Grammy Awards of 1960
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The second Grammy Awards were held in 1960. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1959. Duke Ellington won three awards.
[edit] Award winners:
- Song of the Year
- Jimmy Driftwood for "The Battle of New Orleans"
[edit] Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- Peter Ustinov for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by Peter Ustinov & the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan
[edit] Classical
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Charles Munch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Debussy: Images for Orchestra
- Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
- Jussi Bjoerling for Bjoerling in Opera
- Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast or Choral
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Lisa Della Casa, Rosalind Elias, George London, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
- Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (with full orchestral accompaniment)
- Kiril Kondrashin (conductor), Van Cliburn & the Symphony of the Air Orchestra for Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
- Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (other than full orchestral accompaniment)
- Arthur Rubinstein for Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 in C (Waldstein) and No. 18 in E Flat
- Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including chamber orchestra)
[edit] Comedy
- Best Comedy Performance - Spoken
- Shelley Berman for Inside Shelley Berman
- Best Comedy Performance - Musical
- Homer and Jethro for The Battle of Kookamonga
[edit] Composing and arranging
- Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1959 (more than 5 minutes duration)
- Duke Ellington for Anatomy of a Murder Soundtrack
- Best Sound Track Album - Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television
- Duke Ellington (composer) for Anatomy of a Murder
- Best Arrangement
- Billy May (arranger) for "Come Dance with Me" performed by Frank Sinatra
[edit] Country
[edit] Folk
- Best Performance - Folk
- The Kingston Trio for The Kingston Trio at Large
[edit] Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance - Soloist
- Best Jazz Performance - Group
- Jonah Jones for I Dig Chicks
[edit] Musical Show
- Best Broadway Show Album
- Ethel Merman & the original cast for Gypsy
- The original cast with Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley, Leonard Stone, Doris Rich, Cynthia Latham, Joy Nichols, Bob Dixon & Pat Ferrier for Redhead
- Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture or Television
- Andre Previn, Ken Darby & the original cast for Porgy and Bess
[edit] Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Cover
- Robert M. Jones (art director) for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 conducted by Howard Mitchell
[edit] Pop
- Best Vocal Performance, Female
- Best Vocal Performance, Male
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
- Richard Condie (choir director) for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir directed by Richard Condie
- Best Performance by a Dance Band
- Duke Ellington for Anatomy of a Murder
- Best Performance by an Orchestra
- André Previn & Dave Rose for Like Young performed by Dave Rose & His Orchestra with André Previn
- Best Performance by a "Top 40" Artist
- Nat "King" Cole for "Midnight Flyer"
[edit] Production and engineering
- Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Classical or Novelty
- Robert Simpson (engineer) for Belafonte at Carnegie Hall performed by Harry Belafonte
- Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
- Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Robert Russell Bennett (conductor) & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra for Victory at Sea, Vol. I
- Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
- Ted Keep (engineer) for "Alvin's Harmonica" performed by David Seville
[edit] R&B
- Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
- Dinah Washington for "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"
[edit] Spoken
- Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
- Carl Sandburg for A Lincoln Portrait
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