Grammy Awards - 4th 1961

Grammy Awards - 4th 1961

Record of the Year	“Moon River,” Henry Mancini
Album of the Year	Judy at Carnegie Hall, Judy Garland (Capitol)
Song of the Year	“Moon River,” Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, songwriters
Best New Artist of 1961	Peter Nero
Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male	“Lollipops and Roses,” Jack Jones
Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female	Judy at Carnegie Hall, Judy Garland
Best Performance By a Vocal Group	High Flying, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
Best Performance By a Chorus	Great Band With Great Voices, Johnny Mann Singers and Si Zentner Orchestra
Best Rock and Roll Recording	Let's Twist Again, Chubby Checker (Parkway)
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording	Hit the Road Jack, Ray Charles (ABC/Paramount)
Best Jazz Performance, Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental)	André Previn Plays Harold Arlen, André Previn
Best Jazz Performance, Large Group	West Side Story, Stan Kenton
Best Original Jazz Composition	“African Waltz,” Galt MacDermott, composer
Best Country and Western Recording	Big Bad John, Jimmy Dean (Columbia)
Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording	Everytime I Feel the Spirit, Mahalia Jackson (Columbia)
Best Folk Recording	Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad, Belafonte Folk Singers (RCA)
Best Performance By an Orchestra for Dancing	Up a Lazy River, Si Zentner
Best Performance By an Orchestra for Other Than Dancing	Breakfast at Tiffany's, Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement	“Moon River,” Henry Mancini, arranger
Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of a Song	“African Waltz,” Galt MacDermott, composer
Best Original Cast Show Album	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Frank Loesser, composer (RCA)
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Score From a Motion Picture or Television	Breakfast at Tiffany's, Henry Mancini (RCA)
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television	West Side Story, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal (Columbia)
Album of the Year, Classical	Stravinsky Conducts, 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrouchka, lgor Stravinsky conducting Columbia Symphony (Columbia)
Best Classical Performance, Orchestra	Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe, Charles Munch conducting Boston Symphony Orchestra
Best Classical Performance, Chamber Music	Beethoven, Serenade, Op. 8; Kodaly, Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and William Primrose
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (With Orchestra)	Bartók, Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Isaac Stern; Eugene Ormandy conducting Philharmonic Orchestra
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Duo (Without Orchestra)	Reverie for Spanish Guitars, Laurindo Almeida
Best Opera Recording	Puccini, Madame Butterfly, Gabriele Santini conducting Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra (Capitol)
Best Classical Performance, Choral	Bach, B Minor Mass, Robert Shaw conducting Robert Shaw Chorale
Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist	The Art of the Prima Donna, Joan Sutherland; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra
Best Contemporary Classical Composition (tie)	Discantus, Laurindo Almeida, composer
	Movements for Piano and Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, composer
Best Comedy Performance	An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (Other Than Comedy)	Humor in Music, Leonard Bernstein conducting New York Philharmonic Symphony (Columbia)
Best Recording for Children	Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, Leonard Bernstein conducting New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Columbia)
Best Album Cover	Judy at Carnegie Hall, Jim Silke, art director (Capitol)
Best Album Cover, Classical	Puccini, Madame Butterfly, Marvin Schwartz, art director (Angel)

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