[1960 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (2nd) ♪
[1960 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (2nd) ♪
In an unusual scheduling quirk, the second Grammy Awards were held just six months after the first, on November 29, 1959, to cover achievements from mid-1958 to mid-1959. This rapid follow-up underscored the Recording Academy's eagerness to establish a regular and timely recognition cycle.
Frank Sinatra's sophisticated and swinging Come Dance with Me! justly earned Album of the Year, a testament to his unparalleled artistry and vocal prowess.
Bobby Darin's playful yet masterful rendition of "Mack the Knife" secured Record of the Year, becoming an instant classic. Other notable winners included Mahalia Jackson for Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording and The Kingston Trio for Best Country & Western Performance.
The ceremony further solidified the Grammys' presence, expanding its categories and reaching a wider array of artists and genres, thereby strengthening its authority and influence within the burgeoning music industry.
Record Of The Year
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Bobby Darin | Mack The Knife |
| The Browns | The Three Bells | |
| Andre Previn | Like Young | |
| Frank Sinatra | High Hopes | |
| Elvis Presley | A Fool Such As I |
Album Of The Year
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Frank Sinatra | Come Dance With Me |
| Robert Russell Bennett | Victory At Sea, Vol. I | |
| Kiril Kondrashin, conductor, Van Cliburn, piano | Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 | |
| Henry Mancini | More Music From Peter Gunn | |
| Harry Belafonte | Belafonte At Carnegie Hall |
Song Of The Year
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Jimmy Driftwood | The Battle Of New Orleans |
| Johnny Mathis | Small World | |
| Andre Previn | Like Young | |
| Perry Como | I Know | |
| Frank Sinatra | High Hopes |
Best Vocal Performance, Female
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Ella Fitzgerald | But Not For Me |
| Lena Horne | Porgy And Bess | |
| Caterina Valente | La Strada Del Amore | |
| Pat Suzuki | Broadway '59 | |
| Peggy Lee | Alright, Okay |
Best Vocal Performance, Male
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Frank Sinatra | Come Dance With Me |
| Bobby Darin | Mack The Knife | |
| Jesse Belvin | Guess Who | |
| Harry Belafonte | Belafonte At Carnegie Hall | |
| Robert Merrill | An Evening With Lerner And Loewe |
Best Performance By A Dance Band
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Duke Ellington | Anatomy Of A Murder |
| Ray Anthony | Sound Spectacular | |
| Perez Prado | Pops And Prado | |
| Larry Elgart | New Sounds At The Roosevelt | |
| Glenn Miller | For The Very First Time | |
| Count Basie | Breakfast Dance And Barbecue |
Best Performance By An Orchestra
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | David Rose And His Orchestra With Andre Previn | Like Young |
| Hugo Winterhalter | Two Sides Of Winterhalter | |
| Esquivel | Strings Aflame | |
| Stanley Wilson | Music From M Squad | |
| Henry Mancini | More Music From Peter Gunn | |
| Bob Thompson | Just For Kicks |
Best Performance By A Vocal Group Or Chorus
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | (Mormon Tabernacle Choir) | Battle Hymn Of The Republic |
| The Browns | The Three Bells | |
| (Robert Shaw Chorale) | The Stephen Foster Song Book | |
| The Kingston Trio | Kingston Trio At Large | |
| The Ames Brothers | Ames Brothers Sing Famous Hits Of Famous Quartets |
Best Jazz Performance - Soloist
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Swings Lightly |
| Red Norvo | Red Norvo In Hi-Fi | |
| Andre Previn | Like Young | |
| Ruby Braff | Easy Now | |
| Bobby Troup | Bobby Troup And His Stars Of Jazz | |
| Urbie Green | Best Of New Broadway Show Hits |
Best Jazz Performance - Group
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Jonah Jones | I Dig Chicks |
| Red Norvo | Red Norvo In Hi-Fi | |
| Henry Mancini | More Music From Peter Gunn | |
| Duke Ellington | Ellington Jazz Party | |
| Shorty Rogers | Chances Are It Swings |
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | (Boston Symphony Orchestra) | Debussy: Images For Orchestra |
| (RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra) | Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien; Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol | |
| (Morton Gould Orchestra) | Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture; Ravel: Bolero | |
| (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) | Rossini Overtures | |
| (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) | Beethoven: Symphony # 6 |
Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (Including Chamber Orchestra)
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Van Cliburn, artist (Symphony Of The Air Orchestra) | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 |
| Felix Slatkin, artist | Villa Lobos String Quartet | |
| Nathan Milstein, artist | Four Italian Sonatas | |
| Festival Quartet, artists | Beethoven: Piano Quartet In E Flat, Op. 16/ Schumann Piano Quartet In E Flat, Op. 47 | |
| Felix Slatkin, artist | 'Cello Galaxy |
Best Classical Performance - Concerto Or Instrumental Soloist (With Full Orchestral Accompaniment)
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Erich Leinsdorf, conductor | Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro |
| Vladimir Horowitz, artist | Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto # 1 | |
| Jascha Heifetz, artist | Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64; Prokofiev Violin Concerto # 2 In G Minor | |
| Henryk Szeryng, artist | Brahms: Violin Concerto In D | |
| Artur Rubinstein, artist | Brahms: Piano Concerto # 2 |
Best Classical Performance - Concerto Or Instrumental Soloist (Other Than Full Orchestral Accompaniment)
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | NOMINEES | Bjoerling In Opera |
| Jaime Laredo, artist | Presenting Jaime Laredo | |
| Leonard Pennario, artist | Pennario Plays | |
| Nathan Milstein, artist | Four Italian Sonatas | |
| Laurindo Almeida, artist | Danzas | |
| Glenn Gould, artist | Berg: Sonata For Piano, Op.1; Krenek: Sonata # 3, Op. 92 # 4; Schoenberg Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 |
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (With Or Without Orchestra)
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Artur Rubinstein, artist | Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat |
| Zinka Milanov | The Art Of Song | |
| Maria Callas | Milanov Operatic Arias | |
| Maureen Forrester | Maria Callas Portrays Verdi Heroines | |
| - | A Brahms-Schumann Recital |
Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast Or Choral
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Artur Rubinstein, artist | Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat |
| Fernando Previtali, conductor | Verdi: The Force Of Destiny | |
| Richard Condie, choral director | The Beloved Choruses | |
| Fausto Cleva, conductor | Saint-Saens: Sampson And Delilah | |
| Erich Leinsdorf, conductor | Rossini: The Barber Of Seville |
Best Musical Composition First Recorded And Released In 1959 (More Than 5 Minutes Duration)
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Duke Ellington, composer (Duke Ellington) | Anatomy Of A Murder |
| Morton Gould, composer (Morton Gould, conductor) | St. Lawrence Suite | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich, composer (Leonard Bernstein, cond.; New York Philharmonic) | Shostakovich: Concerto # 2 For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 101 | |
| Sergei Prokofiev, composer (Jean Martinon, cond.; Paris Conservatoire Orchestra) | Prokoviev: The Overture Russe Op.72 | |
| Henry Mancini, composer (Henry Mancini, conductor) | More Music From Peter Gunn |
Best Sound Track Album - Background Score From A Motion Picture Or Television
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Duke Ellington, composer (Duke Ellington) | Anatomy Of A Murder |
| Franz Waxman, composer (Various Artists) | The Nun's Story (Motion Picture) | |
| Stanley Wilson, composer (Stanley Wilson) | The Music From M Squad (TV Show) | |
| Dick Cathcart, composer (Various Artists) | Pete Kelly's Blues (TV Show) | |
| Henry Mancini, composer (Henry Mancini) | More Music From Peter Gunn (TV Show) |
Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture Or Television
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | (Various Artists) | Porgy And Bess |
| Mario Lanza | For The First Time (Motion Picture) |
Best Broadway Show Album
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Gwen Verdon (Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley, Leonard Stone, Doris Rich, Cynthia Latham, Joy Nichols, Bob Dixon, Pat Ferrier) | Redhead |
| 🏆 | Ethel Merman (Ethel Merman And Broadway Show Cast) | Gypsy |
| Hal Hastings (Original Broadway Cast Conducted By Hal Hastings) | Once Upon A Mattress | |
| John Gielgud (John Gielgud) | Ages Of Man | |
| Betty Comden & Adolph Green (Adolph Green, Betty Comden) | A Party With Betty Comden And Adolph Green |
Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Shelley Berman | Inside Shelley Berman |
| Stan Freberg | Stan Freberg With Original Cast | |
| Lenny Bruce | Sick Humor | |
| Mort Sahl | Look Forward In Anger | |
