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.

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)"

Children's

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

Comedy

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

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"

Country

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

Jazz

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

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)"

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Cover Photography
**Frank Sinatra for "Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely"

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"

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"

R&B

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

poken

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