Grammy Awards 1965
For the seventh time since 1959, the 1965 Grammy Awards recognized the best achievements of the previous year in the music business.
The Grammy was awarded to winners in 47 categories from 15 fields. After 1962, there was also an honorary gram for life's work for the second time.
Main categories
Single of the year (Record of the Year):
Album of the Year:
- Getz / Gilberto by João Gilberto & Stan Getz
Song of the Year:
- "Hello, Dolly!" by Louis Armstrong (Author: Jerry Herman)
Best New Artist:
pop
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Best Vocal Performance, Female):
- "People" by Barbra Streisand
Best Male Vocal Performance (Male):
- "Hello, Dolly!" by Louis Armstrong
Best Performance by a Vocal Group (Best Performance By A Vocal Group):
- A Hard Day's Night from the Beatles
Best performance of a choir (Best Performance By A Chorus)
- The Swingle Singers Going Baroque by the Swingle Singers
Best instrumental performance (Best Instrumental Performance):
- "The Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini
Best Rock and Roll Recording (Best Rock and Roll Recording):
- " Downtown " by Petula Clark
Rhythm & Blues
Best R&B recording (Best Rhythm & Blues Recording):
- "How Glad I Am" by Nancy Wilson
Country
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Country and Western (Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female):
- Here Comes My Baby by Dottie West
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Country and Western (Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male):
- Dang Me by Roger Miller
Best Country and Western Single (Best Country & Western Single):
- Dang Me by Roger Miller
Best Country & Western Song:
- Dang Me by Roger Miller (Author: Roger Miller)
Best Country and Western Album (Best Country & Western Album):
- Dang Me / Chug-A-Lug by Roger Miller
Best New Country & Western Artist:
- Roger Miller
jazz
Best Jazz Instrumental performance - small group or soloist with small groups (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group):
Best Jazz Instrumental performance - large group or soloist with large group (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group):
- Guitar From Ipanema by Laurindo Almeida
Best Jazz original composition (Best Original Jazz Composition):
- The Cat (Composer: Lalo Schifrin )
Gospel
Best musical gospel or other religious recording (Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording, Musical):
- Great Gospel Songs by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Folk
Best Folk Recording (Best Folk Recording):
- We'll Sing In The Sunshine by Gale Garnett
For children
Best Recording for Children (Best Recording For Children):
language
Best recording documentation, spoken text, or acting without comedy (Best Documentary Or Spoken Word Recording Other Than Comedy):
- BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy from That Was the Week That Was
Comedy
Best comedy performance (Best Comedy Performance):
- I Started Out As a Child by Bill Cosby
Musical show
Best music of an original cast show album (Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album):
- Funny Girl from the original line-up with Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Danny Meehan, Kay Medford, Jean Stapleton and John Lankston (composers: Jule Styne , Robert Merrill )
Composition / arrangement
Best Instrumental Composition (without jazz) (Best Instrumental Composition - Other Than Jazz):
- The Pink Panther Theme (Composer: Henry Mancini )
Best Original Score written for a movie or a TV show (Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Show):
- Mary Poppins by Julie Andrews , Dick Van Dyke and various interpreters (composers: Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman )
Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):
- The Pink Panther Theme (Arranger: Henry Mancini)
Best Arrangement as vocal or instrument accompaniment (Best Accompaniment Arrangement For Vocalists Instrumentalists Or):
- People by Barbra Streisand (Arranger: Peter Matz)
Packages and album text
Best album cover, Classic (Best Album Cover, Classical):
- Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals / Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra by Arthur Fiedler (Artistic Director: Robert M. Jones; Graphic Designer: Jan Balet)
Best Album Cover, No Classical (Best Album Cover, Other Than Classical):
- People von Barbra Streisand (Artistic Director: Robert Cato; Photographer: Don Bronstein)
Best Album Notes:
- Mexico (Legacy Collection) by Carlos Chavez (Author: Stanton Catlin)
Production and technology
Best technical recording without classical music (Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical):
- Getz / Gilberto by Stan Getz & João Gilberto (Technique: Phil Ramone )
Best technical recording (Best Engineered Recording):
- Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra by the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini (Technique: Douglas Larter)
Best technical recording, special effects (Best Engineered Recording, Special Or Novel Effects):
- The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles by Alvin and the Chipmunks (Technique: Dave Hassinger)
Classical music
Best classical album (Best Classical Album):
- Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" of the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein
Best classical orchestral performance (Best Performance - Orchestra):
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Berg: Wozzeck (excerpts) from the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf
Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):
- Bizet: Carmen by Franco Corelli , Mirella Freni , Robert Merrill , Leontyne Price and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Herbert von Karajan
Best choral performance (without opera) (Best Choral Performance Other Than Opera):
- Britten: A Ceremony Of Carols by the Robert Shaw Chorale
Best solo instrument performances with orchestra (Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists With Orchestra):
- Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major by Isaac Stern and the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Ormandy
Best solo instrument performance without orchestra (Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists Without Orchestra):
- Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin by Vladimir Horowitz
Best chamber music performance - singing (Best Chamber Music Performance - Vocal):
- It Was A Lover And His Lass by New York Pro Musica under the direction of Noah Greenberg
Best chamber music performance - Instrumental (Best Classical Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental):
- Beethoven: Trio No. 1 in E minor, Op. 1 by Jascha Heifetz , Jacob Latiner and Gregor Piatigorsky
Best Solo Vocal Performance (with or without orchestra) (Best Vocal Soloist Performance With Or Without Orchestra):
- Berlioz: Nuits d'été (song cycle) / Falla: El amor brujo by Leontyne Price and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Fritz Reiner
Best composition by a contemporary composer (Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer):
- Concerto by Samuel Barber
Vielversprechendster new artists - classical recordings (Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist):