The 1961 Grammy Awards The awards given in 1962 were for recordings made in 1961. << p r e v h o m e n e x t >>
	Record of the Year Henry Mancini For: Moon River Album of the Year Judy Garland For: Judy at Carnegie Hall Song of the Year Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer For: Moon River Best New Artist Peter Nero Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male Jack Jones For: Lollipops and Roses Best Vocal Performance Album - Male Ray Charles For: Genius of Ray Charles Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female Judy Garland For: Judy at Carnegie Hall Best Performance by a Vocal Group Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross For: High Flying Best Performance by a Chorus Johnny Mann Singers For: Great Band With Great Voices Best Rock & Roll Recording Chubby Checker For: Let's Twist Again Best Rhythm and Blues Recording Ray Charles For: Hit the Road Jack Best Original Jazz Composition Galt MacDermot For: African Waltz Best Jazz Performance, Solo or Small Group Andre Previn For: Andre Previn Plays Harold Arlen Best Jazz Performance, Large Group Stan Kenton For: West Side Story Best Country & Western Recording Jimmy Dean For: Big Bad John Best Folk Recording Belafonte Folk Singers For: Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording Mahalia Jackson For: Every Time I Feel the Spirit Best Performance by an Orchestra For Dancing Si Zentner For: Up a Lazy River Best Performance by an Orchestra Other Than For Dancing Henry Mancini For: Breakfast at Tiffany's Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song (composer award) Galt MacDermot For: African Waltz Best Original Cast Show Album Frank Loesser For: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or TV Johnny Green, Saul Chapman, Sid Ramen, Irwin Kostal For: West Side Story Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Music Score From a Motion Picture or TV Henry Mancini For: Breakfast at Tiffany's Best Arrangement Henry Mancini For: Moon River Album of the Year, Classical Igor Stravinsky For: Stravinsky conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petruchka Best Contemporary Classical Composition Laurindo Almeida For: Discantos Best Classical Performance, (conductors award) Charles Munch For: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Best Chamber Music Performance Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose For: Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8; Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Duo (with orchestral accompaniment) Isaac Stern For: Bartok: Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestral accompaniment) Laurindo Almeida For: Reverie for Spanish Guitars Best Opera Recording Gabriele Santini conducting the Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra (solos: de Los Angeles, Bjoring, Pirazzini, Sereni) For: Madama Butterfly Best Classical Performance, Choral (other than opera) Robert Shaw Chorale For: Bach: B Minor Mass Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist Joan Sutherland For: The Art of the Prima Donna Best Album Cover, Classical Marvin Schwartz For: Madama Butterfly Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording Leonard Bernstein For: Humor in Music Best Comedy Performance Mike Nichols, Elaine May For: An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May Best Recording For Children Leonard Bernstein For: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Best Engineering Contribution, Popular Recording Robert Arnold For: Judy at Carnegie Hall Best Engineered Recording, Novelty John Kraus For: Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Best Album Cover (Art Director's Award) Jim Silke For: Judy at Carnegie Hall (Judy Garland)
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