3rd Annual Grammy Awards
| 3rd Annual Grammy Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 13, 1961 |
| Location | Los Angeles |
| Hosted by | Lloyd Bridges |
| Website | https://www.grammy.com/awards/3rd-annual-grammy-awards  |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | ABC |
The 3rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on April 12, 1961, at Los Angeles and New York. They recognized musical accomplishments by the performers for the year 1960. Ray Charles won four awards and Bob Newhart and Henry Mancini each won three awards.[1]
Award winners
[edit]The following awards were given in the third award ceremony:
- Record of the Year
- Percy Faith for "Theme from A Summer Place"
- Frank Sinatra for "Nice 'N Easy"
- Ella Fitzgerald for "Mack The Knife"
- Ray Charles for "Georgia On My Mind"
- Elvis Presley for "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
- Album of the Year
- Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
- Nat King Cole for Wild Is Love
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) for Puccini Turandot
- Frank Sinatra for Nice 'N Easy
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) for Brahms: Concerto with Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
- Harry Belafonte for Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
- Song of the Year
- Ernest Gold for "Theme of Exodus"
- Max Steiner (songwriter) for "Theme From A Summer Place" performed by Percy Faith
- Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen (songwriters) for "Second Time Around" performed by Frank Sinatra
- Alan Bergman, Marilyn (Keith) Bergman & Lew Spence (songwriters) for "Nice 'N Easy" performed by Frank Sinatra
- Audrey Allison, Joe Allison & Charles Grean (songwriters) for "He'll Have To Go" performed by Jim Reeves
- Best New Artist
Children's
[edit]- Best Album Created for Children
- Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"
- Ralph Bellamy for Stories And Songs Of The Civil War
- Sterling Holloway for Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
- Pete Seeger for Folk Songs For Young People
- Dr. Seuss for Dr. Seuss Presents Bartholomew And The Oobleck
- Various Artists for Adventures In Music, Grade 3, Volume 1
Classical
[edit]- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
- Leontyne Price for A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital
- Best Classical Opera Production
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Turandot
- Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio)
- Thomas Beecham (conductor) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus for Handel: Messiah
- Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Sviatoslav Richter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (other than with orchestral accompaniment)
- Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
- Best Classical Performance - Vocal or Instrumental - Chamber Music
- Laurindo Almeida for Conversations With the Guitar
- Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Aaron Copland (composer & conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite
Comedy
[edit]- Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word
- Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
- Jonathan Winters for The Wonderful World Of Jonathan Winters
- Shelley Berman for The Edge Of Shelley Berman
- Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks for 2000 Year Old Man
- Best Comedy Performance - Musical
- Jo Stafford & Paul Weston for Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards"
- Stan Freberg for The Old Payola Roll Blues
- Homer And Jethro for Homer And Jethro At The Country Club
- Tom Lehrer for An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
- David Seville And The Chipmunks for "Alvin For President"
Composing and arranging
[edit]- Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television
- Ernest Gold (composer) for Exodus
- Nelson Riddle (composer) for The Untouchables performed by Nelson Riddle
- Adolph Deutch (composer) for The Apartment performed by Various Artists
- Henry Mancini (composer) for Mr. Lucky performed by Henry Mancini
- Miklos Rozsa (composer) for Ben Hur performed by Miklos Rozsa
- Best Arrangement
- Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for Mr. Lucky
- Dick Schory (arranger) for Wild Percussion And Horns A' Plenty performed by Dick Schory
- Don Costa (arranger) for "Theme From The Apartment" performed by Ferrante & Teicher
- Percy Faith (arranger) for "Theme From A Summer Place" performed by Percy Faith
- Nelson Riddle (arranger) for "Nice 'N Easy" performed by Frank Sinatra
- Quincy Jones (arranger) for "Let The Good Times Roll" performed by Ray Charles
- Bill Holman (arranger) for "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" performed by Gerry Mulligan
- Billy May & George Shearing (arrangers) for "Honeysuckle Rose" performed by George Shearing
Country
[edit]Folk
[edit]- Best Performance - Folk
- Harry Belafonte for "Swing Dat Hammer"
- Alan Lomax for Southern Folk Heritage Series
- Ewan MacColl for Songs Of Robert Burns
