Grammy Awards 1963

The 1963 Grammy Awards were the fifth award of the US music award.

The Grammys went to 39 categories from 15 fields.

Main categories

Single of the year (Record of the Year):

• "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" by Tony Bennett

Album of the Year:

• The First Family by Vaughn Meader

Song of the Year:

• "What Kind Of Fool Am I" by Anthony Newley (Authors: Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)

Best New Artist:

• Robert Goulet

pop

Best female solo vocal performance (Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female):

• Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson Riddle by Ella Fitzgerald

Best Male Solo Vocal Performance (Male):

• "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" by Tony Bennett

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal):

• " If I Had a Hammer " by Peter, Paul and Mary

Best performance of a choir (Best Performance By A Chorus)

• Presenting The New Christy Minstrels by the New Christy Minstrels

Best Performance by an orchestra - Dance (Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Dancing):

• Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova by Joe Harnell

Best performance by an orchestra or an instrumentalist with orchestra - without jazz or dance (Best Performance By An Orchestra Or Instrumentalist With Orchestra, Not For Jazz Or Dancing):

• The Colorful Peter Nero by Peter Nero

Best Rock and Roll Recording (Best Rock and Roll Recording):

• "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric

Rhythm & Blues

Best R&B recording (Best Rhythm & Blues Recording):

• " I Can't Stop Loving You " by Ray Charles

Country

Best country and western recording (Best Country & Western Recording):

• Funny Way Of Laughin ' by Burl Ives

jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist or Small Group (Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group, Instrumental):

• Desafinado by Stan Getz

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - United Group (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Large Group, Instrumental):

• Adventures In Jazz by Stan Kenton

Best Jazz original composition (Best Original Jazz Composition):

• Cast Your Fate To The Winds by the Vince Guaraldi Trio (Composer: Vince Guaraldi )

Gospel

Best gospel or other religious recording (Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording):

• Great Songs Of Love And Faith by Mahalia Jackson

Folk

Best Folk Recording (Best Folk Recording):

• If I Had A Hammer by Peter, Paul and Mary

For children

Best Recording for Children (Best Recording For Children):

• Saint-Saëns: The Carnival Of The Animals / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 by 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):

• The Story Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton by Charles Laughton

Comedy

Best comedy performance (Best Comedy Performance):

• The First Family by Vaughn Meader

Musical show

Best Original Cast Show Album (Best Original Cast Show Album):

• No Strings from the original line-up with Richard Kiley, Diahann Carroll, Bernice Mass, Noelle Adam, Don Chastain and Mitchell Gregg (composer: Richard Rodgers )

Composition / arrangement

Best Instrumental Theme (Best Instrumental Theme):

• A Taste of Honey (Composer: Bobby Scott , Ric Marlow )

Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini

Best Background Arrangement (Best Background Arrangement):

• I Left My Heart In San Francisco by Tony Bennett (Arranger: Marty Manning)

Packages

Best album cover, Classic (Best Album Cover, Classical):

• The Intimate Bach by Laurindo Almeida , Virginia Majewski & Vincent de Rosa (Artistic Direction: Marvin Schwartz)

Best Album Cover, No Classical (Best Album Cover, Other Than Classical):

• Lena ... Lovely And Alive by Lena Horne (Artistic Direction: Robert M. Jones)

Production and technology

Best technical contribution, without classical music and special effects (Best Engineering Contribution, Other Than Novelty And Other Than Classical):

• Hatari! by Henry Mancini (Technique: Al Schmitt )

Best Engineering Contribution, Classical:

• Strauss: Also Spoke Zarathustra from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Fritz Reiner (technique: Lewis W. Layton)

Best technical contribution, special effects (Best Engineering Contribution, Novelty):

• The Civil War, Vol. I by Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell (Technique: Robert Fine)

Classical music

Classic Album Of The Year (Classical):

• Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz by Vladimir Horowitz

Best Classical Orchestral Performance (Best Classical Performance - Orchestra):

• Stravinsky: The Firebird by the Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky

Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):

• Verdi: Aida by Robert Merrill , Leontyne Price , Giorgio Tozzi , Jon Vickers and the Rome Opera House Orchestra under the direction of Georg Solti

Best classical vocal solo performance (Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist with or without Orchestra):

• Wagner: Götterdämmerung by Eileen Farrell and the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein

Best classical choir performance (without opera) (Best Classical Performance - Choral other than opera):

• Bach: St. Matthew Passion by the Philharmonia Orchestra and choir under the direction of Otto Klemperer

Best classical performance - instrumental solo or with orchestra -duo (Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo with Orchestra):

• Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major by Isaac Stern and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Igor Stravinsky

Best classical performance - instrumental solo or -duo without orchestra (Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo without Orchestra):

• Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz by Vladimir Horowitz

Best classical chamber music performance (Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music):

• The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario And Guests by Jascha Heifetz , Gregor Piatigorsky and William Primrose

Best Contemporary Composition (Best Contemporary Composition):

• The flood of Igor Stravinsky