Grammy Awards of 1962 - Definition and Overview

The 4th Grammy Awards were held in 1962. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961.

Award winners:

• Record of the Year
  • Henry Mancini for "Moon River"

• Album of the Year (other than classical)
  • Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall

• Song of the Year
  • Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Moon River" performed by Henry Mancini

• Best New Artist
  • Peter Nero

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Charles Munch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
  • Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Joan Sutherland & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for The Art of the Prima Donna
• Best Opera Recording
  • Gabriele Santini (conductor), Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjoerling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
• Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
  • Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Bach: B Minor Mass
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
  • Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
  • Laurindo Almeida for Reverie for Spanish Guitar
• Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
  • Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Zoltán KodályKodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
• Best Contemporary Classical Composition
  • Laurindo Almeida (composer and artist) for Discantus
  • Igor Stravinsky (composer and artist) for Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
• Album of the Year - Classical
  • Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrouchka

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Elaine May & Mike Nichols for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song
  • Galt MacDermott (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly
• Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television
  • Henry Mancini (composer) for Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Best Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Moon River"

Country

• Best Country & Western Recording
  • Jimmy Dean for Big Bad John

Folk

• Best Folk Recording
  • Belafonte Folk Singers for Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad

Gospel

• Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
  • Mahalia Jackson for Everytime I Feel the Spirit

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental)
  • Andre Previn for Andre Previn Plays Harold Arlen
• Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)
  • Stan Kenton for West Side Story
• Best Original Jazz Composition
  • Galt MacDermott (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly

Musical Show

• Best Original Cast Show Album
  • Frank Loesser (composer) & the original cast (Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith) for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
• Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
  • Irwin Kostal, John Green, Saul Chaplin , Sid Ramin (music directors) & the original cast for West Side Story

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Cover - Classical
  • Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly performed by the Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini
• Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
  • Jim Silke (art director) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland

Pop

• Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  • Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall
• Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
  • Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross for High Flying
• Best Performance by a Chorus
  • Johnny Mann for Great Band With Great Voices performed by the Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra
• Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
  • Si Zentner for Up a Lazy River
• Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing
  • Henry Mancini for Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Best Rock and Roll Recording
  • Chubby Checker for "Let's Twist Again"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
  • Robert Arnold (engineer) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland
• Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Charles Munch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
• Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty
  • John Kraus (engineer) for Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America performed by Stan Freberg

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
  • Ray Charles for "Hit the Road Jack"

Spoken

• Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
  • Leonard Bernstein for Humor in Music