- Jimmy Driftwood for Songs Of Billy Yank And Johnny Reb
- Miriam Makeba for Miriam Makeba
- The Kingston Trio for Here We Go Again
- The Brothers Four for Greenfields
- Belafonte Folk Singers for Cheers
Jazz
[edit]- Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
- André Previn for West Side Story
- George Shearing for White Satin
- Dizzy Gillespie And His Octet for The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All
- Modern Jazz Quartet for Pyramid
- Miles Davis for Jazz Track
- Art Tatum for Greatest Piano Of Them All
- Lambert, Hendricks And Ross for The Hottest New Group In Jazz
- Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges for Back To Back - Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues
- Best Jazz Performance Large Group
- Henry Mancini for Blues and the Beat
- Quincy Jones for The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones
- Count Basie for The Count Basie Story
- Miles Davis & Gil Evans for Sketches of Spain
- Gerry Mulligan for "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'"
- Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration
- Gil Evans & Miles Davis for Sketches of Spain
- Jimmy Giuffre (composer) for Western Suite performed by Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Brookmeyer & Jim Hall
- John Lewis (composer) for "Sketch" performed by Modern Jazz Quartet & Guests
- Maynard Ferguson (composer) for "Newport Suite" performed by Maynard Ferguson
- Duke Ellington (composer) for Idiom '59 performed by Duke Ellington
- Bob Brookmeyer (composer) for Blues Suite performed by Bob Brookmeyer
- Dave Brubeck (composer) for "Blue Rondo A La Turk" performed by Dave Brubeck
Musical show
[edit]- Best Show Album (Original Cast)
- Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast for The Sound of Music
- Meredith Willson (composer), original cast including Tammy Grimes, Harve Presnell & Jack Harrold for The Unsinkable Molly Brown
- Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick (composers), original cast including Tom Bosley for Fiorello!
- Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe (composers) for Camelot performed by Richard Burton, Julie Andrews & Robert Goulet
- Lee Adams & Charles Strouse (composers) for Bye Bye Birdie performed by Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke & Paul Lynde
- Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
- Cole Porter (composer), Frank Sinatra & the original cast for Can Can
- Nelson Riddle (composer) for Li'l Abner performed by Nelson Riddle
- Elvis Presley for G.I. Blues performed by Elvis Presley
- Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Jule Styne (composers) for Bells Are Ringing performed by original cast including Judy Holliday & Dean Martin
Packaging and notes
[edit]- Best Album Cover
- Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Latin a la Lee performed by Peggy Lee
- Robert M. Jones (art director) for Wild Percussion And Horns A' Plenty performed by Dick Schory
- Robert M. Jones (art director) for Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Excerpts performed by Fritz Reiner
- Robert M. Jones (art director) for Stravinsky: Petrouchka performed by Pierre Monteux
- Robert M. Jones (art director) for Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky performed by Fritz Reiner
- Irving Werbin (art director) for Now! Fred Astaire performed by Fred Astaire
- Sheldon Marks (art director) for Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book performed by Ella Fitzgerald
- Robert M. Jones (art director) for Carlos Montoya performed by Carlos Montoya
- Marvin Israel (art director) for Bean Bags performed by Milt Jackson
Pop
[edit]- Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female
- Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
- Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male
- Best Vocal Performance Album, Male
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group (2 to 6)
- Eydie Gormé & Steve Lawrence for "We Got Us"
- Best Performance by a Chorus (7 or More Persons)
- Norman Luboff for Songs of the Cowboy performed by the Norman Luboff Choir
- Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
- Best Performance by an Orchestra
- Henry Mancini for Mr. Lucky
- Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist
Production and engineering
[edit]- Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
- Luis P. Valentin (engineer) for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook performed by Ella Fitzgerald
- Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
- Hugh Davies (engineer) & Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
- Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
- John Kraus (engineer) for "The Old Payola Roll Blues" performed by Stan Freberg
R&B
[edit]Spoken
[edit]- Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
- Robert Bialek (producer) for FDR Speaks
References
[edit]- ^ "Fitzgerald, Newhart Get Grammy Awards". Youngstown Vindicator. 13 April 1961. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- General
- "1960 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.