| Andy Griffith | Hamlet |
Best Comedy Performance - Musical
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Homer And Jethro | The Battle Of Kookamonga |
| Bernie Green And The Stereo Madmen | Musically Mad | |
| Alice Pearce, Hans Conreid | Monster Rally | |
| Cliff Arquette | Charlie Weaver Sings For His People | |
| Adolph Green, Betty Comden | A Party With Betty Comden And Adolph Green |
Best Performance - Documentary Or Spoken Word (Other Than Comedy)
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Carl Sandburg | A Lincoln Portrait |
| Tony Schwartz | New York Taxi Driver | |
| Hal Holbrook | Mark Twain Tonight | |
| Basil Rathbone | Basil Rathbone Reads Sherlock Holmes | |
| John Gielgud | Ages Of Man |
Best Performance By A "Top 40" Artist
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| 🏆 | Midnight Flyer |
| Neil Sedaka | |
| Makin' Love | |
| Charlie Brown | |
| Broken Hearted Melody | |
| A Big Hunk O' Love (Single) |
Best Country & Western Performance
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Johnny Horton | The Battle Of New Orleans |
| Eddy Arnold | Tennessee Stud | |
| Skeeter Davis | Set Him Free | |
| Jim Reeves | Home | |
| Don Gibson | Don't Tell Me Your Troubles |
Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Dinah Washington | What A Diff'rence A Day Makes |
| Nat King Cole | Midnight Flyer | |
| Jesse Belvin | Guess Who | |
| The Coasters | Charlie Brown | |
| Elvis Presley | A Big Hunk O' Love |
Best Performance - Folk
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | The Kingston Trio | The Kingston Trio At Large |
| Jimmy Driftwood | The Wilderness Road | |
| Ralph Hunter Choir | The Wild Wild West | |
| Eddy Arnold | Tennessee Stud | |
| Harry Belafonte | Belafonte At Carnegie Hall |
Best Recording For Children
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Peter Ustinov (Herbert von Karajan, cond.) | Peter And The Wolf |
| Mary Martin & Thomas Scherman | Three To Make Music/Cinderella | |
| Marla Ray | The Arabian Nights | |
| Allen Swift | Popeye's Favorite Sea Chanties | |
| Franz Allers | Hansel And Gretel - Original Soundtrack |
Best Arrangement
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Billy May, arranger (Frank Sinatra) | Come Dance With Me |
| Robert Russell Bennett, arranger (Robert Russell Bennett) | Victory At Sea, Vol. I | |
| Esquivel, arranger (Esquivel) | Strings Aflame | |
| Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini) | More Music From Peter Gunn | |
| Richard Wess, arranger (Bobby Darin) | Mack The Knife | |
| John Green, arranger (John Green) | An Evening With Lerner And Lowe |
Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Lewis W. Layton, engineer (Robert Russell Bennett, conductor) | Victory At Sea, Vol. I |
| Lewis W. Layton, engineer (Kiril Kondrashin, conductor) | Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol | |
| Lewis W. Layton, engineer (Morton Gould, conductor) | Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Ravel: Bolero | |
| Lewis W. Layton, engineer (Fritz Reiner, conductor) | Rossini Overtures | |
| Lewis W. Layton, engineer (Morton Gould, conductor) | Doubling In Brass |
Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Ted (Theodore) Keep, engineer (David Seville) | Alvin's Harmonica |
| Robert Simpson, engineer (Ralph Hunter Choir) | The Wild Wild West | |
| Luis P. (Val) Valentin, engineer (Alvino Rey) | The Bat | |
| Robert Simpson, engineer (Bill Mure) | Supersonics In Flight | |
| Thorne Nogar, engineer (Markko Polo Adventurers) | Orienta |
Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Classical Or Novelty
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Robert Simpson, engineer (Harry Belafonte) | Belafonte At Carnegie Hall |
| Ernest Oelrich, engineer (Esquivel) | Strings Aflame | |
| Robert Simpson, engineer (Larry Elgart) | New Sounds At The Roosevelt | |
| Robert Simpson, engineer (Henry Rene) | Compulsion To Swing | |
| Robert Simpson, engineer (Buddy Morrow) | Big Band Guitar |
Best Album Cover
| Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Robert M. Jones, art director (Howard Mitchell, conductor) | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 |
| Acy R. Lehman, art director (Lena Horne & Harry Belafonte) | Porgy And Bess | |
| Acy R. Lehman & Robert L. Yorke, art directors (Phil Harris) | The South Shall Rise Again | |
| Tom Parker, art director (Elvis Presley) | For LP Fans Only | |
| Saul Bass, art director (Duke Ellington) | Anatomy Of A Murder |
Best New Artist Of 1959
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| 🏆 | Bobby Darin |
| Edd Byrnes | |
| Mavis Rivers | |
| Johnny Restivo | |
| Mark Murphy |