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AWARD WINNERS:
Record Of The Year
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Percy Faith
for "Theme From ''A Summer Place''"
Album Of The Year
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Bob Newhart
for ''The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart''
Song Of The Year
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Ernest Gold
for "Theme From ''Exodus''"
Best New Artist
---
Bob Newhart
Children's
Best Album Created For Children
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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
---''
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
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Leontyne Price
for ''A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital''
Best Classical Opera Production
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Best Classical Performance - Choral (including Oratorio)
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Best Classical Performance - Concerto Or Instrumental Soloist
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Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Duo (other Than With Orchestral Accompaniment)
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Laurindo Almeida
for ''The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Alemida''
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Or Instrumental - Chamber Music
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Laurindo Almeida
for ''Conversations With the Guitar''
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Aaron Copland
(composer & conductor) & the
Boston Symphony Orchestra
for ''Orchestral Suite from
The Tender Land
Suite''
Comedy
Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word
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Bob Newhart
for ''The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!''
Best Comedy Performance - Musical
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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
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Ernest Gold
(composer) for ''Exodus''
Best Arrangement
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Henry Mancini
(arranger & artist) for ''Mr. Lucky''
Country
Best Country & Western Performance
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Marty Robbins
for "
El Paso
"
Folk
Best Performance - Folk
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Harry Belafonte
for "Swing Dat Hammer"
Jazz
Best Jazz Performance Solo Or Small Group
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André Previn
for ''
West Side Story
''
Best Jazz Performance Large Group
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Henry Mancini
for ''Blues and the Beat''
Best Jazz Composition Of More Than Five Minutes Duration
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Gil Evans
&
Miles Davis
for ''
Sketches Of Spain
''
Musical Show
Best Show Album (Original Cast)
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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
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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
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Ella Fitzgerald
for "
Mack The Knife
"
Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
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Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Male
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Ray Charles
for "
Georgia On My Mind
"
Best Vocal Performance Album, Male
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Ray Charles
for ''
The Genius Of Ray Charles
''
Best Performance By A Vocal Group (2 To 6)
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Eydie Gormé
&
Steve Lawrence
for "We Got Us"
Best Performance By A Chorus (7 Or More Persons)
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Norman Luboff
for ''Songs of the Cowboy'' performed by the Norman Luboff Choir
Best Performance By A Band For Dancing
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Count Basie
for ''Dance With Basie''
Best Performance By An Orchestra
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Henry Mancini
for ''Mr. Lucky''
Best Performance By A Pop Single Artist
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Ray Charles
for "
Georgia On My Mind
"
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
Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
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Ray Charles
for "Let the Good Times Roll"
Spoken
Best Performance - Documentary Or Spoken Word (other Than Comedy)
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Robert Bialek
(producer) for ''FDR Speaks''
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