry Mancini for Our Man In Hollywood
*Andre Previn for Andre Previn In Hollywood
Best Rock and Roll Recording
*April Stevens & Nino Tempo for "Deep Purple"
*Chet Atkins for Teen Scene
*Ruby and the Romantics for "Our Day Will Come"
*Lesley Gore for "It's My Party"
*Little Peggy March for "I Will Follow Him"
*Sam Cooke for "Another Saturday Night"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording - Other Than Classical
*James Malloy for Charade performed by Henry Mancini
*Frank Laico for The Second Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
*Anthony Salvatore for The Many Moods Of Christmas performed by Robert Shaw Chorale
*Frank Laico for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
*Ronald A. Steele for Supercussion performed by Dick Schory
*Ronald A. Steele for Politely Percussive performed by Dick Schory
*Al Schmitt for Our Man In Hollywood performed by Henry Mancini
*Harold Chapman for Exotic Sounds Of Bail performed by Mantle Hood
*Luis P. "Val" Valentin for Ella And Basie! performed by Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
Best Engineered Recording - Classical
*Lewis W. Layton, Erich Leinsdorf & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
*Gordon Parry for Wagner: Siegfried conducted by Georg Solti
*Lewis W. Layton for Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
*Lewis W. Layton for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy And Bess conducted by Skitch Henderson
*Kenneth Wilkinson for Britten: War Requiem conducted by Benjamin Britten
*Fred Plaut for Bernstein Conducts Tchaikovsky conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects
*Robert Fine for Civil War Vol. II performed by Frederick Fennell
*John Kraus for Zounds! What Sounds performed by Dean Elliott
*Phil Macy & Al Weintraub for Pepino's Friend Pasquale performed by Lou Monte
*Hugh Davies & John Kraus for Heartstrings performed by Dean Elliott
*Bill MacMeekin & Scotty Shackner for Four In The Floor performed by The Shut Downs
*William Hamilton for Fast, Fast, Fast Relief From TV Commercials performed by Bill McFadden & Bryna Rayburn
*John Kraus for Cheyenne Frontier Days performed by Hank Thompson

R&B

Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
*Ray Charles for "Busted"
*Lenny Welch for "Since I Fell For You"
*Little Johnny Taylor for "Part Time Love"
*Major Lance for "Hey, Little Girl"
*Barbara Lewis for "Hello Stranger"
*Sam Cooke for "Frankie And Johnny"
*Martha and the Vandellas for "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave"

Spoken

Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (other than comedy)
*Edward Albee for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? performed by Melinda Dillon, George Grizzard, Uta Hagen & Arthur Hill
*Martin Luther King Jr. and various artists for We Shall Overcome
*Pete Seeger and others for The Badmen
*Betty Field, Jane Fonda, Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Geoff Horne, William Prince, Geraldine Page, Richard Thomas & Franchot Tone for Strange Interlude
*John F. Kennedy for ''John F. Kennedy - The Presidential Years ''