5th Annual Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards 1963 were the fifth award of the American Music Awards.
The Grammys were awarded to 39 categories from 15 fields.
Main categories
Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):
- " I Left My Heart In San Francisco " by Tony Bennett
Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):
- The First Family by Vaughn Meader
Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):
- " What Kind Of Fool Am I" by Anthony Newley (Authors: Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley )
Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):
Pop
Best Female Solo Vocal Performance ( Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female):
- Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson Riddle by Ella Fitzgerald
Best Male Solo Vocal Performance ( Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male):
- " I Left My Heart In San Francisco " by Tony Bennett
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ( Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal):
- " If I Had a Hammer " by Peter, Paul and Mary
Best Performance by a choir ( Best Performance By A Chorus):
- Presenting The New Christy Minstrels New Christy Minstrels by the
Best Performance by an orchestra - Dance ( Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Dancing ):
- Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova by Joe Harnell
Best Performance by an orchestra or an instrumentalist with orchestra - without jazz or dance ( Best Performance By An Orchestra Or Instrumentalist With Orchestra, Not For Jazz Or Dancing ):
- The Colorful Peter Nero Peter Nero
Best Rock and Roll Recording ( Best Rock and Roll Recording):
- " Alley Cat " by Bent Fabric
Rhythm & Blues
Best R & B Recording ( Best Rhythm & Blues Recording):
- "I Can not Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles
Country
Best Country and Western Recording ( Best Country & Western Recording ):
- Funny Way Of Laughin ' by Burl Ives
Jazz
Best Jazz Instrumental performance - a soloist or small group ( Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group, Instrumental):
- Desafinado by Stan Getz
Best Jazz Instrumental performance - large group ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Large Group, Instrumental):
- Adventures In Jazz by Stan Kenton
Best Jazz - original composition ( Best Original Jazz Composition ):
- Cast Your Fate To The Winds from the Vince Guaraldi Trio ( composer: Vince Guaraldi )
Gospel
Best gospel or other religious recording ( Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording):
- Great Songs Of Love And Faith by Mahalia Jackson
Folk
Best Folk Recording ( Best Folk Recording):
- If I Had A Hammer by Peter, Paul and Mary
For children
Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):
- Saint- Saëns: The Carnival Of The Animals / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 by 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 ):
- The Story -Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton Charles Laughton of
Comedy
Best comedy performance ( Best Comedy Performance):
- The First Family by Vaughn Meader
Musical Show
Best Original Cast Show Album ( Best Original Cast Show Album ):
Composition / Arrangement
Best Instrumental Theme ( Best Instrumental Theme):
- A Taste of Honey ( Composer: Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow )
Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):
- Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini
Best Background Arrangement ( Best Background Arrangement):
- I Left My Heart In San Francisco Tony Bennett ( arranger Marty Manning )
Packages
Best album cover, Classic ( Best Album Cover, Classical):
- The Intimate Bach Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent de Rosa ( Artistic Director: Marvin Schwartz)
Best album cover without Classical ( Best Album Cover, Other Than Classical):
- Lena ... Lovely And Alive by Lena Horne ( Artistic Director: Robert M. Jones)
Production and Technology
Best technical contribution, without classical music and special effects ( Best Engineering Contribution, Other Than Novelty And Other Than Classical):
- Hatari! by Henry Mancini ( technique: Al Schmitt)
Best Technical Contribution - classical music ( Best Engineering Contribution, Classical):
Best technical contribution, special effects ( Best Engineering Contribution, Novelty ):
- The Civil War, Vol I by Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell ( technique: Robert Fine )
Classical music
Classical Album of the Year (Album Of The Year - Classical):
- Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz by Vladimir Horowitz
Best Classical Orchestral Performance ( Best Classical Performance - Orchestra ):
- Stravinsky: The Firebird by Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):
- Verdi: Aida by Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers and the Opera House Orchestra Rome led by Georg Solti
' Best classical vocal solo act ( Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist with or Without Orchestra ):
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung by Eileen Farrell and the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein
Best classical choral performance (without Opera ) ( Best Classical Performance - Choral other than opera):
- Bach: St. Matthew Passion by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Otto Klemperer
Best classic show - instrumental solo or duo with orchestra ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo with Orchestra ):
- Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Major by Isaac Stern and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
Best classic show - instrumental solo or duo without orchestra ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo without Orchestra ):
- Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz by Vladimir Horowitz
Best classical chamber music performance ( Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music ):
- The Heifetz - Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario And Guests by Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and William Primrose
Best Contemporary Composition ( Best Contemporary Composition ):
- The flood of Igor Stravinsky
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