Grammy Awards of 1966
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The 8th Grammy Awards were held March 15, 1966. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1965.
[edit] Award winners:
- Record of the Year
- Jerry Moss (producer) & Herb Alpert (producer and artist) for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
- Album of the Year
- Sonny Burke (producer) & Frank Sinatra for September of My Years
- Song of the Year
- Johnny Mandel & Paul Francis Webster (songwriters) for "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Love Theme From The Sandpiper) performed by Tony Bennett
[edit] Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- Marvin Miller for Dr. Seuss Presents "Fox in Sox" and "Green Eggs and Ham"
[edit] Classical
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Leopold Stokowski (conductor) & the American Symphony Orchestra for Ives: Symphony No. 4
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Strauss: Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene)
- Best Opera Recording
- Karl Böhm (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Evelyn Lear Fritz Wunderlich & the German Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Berg: Wozzeck
- Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
- Robert Shaw (conductor), the Robert Shaw Chorale & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
- Best Classical Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
- The Juilliard String Quartet for Bartók: The Six String Quartets
- Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer
- Charles Ives (composer) for Ives: Symphony No. 4 conducted by Leopold Stokowski
- Album of the Year - Classical
- Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
- Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
[edit] Comedy
- Best Comedy Performance
- Bill Cosby for Why Is There Air?
[edit] Composing and arranging
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
- Johnny Mandel (composer) for The Sandpiper performed by the Robert Armbruster Orchestra
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Herb Alpert (arranger) for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
- Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
- Gordon Jenkins (arranger) for "It Was a Very Good Year" performed by Frank Sinatra
[edit] Country
- Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
- Jody Miller for "Queen of the House"
- Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male
- Roger Miller for "King of the Road"
- Best Country & Western Single
- Roger Miller for "King of the Road"
- Best Country & Western Album
- Roger Miller for The Return of Roger Miller
- Best New Country & Western Artist
[edit] Folk
- Best Folk Recording
- Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba for An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba
[edit] Gospel
- Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
- Anita Kerr & George Beverly Shea for Southland Favorites
[edit] Jazz
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
- Ramsey Lewis for The "In" Crowd performed by the Ramsey Lewis Trio
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
- Duke Ellington for Ellington '66
- Best Original Jazz Composition
- Lalo Schifrin (composer) for Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts performed by Paul Horn
[edit] Musical Show
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
- Alan J. Lerner, Burton Lane (composers), & the original cast (Barbara Harris, John Cullum, Tito Vandis, Byron Webster & William Daniels) for On a Clear Day
[edit] Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
- George Estes (art director) & James Alexander (graphic artist) for Bartók: Concerto No. 2 for Violin/Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin performed by Joseph Silverstein & conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
- Best Album Cover, Photography
- Robert M. Jones (art director) & Ken Whitmore (photographer) for Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts performed by Paul Horn
- Best Album Notes
- Stan Cornyn (notes writer) for September of My Years performed by Frank Sinatra
[edit] Pop
- Best Vocal Performance, Female
- Barbra Streisand for My Name Is Barbra
- Best Vocal Performance, Male
- Frank Sinatra for "It Was a Very Good Year"
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group
- Anita Kerr for We Dig Mancini performed by the Anita Kerr Singers
- Best Performance by a Chorus
- Ward Swingle for Anyone for Mozart? performed by the Swingle Singers
- Best Instrumental Performance
- Herb Alpert for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
- Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Female
- Petula Clark for "I Know a Place"
- Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance, Male
- Roger Miller for "King of the Road"
- Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance - Group (Vocal or Instrumental)
- Statler Brothers for "Flowers on the Wall"
- Best Contemporary (R&R) Single
- Roger Miller for "King of the Road"
[edit] Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
- Larry Levine (engineer) for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
- Best Engineered Recording, Classical
- Fred Plaut (engineer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
[edit] R&B
- Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
- James Brown for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
[edit] Spoken
- Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording
- Goddard Lieberson (producer) for John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him
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