Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording

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The Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording was awarded from 1959 to 1968. From 1959 to 1961 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Performance. 1965 and 1966 the award category was called Best Country & Western Single. This award was the lone country music Grammy category from 1959 to 1964.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Recipients

YearWinner(s)TitleNomineesRef.
1959 The Kingston Trio "Tom Dooley" [1]
1960 Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans"
 [2]
1961 Marty Robbins "El Paso" [3]
1962 Jimmy Dean "Big Bad John" [4]
1963 Burl Ives "Funny Way of Laughin'" [5]
1964 Bobby Bare "Detroit City" [6]
1965 Roger Miller "Dang Me" [7]
1966 Roger Miller "King of the Road" [8]
1967 David Houston "Almost Persuaded" [9]
1968 Glen Campbell "Gentle On My Mind" [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1959 (May)". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1959". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1961". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1962". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1963". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1964". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1965". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1966". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1967". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1968". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
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