| 6th Annual Grammy Awards | ||||
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| Date | May 12, 1964 | |||
| Location | Chicago, Los Angeles and New York | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | NBC | |||
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The 6th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 12, 1964, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1963. Henry Mancini won 4 awards.
Award winners
- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year (other than classical)
- 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
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
Folk
Gospel
- Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
- Soeur Sourire for "Dominique"
Jazz
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group
- 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
- Robert M. Jones (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
- Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
- John Berg 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
- Best Vocal Performance, Male
- Jack Jones for "Wives and Lovers"
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group
- 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 50s and 60s
- Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing
- 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
References
- "Streisand, Jones Win Grammys". The Miami News. 13 May 1964. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- "1963 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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