[1962 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (4th) ♪

[1962 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (4th) ♪

Held on May 29, 1962, the 4th Grammys celebrated musical accomplishments from October 1, 1960, to September 30, 1961. Henry Mancini's exquisite "Moon River" from the film Breakfast at Tiffany's was a dominant force, sweeping both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, cementing its status as an enduring classic.
Judy Garland's legendary live recording, Judy at Carnegie Hall, triumphed as Album of the Year, a powerful testament to her captivating performance and vocal artistry. Peter Nero was recognized as Best New Artist.
The ceremony also honored Stan Kenton for Best Jazz Performance – Large Group and Pat Boone for Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording. This event further cemented the Grammys' role in recognizing both immensely popular cultural touchstones and critically acclaimed artistic achievements, showcasing the breadth of the music landscape and the Academy's commitment to diverse genres.

Record Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆Henry ManciniMoon River
Si ZentnerUp A Lazy River
Frank SinatraThe Second Time Around
Dave BrubeckTake Five
Jimmy DeanBig Bad John

Album Of The Year (Other Than Classical)

ArtistWork
🏆Judy GarlandJudy At Carnegie Hall
John GreenWest Side Story (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Nat King ColeThe Nat /King/ Cole Story
Johnny Mann Singers, Si ZentnerGreat Band With Great Voices
Ray CharlesGenius Soul = Jazz
Henry ManciniBreakfast At Tiffany's

Album Of The Year - Classical

ArtistWork
🏆Igor Stravinsky, artistStravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre Du Printemps; Petrouchka
Joan Sutherland, artistThe Art Of The Prima Donna
Laurindo Almeida, artistReverie For Spanish Guitar
William Steinberg, artistBrahms: Symphony No. 2
Leonard Bernstein, artistBloch: Sacred Service

Song Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆Henry ManciniMoon River
Perry ComoMake Someone Happy
Jack JonesLollipops And Roses
Jimmy DeanBig Bad John
Burl IvesA Little Bitty Tear

Best Instrumental Theme Or Instrumental Version Of Song

ArtistWork
🏆Galt MacDermott, composer (Cannonball Adderly)African Waltz
Bob Merrill, composer (Original Broadway Cast)Theme From Carnival
Dimitri Tiomkin, composer (Dimitri Tiomkin)The Guns Of Navarone (Motion Picture)
Duke Ellington, composer (Duke Ellington)Paris Blues
Nino Rota, composer (Nino Rota)La Dolce Vita

Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female

ArtistWork
🏆Judy GarlandJudy At Carnegie Hall
Billie HolidayThe Essential Billie Holiday (Carnegie Hall Concert)
Ella FitzgeraldMr. Paganini
Lena HorneLena At The Sands
Peggy LeeBasin Street East

Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male

ArtistWork
🏆Jack JonesLollipops And Roses
Steve LawrencePortrait Of My Love
Andy WilliamsDanny Boy
Jimmy DeanBig Bad John
Burl IvesA Little Bitty Tear

Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental)

ArtistWork
🏆Andre PrevinAndre Previn Plays Harold Arlen
Al HirtThe Greatest Horn In The World
Modern Jazz QuartetEuropean Concert
Erroll GarnerDreamstreet
Bill Evans TrioBill Evans At The Village Vanguard

Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)

ArtistWork
🏆Stan KentonWest Side Story
Gil EvansOut Of The Cool
Dizzy GillespieGillespiana
Count Basie And His OrchestraBasie At Birdland
Andre PrevinA Touch Of Elegance

Best Original Jazz Composition

ArtistWork
🏆Galt MacDermott, composer (Cannonball Adderly)African Waltz
Dave Brubeck, composer (Dave Brubeck)Unsquare Dance
J.J. Johnson, composer (Dizzy Gillespie)Perceptions
Lalo Schifrin, composer (Dizzy Gillespie)Gillespiana
Andre Previn, composer (Andre Previn)A Touch Of Elegance

Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Dancing

ArtistWork
🏆Si ZentnerUp A Lazy River
Les BrownThe Lerner And Loewe Bandbook
Billy May, Glen GrayShall We Swing?
Henry ManciniMr. Lucky Goes Latin
Quincy JonesI Dig Dancers
Lawrence WelkCalcutta

Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Other Than Dancing

ArtistWork
🏆Henry ManciniBreakfast At Tiffany's
Stan KentonWest Side Story
Al HirtThe Greatest Horn In The World
Andre PrevinA Touch Of Elegance
Gerry MulliganA Concert In Jazz

Best Arrangement

ArtistWork
🏆Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)Moon River
Bob Florence, arranger (Si Zentner)Up A Lazy River
J.J. Johnson, arranger (Dizzy Gillespie)Perceptions
Peter Nero, arranger (Peter Nero)New Piano In Town
George Russell, arranger (Gerry Mulligan)All About Rosie

Best Performance By A Vocal Group

ArtistWork
🏆Lambert, Hendricks And RossHigh Flying
The Four FreshmenVoices In Fun
The LettermenThe Way You Look Tonight
The LimelitersThe Slightly Fabulous Limeliters
The Kingston TrioClose Up

Best Performance By A Chorus

ArtistWork
🏆Johnny Mann SingersGreat Band With Great Voices
Norman Luboff ChoirThis Is Norman Luboff
Pete KingHey, Look Me Over
Belafonte Folk SingersBelafonte Folk Singers At Home And Abroad
Roger Wagner ChoraleA Song At Twilight

Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Score From Motion Picture Of Television

ArtistWork
🏆Henry Mancini, composer (Henry Mancini)Breakfast At Tiffany's
Dimitri Tiomkin, composer (Dimitri Tiomkin)The Guns Of Navarone (Motion Picture)
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, composers (Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington)Paris Blues (Motion Picture)
Nino Rota, composer (Nino Rota)La Dolce Vita (Motion Picture)
John Williams, composer (John Williams)Checkmate

Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Original Cast From Motion Picture Or Television

ArtistWork
🏆Saul Chaplin, John Green, Irwin Kostal & Sid Ramin, music directors (Original Cast)West Side Story
Tutti Camarata, artist (Original Cast)Parent Trap (Motion Picture)
Ken Darby & Alfred Newman, artists (Original Cast)Flower Drum Song (Motion Picture)
Elvis Presley, artist (Elvis Presley)Blue Hawaii (Motion Picture)
Tutti Camarata, composer (Original Cast)Babes In Toyland (Motion Picture)

Best Original Cast Show Album

ArtistWork
🏆Frank Loesser, composer (Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland, Sammy Smith)How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh, composers (Original Cast)Wildcat
Jerry Herman, composer (Original Cast)Milk And Honey
Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Jule Styne, composers (Original Cast)Do Re Mi
Bob Merrill, composer (Original Cast)Carnival

Best Comedy Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Mike Nichols And Elaine MayAn Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May
Stan FrebergStan Freberg Presents The United States Of America
Bill DanaJose Jimenez The Astronaut
Jonathan WintersHere's Jonathan
Carl Reiner And Mel Brooks2001 Years With Carl Reiner And Mel Brooks

Best Documentary Or Spoken Word Recording (Other Than Comedy)

ArtistWork
🏆Leonard BernsteinHumor In Music
(Various Artists)Wisdom, Vol. 1
Dorothy ParkerThe World Of Dorothy Parker
Alexander Scourby, Robert Russell BennettThe Coming Of Christ
Hal HolbrookMore Of Hal Holbrook In Mark Twain Tonight!

Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Robert Arnold, engineer (Judy Garland)Judy At Carnegie Hall
Robert Fine, engineer (Enoch Light)Stereo 35/MM
Al Schmitt, engineer (Johnny Mann Singers, Si Zentner)Great Band With Great Voices
Bill MacMeekin, engineer (Steve Lawrence And Eydie Gorme)Cozy
Al Schmitt, engineer (Henry Mancini)Breakfast At Tiffany's

Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty

ArtistWork
🏆John Kraus, engineer (Stan Freberg)Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America
Rafael O. Valentin, engineer ((Various Sounds))X-15 And Other Sounds Of Rockets, Missiles And Jets
Eddie Brackett, engineer (Soupy Sales)The Soupy Sales Show
Ted Keep, engineer (David Seville)The Alvin Show
Bruno Vineis, engineer (Bob Prescott)Cartoons In Stereo

Best Album Cover (Other Than Classical)

ArtistWork
🏆Jim Silke, art director (Judy Garland)Judy At Carnegie Hall
Kenneth Deardoff, art director (Peter Bocage)New Orleans - The Living Legend
Reid Miles, art director (Jackie McLean)Jackie's Bag
Robert M. Jones, art director (Henry Mancini)Breakfast At Tiffany's
Bob (Robert) Cato, art director (Andre Previn)A Touch Of Elegance

Best Recording For Children

ArtistWork
🏆Leonard BernsteinProkofiev: Peter And The Wolf
Original Broadway CastYoung Abe Lincoln
Soupy SalesThe Soupy Sales Show
(Various Artists)Golden Treasury Of Great Music And Literature
(Various Artists)101 Dalmations

Best Rock & Roll Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Chubby CheckerLet's Twist Again
The TokensThe Lion Sleeps Tonight
Ike & Tina TurnerIt's Gonna Work Out Fine
Chris KennerI Like It Like That
James DarrenGoodbye Cruel World

Best Country & Western Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Jimmy DeanBig Bad John
LeRoy Van DykeWalk On By
Tex RitterHillbilly Heaven
Faron YoungHello Walls
Burl IvesA Little Bitty Tear

Best Rhythm & Blues Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Ray CharlesHit The Road Jack
LaVerne BakerSaved
Ernie K-DoeMother In Law
Etta JamesFool That I Am
Jimmy ReedBright Lights, Big City

Best Folk Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Belafonte Folk SingersBelafonte Folk Singers At Home And Abroad
The LimelitersThe Slightly Fabulous Limeliters
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy MakemThe Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem
Bill BroonzyThe Big Bill Broonzy Story
Alan LomaxFolk Songs Of Britain, Vol. I

Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Mahalia JacksonEverytime I Feel The Spirit
The Staple SingersSwing Low
Tex RitterLincoln Hymns
Alex BradfordJesus Keep Me Near The Cross
Tennessee Ernie FordHymns At Home

Best New Artist Of 1961

Artist
🏆Peter Nero
Timi Yuro
Dick Gregory
Ann-Margret
The Lettermen

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

ArtistWork
🏆(Boston Symphony Orchestra)Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe
(Cleveland Orchestra)R. Strauss: Don Quixote
(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)R. Strauss: Don Juan/Debussy: La Mer
(Columbia Symphony Orchestra)Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 In E Flat Major/Wagner: Tannhauser Overture And Venusberg Music
(Philharmonia Orchestra)Bartók: Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta/ Hindemith: Mathis Der Mahler

Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music

ArtistWork
🏆Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose, artistsBeethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodaly: Duo For Violin And Cello, Op. 7
Rudolf Firkusny & Erica Morini, artistsFranck And Mozart Sonatas
Gary Graffman & Berl Senofsky, artistsFaure: Sonata No. 1/Debussy: Sonata No. 3
Victor Gottlieb, Leonard Pennario, Sanford Schonbach & Eudice Shapiro, artistsFaure: 1st Quartet Op15/Schumann: Clavier Quartet, Op. 47
Juilliard String Quartet (Claus Adam, Isidore Cohen, Raphael Hillyer & Robert Mann), artistsBerg: Lyric Suite/Webern: 5 Pieces For String Quartet, Op. 5, 6 Bagatelles, Op. 9

