The 7th Annual Grammy Awards were held on April 13, 1965, at Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1964.[1][2] João Gilberto & Stan Getz won 4 awards.
Award winners
- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Song of the Year
- Jerry Herman (songwriter) for "Hello, Dolly!" performed by Louis Armstrong
- Best New Artist
Children's
Classical
- Best Performance - Orchestra
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts
- Best Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)
- Fritz Reiner (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Nuits d'Ete (Song Cycle)/Falla: El Amor Brujo
- Best Opera Recording
- Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Bizet: Carmen
- Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
- Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Chorale for Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
- Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D
- Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin
- Best Chamber Music Performance - Vocal
- Noah Greenberg (conductor) & the New York Pro Musica for It Was a Lover and His Lass
- Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental
- Jascha Heifetz, Jacob Lateiner & Gregor Piatigorsky for Beethoven: Trio No. 1 in E Flat, Op.1 #1
- Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer
- Samuel Barber for Concerto performed by John Browning
- Best Classical Album
- Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
- Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
Comedy
- Best Comedy Performance
- Bill Cosby for I Started Out as a Child
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition (other than jazz)
- Henry Mancini (composer) for "The Pink Panther Theme"
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
- Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (composers) for Mary Poppins performed by Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & various artists
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Henry Mancini (arranger) for "The Pink Panther Theme"
- Best Accompaniment Arrangement for Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s)
- Peter Matz (arranger) for "People" performed by Barbra Streisand
Country
- Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
- Dottie West for "Here Comes My Baby"
- Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
- Roger Miller for "Dang Me"
- Best Country & Western Single
- Roger Miller for "Dang Me"
- Best Country & Western Song
- Roger Miller (songwriter) for "Dang Me"
- Best Country & Western Album
- Roger Miller for Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug
- Best New Country & Western Artist
Folk
Gospel
- Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford for Great Gospel Songs
Jazz
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
- Stan Getz for Getz/Gilberto
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
- Laurindo Almeida for Guitar from Ipanema
- Best Original Jazz Composition
- Lalo Schifrin (composer) for "The Cat"
Musical show
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
- Jule Styne & Robert Merrill (composers) & the original cast (Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Danny Meehan, Kay Medford, Jean Stapleton & John Lankston) for Funny Girl
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Cover - Classical
- Robert M. Jones (art director) & Jan Balet (graphic artist) for Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
- Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
- Robert Cato (art director) & Don Bronstein (photographer) for People performed by Barbra Streisand
- Best Album Notes
- Stanton Catlin (album notes writer) for Mexico (Legacy Collection) performed by Carlos Chavez
Pop
- Best Vocal Performance, Female
- Best Vocal Performance, Male
- Louis Armstrong for "Hello, Dolly!"
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group
- Best Performance by a Chorus
- Ward Swingle for The Swingle Singers Going Baroque performed by The Swingle Singers
- Best Instrumental Performance - Non-Jazz
- Best Rock and Roll Recording
- Petula Clark for "Downtown"
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
- Phil Ramone (engineer) for Getz/Gilberto performed by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
- Best Engineered Recording
- Douglas Larter (engineer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
- Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects
- David Hassinger (engineer) for The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles performed by The Chipmunks
R&B
Spoken
- Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (other than comedy)
- That Was The Week That Was for BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy performed by the That Was the Week That Was cast
References
- ^ "Grammy Awards Presented". Regina Leader-Post. 15 April 1965. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "1964 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.