The 1959 Grammy Awards
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Record of the Year Bobby Darin
Album of the Year Frank Sinatra
Song of the Year Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter)
Best New Artist Bobby Darin
Best Vocal Performance, Male Frank Sinatra
Best Vocal Performance, Female Ella Fitzgerald
Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard Condi conducting
Best Performance by a "Top 40" Artist Nat King Cole
Best Performance by a Dance Band Duke Ellington
Best Performance by an Orchestra David Rose and his Orchestra with Andre Previn
Best Country & Western Performance Johnny Horton
Best Folk Performance Kingston Trio
Best Musical Composition, More Than 5 Minutes Duke Ellington
Best Broadway Show Album Tie - Gypsy, Ethel Merman and Redhead, Gwen Verdon
Best Soundtrack Album of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or TV Andre Previn
Best Soundtrack Album of Background Score From a Motion Picture or TV Duke Ellington
Best Arrangement Billy May
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance Dinah Washington
Best Jazz Performance, Individual Ella Fitzgerald
Best Jazz Performance, Group Jonah Jones
Best Classical Performance, Orchestral, Conductor's Award Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony
Best Classical Performance, Chamber Music (including Chamber Orchestra) Arthur Rubenstein
Best Classical Performance, Concerto or Instrumental (full orchestra) Van Cliburn
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (without orchestral accompaniment) Arthur Rubenstein
Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra) Jussi Bjorling
Best Engineering Contribution, Classical Lewis W. Layton
Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording Carl Sandburg
Best Comedy Performance, Spoken Word Shelly Berman
Best Comedy Performance, Musical Homer & Jethro
Best Recording For Children Peter Ustinov
Best Engineered Recording, Novelty Ted Keep
Best Engineering Contribution (other than classical or novelty) Robert Simpson
Best Album Cover Robert M. Jones
Special Trustees Awards for Artists & Repertoire Contribution Bobby Darin, Ahmet Ertegun Frank Sinatra, Dave Cavanaugh |
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