Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing , in German "Grammy Award for the best performance by an orchestra or instrumentalist with orchestra - no jazz or dance music", is a music award that from 1959 to 1964 was awarded 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 or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing . The award was awarded from 1959 to 1964 and had a few minor name changes:

• From 1959 to 1960 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra
• In 1961 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing
• From 1962 to 1964 the title was Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing.

The award was presented together with the Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1959	Billy May	United States	Billy May's Big Fat Brass
1960	André Previn and Dave Rose	United States	Like Young (interpreted by Dave Rose & His Orchestra with André Previn)
1961	Henry Mancini	United States	Mr. Lucky
1962	Joe Harnell	United States	Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova
1963	Peter Nero	United States	The Colorful Peter Nero
1964	Al Hirt	United States	Java

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra 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 .