6th Annual Grammy Awards

6th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	May 12, 1964
Location	Chicago, Los Angeles and New York
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC
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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]

• Record of the Year
  • Henry Mancini for "Days of Wine and Roses"
  • Jack Jones for "Wives And Lovers"
  • Tony Bennett for "I Wanna Be Around"
  • Barbra Streisand for "Happy Days Are Here Again"
  • Sœur Sourire for "Dominique"
• Album of the Year (other than classical)
  • Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album
  • Sœur Sourire for The Singing Nun Album
  • Andy Williams for Days Of Wine And Roses
  • Al Hirt for Honey In The Horn
  • The Swingle Singers for Bach's Greatest Hits
• Song of the Year
  • Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Days of Wine and Roses" performed by Henry Mancini
  • Burt Bacharach & Hal David (songwriters) for "Wives And Lovers" performed by Jack Jones
  • Sacha Distal & Jack Reardon (songwriters) for "The Good Life" performed by Tony Bennett
  • Johnny Mercer & Sadie Vimmerstedt (songwriters) for "I Wanna Be Around" performed by Tony Bennett
  • Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen (songwriters) for "Call Me Irresponsible" performed by Frank Sinatra
• Best New Artist
  • Ward Swingle (The Swingle Singers)
  • Vikki Carr
  • J's With Jamie
  • John Gary
  • Trini Lopez

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Bernstein Conducts for Young People performed by the New York Philharmonic
  • Jack Gilford for Winnie The Pooh
  • Peter, Paul and Mary for "Puff (The Magic Dragon)"
  • Tom Glazner for On Top Of Spaghetti
  • Various Artists for Let's Go To The Zoo
  • Pete Seeger for Children's Concert
  • Rica Owen Moore for Addition And Subtraction

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
  • Skitch Henderson (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Orchestra for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
• Best Opera Recording
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Rosalind Elias, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
• Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
  • Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir directors), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Britten: War Requiem
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz for The Sound of Horowitz
• Best Classical Music Performance - Chamber Music
  • Julian Bream for Evening of Elizabethan Music performed by the Julian Bream Consort
• Best Classical Composition by a Contemporary Composer
  • Benjamin Britten (composer & conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem
• Best Classical Album
  • Benjamin Britten (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem
• Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
  • André Watts

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Allan Sherman for "Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah"
  • The Smothers Brothers for Think Ethnic
  • Cassius Clay for I Am The Greatest
  • Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks for Carl Reiner And Mel Brooks At The Cannes Film Festival
  • Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow, Right!

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme
  • Riz Ortolani (composer) for "More - Theme From Mondo Cane"
  • Bob Goldstein & David Shire for Washington Square performed by The Village Stompers
  • Maurice Jarre (composer & musical director) for Lawrence Of Arabia
  • Steve Allen & Ray Brown (composers) for Gravy Waltz
  • Jean "Toots" Theilmans (composer & performer) for "Bluesette"
• Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show
  • John Addison (composer) for Tom Jones
  • Nino Oliviero & Roy Ortolani (composers) for Mondo Cane conducted by Riz Ortolani
  • Maurice Jarre (composer & conductor) for Lawrence Of Arabia
  • Alex North (composer & conductor) for Cleopatra
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Quincy Jones (arranger) for "I Can't Stop Loving You" performed by Count Basie
  • Joe Sherman (arranger) for Washington Square performed by The Village Stompers
  • Marty Gold & Peter Nero (arrangers) for "Mountain Greenery" performed by Peter Nero
  • Claus Ogerman (arranger) for "More" performed by Kai Winding
  • Robert N. Enevoldsen (arranger) for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen
• Best Background Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Days of Wine and Roses"
  • Pete King (arranger) for "Wives And Lovers" performed by Jack Jones
  • Gerald Wilson (arranger) for "Tell Me The Truth" performed by Nancy Wilson
  • Nelson Riddle (arranger) for "Call Me Irresponsible" performed by Frank Sinatra
  • Benny Carter (arranger) for "Busted" performed by Ray Charles
  • Marion Evans (arranger) for "Blame It On The Bossa Nova" performed by Eydie Gorme

Country

• Best Country & Western Recording
  • Bobby Bare for "Detroit City"
  • Porter Wagoner for The Porter Wagoner Show
  • Lefty Frizzell for "Saginaw, Michigan"
  • Johnny Cash for "Ring Of Fire"
  • Hank Snow for "Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street)"
  • Buck Owens for "Love's Gonna Live Here"
  • Flatt and Scruggs for Flatt And Scruggs At Carnegie Hall

Folk

• Best Folk Recording
  • Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"
  • Pete Seeger for "We Shall Overcome"
  • The Rooftop Singers for Walk Right In
  • Miriam Makeba for The World Of Miriam Makeba
  • Odetta for Odetta Sings Folk Songs
  • Judy Collins for Judy Collins #3
  • The New Christy Minstrels for "Green, Green"

