8th Annual Grammy Awards

The eighth event in the awarding of the U.S. Grammy took place on 15 March 1966.

46 this music prizes were awarded in 15 fields of music at the Grammy Awards 1966. Sondergrammy there was a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• " A Taste Of Honey" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• September Of My Years by Frank Sinatra

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• " The Shadow Of Your Smile ( Love Theme From The Sandpiper )" by Tony Bennett (Authors: Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Tom Jones

Pop

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

• My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

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

• " It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra

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

• We Dig Mancini Anita Kerr Singers of the

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

• Anyone For Mozart? by Swingle Singers

Best instrumental performance ( Best Instrumental Performance ):

• " A Taste Of Honey" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Best Contemporary ( Rock & Roll) Vocal Performance, Female ( Best Contemporary (R & R ) Vocal Performance, Female):

• "I Know A Place " by Petula Clark

Best Contemporary ( Rock & Roll) Vocal Performance, Male ( Best Contemporary (R & R ) Vocal Performance, Male):

• "King of the Road" by Roger Miller

Best Contemporary ( Rock & Roll) presentation, group (vocal or instrumental) ( Best Contemporary (R & R ) Performance, Group - Vocal Or Instrumental):

• "Flowers On The Wall" by the Statler Brothers

Best Contemporary ( Rock & Roll ) Single ( Best Contemporary (R & R ) Single):

• "King Of The Road" by Roger Miller

Rhythm & Blues

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

• Papa 's Got a Brand New Bag by James Brown

Country

Best Female Vocal Performance - Country and Western ( Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Female):

• Queen Of The House by Jody Miller

Best Male Vocal Performance - Country and Western ( Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Male):

• King Of The Road by Roger Miller

Best Country and Western music ( Best Country & Western Single):

• King Of The Road by Roger Miller

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

• The Return Of Roger Miller by Roger Miller

Best New Country and Western Artist ( Best New Country & Western Artist):

• Statler Brothers

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group):

• The "In" Crowd by Ramsey Lewis Trio

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group):

• Ellington '66 by Duke Ellington

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

Gospel

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

• Southland Favorites by Anita Kerr & George Beverly Shea

Folk

Best Folk Recording ( Best Folk Recording):

• An Evening With Belafonte / Makeba by Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

Language

Best recording narration or drama ( Best Spoken Word Or Drama Recording):

• John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him ( producer Goddard Lieberson )

Comedy

Best comedy performance ( Best Comedy Performance):

• Why Is There Air? by Bill Cosby

Musical Show

Best music of an original cast show album ( Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album ):

• On A Clear Day by the original cast with Barbara Harris, John Cullum, Tito Vandis, Byron Webster and William Daniels ( composer: Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Original Score written for a movie or a TV Special ( Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special):

• The Sandpiper by Robert Armbruster Orchestra ( Composer: Johnny Mandel )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• A Taste Of Honey by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass ( arranger: Herb Alpert )

Best Arrangement as vocal or instrument accompaniment ( Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist Or Instrumentalist A ):

• It Was A Very Good Year by Frank Sinatra ( arranger Gordon Jenkins )

Packages and music accompanying

Best Album Cover, Graphic ( Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts ):

• Bartók: 2nd Violin Concerto / Stravinsky: Violin Concerto by Joseph Silverstein ( Artistic Director: George Estes; Graphic: James Alexander)

Best Album Cover, Photography ( Best Album Cover, Photography ):

• Jazz Suite On the Mass Texts by Paul Horn ( Artistic Director: Robert M. Jones, Photographer: Ken Whitmore )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• September Of My Years by Frank Sinatra ( Author: Stan Cornyn )

Production and Technology

Best technical recording without classical music ( Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical ):

• A Taste Of Honey by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass ( technique: Larry Levine )

Best technical Classical Recording ( Best Engineered Recording, Classical):

Classical music

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

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

• Ives: Symphony No. 4 by the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Berg: Wozzeck by Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, Evelyn Lear, Fritz Wunderlich and the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper

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

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

• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major by Arthur Rubinstein and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf

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

Best classical chamber music performance - an instrument or singing ( Best Classical Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal):

• Bartók: The six string quartets by the Juilliard String Quartet

Best solo classical vocal performance ( Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance):

• Strauss: Salome / The Egyptian Helen of Leontyne Price and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf

Best composition of a contemporary classical composer ( Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer):

• Symphony No. 4 by Charles Ives

Most promising new artist - classical recordings ( Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist ):

• Peter Serkin

Lifetime Achievement Grammy Awards

• Duke Ellington

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