Grammy Awards of 1963

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The 5th Grammy Awards were held in 1963. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1962.

Award winners

*Record of the Year
**Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"

*Album of the Year (other than classical)
**Vaughn Meader for "The First Family"

*Song of the Year
**Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) for "What Kind of Fool Am I?" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Kind_of_Fool_Am_I%3F] performed by Anthony Newley

*Best New Artist
**Robert Goulet

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for "Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"

Classical

*Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
**Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for "Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet"
*Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
**Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Eileen Farrell & the New York Philharmonic for "Gotterdamerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs"
*Best Opera Recording
**Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers, & the Rome Opera House Orchestra for "Verdi: Aida"
*Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
**Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for "Bach: St. Matthew Passion"
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
**Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for "Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D"
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
**Vladimir Horowitz for "Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz"
*Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
**Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for "The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests"
*Best Contemporary Composition
**Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor) for "Stravinsky: The Flood"
*Album of the Year - Classical
**Vladimir Horowitz for "Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz"

Comedy

*Best Comedy Performance
**Vaughn Meader for "The First Family"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Theme
**Bobby Scott & Ric Marlowe (composers) for "A Taste of Honey"
*Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Baby Elephant Walk"
*Best Background Arrangement
**Marty Manning (arranger) for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett

Country

*Best Country & Western Recording
**Burl Ives for "Funny Way of Laughin'"

Folk

*Best Folk Recording
**Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"

Gospel

*Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
**Mahalia Jackson for "Great Songs of Love and Faith"

Jazz

*Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental)
**Stan Getz for "Desafinado"
*Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)
**Stan Kenton for "Adventures in Jazz"
*Best Original Jazz Composition
**Vince Guaraldi (composer) for "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

Musical Show

*Best Original Cast Show Album
**Richard Rodgers (composer) & the original cast (Richard Kiley, Diahann Carroll, Bernice Mass, Noelle Adam, Don Chastain, Mitchell Gregg & Noelle Adam) for "No Strings"

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Cover - Classical
**Marvin Schwartz (art director) for "The Intimate Bach" performed by Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent de Rosa
*Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
**Robert M. Jones (art director) for "Lena...Lovely and Alive" performed by Lena Horne

Pop

*Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
**Ella Fitzgerald for "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson"
*Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
**Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
*Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
**Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"
*Best Performance by a Chorus
**The New Christy Minstrels for "Presenting the New Christy Minstrels"
*Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
**Joe Harnell for "Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova"
*Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing
**Peter Nero for "The Colorful Peter Nero"
*Best Rock and Roll Recording
**Bent Fabric for "Alley Cat"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Novelty and Other Than Classical
**Al Schmitt (engineer) for "Hatari!" performed by Henry Mancini
*Best Engineered Recording - Classical
**Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for "Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra"
*Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty
**Robert Fine (engineer) for "The Civil War, Vol. I" performed by Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell

R&B

*Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
**Ray Charles for "I Can't Stop Loving You"

Spoken

*Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
**Charles Laughton for "The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton"

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