Gospel

• Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
  • Soeur Sourire for "Dominique"
  • The Roger Wagner Chorale & Tennessee Ernie Ford for The Story Of Christmas
  • George Beverly Shea for The Earth Is The Lord's (And The Fullness Thereof)
  • Kings Of Harmony for "Steppin' Right In"
  • Bessie Griffin and The Gospel Pearls for Recorded Live!
  • Charles Magnuson & Fred Bock for Piano In Concert
  • The Limeliters for Make A Joyful Noise

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group
  • Bill Evans for Conversations with Myself
  • Miles Davis for Seven Steps To Heaven
  • Peter Nero for Peter Nero In Person
  • Al Hirt for Our Man In New Orleans
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet for Dave Brubeck At Carnegie Hall
  • Thelonious Monk for Criss-Cross
  • Ray Brown, Andre Previn, Herb Ellis & Shelly Manne for 4 To Go!
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group
  • Woody Herman for Encore: Woody Herman, 1963
  • Miles Davis for Seven Steps To Heaven
  • Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Plays The Hip Hits
  • Al Hirt for Our Man In New Orleans
  • Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band for Gerry Mulligan '63
  • Oliver Nelson Orchestra for Full Nelson
• Best Original Jazz Composition
  • Steve Allen & Ray Brown (composers) for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen
  • Paul Desmond (composer & performer) for Take Ten
  • Antonio Carlos Jobim & Newton Mendonça (composers) for "Meditation" performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim
  • Dick Grove, Pete Jolly & Tommy Wolf (composers) for "Little Bird" performed by Pete Jolly
  • Kenyon Hopkins (composer & conductor) for East Side - West Side
  • Charlie Mingus (composer & performer) for "Black Saint And The Sinner Lady"

Musical show

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick (composers) & the original cast (Barbara Cook, Jack Cassidy, Barbara Baxley, Daniel Massey, Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williams & Jo Wilder) for She Loves Me
  • Anne Croswell & Lee Pockriss (composers) for Tovarich performed by original Broadway cast including Vivien Leigh, Jean Pierre Aumont & George S. Irving
  • Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz (composers) for Jennie performed by original Broadway cast including George D. Wallace and Robin Bailey
  • Meredith Willson (composer) for Here's Love performed by original Broadway cast including Valerie Lee, Janis Paige & Laurence Naismith
  • Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt (composers) for 110 In The Shade performed by original Broadway cast including Robert Horton and Inga Swenson

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
  • Stanley Dance & Leonard Feather (notes writers) for The Ellington Era performed by Duke Ellington
  • Edward Albee & Harold Clurman (notes writers) for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? performed by original cast including Uta Hagen, Arthur Hill, Melinda Dillon & George Grizzard
  • Harold Arlen (notes writer) for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
  • B.A. Botkin, James L. Horan, Harold Preece & Sylvester L. Vigilante (notes writers) for The Badmen performed by Pete Seeger and others
  • Bob Bollard (notes writer) for The Amazing Amanda Ambrose performed by Amanda Ambrose
  • Sidney Bock (notes writer) for Evening Of Elizabethan Music performed by Julian Bream

Pop

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album
  • Miriam Makeba for The World Of Miriam Makeba
  • Peggy Lee for I'm A Woman
  • Sœur Sourire for "Dominique"
  • Eydie Gorme for Blame It On The Bossa Nova
• 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
  • Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"
  • Anita Kerr Singers for Waitin' For The Evening Train
  • The Hi-Lo's for The Hi-Lo's Happen To The Bossa Nova
  • Jackie and Roy for Like Sing - Jackie And Roy Kral
  • J's With Jamie for Hey, Look Us Over!
• 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
  • April Stevens & Nino Tempo for "Deep Purple"
  • Chet Atkins for Teen Scene
  • Ruby and the Romantics for "Our Day Will Come"
  • Lesley Gore for "It's My Party"
  • Little Peggy March for "I Will Follow Him"
  • Sam Cooke for "Another Saturday Night"

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

• Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
  • Ray Charles for "Busted"
  • Lenny Welch for "Since I Fell For You"
  • Little Johnny Taylor for "Part Time Love"
  • Major Lance for "Hey, Little Girl"
  • Barbara Lewis for "Hello Stranger"
  • Sam Cooke for "Frankie And Johnny"
  • Martha and the Vandellas for "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave"

Spoken

• Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (other than comedy)
  • Edward Albee (playwright) for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? performed by Melinda Dillon, George Grizzard, Uta Hagen & Arthur Hill
  • Martin Luther King Jr. and various artists for We Shall Overcome (The March On Washington... August 28, 1963)
  • Pete Seeger and others for The Badmen
  • Betty Field, Jane Fonda, Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Geoff Horne, William Prince, Geraldine Page, Richard Thomas & Franchot Tone for Strange Interlude
  • John F. Kennedy for John F. Kennedy - The Presidential Years (With David Tieg As Narrator)

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.