Grammy Awards of 1959

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Grammy Awards of 1959

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The inaugural Grammy Awards were held in 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Domenico Modugno, Henry Mancini, Ella Fitzgerald and Ross Bagdasarian Sr. each won 2 awards.

Contents 1 Award winners: 1.1 Children's 1.2 Comedy 1.3 Composing and arranging 1.4 Country 1.5 Jazz 1.6 Musical Show 1.7 Packaging and Notes 1.8 Pop 1.9 Production and engineering 1.10 R&B 1.11 Spoken

[edit] Award winners:

• Record of the Year
  • Domenico Modugno for "Nel Blue Dipinto di Blu (Volare)"

• Album of the Year
  • Henry Mancini for The Music from Peter Gunn

• Song of the Year
  • Domenico Modugno for "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)"

[edit] Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song" performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"

[edit] Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song", performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"

[edit] Composing and arranging

• Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1958 (over 5 minutes duration)
  • Nelson Riddle (composer) for "Cross Country Suite"
• Best Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for The Music from Peter Gunn

[edit] Country

• Best Country & Western Performance
  • The Kingston Trio for "Tom Dooley"

[edit] Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance, Individual
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
• Best Jazz Performance, Group
  • Count Basie for Basie

[edit] Musical Show

• Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)
  • Meredith Willson (composer) & the original cast with Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Eddie Hodges, Pert Kelton & Helen Raymond for The Music Man
• Best Sound Track Album, Dramatic Picture Score or Original Cast
  • André Previn & the original cast for Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

[edit] Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Cover Photography
  • Frank Sinatra for Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely

[edit] Pop

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Perry Como for "Catch a Falling Star"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
  • Keely Smith & Louis Prima for "That Old Black Magic"
• Best Performance by a Dance Band
  • Count Basie for Basie
• Best Performance by an Orchestra
  • Billy May for Billy May's Big Fat Brass

[edit] Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Record - Non-Classical
  • Ted Keep (engineer) for "The Chipmunk Song" performed by David Seville
• Best Engineered Record (Classical)
  • Sherwood Hall III (engineer), Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri for Duets with a Spanish Guitar

[edit] R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
  • The Champs for "Tequila"

[edit] Spoken

• Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word
  • Stan Freberg for The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows

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