Award winners
*Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year **Henry Mancini for "Moon River" *Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year (other than classical) **Judy Garland for ''Judy at Carnegie Hall'' *Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year **Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Moon River" performed by Henry Mancini *Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist **Peter NeroChildren's
*Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, Best Recording for Children **Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for ''Sergei Prokofiev, Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf'' performed by the New York Philharmonic OrchestraClassical
*Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance, Best Classical Performance - Orchestra **Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for ''Maurice Ravel, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance, Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra) **Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Joan Sutherland & the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera House Orchestra for ''The Art of the Prima Donna'' *Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Best Opera Recording **Gabriele Santini (conductor), Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera, Rome Opera Orchestra for ''Giacomo Puccini, Puccini: Madama Butterfly'' *Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) **Robert Shaw (conductor), Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Robert Shaw Chorale, Chorale for ''Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach: Mass in B Minor (Bach), B Minor Mass'' * Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra), Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra) **Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for ''Béla Bartók, Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1'' *Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra), Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra) **Laurindo Almeida for ''Reverie for Spanish Guitar'' *Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music **Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for ''Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Zoltán Kodály, Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, Best Contemporary Classical Composition **Laurindo Almeida (composer and artist) for ''Discantus'' **Igor Stravinsky (composer and artist) for ''Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra'' *Grammy Award for Best Classical Album, Album of the Year - Classical **Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for ''Stravinsky Conducts 1960: The Rite of Spring, Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrushka''Comedy
*Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Best Comedy Performance **Elaine May & Mike Nichols for ''An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May''Composing and arranging
*Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song **Galt MacDermot for "African Waltz" performed by Julian Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball Adderley *Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television **Henry Mancini (composer) for ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' *Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Best Arrangement **Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for "Moon River"Country
*Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, Best Country & Western Recording **Jimmy Dean for ''Big Bad John''Folk
*Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Best Folk Recording **The Belafonte Folk Singers for ''Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad''Gospel
*Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance, Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording **Mahalia Jackson for ''Everytime I Feel the Spirit''Jazz
*Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group, Best Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental) **André Previn for ''André Previn Plays Harold Arlen'' *Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance, Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental) **Stan Kenton for ''Kenton's West Side Story'' *Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition, Best Original Jazz Composition **Galt MacDermot (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Julian Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball AdderleyMusical show
* Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, Best Original Cast Show Album **Frank Loesser (composer) & the original cast with Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott (actress), Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith for ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' *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 **Irwin Kostal, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Sid Ramin (music directors) & the original cast for ''West Side Story (1961 soundtrack), West Side Story''Packaging and notes
*Grammy Award for Best Album Cover - Classical, Best Album Cover - Classical **Marvin Schwartz (art director) for ''Giacomo Puccini, Puccini: Madama Butterfly'' performed by the Rome Opera, Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini *Grammy Award for Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical, Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical **Jim Silke (art director) for ''Judy at Carnegie Hall'' performed by Judy GarlandPop
*Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female, Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female **Judy Garland for ''Judy at Carnegie Hall'' *Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male, Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male **Jack Jones (singer), Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses (song), Lollipops and Roses" *Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group, Best Performance by a Vocal Group **Lambert, Hendricks & Ross for ''High Flying'' *Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus, Best Performance by a Chorus **Johnny Mann for ''Great Band With Great Voices'' performed by the Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra *Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing, Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing **Si Zentner for ''(Up a) Lazy River, Up a Lazy River'' *Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing **Henry Mancini for ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' *Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song, Best Rock and Roll Recording **Chubby Checker for "Let's Twist Again"Production and engineering
*Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording **Robert Arnold (engineer) for ''Judy at Carnegie Hall'' performed by Judy Garland *Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical, Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording **Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for ''Maurice Ravel, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé'' *Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects, Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty **John Kraus (engineer) for ''Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America'' performed by Stan FrebergR&B
*Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording, Best Rhythm & Blues Performance **Ray Charles for "Hit the Road Jack"Spoken
*Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy) **Leonard Bernstein for ''Humor in Music''References
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