6th Annual Grammy Awards

6th Annual Grammy Awards
DateMay 12, 1964
LocationChicago, Los Angeles and New York
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC

The 6th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 12, 1964, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1963.[1][2] Henry Mancini won 4 awards.

Award winners

The following awards were the winners and nominees of the 6th annual awards ceremony:[3]

Children's

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

Gospel

  • Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)

Jazz

Musical show

Packaging and notes

  • Best Album Cover - Classical
    • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
    • Robert "Bob" Cato (art director) for Strauss: Don Quixote conducted by Eugene Ormandy
    • Dorle Soria (art director) for Puccini: Tosca conducted by Herbert von Karajan
    • Vladimir Bobri (art director) for Granada (Albeniz: "Granada" Granados: "Spanish Dance In E" Ponce, Tansman, Aguado: "Eight Lesson For The Guitar" Sor: "Four Studies") performed by Andrés Segovia
    • Dorle Soria (art director) for Evening Of Elizabethan Music performed by Julian Bream Consort
    • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 (Pastorale) conducted by Fritz Reiner
    • John Berg (art director) for Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 conducted by Leonard Bernstein
  • Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
    • John Berg for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
    • John Murello (art director) for Night Train performed by Oscar Peterson
    • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Honey In The Horn performed by Al Hirt
    • Jim Silke (art director) for Hollywood - My Way performed by Nancy Wilson
    • Ed Thrasher (art director) for Carl Reiner And Mel Brooks At The Cannes Film Festival performed by Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks
    • Jim Ladwig (art director) for Bach's Greatest Hits performed by Swingle Singers
    • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Aloha From Norman Luboff performed by Norman Luboff Choir
  • Best Album Notes

Pop

  • Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Best Vocal Performance, Male
    • Jack Jones for "Wives and Lovers"
    • Andy Williams for Days Of Wine And Roses
    • Tony Bennett for "I Wanna Be Around"
    • John Gary for Catch A Rising Star
    • Ray Charles for "Busted"
  • Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • Best Performance by a Chorus
    • Ward Swingle for Bach's Greatest Hits performed by the Swingle Singers
    • Robert Shaw Chorale for The Many Moods Of Christmas
    • Leonard Bernstein & Richard Conde for The Joy Of Christmas
    • The New Christy Minstrels for "Green, Green"
    • Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus for Charade
  • Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
    • Count Basie for This Time by Basie! Hits of the 50s and 60s
    • Page Cavanaugh for The Page 7... An Explosion In Pop Music
    • Les Brown for Richard Rodgers Bandbook
    • Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Plays The Hip Hits
    • Joe Harnell for Fly Me To The Moon And The Bossa Nova Pops
    • Woody Herman for Encore: Woody Herman 1963
  • Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing
    • Al Hirt for "Java"
    • Percy Faith for Themes For Young Lovers
    • Kai Winding for "More"
    • Peter Nero for Hail The Conquering Nero
    • Henry Mancini for Our Man In Hollywood
    • Andre Previn for Andre Previn In Hollywood
  • Best Rock and Roll Recording

Production and engineering

  • Best Engineered Recording - Other Than Classical
    • James Malloy (engineer) for Charade performed by Henry Mancini
    • Frank Laico (engineer) for The Second Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
    • Anthony Salvatore (engineer) for The Many Moods Of Christmas performed by Robert Shaw Chorale
    • Frank Laico (engineer) for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
    • Ronald A. Steele (engineer) for Supercussion performed by Dick Schory
    • Ronald A. Steele (engineer) for Politely Percussive performed by Dick Schory
    • Al Schmitt (engineer) for Our Man In Hollywood performed by Henry Mancini
    • Harold Chapman (engineer) for Exotic Sounds Of Bail performed by Mantle Hood
    • Luis P. "Val" Valentin (engineer) for Ella And Basie! performed by Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
  • Best Engineered Recording - Classical
    • Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
    • Gordon Parry (engineer) for Wagner: Siegfried conducted by Georg Solti
    • Lewis W. Layton for Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D (The Titan Album) conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
    • Lewis W. Layton for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy And Bess conducted by Skitch Henderson
    • Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) for Britten: War Requiem conducted by Benjamin Britten
    • Fred Plaut (engineer) for Bernstein Conducts Tchaikovsky (Capriccio Italien; 1812 Overture; Marche Slave) conducted by Leonard Bernstein
  • Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects
    • Robert Fine (engineer) for Civil War Vol. II performed by Frederick Fennell
    • John Kraus (engineer) for Zounds! What Sounds performed by Dean Elliott
    • Phil Macy & Al Weintraub (engineers) for Pepino's Friend Pasquale performed by Lou Monte
    • Hugh Davies & John Kraus (engineers) for Heartstrings performed by Dean Elliott
    • Bill MacMeekin & Scotty Shackner (engineers) for Four In The Floor performed by The Shut Downs
    • William Hamilton (engineer) for Fast, Fast, Fast Relief From TV Commercials performed by Bill McFadden & Bryna Rayburn
    • John Kraus (engineer) for Cheyenne Frontier Days performed by Hank Thompson

R&B

Spoken

References

  1. ^ "Streisand, Jones Win Grammys". The Miami News. 13 May 1964. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ^ "1963 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  3. ^ "6th Annual GRAMMY Awards | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
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