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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"

Album Of The Year (other Than Classical)

--- Vaughn Meader for ''The First Family''

Song Of The Year

--- Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) for "What Kind of Fool Am I" performed by Anthony Newley

Best New Artist

--- Robert Goulet

Children's

Best Recording For Children

---: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra''

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

--- Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for '' Stravinsky : The Firebird Ballet''

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

--- Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Eileen Farrell & the New York Philharmonic for ''Gotterdamerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs''

Best Opera Recording

--- Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill , Leontyne Price , Giorgio Tozzi , Jon Vickers , & the Rome Opera House Orchestra for '' Verdi : Aida''

Best Classical Performance - Choral (other Than Opera)

--- Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for '' Bach : St. Matthew Passion''

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (with Orchestra)

--- Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for ''Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D''

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Duo (without Orchestra)

--- Vladimir Horowitz for ''Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz''

Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music

--- Jascha Heifetz , Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for ''The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests''

Best Contemporary Composition

--- Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor) for ''Stravinsky: The Flood''

Album Of The Year - Classical

--- Vladimir Horowitz for ''Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz''

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance

--- Vaughn Meader for ''The First Family''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme

--- Bobby Scott & Ric Marlowe (composers) for "A Taste of Honey"

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Baby Elephant Walk"

Best Background Arrangement

--- Marty Manning (arranger) for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett

Country

Best Country & Western Recording

--- Burl Ives for "Funny Way of Laughin' "

Folk

Best Folk Recording

--- Peter, Paul And Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"

Gospel

Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording

--- Mahalia Jackson for ''Great Songs of Love and Faith''

Jazz

Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental)

--- Stan Getz for "Desafinado"

Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)

--- Stan Kenton for ''Adventures in Jazz''

Best Original Jazz Composition

--- Vince Guaraldi (composer) for "Cast Your Fate to the Winds" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

Musical Show

Best Original Cast Show Album

--- Richard Rodgers (composer) & the original cast ( Richard Kiley , Diahann Carroll , Bernice Mass, Noelle Adam, Don Chastain, Mitchell Gregg & Noelle Adam) for ''No Strings''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover - Classical

--- Marvin Schwartz (art director) for ''The Intimate Bach'' performed by Laurindo Almeida , Virginia Majewski & Vincent De Rosa

Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical

--- Robert M. Jones (art director) for ''Lena...Lovely and Alive'' performed by Lena Horne

Pop

Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female

--- Ella Fitzgerald for ''Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Riddle''

Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male

--- Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Peter, Paul And Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"

Best Performance By A Chorus

---The New Christy Minstrels for ''Presenting the New Christy Minstrels''

Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Dancing

--- Joe Harnell for ''Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova''

Best Performance By An Orchestra Or Instrumentalist With Orchestra, Not For Jazz Or Dancing

--- Peter Nero for ''The Colorful Peter Nero''

Best Rock And Roll Recording

--- Bent Fabric for "Alley Cat"

Production and engineering

Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Novelty And Other Than Classical

--- Al Schmitt (engineer) for '' Hatari! '' performed by Henry Mancini

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

--- Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Strauss : Also Sprach Zarathustra''

Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty

--- Robert Fine (engineer) for ''The Civil War, Vol. I'' performed by Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell

R&B

Best Rhythm & Blues Recording

--- Ray Charles for "I Can't Stop Loving You"

Spoken

Best Documentary Or Spoken Word Recording (other Than Comedy)

--- Charles Laughton for ''The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton''

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