4th Annual Grammy Awards

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4th Annual Grammy Awards
DateMay 29, 1962
Location Chicago, Los Angeles and New York
Television/radio coverage
Network CBS

The 4th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 29, 1962, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961. [1] [2] Henry Mancini won 5 awards.

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Award winners

Children's

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

Gospel

Jazz

Musical show

Packaging and notes

Pop

Production and engineering

R&B

Spoken

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References

  1. Bacon, James (1 June 1962). "Stravinsky, Checker Win Annual Grammy Awards". The Evening Independent. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. "1961 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.