Grammy Awards of 1965

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The 7th Grammy Awards were held in 1965. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1964.

Award winners:

*Record of the Year
**Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz for "The Girl from Ipanema"

*Album of the Year
**João Gilberto & Stan Getz for "Getz/Gilberto"

*Song of the Year
**Jerry Herman (songwriter) for "Hello, Dolly!" performed by Louis Armstrong

*Best New Artist
**The Beatles

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns, David Tomlinson & Ed Wynn for "Mary Poppins"

Classical

*Best Performance - Orchestra
**Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for "Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts"
*Best Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)
**Fritz Reiner (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for "Berlioz: Nuits d'Ete (Song Cycle)/Falla: El Amor Brujo"
*Best Opera Recording
**Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for "Bizet: Carmen"
*Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
**Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Chorale for "Britten: A Ceremony of Carols"
*Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
**Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for "Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D"
*Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
**Vladimir Horowitz for "Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin"
*Best Chamber Music Performance - Vocal
**Noah Greenberg (conductor) & the New York Pro Musica for "It Was a Lover and His Lass"
*Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental
**Jascha Heifetz, Jacob Lateiner & Gregor Piatigorsky for "Beethoven: Trio No. 1 in E Flat, Op.1 #1"
*Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer
**Samuel Barber for "Concerto" performed by John Browning
*Best Classical Album
**Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for "Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
*Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
**Marilyn Horne

Comedy

*Best Comedy Performance
**Bill Cosby for "I Started Out as a Child"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Composition (other than jazz)
**Henry Mancini (composer) for "The Pink Panther" Theme"
*Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
**Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (composers) for "Mary Poppins" performed by Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & various artists
*Best Instrumental Arrangement
**Henry Mancini (arranger) for "The Pink Panther" Theme"
*Best Accompaniment Arrangement for Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s)
**Peter Matz (arranger) for "People" performed by Barbra Streisand

Country

*Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
**Dottie West for "Here Comes My Baby"
*Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
**Roger Miller for "Dang Me"
*Best Country & Western Single
**Roger Miller for "Dang Me"
*Best Country & Western Song
**Roger Miller (songwriter) for "Dang Me"
*Best Country & Western Album
**Roger Miller for "Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug"
*Grammy Award for Best New Country & Western Artist
**Roger Miller

Folk

*Best Folk Recording
**Gale Garnett for "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"

Gospel

*Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
**Tennessee Ernie Ford for "Great Gospel Songs"

Jazz

*Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
**Stan Getz for "Getz/Gilberto"
*Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
**Laurindo Almeida for "Guitar from Ipanema"
*Best Original Jazz Composition
**Lalo Schifrin (composer) for "The Cat"

Musical Show

*Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
**Jule Styne & Robert Merrill (composers) & the original cast (Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Danny Meehan, Kay Medford, Jean Stapleton & John Lankston) for "Funny Girl"

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Cover - Classical
**Robert M. Jones (art director) & Jan Balet (graphic artist) for "Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra" conducted by Arthur Fiedler
*Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
**Robert Cato (art director) & Don Bronstein (photographer) for "People" performed by Barbra Streisand
*Best Album Notes
**Stanton Catlin (album notes writer) for "Mexico (Legacy Collection)" performed by Carlos Chavez

Pop

*Best Vocal Performance, Female
**Barbra Streisand for "People"
*Best Vocal Performance, Male
**Louis Armstrong for "Hello, Dolly!"
*Best Performance by a Vocal Group
**The Beatles for "A Hard Day's Night"
*Best Performance by a Chorus
**Ward Swingle for "The Swingle Singers Going Baroque" performed by the Swingle Singers
*Best Instrumental Performance
**Henry Mancini for "The Pink Panther" Theme"
*Best Rock and Roll Recording
**Petula Clark for "Downtown"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
**Phil Ramone (engineer) for "Getz/Gilberto" performed by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
*Best Engineered Recording
**Douglas Larter (engineer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Philharmonia Orchestra for "Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"
*Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects
**David Hassinger (engineer) for "The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles" performed by The Chipmunks

R&B

*Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
**Nancy Wilson for "How Glad I Am"

poken

*Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (other than comedy)
**That Was The Week That Was for "BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy" performed by the "That Was the Week That Was" cast

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