Awards & Winners

1960 Grammy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1960 Grammy Awards. Check awards winners of 3rd Annual Grammy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

3rd Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Award for Best New Artist

Bob Newhart

(Artist)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Leontyne Price
Miriam Makeba
Bob Newhart
The Brothers Four
Joanie Sommers
Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Percy Faith

Honored for : Theme From 'A Summer Place'
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ray Charles Georgia
Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Percy Faith Theme From 'A Summer Place'
Ella Fitzgerald Mack the Knife
Frank Sinatra Nice 'n' Easy
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Ella Fitzgerald

Honored for : Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
(Best Vocal Performance Album, Female)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Doris Day The Sound of Music
Brenda Lee I'm Sorry
Ella Fitzgerald Mack the Knife
Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Female
Peggy Lee I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
Eileen Farrell I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues
Ella Fitzgerald Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Ella Fitzgerald

Honored for : Mack the Knife
(Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Female)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Doris Day The Sound of Music
Brenda Lee I'm Sorry
Ella Fitzgerald Mack the Knife
Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Female
Peggy Lee I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
Eileen Farrell I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues
Ella Fitzgerald Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group

Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence

Honored for : We's Got Us

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Kingston Trio Here We Go Again!
Steve and Eydie We's Got Us
The Brothers Four Greenfields
The Hi-Lo's All Over The Place
Swe-Danes Scandinavian Shuffle
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

André Previn

Honored for : West Side Story
(Best Jazz Performance Solo Or Small Group)
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Henry Mancini

Honored for : The Blues and the Beat
(Best Jazz Performance Large Group)
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Ernest Gold

Honored for : Theme From Exodus
(Songwriter)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ernest Gold Theme From Exodus
Audrey Allison He'll Have to Go
Joe Allison He'll Have to Go
Charles Randolph Green He'll Have to Go
Lew Spence Nice 'n' Easy
Alan Bergman Nice 'n' Easy
Marilyn Bergman Nice 'n' Easy
Sammy Cahn The Second Time Around
Jimmy Van Heusen The Second Time Around
Max Steiner Theme from A Summer Place
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Bob Newhart

Honored for : The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
(Artist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Newhart The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
Harry Belafonte Belafonte: Returns to Carnegie Hall
Nat King Cole Wild Is Love
Sviatoslav Richter Brahms: Concert No. 2 In B-Flat
Frank Sinatra Nice 'n' Easy
Erich Leinsdorf Puccini: Turandot
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Ray Charles

Honored for : Georgia
(Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Male)
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male

Ray Charles

Honored for : The Genius of Ray Charles
(Best Vocal Performance Album, Male)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ray Charles Georgia
Johnny Mathis Misty
Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Frank Sinatra Nice and Easy
Jim Reeves He'll Have to Go
Ray Charles The Genius of Ray Charles
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement

Henry Mancini

Honored for : Mr. Lucky
(Arranger)
Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra

Henry Mancini

Honored for : Mr. Lucky
(Best Performance By An Orchestra)
Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing

Count Basie

Honored for : Dance With Basie
(Best Performance By A Band For Dancing)
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus

The Norman Luboff Choir

Honored for : Songs Of The Cowboy
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

Fritz Reiner

Honored for : Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste
(Best Classical Performance - Orchestra)
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

Laurindo Almeida

Honored for : Conversations With The Guitar
(Best Classical Performance - Vocal Or Instrumental - Chamber Music)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Sviatoslav Richter

Honored for : Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat
(Best Classical Performance - Concerto Or Instrumental Soloist)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

Laurindo Almeida

Honored for : The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo

Leontyne Price

Honored for : A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

Erich Leinsdorf

Honored for : Puccini: Turandot
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

Thomas Beecham

Honored for : Handel: Messiah
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Aaron Copland

Honored for : Copland: Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Ernest Gold

Honored for : Exodus
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television

Cole Porter

Honored for : Can-Can
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

Honored for : The Sound of Music (1959 original Broadway cast)
(Best Show Album (Original Cast))

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Nominee Nominated Work
Oscar Hammerstein II The Sound of Music (1959 original Broadway cast)
Richard Rodgers The Sound of Music (1959 original Broadway cast)
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

Bob Newhart

Honored for : The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
(Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Newhart The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
Jo Stafford Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris
Paul Weston Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

Jo Stafford, Paul Weston

Honored for : Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris
(Best Comedy Performance (Musical))

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Newhart The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
Jo Stafford Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris
Paul Weston Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

Robert Bialek

Honored for : FDR Speaks
(Best Performance - Documentary Or Spoken Word (Other Than Comedy))
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song

Ray Charles

Honored for : Georgia on My Mind
(Best Performance By A Pop Single Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording

Marty Robbins

Honored for : El Paso
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Harry Belafonte

Honored for : Swing Dat Hammer
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.

Honored for : Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

Hugh Davies

Honored for : The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
(Engineer)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Luis P. Valentin

Honored for : Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
(Engineer)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects

John Kraus

Honored for : The Old Payola Roll Blues
(Engineer)
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

Marvin Schwartz

Honored for : Latin ala Lee! Olé ala Lee!
(Art director)
Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition

Miles Davis, Gil Evans

Honored for : Sketches of Spain
(Composers)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gil Evans Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis Sketches of Spain
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance

Ray Charles

Honored for : Let the Good Times Roll