4th Annual Grammy Awards

At the Grammy Awards in 1962 for the fourth time the U.S. music award Grammy was awarded.

15 different fields of the music business were honored and gave 40 awards.

For the first time, a Ehrengrammy Lifetime Achievement was awarded, the first special award winners was Bing Crosby.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• "Moon River" by Henry Mancini

Album of the year (except classical) (Album Of The Year Other Than Classical):

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• "Moon River" by Henry Mancini (Authors: Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Peter Nero

Pop

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

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

• " Lollipops And Roses " by Jack Jones

Best Performance of a singing group ( Best Performance By A Vocal Group):

• High Flying by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Best Performance by a choir ( Best Performance By A Chorus):

• Great band With Great Voices of the Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra

Best Performance by an orchestra - Dance ( Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Dancing ):

• Up A Lazy River by Si Zentner

Best Performance by an orchestra - without dance ( Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Other Than Dancing ):

Best Rock and Roll Recording ( Best Rock and Roll Recording):

• " Let's Twist Again" by Chubby Checker

Rhythm & Blues

Best R & B Recording ( Best Rhythm & Blues Recording):

• "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles

Country

Best Country and Western Recording ( Best Country & Western Recording ):

• Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - a soloist or small group ( Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group, Instrumental):

• André Previn Plays Harold Arlen by André Previn

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - large group ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Large Group, Instrumental):

• West Side Story by Stan Kenton

Best Jazz - original composition ( Best Original Jazz Composition ):

• African Waltz by Cannonball Adderley ( Composer: Galt MacDermot )

Gospel

Best gospel or other religious recording ( Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording):

• Every Time I Feel The Spirit of Mahalia Jackson

Folk

Best Folk Recording ( Best Folk Recording):

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf of the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein

Language

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

• Humor in Music by Leonard Bernstein

Comedy

Best comedy performance ( Best Comedy Performance):

• An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May Mike Nichols & Elaine May

Musical Show

Best Original Cast Show Album ( Best Original Cast Show Album ):

• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying of the original cast with Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland and Sammy Smith ( Composer: Frank Loesser )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental theme or best instrumental version of a song ( Best Instrumental Theme Or Instrumental Version Of A Song ):

• African Waltz by Cannonball Adderley ( Composer: Galt MacDermot )

Best Soundtrack Album or best recording of film or television music ( Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Score From the Motion Picture Or Television):

Best Arrangement ( Best Arrangement):

• Moon River by Henry Mancini

Packages

Best album cover, Classic ( Best Album Cover, Classical):

• Puccini: Madame Butterfly from the Rome Opera House Orchestra, led by Gabriele Santini ( Artistic Director: Marvin Schwartz)

Best album cover without Classical ( Best Album Cover, Other Than Classical):

• Judy at Carnegie Hall by Judy Garland ( Artistic Director: Jim Silke )

Production and Technology

Best Technical Contribution - classical music ( Best Engineering Contribution, Classical Recording):

• Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Münch ( technique: Lewis W. Layton )

Best technical contribution, special effects ( Best Engineering Contribution, Novelty ):

• Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America by Stan Freberg ( art: John Kraus )

Classical music

Classical Album of the Year (Album Of The Year - Classical):

• Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le sacre du printemps; Petrushka of the Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky

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

• Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Münch

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Puccini: Madame Butterfly by Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni and the Orchestra of the Rome Opera House led by Gabriele Santini

Best choral performance (without Opera ) ( Best Classical Performance - Choral Other Than Opera):

• Bach: B Minor Mass by Robert Shaw Orchestra and Chorus

Best solo classical instrument performance with orchestra ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist With Orchestra ):

• Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 by Isaac Stern and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

Best solo classical instrument performance without orchestra ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Without Orchestra ):

• Reverie For Spanish Guitar by Laurindo Almeida

Best chamber music performance ( Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music ):

• Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8 / Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 of Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and William Primrose

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

• The Art Of The Prima Donna by Joan Sutherland and the Royal Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Francesco Molinari - Pradelli

Best Contemporary Classical Composition ( Best Contemporary Classical Composition ):

• Laurindo Almeida Discantus
• Movements for Piano and Orchestra by Igor Stravinsky

Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award

• Bing Crosby

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