Grammy Awards 1964

In 1964, it won the US Grammy for the sixth time for outstanding performance in the music business .

42 awards in 15 categories were given at the 1964 Grammy Awards .

Main categories

Single of the year (Record of the Year):

• "Days Of Wine And Roses" by Henry Mancini

Album of the Year:

• The Barbra Streisand Album by Barbra Streisand

Song of the Year:

• "Days Of Wine And Roses" by Henry Mancini (Authors: Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer )

Best New Artist:

• Ward Swingle

pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Best Vocal Performance, Female):

• The Barbra Streisand Album by Barbra Streisand

Best Male Vocal Performance (Male):

• "Wives And Lovers" by Jack Jones

Best Performance by a Vocal Group (Best Performance By A Vocal Group):

• "Blowin 'In The Wind" by Peter, Paul & Mary

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

• Bach's Greatest Hits from the Swingle Singers

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

• This Time By Basie! Hits Of The 50's And 60's by Count Basie

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):

• "Java" by Al Hirt

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

• "Deep Purple" by April Stevens & Nino Tempo

Rhythm & Blues

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

• "Busted" by Ray Charles

Country

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

• Detroit City by Bobby Bare

jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental performance - a soloist or small group (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist Or Small Group):

• Conversations With Myself by Bill Evans

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

• Encore: Woody Herman, 1963 by Woody Herman

Best Jazz original composition (Best Original Jazz Composition):

• Gravy Waltz by Steve Allen (Composers: Steve Allen, Ray Brown )

Gospel

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

• Dominique from Sœur Sourire

Folk

Best Folk Recording (Best Folk Recording):

• Blowin 'In The Wind by Peter, Paul and Mary

For children

Best Recording for Children (Best Recording For Children):

• Bernstein Conducts For Young People by the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein

language

Best recording documentation, spoken text, or acting without comedy (Best Documentary Or Spoken Word Recording Other Than Comedy):

• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Melinda Dillon , George Grizzard , Uta Hagen and Arthur Hill (script: Edward Albee )

Comedy

Best comedy performance (Best Comedy Performance):

• Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh from Allan Sherman

Musical show

Best music of an original cast show album (Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album):

• She Loves Me from the original line-up with Barbara Cook, Jack Cassidy , Barbara Baxley, Daniel Massey , Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williams and Jo Wilder (composers: Jerry Bock , Sheldon Harnick )

Composition / arrangement

Best Instrumental Theme (Best Instrumental Theme):

• More - Theme From Mondo Cane (Composer: Riz Ortolani )

Best Original Score of a movie or a TV show (Best Original Score From A Motion Picture Or Television Show):

• Tom Jones (composer: John Addison )

Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• I Can't Stop Loving You by Count Basie (Arranger: Quincy Jones )

Best Background Arrangement (Best Background Arrangement):

• Days Of Wine And Roses (Arranger: Henry Mancini )

Packages and album text

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

• Puccini: Madame Butterfly from the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf (artistic director: Robert M. Jones)

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

• The Barbra Streisand Album by Barbra Streisand (Artistic Director: John Berg)

Best Album Notes:

• The Ellington Era by Duke Ellington (writers: Stanley Dance, Leonard Feather)

Production and technology

Best technical recording without classical music (Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical):

• Charade by Henry Mancini (Technique: James Malloy)

Best technical recording - classical music (Best Engineered Recording, Classical):

• Puccini: Madame Butterfly from the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf (Technique: Lewis W. Layton)

Best technical recording, special effects (Best Engineered Recording, Special Or Novel Effects):

• Civil War Vol. II by Frederick Fennell (Technique: Robert Fine)

Classical music

Best classical album (Best Classical Album):

• Britten: War Requiem of the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten

Best classical orchestral performance (Best Performance - Orchestra):

• Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf

Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):

• Puccini: Madame Butterfly by Rosalind Elias , Leontyne Price , Richard Tucker and the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf

Best classical choir performance (without opera) (Best Classical Performance - Choral Other Than Opera):

• Britten: Was Requiem by the Bach Choir, the Highgate School Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra and Choir under the direction of Benjamin Britten

Best solo instrument performances with orchestra (Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists With Orchestra):

• Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor by Arthur Rubinstein and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Benjamin Britten

Best solo instrument performance without orchestra (Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists Without Orchestra):

• The Sound Of Horowitz by Vladimir Horowitz

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

• Evening Of Elizabethan Music by the Julian Bream Consort

Best solo vocal performance (with or without orchestra) (Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist With Or Without Orchestra):

• Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy And Bess by Leontyne Price and the RCA Orchestra, conducted by Skitch Henderson

Best composition by a contemporary composer (Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer):

• Was a requiem by Benjamin Britten

Most promising new artists - classical recordings (Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist):

• André Watts