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (With Orchestra)

ArtistWork
🏆Isaac Stern, artist (Philadelphia Orchestra)Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
Pierre Fournier, artistR. Strauss: Don Quixote
Jascha Heifetz & Gregor Piatigorsky, artistsBrahms: Double Concerto
Andres Segovia, artistBoccherini-Cassado:Concerto For Guitar
Leon Fleisher, artistBeethoven: Emperor Concerto

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Duo (Without Orchestra)

ArtistWork
🏆Laurindo Almeida, artistReverie For Spanish Guitar
Vladimir Horowitz, artistHomage To Liszt
Sviatoslav Richter, artistBeethoven: Appassionata Sonata; Funeral March Sonata
Ruggiero Ricci, artistBartók, Hindeminth, Prokofiev: Solo Violin Sonatas
Andres Segovia, artistBach: Suite No. 3

Best Opera Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Gabriele Santini (Rome Opera Orchestra)Puccini: Madame Butterfly
Antal Dorati (Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Karl Bohm (Dresden State Opera Chorus; Dresden State Opera Orchestra)R. Strauss: Elektra
Carlo Maria Giulini (Philharmonia Chorus; Philadelphia Orchestra)Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro
John Pritchard (L'Accademia Di Santa Cecila Chorus; L'Accademia Di Santa Cecilia Orchestra)Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor

Best Classical Performance - Choral (Other Than Opera)

ArtistWork
🏆(Robert Shaw Chorale; Robert Shaw Orchestra)Bach: B Minor Mass
(Rutgers University Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra)Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
(Roger Wagner Chorale; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)Respighi: Laud To Nativity/Monteverdi:Magnificat
(French National Radio-Television Chorus; French National Radio-Television Orchestra)Poulenc: Gloria In G Major For Soprano Solo, Chorus And Orchestra
(St. Anthony Singers; Goldsbrough Orchestra)Berlioz: L'enfance Du Christ
(Westminster Choir; New York Philharmonic)Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (With Or Without Orchestra)

ArtistWork
🏆(Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)The Art Of The Prima Donna
Victoria De Los AngelesTrimble: Four Fragments From The Canterbury Tales
Leontyne PriceThe Fabulous Victoria De Los Angeles
(Rome Opera House Orchestra)Operatic Arias
(Bach Aria Group Orchestra)Bach Cantatas No. 58, And No. 202

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

ArtistWork
🏆Igor Stravinsky, composerStravinsky: Movements For Piano And Orchestra
🏆Laurindo Almeida, composerAlmeida: Discantus
Elliott Carter, composerCarter: String Quartet No. 2
Francis Poulenc, composerPoulenc: Gloria In G Major
Gunther Schuller, composerMusic For Brass Quintet

Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Lewis W. Layton, engineer (Charles Munch, conductor)Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe
Heinrich Keilholtz, engineer (Karl Bohm, conductor)R. Strauss: Elektra
Chris Parker, engineer (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor; John Browning, piano)Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Walter Ruhlmann & Paul Vavasseur, engineers (Georges Pretre, conductor; Maurice Durufle, organ)Poulenc: Concerto In G For Organ, Strings And Timpani
Robert Fine, engineer (William Steinberg, conductor)Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Best Album Cover - Classical

ArtistWork
🏆Marvin Schwartz, art director (Gabriele Santini, conductor)Puccini: Madame Butterfly
Robert M. Jones, art director (Morton Gould, conductor)Gould: Ballet Music Fall River Legend, Interplay, Latin American Symphonette
Meyer Miller, art director (Julian Bream)Golden Age Of English Lute Music
Marvin Schwartz, art director (Otto Klemperer, conductor)Beethoven: Nine Symphonies
Robert M. Jones, art director (Jean Morel, conductor)Albeniz: Iberia/Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole