Grammy Awards 1962
At the Grammy Awards in 1962 , the US Grammy Music Prize was awarded for the fourth time .
15 different fields of the music business were recognized and 40 prizes were awarded.
For the first time, an honor gram was awarded for life's work, the first special award winner was Bing Crosby .
Main categories
Single of the year (Record of the Year):
- "Moon River" by Henry Mancini
Album Of The Year Other Than Classical:
Song of the Year:
- "Moon River" by Henry Mancini (Authors: Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer )
Best New Artist:
pop
Best female solo vocal performance (Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female):
Best Male Solo Vocal Performance (Male):
- "Lollipops And Roses" by Jack Jones
Best Performance by a Vocal Group (Best Performance By A Vocal Group):
- High Flying from Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Best performance of a choir (Best Performance By A Chorus)
- Great Band With Great Voices by the Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra
Best Performance by an orchestra - Dance (Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Dancing):
- Up A Lazy River by Si Zentner
Best Performance by an orchestra - without dance (Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Other Than Dancing):
- Breakfast At Tiffany's by Henry Mancini
Best Rock and Roll Recording (Best Rock and Roll Recording):
- "Let's Twist Again" by Chubby Checker
Rhythm & Blues
Best R&B recording (Best Rhythm & Blues Recording):
- " Hit the Road Jack " by Ray Charles
Country
Best country and western recording (Best Country & Western Recording):
- Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean
jazz
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist or Small Group (Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group, Instrumental):
- André Previn Plays Harold Arlen by André Previn
Best Jazz Instrumental performance - United Group (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Large Group, Instrumental):
Best Jazz original composition (Best Original Jazz Composition):
- African Waltz by Cannonball Adderley (Composer: Galt MacDermot )
Gospel
Best gospel or other religious recording (Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording):
- Everytime I Feel The Spirit by Mahalia Jackson
Folk
Best Folk Recording (Best Folk Recording):
- Belafonte Folk Singers At Home And Abroad by the Belafonte Folk Singers
For children
Best Recording for Children (Best Recording For Children):
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf of the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein
language
Best recording documentation or spoken text without comedy (Best Documentary Or Spoken Word Recording Other Than Comedy):
- Humor In Music by Leonard Bernstein
Comedy
Best comedy performance (Best Comedy Performance):
- An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May by Mike Nichols & Elaine May
Musical show
Best Original Cast Show Album (Best Original Cast Show Album):
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying from the original line-up with Robert Morse , Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly , Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland and Sammy Smith (composer: Frank Loesser )
Composition / arrangement
Best Instrumental category or best instrumental version of a song (Best Instrumental Theme Or Instrumental Version Of A Song):
- African Waltz by Cannonball Adderley (Composer: Galt MacDermot )
Best soundtrack album or best recording of film or television music (Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Score From Motion Picture Or Television):
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (Composer: Henry Mancini )
Best Arrangement (Best Arrangement):
- Moon River by Henry Mancini
Packages
Best album cover, Classic (Best Album Cover, Classical):
- Puccini: Madame Butterfly from the Rome Opera Orchestra under the direction of Gabriele Santini (Artistic direction: Marvin Schwartz)
Best Album Cover, No Classical (Best Album Cover, Other Than Classical):
- Judy at Carnegie Hall by Judy Garland (Art Direction: Jim Silke)
Production and technology
Best Engineering Contribution, Popular Recording:
- Judy at Carnegie Hall by Judy Garland (Technique: Robert Arnold)
Best technical contribution - classical music (Best Engineering Contribution, Classical Recording):
- Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé from the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Charles Münch (technique: Lewis W. Layton)
Best technical contribution, special effects (Best Engineering Contribution, Novelty):
- Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America by Stan Freberg (Technique: John Kraus)
Classical music
Classic Album Of The Year (Classical):
- Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le sacre du printemps ; Petrushka of the Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
Best Classical Orchestral Performance (Best Classical Performance - Orchestra):
- Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé of the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Charles Münch
Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):
- Puccini: Madame Butterfly by Victoria de los Ángeles , Jussi Björling , Miriam Pirazzini , Mario Sereni and the orchestra of the Römer Oper under the direction of Gabriele Santini
Best choral performance (without opera) (Best Classical Performance - Choral Other Than Opera):
- Bach: Mass in B minor by the Robert Shaw Orchestra and Choir
Best classical solo instrument performances with orchestra (Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist With Orchestra):
- Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 by Isaac Stern and the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Ormandy
Best classical solo instrument performance without orchestra (Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Without Orchestra):
- Reverie For Spanish Guitar by Laurindo Almeida
Best chamber music performance (Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music):
- Beethoven: Serenade op.8 / Kodály: Duo for violin and cello op.7 by Jascha Heifetz , Gregor Piatigorsky and William Primrose
Best classical solo vocal performance (with or without orchestra) (Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist With Or Without Orchestra):
- The Art Of The Prima Donna by Joan Sutherland and the Royal Opera House Orchestra under the direction of Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Best contemporary classical composition (Best Contemporary Classical Composition):
- Discantus by Laurindo Almeida
- Mouvements for piano and orchestra by Igor Stravinsky