Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The 1st Grammy Awards were held in 1959. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Record of the Year Domenico Modugno for "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu" Album of the Year Henry Mancini for The Music from Peter Gunn Song of the Year Domenico Modugno for "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu" Children's Best Recording for Children Ross Bagdasarian Sr for "The Chipmunk Song" performed by David Seville & the Chipmunks Classical Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Felix Slatkin (conductor) & the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for Gaiete Parisienne Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra) Renata Tebaldi for Operatic Recital Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral Roger Wagner (choir director) & the Roger Wagner Chorale for Virtuoso Best Classical Performance - Instrumentalist (with concerto scale accompaniment) Kiril Kondrashin (conductor), Van Cliburn & the Symphony of the Air Orchestra for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23 Best Classical Performance - Instrumentalist (other than concerto-scale accompaniment) Andrés Segovia for Segovia Golden Jubilee Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including chamber orchestra) Hollywood String Quartet for Beethoven: Quartet 130 Comedy Best Comedy Performance Ross Bagdasarian Sr for "The Chipmunk Song", performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks" Composing and arranging Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1958 (over 5 minutes duration) Nelson Riddle (composer) for "Cross Country Suite" Best Arrangement Henry Mancini (arranger) for The Music from Peter Gunn Country Best Country & Western Performance The Kingston Trio for "Tom Dooley" Jazz Best Jazz Performance, Soloist Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group Count Basie for Basie Musical Show Best Sound Track Album Andre Previn for Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Best Musical Show Album Meredith Willson (composer) for The Music Man performed by Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Eddie Hodges, Pert Kelton & Helen Raymond Packaging and Notes Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography Frank Sinatra for Only The Lonely Pop Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Perry Como for "Catch a Falling Star" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Keely Smith & Louis Prima for "That Old Black Magic" Best Pop Instrumental Performance Billy May for Billy May's Big Fat Brass Count Basie for Basie Production and engineering Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical Ted (Theodore) Keep (engineer) for "The Chipmunk Song" performed by David Seville Best Classical Engineered Recording Sherwood Hall III (engineer) for Duets with a Spanish Guitar performed by Laurindo Almeida and Salli Terri R&B Best Rhythm & Blues Performance The Champs for Tequila Spoken Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album Stan Freberg for The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows Other Grammy Award Years 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.