2nd Annual Grammy Awards

1960 was awarded for the second time, the American Music Award Grammy. There were 34 awards awarded at the Grammy Awards in 1960, six more than at the premiere. In the coming years it should all be around the 40 award categories. As a new, fourteenth field of folk music came about.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• " Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• Come Dance With Me! by Frank Sinatra

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• "The Battle Of New Orleans " by Jimmy Driftwood

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Bobby Darin

Pop

Best Female Vocal Performance ( Best Vocal Performance, Female):

• " But Not For Me " by Ella Fitzgerald

Best Male Vocal Performance ( Best Vocal Performance, Male):

• Come Dance With Me! by Frank Sinatra

Best Performance of a singing group or choir ( Best Performance By A Vocal Group Or Chorus):

• "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic " by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir under the direction of Richard Condie

Best Performance by a dance band ( Best Performance By A Dance Band ):

• Anatomy Of A Murder of Duke Ellington

Best Performance by an orchestra ( Best Performance By An Orchestra ):

• Like Young by André Previn & Dave Rose & His Orchestra

Best Performance by a Top 40 artist ( Best Performance By A " Top 40 " Artist):

• "Midnight Flyer" by Nat King Cole

Rhythm & Blues

Best R & B performance ( Best Rhythm & Blues Performance ):

• " What A Diff'rence A Day Makes " by Dinah Washington

Country

Best Country and Western performance ( Best Country & Western Performance ):

• The Battle Of New Orleans by Johnny Horton

Jazz

Best solo jazz performance ( Best Jazz Performance, Soloist ):

• Ella Swings Lightly by Ella Fitzgerald

Best jazz performance, group ( Best Jazz Performance, Group):

• I Dig Chicks by Jonah Jones

Folk

Best folk performance ( Best Performance - Folk ):

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf Peter Ustinov and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Language

Best Performance documentation or spoken text without Comedy ( Best Performance, Documentary Or Spoken Word Other Than Comedy ):

• A Lincoln Portrait by Carl Sandburg

Comedy

Best comedy show - language ( Best Comedy Performance - Spoken ):

• Inside Shelley Berman Shelley Berman

Best comedy show - Music ( Best Comedy Performance - Musical):

• The Battle Of Kookamonga of Homer and Jethro

Musical Show

Best Broadway show album ( Best Broadway Show album ):

• Gypsy with Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman, Sandra Church and others

Best Soundtrack Album, Original Cast - film or television ( Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture Or Television)

• Porgy and Bess ( Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ) ( Music Director: André Previn, underscoring: Ken Darby )

Composition / Arrangement

Best musical composition that was recorded and released in 1959 (duration about five minutes) ( Best Musical Composition First Recorded And Released In 1959, Over 5 Minutes Duration):

• Anatomy of a Murder (Soundtrack), composer Duke Ellington

Best Soundtrack Album - incidental music for film or television ( Best Sound Track Album - Background Score From A Motion Picture Or Television):

• Anatomy of a Murder (Soundtrack), composer Duke Ellington

Best Arrangement ( Best Arrangement):

• Come Dance With Me by Frank Sinatra ( Arranger: Billy May )

Packages and accompanying music

Best Album Cover ( Best Album Cover):

• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 from the Washington National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Howard Mitchell ( Art Director: Robert M. Jones)

Production and Technology

Best technical contribution, without classical music or Novelty ( Best Engineering Contribution, Other Than Classical Or Novelty ):

Best technical contribution, Classical Recording ( Best Engineering Contribution, Classical Recording):

Best technical contribution, Novelty Recording ( Best Engineering Contribution, Novelty Recording):

• Alvin 's Harmonica by Alvin & The Chipmunks ( technique: Ted Keep)

Classical music

Best Classical Orchestral Performance ( Best Classical Performance - Orchestra ):

• Debussy: Images for Orchestra by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Münch

Best classic performance - opera performer or choir ( Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast Or Choral ):

• Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro by Lisa Della Casa, Rosalind Elias, George London, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf

Best classic performance - concert or solo instrument (with full orchestral accompaniment ) ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Concerto Or With Full Orchestral Accompaniment ):

• Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 by Van Cliburn and the Symphony of the Air Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin

Best classic performance - concert or solo instrument ( not with full orchestral accompaniment ) ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Concerto Or Other Than Full Orchestral Accompaniment ):

• Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C major ( Waldstein ) and No. 18 in E flat major by Arthur Rubinstein

Best chamber music performance (including chamber orchestra) ( Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music Including Chamber Orchestra ):

• Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C major ( Waldstein ) and No. 18 in E flat major by Arthur Rubinstein

Best solo classical vocal performance (with or without orchestra ) ( Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist With Or Without Orchestra ):

• Björling Jussi Björling In Opera of

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