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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Bobby Darin for " Mack The Knife "

Album Of The Year

--- Frank Sinatra for '' Come Dance With Me! ''

Song Of The Year

--- Jimmy Driftwood for "The Battle of New Orleans"

Best New Artist

--- Bobby Darin

Children's

Best Recording For Children

---'' performed by Peter Ustinov & the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert Von Karajan

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

--- Charles Munch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for '' Debussy : Images for Orchestra''

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with Or Without Orchestra)

--- Jussi Bjoerling for ''Bjoerling in Opera''

Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast Or Choral

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Best Classical Performance - Concerto Or Instrumental Soloist (with Full Orchestral Accompaniment)

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Best Classical Performance - Concerto Or Instrumental Soloist (other Than Full Orchestral Accompaniment)

--- and No. 18 In E Flat ''

Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including Chamber Orchestra)

--- and No. 18 In E Flat ''

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance - Spoken

--- Shelley Berman for ''Inside Shelley Berman''

Best Comedy Performance - Musical

--- Homer And Jethro for ''The Battle of Kookamonga''

Composing and arranging

Best Musical Composition First Recorded And Released In 1959 (more Than 5 Minutes Duration)

--- Duke Ellington for '' Anatomy Of A Murder Soundtrack''

Best Sound Track Album - Background Score From A Motion Picture Or Television

--- Duke Ellington (composer) for ''Anatomy of a Murder''

Best Arrangement

--- Billy May (arranger) for "Come Dance With Me" performed by Frank Sinatra

Country

Best Country & Western Performance

--- Johnny Horton for " The Battle Of New Orleans "

Folk

Best Performance - Folk

--- The Kingston Trio for ''The Kingston Trio at Large''

Jazz

Best Jazz Performance - Soloist

--- Ella Fitzgerald for '' Ella Swings Lightly ''

Best Jazz Performance - Group

--- Jonah Jones for ''I Dig Chicks''

Musical Show

Best Broadway Show Album

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---The original cast with Gwen Verdon , Richard Kiley , Leonard Stone , Doris Rich, Cynthia Latham, Joy Nichols, Bob Dixon & Pat Ferrier for '' Redhead ''

Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture Or Television

--- Andre Previn , Ken Darby & the original cast for '' Porgy And Bess ''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover

---Robert M. Jones (art director) for '''' conducted by Howard Mitchell

Pop

Best Vocal Performance, Female

--- Ella Fitzgerald for "But Not for Me"

Best Vocal Performance, Male

--- Frank Sinatra for '' Come Dance With Me! ''

Best Performance By A Vocal Group Or Chorus

--- Richard Condie (choir director) for " The Battle Hymn Of The Republic " performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir directed by Richard Condie

Best Performance By A Dance Band

--- Duke Ellington for ''Anatomy of a Murder''

Best Performance By An Orchestra

--- André Previn & Dave Rose for ''Like Young'' performed by Dave Rose & His Orchestra with André Previn

Best Performance By A "Top 40" Artist

--- Nat "King" Cole for "Midnight Flyer"

Production and engineering

Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Classical Or Novelty

---Robert Simpson (engineer) for ''Belafonte at Carnegie Hall'' performed by Harry Belafonte

Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording

---Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Robert Russell Bennett (conductor) & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra for ''Victory at Sea, Vol. I''

Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording

---Ted Keep (engineer) for "Alvin's Harmonica" performed by David Seville

R&B

Best Rhythm & Blues Performance

--- Dinah Washington for "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"

Spoken

Best Performance - Documentary Or Spoken Word (other Than Comedy)

--- Carl Sandburg for ''A Lincoln Portrait''

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