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.

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

*Best New Artist
**Tom Jones

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**Marvin Miller for "Dr. Seuss Presents "Fox in Sox" and "Green Eggs and Ham"

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
**Peter Serkin

Comedy

*Best Comedy Performance
**Bill Cosby for "Why Is There Air?"

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

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
**The Statler Brothers

Folk

*Best Folk Recording
**Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba for "An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba"

Gospel

*Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
**Anita Kerr & George Beverly Shea for "Southland Favorites"

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

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"

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

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
**The Anita Kerr Quartette for "I Really Want to Know You"
*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)
**The Anita Kerr Quartette for "I Really Want to Know You"
*Best Contemporary (R&R) Single
**Roger Miller for "King of the Road"

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"

R&B

*Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
**James Brown for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"

poken

*Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording
**Goddard Lieberson (producer) for "John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him"

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