The 4th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 29, 1962, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961.[1][2] Henry Mancini won 5 awards.
Award winners
- Record of the Year
- Henry Mancini for "Moon River"
- Album of the Year (other than classical)
- Song of the Year
- Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Moon River" performed by Henry Mancini
- Best New Artist
Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
- Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
- Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Joan Sutherland & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for The Art of the Prima Donna
- Best Opera Recording
- Gabriele Santini (conductor), Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
- Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Bach: B Minor Mass
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
- Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
- Laurindo Almeida for Reverie for Spanish Guitar
- Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
- Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
- Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Laurindo Almeida (composer and artist) for Discantus
- Igor Stravinsky (composer and artist) for Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
- Album of the Year - Classical
- Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrushka
Comedy
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song
- Galt MacDermot for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderley
- Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television
- Henry Mancini (composer) for Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Best Arrangement
- Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for "Moon River"
Country
Folk
- Best Folk Recording
- The Belafonte Folk Singers for Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad
Gospel
- Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
- Mahalia Jackson for Everytime I Feel the Spirit
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental)
- André Previn for André Previn Plays Harold Arlen
- Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)
- Best Original Jazz Composition
- Galt MacDermot (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderley
Musical show
- Best Original Cast Show Album
- Frank Loesser (composer) & the original cast with Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
- Irwin Kostal, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Sid Ramin (music directors) & the original cast for West Side Story
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Cover - Classical
- Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly performed by the Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini
- Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
- Jim Silke (art director) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland
Pop
- Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
- Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross for High Flying
- Best Performance by a Chorus
- Johnny Mann for Great Band With Great Voices performed by the Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra
- Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
- Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing
- Henry Mancini for Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Best Rock and Roll Recording
Production and engineering
- Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
- Robert Arnold (engineer) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland
- Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
- Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
- Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty
- John Kraus (engineer) for Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America performed by Stan Freberg
R&B
Spoken
- Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
- Leonard Bernstein for Humor in Music
References
- ^ Bacon, James (1 June 1962). "Stravinsky, Checker Win Annual Grammy Awards". The Evening Independent. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "1961 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.