The 8th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 15, 1966, at

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and

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. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1965.

Roger Miller Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping Country music, country and pop hits "King of the Road (song), Ki ...

topped off the Grammys by winning 5 awards, whereas Herb Alpert and

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...

each won 4 awards.

Award winners

* Record of the Year **

Jerry Moss Jerome S. Moss (born May 8, 1935) is an American recording executive, best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records, along with trumpet player and bandleader Herb Alpert. Music career After graduating from Brooklyn College with a degree ...

(producer) & Herb Alpert (producer and artist) for "

A Taste of Honey ''A Taste of Honey'' is the first play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 19. It was intended as a novel, but she turned it into a play because she hoped to revitalise British theatre and address social issues that ...

" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass *

Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to: Awards * ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia * Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK * Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US * Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA * Lati ...

** Sonny Burke (producer) &

for ''

September of My Years ''September of My Years'' is a 1965 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released on Reprise Records in August 1965 on LP and October 1986 on CD. The orchestral arrangements are by Gordon Jenkins, their fifth album collaboration. ...

'' *

Song of the Year Song of the Year may refer to: * Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year * Dove Award for Song of the Year * Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year * Grammis Song of the Year * Grammy Award for Song of the Year * Latin Grammy Awa ...

Johnny Mandel John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Benn ...

Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United St ...

(songwriters) for " The Shadow of Your Smile" (Love Theme From '' The Sandpiper'') performed by Tony Bennett * Best New Artist ** Tom Jones

Children's

Best Recording for Children The Grammy Award for Best Children's Album (from 2020: Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album) is an honor presented since 2012 at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honor ...

Marvin Miller Marvin Julian Miller (April 14, 1917 – November 27, 2012) was an American baseball executive who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1982. Under Miller's direction, the players ...

for ''Dr. Seuss Presents "

Fox in Socks ''Fox in Socks'' is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1965. It features two main characters, Fox (an anthropomorphic fox) who speaks almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters and Knox (a yellow anthropomorphic dog) who ...

" and " Green Eggs and Ham"''

Classical

* Best Classical Performance - Orchestra ** Leopold Stokowski (conductor) & the

American Symphony Orchestra The American Symphony Orchestra is a New York-based American orchestra founded in 1962 by Leopold Stokowski whose mission is to demystify orchestral music and make it accessible and affordable for all audiences. Leon Botstein is the orchestra's m ...

for ''

Ives Ives is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Alice Emma Ives (1876–1930), American dramatist, journalist * Burl Ives (1909–1995), American singer, author and actor * Charles Ives (1874–1954), Ame ...

: Symphony No. 4'' * Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Leontyne Price & the

Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the " Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881, ...

for '' Strauss: Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene)'' *

Best Opera Recording The Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by m ...

Karl Böhm Karl August Leopold Böhm (28 August 1894 – 14 August 1981) was an Austrian conductor. He was best known for his performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss. Life and career Education Karl Böhm was born in Graz. T ...

(conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,

Evelyn Lear Evelyn Shulman Lear (January 8, 1926 – July 1, 2012) was an American operatic soprano. Between 1959 and 1992, she appeared in more than forty operatic roles, appeared with every major opera company in the United States and won a Grammy Award in ...

Fritz Wunderlich Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich (26 September 1930 – 17 September 1966) was a German lyric tenor, famed for his singing of the Mozart repertory and various lieder. He died in an accident aged 35. Biography Wunderlich was born in Kusel in ...

& the German Opera Orchestra & Chorus for '' Berg:

Wozzeck ''Wozzeck'' () is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1914 and 1922 and first performed in 1925. The opera is based on the drama ''Woyzeck'', which the German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at h ...

'' * Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera) ** Robert Shaw (conductor), the

Robert Shaw Chorale The Robert Shaw Chorale was a renowned professional choir founded in New York City in 1948 by Robert Shaw, a Californian who had been drafted out of college a decade earlier by Fred Waring to conduct his glee club in radio broadcasts. History ...

& the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra for ''

Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century clas ...

: Symphony of Psalms/

Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...

: Gloria'' * Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor),

Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein ( pl, Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 188720 December 1982) was a Polish Americans, Polish-American pianist.

& the

for ''

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G'' * Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) ** Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return'' * Best Classical Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal **The

Juilliard String Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet is a classical music string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York by William Schuman. Since its inception, it has been the quartet-in-residence at the Juilliard School. It has received numerous ...

for '' Bartók: The Six String Quartets'' * Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer **

Charles Ives Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed f ...

(composer) for ''Ives: Symphony No. 4'' conducted by Leopold Stokowski * Album of the Year - Classical **

Thomas Frost Thomas Frost (born March 7, 1925) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning classical music producer, who won many of his awards for producing the albums of Vladimir Horowitz. Frost is the father of producer David Frost."Like Father, Like Son", ''Bill ...

(producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return'' * Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist **

Peter Serkin Peter Adolf Serkin (July 24, 1947 – February 1, 2020) was an American classical pianist. He won the Grammy Award for Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist in 1966, and he performed globally, known for not only "technically pristine" pl ...

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement in comedy." The award was awarded yearly from 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to presen ...

** Bill Cosby for '' Why Is There Air?''

Composing and arranging

* Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show **Johnny Mandel (composer) for ''The Sandpiper'' performed by the Robert Armbruster Orchestra *

Best Instrumental Arrangement The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement (and its subsequent name changes) has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger(s) of the music. Only songs or tracks are eligible, no longer works (e.g. albums). The perfor ...

