Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing , in German "Grammy award for the best performance by an orchestra - dance", is a music prize that was awarded from 1959 to 1964 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 Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing . The award was awarded from 1959 to 1964 and had a few minor name changes:

• From 1959 until the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Dance Band
• In 1961 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
• From 1962 to 1964 his name was Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing.

The award was presented together with the Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1959	Count Basie	United States	Basie
1960	Duke Ellington	United States	Anatomy of a Murder
1961	Count Basie	United States	Dance Along with Basie
1962	Si hundredweight	United States	Up a lazy river
1963	Joe Harnell	United States	Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova
1964	Count Basie	United States	This Time by Basie!

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 8, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved May 8, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .