Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The 4th Grammy Awards were held in 1962. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961. 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 Performance 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 Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group Andre Previn for Andre Previn Plays Harold Arlen Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance Stan Kenton for West Side Story Best Original Jazz Composition Galt MacDermott (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly Musical Show Best Sound Track Album Irwin Kostal, John Green, Saul Chaplin & Sid Ramin (music directors) for West Side Story performed by the original cast Best Musical Show Album Frank Loesser (composer) for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying performed by Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith Packaging and Notes Best Album Cover Jim Silke (art director) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland Best Album Cover, Classical Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly performed by the Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini Pop Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Lambert, Hendricks & Ross for High Flying Best Pop Instrumental Performance Henry Mancini for Breakfast at Tiffany's Best Performance by a Chorus Johnny Mann for Great Band With Great Voices performed by Johnny Mann Singers and Si Zentner Orchestra Best Performance by a Band for Dancing Si Zentner for "Up a Lazy River" Best Rock and Roll Recording Chubby Checker for "Let's Twist Again" Production and engineering Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical Robert Arnold (engineer) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland John Kraus (engineer) for Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America performed by Stan Freberg Best Classical Engineered Recording Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch R&B Best Rhythm & Blues Performance Ray Charles for "Hit the Road Jack" Spoken Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album Leonard Bernstein for Humor in Music 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.