Grammy_Awards_of_1961
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]
Quick Facts Date, Location ...
| 3rd Annual Grammy Awards | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Song of the Year
- Ernest Gold for "Theme of Exodus"
- Best New Artist
Children's
- 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"
Classical
- 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
- Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word
- 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"
Composing and arranging
- Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television
- Ernest Gold (composer) for Exodus
- Best Arrangement
- Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for Mr. Lucky
Country
Folk
- Best Performance - Folk
- Harry Belafonte for "Swing Dat Hammer"
Jazz
Musical show
- Best Show Album (Original Cast)
- Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast for The Sound of Music
- 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
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Cover
- Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Latin a la Lee performed by Peggy Lee
Pop
- 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
- 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
Spoken
- Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
- Robert Bialek (producer) for FDR Speaks
- "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.