Awards & Winners

1963 Grammy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1963 Grammy Awards. Check awards winners of 6th Annual Grammy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

6th Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Barbra Streisand

Honored for : The Barbra Streisand Album
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Jack Jones

Honored for : Wives and Lovers
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

Vladimir Horowitz

Honored for : A Tribute to Vladimir Horowitz: Highlights from the Carnegie Hall Concerts
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini

Honored for : Days of Wine and Roses

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sadie Vimmerstedt I Wanna Be Around
Johnny Mercer I Wanna Be Around
Sacha Distel The Good Life
Jack Reardon The Good Life
Burt Bacharach Wives and Lovers
Hal David Wives and Lovers
Sammy Cahn Call Me Irresponsible
Jimmy Van Heusen Call Me Irresponsible
Johnny Mercer Days of Wine and Roses
Henry Mancini Days of Wine and Roses
Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra

Al Hirt

Honored for : Java
Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition

Steve Allen, Ray Brown

Honored for : Gravy Waltz

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steve Allen Gravy Waltz
Ray Brown Gravy Waltz
Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Henry Mancini

Honored for : Days of Wine and Roses

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sœur Sourire Dominique
Tony Bennett I Wanna Be Around
Barbra Streisand Happy Days Are Here Again
Jack Jones Wives and Lovers
Henry Mancini Days of Wine and Roses
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition

Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani

Honored for : More (Theme from Mondo Cane)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Riz Ortolani More (Theme from Mondo Cane)
Norman Newell More (Theme from Mondo Cane)
Nino Oliviero More (Theme from Mondo Cane)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement

Quincy Jones

Honored for : I Can't Stop Loving You
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Woody Herman

Honored for : Encore: Woody Herman, 1963
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Barbra Streisand

Honored for : The Barbra Streisand Album

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sœur Sourire The Singing Nun
Andy Williams Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests
Al Hirt Honey in the Horn
The Swingle Singers Bach's Greatest Hits
Barbra Streisand The Barbra Streisand Album
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

Benjamin Britten

Honored for : War Requiem
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Bill Evans

Honored for : Conversations With Myself
Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing

Count Basie

Honored for : This Time by Basie: Hits of the 50's & 60's
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male

Jack Jones

Honored for : Wives and Lovers

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ray Charles Busted
Andy Williams Days of Wine and Roses
Tony Bennett I Wanna Be Around
John Gary Catch a Rising Star / Encore
Jack Jones Wives and Lovers
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Henry Mancini

Honored for : Days of Wine and Roses
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group

Peter, Paul and Mary

Honored for : Blowin' in the Wind

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter, Paul and Mary Blowin' in the Wind
The J's with Jamie Hey Look Us Over!
Jackie & Roy Like Sing... Jackie & Roy Kral
The Anita Kerr Quartet Waitin' for the Evening Train
The Hi-Lo's The Hi-Lo's Happen To Bossa Nova & Folk Songs
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus

Ward Swingle

Honored for : Bach's Greatest Hits
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

John Addison

Honored for : Tom Jones

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alex North Cleopatra
John Addison Tom Jones
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock

Honored for : She Loves Me

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jerry Bock She Loves Me
Sheldon Harnick She Loves Me
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

Erich Leinsdorf

Honored for : Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

Julian Bream

Honored for : An Evening of Elizabethan Music
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Arthur Rubinstein

Honored for : Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

Vladimir Horowitz

Honored for : The Sound Of Horowitz
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

Erich Leinsdorf

Honored for : Madama Butterfly (Orchestra e Coro della RCA Italiana feat. conductor: Erich Leinsdorf, soprano: Leontyne Price, tenor: Richard Tucker, mezzo-soprano: Rosalind Elias, baritone: Philip Maero)
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Benjamin Britten War Requiem
Edward Chapman War Requiem
Sir David Willcocks War Requiem
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo

Leontyne Price

Honored for : Porgy and Bess (highlights) (RCA Victor Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Skitch Henderson)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Benjamin Britten

Honored for : The War Requiem, Op. 66
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

Lewis W. Layton

Honored for : Madama Butterfly (Orchestra e Coro della RCA Italiana feat. conductor: Erich Leinsdorf, soprano: Leontyne Price, tenor: Richard Tucker, mezzo-soprano: Rosalind Elias, baritone: Philip Maero)
Grammy Award for Best Album Cover - Classical

Robert M. Jones

Honored for : Madama Butterfly (Orchestra e Coro della RCA Italiana feat. conductor: Erich Leinsdorf, soprano: Leontyne Price, tenor: Richard Tucker, mezzo-soprano: Rosalind Elias, baritone: Philip Maero)
Grammy Award for Best New Classical Artist

André Watts

Honored for : Liszt: Concerto No. 1 For Piano & Orchestra (Bernstein, cond.; N.Y. Philharmonic)
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

Allan Sherman

Honored for : Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

Edward Albee

Honored for : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

James Malloy

Honored for : Charade
(Engineer)
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects

C. Robert Fine

Honored for : The Civil War, Vol. II
(Engineer)
Grammy Award for Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical

John Berg

Honored for : The Barbra Streisand Album
(art director)
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

Leonard Feather, Stanley Dance

Honored for : The Ellington Era
(album notes writers)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Leonard Feather The Ellington Era
Stanley Dance The Ellington Era
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

Leonard Bernstein

Honored for : Bernstein Conducts For Young People
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song

Antonino LoTempio, April Stevens

Honored for : Deep Purple
(Artists)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Antonino LoTempio Deep Purple
April Stevens Deep Purple
Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording

Bobby Bare

Honored for : Detroit City
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Peter, Paul and Mary

Honored for : Blowin' in the Wind
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance

Sœur Sourire

Honored for : Dominique
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best New Artist

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Vikki Carr
The J's with Jamie
Trini López
John Gary
The Swingle Singers
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance

Ray Charles

Honored for : Busted