Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance , in German " Grammy Award for the best instrumental performance ", is a music prize that was awarded from 1965 to 1968 by the American Recording Academy in the field of pop music .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance . The prize was awarded from 1965 to 1968. The award had a few minor name changes:

• From 1964 to 1965 the award was called Best Instrumental Performance - Non-Jazz
• In 1966 the Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz) award was named
• In 1967 it was called Best Instrumental Performance.

Although a category from the area of ​​pop music, no popular pieces of music were awarded here. This took place from 1969 in the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance category .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1965	Henry Mancini	United States	The Pink Panther Theme
1966	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	United States	A taste of honey
1967	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	United States	What Now My Love
1968	Chet Atkins	United States	Chet Atkins Picks the Best

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 7, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved May 7, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .