1960 Grammy Awards
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
Record of the Year | “Theme From A Summer Place,” Percy Faith |
Album of the Year | Button Down Mind, Bob Newhart (Warner Bros.) |
Song of the Year | “Theme From Exodus,” Ernest Gold, songwriter |
Best New Artist of 1960 | Bob Newhart |
Best Performance By a Pop Single Artist | “Georgia on My Mind,” Ray Charles |
Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male | “Georgia on My Mind,” Ray Charles (ABC) |
Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female | “Mack the Knife,” Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) |
Best Vocal Performance, Album, Male | Genius of Ray Charles, Ray Charles (Atlantic) |
Best Vocal Performance, Album, Female | Mack the Knife—Ella in Berlin, Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) |
Best Performance By a Vocal Group | “We Got Us,” Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence |
Best Performance By a Chorus | Songs of the Cowboy, Norman Luboff Choir |
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance | “Let the Good Times Roll,” Ray Charles |
Best Jazz Performance, Solo or Small Group | West Side Story, André Previn |
Best Jazz Performance, Large Group | Blues and the Beat, Henry Mancini |
Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes | Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis and Gil Evans, composers |
Best Performance By a Band for Dancing | Dance With Basie, Count Basie |
Best Country and Western Performance | “El Paso,” Marty Robbins |
Best Performance, Folk | “Swing Dat Hammer,” Harry Belafonte |
Best Performance By an Orchestra | Mr. Lucky, Henry Mancini |
Best Arrangement | Mr. Lucky, Henry Mancini, arranger |
Best Show Album (Original Cast) | The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, composers (Columbia) |
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Music Score From Motion Picture or Television | Exodus, Ernest Gold, composer (RCA) |
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast From Motion Picture or Television | Can-Can, Cole Porter, composer (Capital) |
Best Classical Performance, Orchestra | Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, Fritz Reiner conducting Chicago Symphony |
Best Classical Performance, Vocal or Instrumental Chamber Music | Conversations With the Guitar, Laurindo Almeida |
Best Classical Performance, Concerto or Instrumental Soloist | Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Sviatoslav Richter; Erich Leinsdorf conducting Chicago Symphony |
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Duo (Other Than Orchestral) | The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida, Laurindo Almeida |
Best Classical Opera Production | Puccini, Turandot, Erich Leinsdorf conducting Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra; solos: Tebaldi, Nilsson, Björling and Tozzi |
Best Classical Performance, Choral (Including Oratorio) | Handel, The Messiah, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus |
Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist | A Program of Song, Leontyne Price |
Best Contemporary Classical Composition | Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite, Aaron Copland, composer |
Best Comedy Performance (Spoken Word) | Button Down Mind Strikes Back, Bob Newhart |
Best Comedy Performance (Musical) | Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris, Jo Stafford and Paul Weston |
Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word (Other Than Comedy) | F.D.R. Speaks, Robert Bialek |
Best Album Created for Children | Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks, David Seville (Liberty) |
Best Album Cover | Latin a la Lee, Marvin Schwartz, art director (Capitol) |
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