6th Annual Grammy Awards

The following awards were the winners and nominees of the 6th annual awards ceremony:{{Cite web |title=6th Annual GRAMMY Awards {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/6th-annual-grammy-awards |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=grammy.com}}

• 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 (songwriters) for "Days of Wine and Roses" performed by Henry Mancini
• Burt Bacharach & Hal David (songwriters) for "Wives And Lovers" performed by Jack Jones
• Sacha Distal & Jack Reardon (songwriters) for "The Good Life" performed by Tony Bennett
• Johnny Mercer & Sadie Vimmerstedt (songwriters) for "I Wanna Be Around" performed by Tony Bennett
• Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen (songwriters) for "Call Me Irresponsible" performed by Frank Sinatra
• Best New Artist
• Ward Swingle (The Swingle Singers)
• Vikki Carr
• J's With Jamie
• John Gary
• Trini Lopez

• Best Recording for Children
• Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Bernstein Conducts for Young People performed by the New York Philharmonic
• Jack Gilford for Winnie The Pooh
• Peter, Paul and Mary for "Puff (The Magic Dragon)"
• Tom Glazner for On Top Of Spaghetti
• Various Artists for Let's Go To The Zoo
• Pete Seeger for Children's Concert
• Rica Owen Moore for Addition And Subtraction

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
• Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
• Skitch Henderson (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Orchestra for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
• Best Opera Recording
• Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Rosalind Elias, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
• Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
• Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir directors), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Britten: War Requiem
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
• Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
• Vladimir Horowitz for The Sound of Horowitz
• Best Classical Music Performance - Chamber Music
• Julian Bream for Evening of Elizabethan Music performed by the Julian Bream Consort
• Best Classical Composition by a Contemporary Composer
• Benjamin Britten (composer & conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem
• Best Classical Album
• Benjamin Britten (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem
• Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
• André Watts

• Best Comedy Performance
• Allan Sherman for "Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah"
• The Smothers Brothers for Think Ethnic
• Cassius Clay for I Am The Greatest
• Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks for Carl Reiner And Mel Brooks At The Cannes Film Festival
• Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow, Right!

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

• 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

• 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"

• 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 (And The Fullness Thereof)
• 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

• 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 (composers) for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen
• Paul Desmond (composer & performer) for Take Ten
• Antonio Carlos Jobim & Newton Mendonça (composers) for "Meditation" performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Dick Grove, Pete Jolly & Tommy Wolf (composers) for "Little Bird" performed by Pete Jolly
• Kenyon Hopkins (composer & conductor) for East Side - West Side
• Charlie Mingus (composer & performer) for "Black Saint And The Sinner Lady"

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
• Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick (composers) & the original cast (Barbara Cook, Jack Cassidy, Barbara Baxley, Daniel Massey, Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williams & Jo Wilder) for She Loves Me
• Anne Croswell & Lee Pockriss (composers) for Tovarich performed by original Broadway cast including Vivien Leigh, Jean Pierre Aumont & George S. Irving
• Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz (composers) for Jennie performed by original Broadway cast including George D. Wallace and Robin Bailey
• Meredith Willson (composer) for Here's Love performed by original Broadway cast including Valerie Lee, Janis Paige & Laurence Naismith
• Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt (composers) for 110 In The Shade performed by original Broadway cast including Robert Horton and Inga Swenson

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

• 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"

• Best Engineered Recording - Other Than Classical
• James Malloy (engineer) for Charade performed by Henry Mancini
• Frank Laico (engineer) for The Second Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
• Anthony Salvatore (engineer) for The Many Moods Of Christmas performed by Robert Shaw Chorale
• Frank Laico (engineer) for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
• Ronald A. Steele (engineer) for Supercussion performed by Dick Schory
• Ronald A. Steele (engineer) for Politely Percussive performed by Dick Schory
• Al Schmitt (engineer) for Our Man In Hollywood performed by Henry Mancini
• Harold Chapman (engineer) for Exotic Sounds Of Bail performed by Mantle Hood
• Luis P. "Val" Valentin (engineer) for Ella And Basie! performed by Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
• Best Engineered Recording - Classical
• Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
• Gordon Parry (engineer) for Wagner: Siegfried conducted by Georg Solti
• Lewis W. Layton for Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D (The Titan Album) conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
• Lewis W. Layton for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy And Bess conducted by Skitch Henderson
• Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) for Britten: War Requiem conducted by Benjamin Britten
• Fred Plaut (engineer) for Bernstein Conducts Tchaikovsky (Capriccio Italien; 1812 Overture; Marche Slave) conducted by Leonard Bernstein
• Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects
• Robert Fine (engineer) for Civil War Vol. II performed by Frederick Fennell
• John Kraus (engineer) for Zounds! What Sounds performed by Dean Elliott
• Phil Macy & Al Weintraub (engineers) for Pepino's Friend Pasquale performed by Lou Monte
• Hugh Davies & John Kraus (engineers) for Heartstrings performed by Dean Elliott
• Bill MacMeekin & Scotty Shackner (engineers) for Four In The Floor performed by The Shut Downs
• William Hamilton (engineer) for Fast, Fast, Fast Relief From TV Commercials performed by Bill McFadden & Bryna Rayburn
• John Kraus (engineer) for Cheyenne Frontier Days performed by Hank Thompson

• 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"

• Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (other than comedy)
• Edward Albee (playwright) 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 (The March On Washington... August 28, 1963)
• 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 (With David Tieg As Narrator)

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