**Herb Alpert (arranger) for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass * Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist ** Gordon Jenkins (arranger) for " It Was a Very Good Year" performed by Frank Sinatra

Country

* Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female ** Jody Miller for "Queen of the House" * Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male **

for " King of the Road" * Best Country & Western Single **

for "King of the Road" * Best Country & Western Album **

for ''The Return of Roger Miller'' * Best New Country & Western Artist **

The Statler Brothers The Statler Brothers (sometimes simply referred to as The Statlers) were an American country music, gospel, and vocal group. The quartet was formed in 1955 performing locally, and from 1964 to 1972, they sang as opening act and backup singers fo ...

Folk

* Best Folk Recording **

Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...

& Miriam Makeba for ''An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba''

Gospel

* Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical) **

Anita Kerr Anita Jean Kerr (née Grilli, October 13, 1927 – October 10, 2022) was an American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer. She recorded and performed with her vocal harmony groups in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Eur ...

George Beverly Shea George Beverly Shea (February 1, 1909 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian-born American gospel singer and hymn composer. Shea was often described as "America's beloved gospel singer"Michael Ireland, "America's 'Beloved Gospel Singer,' George Bever ...

for ''Southland Favorites''

Jazz

* Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist With Small Group ** Ramsey Lewis for " The "In" Crowd" performed by the

Ramsey Lewis Trio Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. (May 27, 1935 – September 12, 2022) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his career. His album '' The ...

* Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group **

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...

for ''

Ellington '66 ''Ellington '66'' is an album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington that was recorded and released on the Reprise Records, Reprise label in 1965.Best Original Jazz Composition **

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...

(composer) for ''

Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts ''Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts'' is an album by Paul Horn which was composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin and originally released on the RCA Victor label in 1965.Payne, D.Lalo Schifrin discography accessed July 17, 2015 Reception AllMusic aw ...

'' performed by Paul Horn

Musical show

* Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album ** Alan J. Lerner,

Burton Lane Burton Lane ( Levy; February 2, 1912 – January 5, 1997) was an American composer and lyricist primarily known for his theatre and film scores. His most popular and successful works include '' Finian's Rainbow'' in 1947 and ''On a Clear Day You ...

(composers), & the original cast ( Barbara Harris,

John Cullum John Cullum (born circa 1930) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in many stage musicals and dramas, including '' Shenandoah'' (1975) and ''On the Twentieth Century'' (1978), winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Mus ...

, Tito Vandis, Byron Webster & William Daniels) for ''On a Clear Day''

Packaging and notes

* Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts ** George Estes (art director) & James Alexander (graphic artist) for '' Bartók: Concerto No. 2 for Violin/

: Concerto for Violin'' performed by

Joseph Silverstein Joseph Harry Silverstein (March 21, 1932 – November 21, 2015) was an American violinist and conductor. Known to family, friends and colleagues as "Joey", Silverstein was born in Detroit. As a youth, Silverstein studied with his father, Bernard ...

& conducted by Erich Leinsdorf * Best Album Cover, Photography ** Robert M. Jones (art director) &

Ken Whitmore Ken Whitmore, born Hanley, Staffordshire, December 22, 1937, is a prolific author of radio plays, stage plays, short stories and poetry. His writing is characterised by black comedy and fantastic ideas, such as the complete disappearance of a ma ...

(photographer) for ''Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts'' performed by Paul Horn *

Best Album Notes The Grammy Award – Best Album Notes has been presented since 1964. From 1973 to 1976 (the 15th through 18th Awards), a second award was presented for Best Album Notes – Classical. Those awards are listed under those years below. The award recog ...

Stan Cornyn Carl Stanley Cornyn (July 8, 1933 – May 11, 2015) was an American record label executive and the author of ''Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group'' (). He also wrote three privately published family ge ...

(notes writer) for ''

'' performed by Frank Sinatra

Pop

* Best Vocal Performance, Female **

Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List ...

for ''My Name Is Barbra'' * Best Vocal Performance, Male **Frank Sinatra for "It Was a Very Good Year" * Best Performance by a Vocal Group **The

Singers for "We Dig Mancini" * Best Performance by a Chorus **

Ward Swingle Ward Lamar Swingle (September 21, 1927 – January 19, 2015) was an American vocalist and jazz musician who founded The Swingle Singers in France in 1962. Life and career Born in Mobile, Alabama, Swingle studied music, particularly jazz, from a ...

for ''Anyone for Mozart?'' performed by the Swingle Singers * Best Instrumental Performance ** Herb Alpert for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass * Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Female ** Petula Clark for "I Know a Place" * Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Male **

for "King of the Road" * Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance - Group (Vocal or Instrumental) **

for "

Flowers on the Wall "Flowers on the Wall" is a song made famous by American country music group The Statler Brothers. Written and composed by Lew DeWitt, the group's original tenor vocalist, the song peaked in popularity in January 1966, spending four weeks at number ...

" * Best Contemporary (R&R) Single **

for "King of the Road"

Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical ** Larry Levine (engineer) for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass * Best Engineered Recording, Classical ** Fred Plaut (engineer) & Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return''

R&B

* Best Rhythm & Blues Recording **

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...

for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"

Spoken

* Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording ** Goddard Lieberson (producer) for ''John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him''

References

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