- Grammy Awards of 1962
Infobox Grammy Awards
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last = 1961The 4th Grammy Awards were held in 1962. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961.
Award winners:
*Record of the Year
**Henry Mancini for "Moon River "*Album of the Year (other than classical)
**Judy Garland for "Judy at Carnegie Hall "*Song of the Year
**Henry Mancini &Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Moon River " performed byHenry Mancini *Best New Artist
**Robert Goulet Children's
*Best Recording for Children
**Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for "Prokofiev:Peter and the Wolf " performed by theNew York Philharmonic Orchestra Classical
*Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
**Charles Munch (conductor) & theBoston Symphony Orchestra for "Ravel:Daphnis et Chloé "
*Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
**Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor),Joan Sutherland & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for "The Art of the Prima Donna"
*Best Opera Recording
**Gabriele Santini (conductor),Victoria de los Ángeles ,Jussi Björling ,Miriam Pirazzini ,Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra for "Puccini:Madama Butterfly "
*Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
**Robert Shaw (choir director) & theRobert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for "Bach: B Minor Mass"
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
**Eugene Ormandy (conductor),Isaac Stern & thePhiladelphia Orchestra for "Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1"
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
**Laurindo Almeida for "Reverie for Spanish Guitar"
*Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
**Jascha Heifetz ,Gregor Piatigorsky &William Primrose for "Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7"
*Best Contemporary Classical Composition
**Laurindo Almeida (composer and artist) for "Discantus"
**Igor Stravinsky (composer and artist) for "Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra"
*Album of the Year - Classical
**Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & theColumbia Symphony Orchestra for "Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps;Petrushka "Comedy
*Best Comedy Performance
**Elaine May &Mike Nichols for "An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May"Composing and arranging
*Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song
**Galt MacDermot for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly
*Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television
**Henry Mancini (composer) for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
*Best Arrangement
**Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for "Moon River "Country
*Best Country & Western Recording
**Jimmy Dean for "Big Bad John"Folk
*Best Folk Recording
**Belafonte Folk Singers for "Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad"Gospel
*Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
**Mahalia Jackson for "Everytime I Feel the Spirit"Jazz
*Best Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental)
**André Previn for "André Previn PlaysHarold Arlen "
*Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)
**Stan Kenton for "West Side Story "
*Best Original Jazz Composition
**Galt MacDermot (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball AdderlyMusical Show
* Best Original Cast Show Album
**Frank Loesser (composer) & the original cast withRobert Morse ,Rudy Vallee ,Charles Nelson Reilly , Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
*Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
**Irwin Kostal , John Green,Saul Chaplin ,Sid Ramin (music directors) & the original cast for "West Side Story"Packaging and Notes
*Best Album Cover - Classical
**Marvin Schwartz (art director) for "Puccini:Madama Butterfly " performed by the Rome Opera Orchestra conducted byGabriele Santini
*Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
**Jim Silke (art director) for "Judy at Carnegie Hall" performed byJudy Garland Pop
*Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
**Judy Garland for "Judy at Carnegie Hall"
*Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
**Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses"
*Best Performance by a Vocal Group
**Lambert, Hendricks & Ross for "High Flying"
*Best Performance by a Chorus
**Johnny Mann for "Great Band With Great Voices" performed by the Johnny Mann Singers and theSi Zentner Orchestra
*Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
**Si Zentner for "Up a Lazy River"
*Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing
**Henry Mancini for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
*Best Rock and Roll Recording
**Chubby Checker for "Let's Twist Again"Production and engineering
*Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
**Robert Arnold (engineer) for "Judy at Carnegie Hall" performed byJudy Garland
*Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
**Lewis W. Layton (engineer),Charles Münch (conductor) & theBoston Symphony Orchestra for "Ravel:Daphnis et Chloé "
*Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty
**John Kraus (engineer) for "Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America" performed byStan Freberg R&B
*Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
**Ray Charles for "Hit the Road Jack"poken
*Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
**Leonard Bernstein for "Humor in Music"__NOTOC__
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