Grammy Awards - 3rd 1960

Grammy Awards - 3rd 1960

Best Album Cover

Howard Mitchell - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 *winner
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder
Elvis Presley - For LP Fans Only
Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte - Porgy and Bess
Phil Harris - The South Shall Rise Again

Best Album of the Year

Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me *winner
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
Henry Mancini - More Music from Peter Gunn
Robert Russell Bennett - Victory at Sea, Vol. 1
Van Cliburn - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3

Best Arrangement

Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me *
Esquivel - Strings Aflame
Henry Mancini - More Music from Peter Gunn
Robert Russell Bennett conducting the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - Victory at Sea, Vol. 1
Johnny Green - An Evening with Lerner and Loewe
Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife

Best Broadway Show Album

Ethel Merman - Gypsy *
Gwen Verdon - Redhead
Betty Comden, Adolph Green - A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Hal Hastings, conductor - Once Upon a Mattress
John Gielgud - Ages of Man

Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (inculding Chamber Orchestra)

Artur Rubinstein - Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53; Sonata No. 18 in E Flat, Op. 53, No. 3 (Waldstein) *
Nathan Milstein - 4 Italian Sonatas
Festival Quartet - Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E Flat, Op. 16; Schumann: Piano Quartet in E Flat, Op. 47
Felix Slatkin - Cello Galaxy
Felix Slatkin - Villa-Lobos: String Quartet

Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (Full Orchestra)

Van Cliburn (Kondrashin conducting the Symphony of the Air) - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 *
Artur Rubinstein (Krips conducting the RCA Victor Symphony) - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Henryk Szeryng (Monteux conducting the London Symphony) - Brahms: Violin Concerto in D
Jascha Heifetz (Munch conducting the Boston Symphony) - Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 64; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor
Vladimir Horowitz (Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony) - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (without orchestral accompaniment)

Artur Rubinstein - Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53; Sonata No. 18 in E Flat, Op. 53, No. 3 (Waldstein) *
Nathan Milstein - 4 Italian Sonatas
Glenn Gould - Berg: Sonata for Piano Op. 1; Krenek: Sonata No. 3, Op. 92, No. 4; Schoenberg: 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 1
Laurindo Almeida - Danzas
Leonard Pennario - Pennario Plays
Jaime Laredo - Presenting Jaime Laredo

Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast of Choral

Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Peters, London, Della, Cassa) - Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro *
Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Peter, Valetti, Merrill, Tozzi) - Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Fausto Cleva conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Stevens, Del Monago) - Saint-Saens: Samson and Delilah
Richard Condie conducting the Mormon Tabernacle Choir - The Beloved Choruses
Fernando Previtali conducting the Accademia de Santa Cecilia, Rome, Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Milanov, Tozzi) - Verdi: La Forza del Destino

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony - Debussy: Images for Orchestra *
Pierre Monteux conducting the Vienna Philharmonic - Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony - Rossini: Overtures
Morton Gould & His Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Ravel: Bolero
Kiril Kondrashin conducting the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien; Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without Orchestra)

Jussi Bjorling - Bjorling in Opera *
Maureen Forrester - A Brahms/Schumann Recital
Maria Callas - Maria Callas Portrays Verdi
Zinka Milanov - Milanov Operatic Arias
Cesare Valletti - The Art of Song

Best Comedy Performance - Musical

Homer & Jethro - The Battle of Kookamonga *
Betty Comden, Adolph Green - A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Cliff Arquette - Charlie Weaver Sings for His People
Hans Conreid, Alice Pearce - Monster Rally
Bernie Green - Musically Mad

Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word

Shelley Berman - Inside Shelly Berman *
Andy Griffith - Hamlet
Mort Sahl - Look Foward in Anger
Lenny Bruce - Sick Humor
Stan Freberg - Stan Freberg with Original Cast

Best Country and Western Performance

Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans  *
Don Gibson - Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
Jim Reeves - Home
Skeeter Davis - Set Him Free
Eddy Arnold - Tennessee Stud

Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording

Carl Sandburg - A Lincoln Portrait *
Basil Rathbone - Basil Rathbone Reads Sherlock Holmes
Hal Holbrook - Mark Twain Tonight
John Gielgud - Ages of Man
Tony Schwartz - New York Taxi Driver

Best Engineered Recording - Novelty

David Seville - Alvin's Harmonica *
Markko Polo Adventurers - Orienta
Billy Mure - Supersonics in Flight
Alvino Rey - The Bat
Ralph Hunter Choir - The Wild Wild West

Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording

Robert Russell Bennett - Victory at Sea, Vol 1 *
Morton Gould - Doubling in Brass
Fritz Reiner - Rossini Overtures
Morton Gould - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / Ravel: Bolero
Kiril Kondrashin - Tchaikovsky: Capricio Italien / Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

Best Engineering Contribution - Other than Classical or Novelty

Harry Belafonte - Belafonte at Carnegie Hall *
Henri Rene - Compulsion to Swing
Larry Elgart - New Sounds at the Roosevelt
Esquivel - Strings Aflame
Buddy Morrow - Big Band Guitar

Best Female Vocal Performance

Ella Fitzgerald - But Not for Me  *
Peggy Lee - Alright, Okay
Pat Suzuki - Broadway '59
Caterina Valenta - La Starda del Amore
Lena Horne - Porgy and Bess

Best Folk Performance

Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio at Large *
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
Eddy Arnold - Tennessee Stud
Ralph Hunter Choir - The Wild Wild West
Jimmy Driftwood - The Wilderness Road

Best Group or Chorus Vocal Performance

Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Battle Hymn Of The Republic  *
The Ames Brothers - The Ames Brothers Sing Famous Hits of Famous Quartets
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio at Large
The Browns - Three Bells

Best Jazz Peformance - Soloist

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Swings Lightly *
Urbie Green - Best of New Broadway Show Hits
Bobby Troup - Bobby Troup and His Stars of Jazz
Ruby Braff - Easy Now
Andre Previn - Like Young
Red Norvo - Red Norvo in Hi-Fi

Best Jazz Performance - Group

Jonah Jones - I Dig Chicks *
Shorty Rogers - Chances Are It Swings
Duke Ellington - Ellington Jazz Party
Henry Mancini - More Music from Peter Gunn
Red Norvo - Red Norvo in Hi-Fi

Best Male Vocal Performance

Frank Sinatra - Come Dance With Me  *
Robert Merrill - An Evening with Lerner and Loewe
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
Jess Belvin - Guess Who
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife

Best Musical Composition

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder *
Dmitri Shostakovitch - Shostakovitch: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 101
Henry Mancini - More Music from Peter Gunn
Morton Gould - St. Lawrence Suite
Serge Prokofiev - Prokofiev: The Overture Russe, Op. 72

Best New Artist

Bobby Darin  *
Johnny Restivo
Mavis Rivers
Mark Murphy
Edd Byrnes

Best Performance by a Dance Band

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder *
Count Basie - Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Glenn Miller - For the Very First Time
Larry Elgart - New Sounds at the Roosevelt
Perez Prado - Pops and Prado
Ray Anthony - Sound Spectacular

Best Performance by a Top 40 Artist

Nat King Cole - Midnight Flyer *
Elvis Presley - A Big Hunk O' Love
Sarah Vaughan - Broken Hearted Melody
The Coasters - Charlie Brown
Floyd Robinson - Makin' Love
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka

Best Performance by an Orchestra

David Rose & His Orchestra with Andre Previn - Like Young *
Bob Thompson & Orchestra - Just for Kicks
Henry Mancini - More Music from Peter Gunn
Stanley Wilson - Music from M Squad
Esquivel - Strings Aflame
Hugo Winterhalter - Two Sides of Winterhalter

Best Record of the Year

Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife  *
Andre Previn - Like Young
Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I
Frank Sinatra - High Hopes
The Browns - Three Bells

Best Recording for Children

Peter Ustinov (von Karajan conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra) - Peter and the Wolf *
Captain Allen Swift - Popeye's Favorite Sea Chanties
Franz Allers - Hansel and Gretel
Maria Ray - The Arabian Nights
Mary Martin - Three to Make Music/Cinderella

Best Rhythm & Blues Performance

Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes *
Elvis Presley - A Big Hunk o' Love
The Coasters - Charlie Brown
Jesse Belvin - Guess Who
Nat King Cole - Midnight Flyer

Best Song of the Year

Jimmy Driftwood - The Battle of New Orleans *
Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim - Small World
Karl Stutz, Edith Linderman - I Know
Paul Francis Webster, Andre Previn - Like Young
Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen - High Hopes

Best Soundtrack Album of Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder *
Dick Cathcart - Pete Kelly's Blues
Franz Waxman - The Nun's Story
Henry Mancini - More Music from Peter Gunn
Stanley Wilson - The Music from M Squad

Best Soundtrack of Original Cast from a Motion Picture or Television

Andre Previn, Ken Darby - Porgy and Bess *
Mario Lanza - For the First Time

 

Special Awards for Artists & Repertoire Contribution - Album of the Year

Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me *

 

Special Awards for Artists & Repertoire Contribution - Record of the Year

Bobby Darrin - Mack the Knife *










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