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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Henry Mancini for "Days of Wine and Roses"

Album Of The Year (other Than Classical)

--- Barbra Streisand for ''The Barbra Streisand Album''

Song Of The Year

--- Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Days of Wine and Roses" performed by Henry Mancini

Best New Artist

--- Ward Swingle (The Swingle Singers)

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for ''Bernstein Conducts for Young People'' performed by the New York Philharmonic

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

--- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for '' Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra''

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

--- Skitch Henderson (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Orchestra for ''Great Scenes From Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess''

Best Opera Recording

--- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Rosalind Elias , Leontyne Price , Richard Tucker & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for '' Puccini : Madama Butterfly''

Best Classical Performance - Choral (other Than Opera)

--- Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman , David Willcocks (choir directors), the Bach Choir , Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for ''Britten: War Requiem''

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

--- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for '' Tchaikovsky : Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor''

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

--- Vladimir Horowitz for ''The Sound of Horowitz''

Best Classical Music Performance - Chamber Music

--- Julian Bream for ''Evening of Elizabethan Music'' performed by the Julian Bream Consort

Best Classical Composition By A Contemporary Composer

--- Benjamin Britten (composer & conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for ''Britten: War Requiem''

Best Classical Album

--- Benjamin Britten (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for ''Britten: War Requiem''

Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist

--- Andre Watts

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance

--- Allan Sherman for "Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah"

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme

--- Riz Ortolani (composer) for "More - Theme From ''Mondo Cane''"

Best Original Score From A Motion Picture Or Television Show

--- John Addison (composer) for ''Tom Jones''

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Quincy Jones (arranger) for "I Can't Stop Loving You" performed by Count Basie

Best Background Arrangement

--- Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Days of Wine and Roses"

Country

Best Country & Western Recording

--- Bobby Bare for "Detroit City"

Folk

Best Folk Recording

--- Peter, Paul And Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"

Gospel

Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording (Musical)

--- Soeur Sourire for "Dominique"

Jazz

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group

--- Bill Evans for ''Conversations With Myself''

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group

--- Woody Herman for ''Encore: Woody Herman, 1963''

Best Original Jazz Composition

--- Steve Allen & Ray Brown (composers) for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen

Musical Show

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album

--- Jerry Bock , Sheldon Harnick (composers) & the original cast ( Barbara Cook , Jack Cassidy , Barbara Baxley, Daniel Massey , Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williams & Jo Wilder) for ''She Loves Me''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover - Classical

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Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical

--- John Berg (art director) for ''The Barbra Streisand Album'' performed by Barbra Streisand

Best Album Notes

--- Stanley Dance & Leonard Feather (notes writers) for ''The Ellington Era'' performed by Duke Ellington

Pop

Best Vocal Performance, Female

--- Barbra Streisand for ''The Barbra Streisand Album''

Best Vocal Performance, Male

--- Jack Jones for "Wives and Lovers"

Best Performance By A Vocal Group

--- Peter, Paul And Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"

Best Performance By A Chorus

--- Ward Swingle for ''Bach's Greatest Hits'' performed by the Swingle Singers

Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Dancing

--- Count Basie for ''This Time by Basie! Hits of the 50's and 60's''

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

--- Al Hirt for "Java"

Best Rock And Roll Recording

--- April Stevens & Nino Tempo for "Deep Purple"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording - Other Than Classical

--- James Malloy (engineer) for ''Charade'' performed by Henry Mancini

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

--- Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for '' Puccini : Madama Butterfly''

Best Engineered Recording - Special Or Novel Effects

--- Robert Fine (engineer) for ''Civil War Vol. II'' performed by Frederick Fennell

R&B

Best Rhythm & Blues Recording

--- Ray Charles for "Busted"

Spoken

Best Documentary, Spoken Word Or Drama Recording (other Than Comedy)

--- Edward Albee (playwright) for ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' performed by Melinda Dillon , George Grizzard , Uta Hagen & Arthur Hill

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