8th Annual Grammy Awards

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8th Annual Grammy Awards
DateMarch 15, 1966
Location Radio City Music Hall, New York City
Hosted by Jerry Lewis
Television/radio coverage
Network ABC
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The 8th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 15, 1966, at Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1965. [1] Roger Miller topped off the Grammys by winning 5 awards, [2] whereas Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra each won 4 awards.

Contents

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. "1965 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. "Roger Miller Tops Grammy". Edmonton Journal. 16 March 1966. Retrieved 1 May 2011.