4th Annual Grammy Awards

The 4th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 29, 1962 at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961.^[1][2]

Award winners

• Record of the Year
  • Henry Mancini for "Moon River"
• Album of the Year (other than classical)
  • Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall
• Song of the Year
  • Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Moon River" performed by Henry Mancini
• Best New Artist
  • Peter Nero

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
  • Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Joan Sutherland & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for The Art of the Prima Donna
• Best Opera Recording
  • Gabriele Santini (conductor), Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
• Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
  • Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Bach: B Minor Mass
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
  • Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
  • Laurindo Almeida for Reverie for Spanish Guitar
• Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
  • Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
• Best Contemporary Classical Composition
  • Laurindo Almeida (composer and artist) for Discantus
  • Igor Stravinsky (composer and artist) for Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
• Album of the Year - Classical
  • Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrushka

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Elaine May & Mike Nichols for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song
  • Galt MacDermot for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderley
• Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television
  • Henry Mancini (composer) for Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Best Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for "Moon River"

Country

• Best Country & Western Recording
  • Jimmy Dean for Big Bad John

Folk

• Best Folk Recording
  • The Belafonte Folk Singers for Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad

Gospel

• Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
  • Mahalia Jackson for Everytime I Feel the Spirit

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental)
  • André Previn for André Previn Plays Harold Arlen
• Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)
  • Stan Kenton for Kenton's West Side Story
• Best Original Jazz Composition
  • Galt MacDermot (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderley

Musical show

• Best Original Cast Show Album
  • Frank Loesser (composer) & the original cast with Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
• Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
  • Irwin Kostal, John Green, Saul Chaplin, Sid Ramin (music directors) & the original cast for West Side Story

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover - Classical
  • Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly performed by the Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini
• Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
  • Jim Silke (art director) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland

Pop

• Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  • Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall
• Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
  • Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross for High Flying
• Best Performance by a Chorus
  • Johnny Mann for Great Band With Great Voices performed by the Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra
• Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
  • Si Zentner for Up a Lazy River
• Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing
  • Henry Mancini for Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Best Rock and Roll Recording
  • Chubby Checker for "Let's Twist Again"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
  • Robert Arnold (engineer) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland
• Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
• Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty
  • John Kraus (engineer) for Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America performed by Stan Freberg

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
  • Ray Charles for "Hit the Road Jack"

Spoken

• Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
  • Leonard Bernstein for Humor in Music

References