Grammy Awards of 1960

The 2nd Grammy Awards were held in 1960.
They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
 Duke Ellington won 3 awards.


 Record of the Year
o Bobby Darin for "Mack the Knife"

 Album of the Year
o Frank Sinatra for Come Dance With Me!

 Song of the Year
o Jimmy Driftwood for "The Battle of New Orleans"

 Best New Artist
o Bobby Darin


Children's

 Best Recording for Children
o Peter Ustinov for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by Peter Ustinov
& the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan


Classical

 Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
o Charles Munch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Debussy: Images for Orchestra
 Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
o Jussi Bjoerling for Bjoerling in Opera
 Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast or Choral
o Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Lisa Della Casa, Rosalind Elias, George London, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
 Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (with full orchestral accompaniment)
o Kiril Kondrashin (conductor), Van Cliburn & the Symphony of the Air Orchestra for Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
 Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (other than full orchestral accompaniment)
o Arthur Rubinstein for Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 in C (Waldstein) and No. 18 in E Flat
 Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including chamber orchestra)
o Arthur Rubinstein for Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 in C (Waldstein) and No. 18 in E Flat


Comedy

 Best Comedy Performance - Spoken
o Shelley Berman for Inside Shelley Berman
 Best Comedy Performance - Musical
o Homer and Jethro for The Battle of Kookamonga


Composing and arranging

 Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1959 (more than 5 minutes duration)
o Duke Ellington for Anatomy of a Murder Soundtrack
 Best Sound Track Album - Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television
o Duke Ellington (composer) for Anatomy of a Murder
 Best Arrangement
o Billy May (arranger) for "Come Dance With Me" performed by Frank Sinatra


Country

 Best Country & Western Performance
o Johnny Horton for "The Battle of New Orleans"


Folk

 Best Performance - Folk
o The Kingston Trio for The Kingston Trio at Large


Jazz

 Best Jazz Performance - Soloist
o Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Swings Lightly
 Best Jazz Performance - Group
o Jonah Jones for I Dig Chicks



Musical Show

 Best Broadway Show Album
o Ethel Merman & the original cast for Gypsy
o The original cast with Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley, Leonard Stone, Doris Rich, Cynthia Latham, Joy Nichols, Bob Dixon & Pat Ferrier for Redhead
 Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture or Television
o Andre Previn, Ken Darby & the original cast for Porgy and Bess



Packaging and Notes

 Best Album Cover
o Robert M. Jones (art director) for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 conducted by Howard Mitchell


Pop

 Best Vocal Performance, Female
o Ella Fitzgerald for "But Not for Me"
 Best Vocal Performance, Male
o Frank Sinatra for Come Dance With Me!
 Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
o Richard Condie (choir director) for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir directed by Richard Condie
 Best Performance by a Dance Band
o Duke Ellington for Anatomy of a Murder
 Best Performance by an Orchestra
o André Previn & Dave Rose for Like Young performed by Dave Rose & His Orchestra with André Previn
 Best Performance by a "Top 40" Artist
o Nat "King" Cole for "Midnight Flyer"



Production and engineering

 Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Classical or Novelty
o Robert Simpson (engineer) for Belafonte at Carnegie Hall performed by Harry Belafonte
 Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
o Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Robert Russell Bennett (conductor) & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra for Victory at Sea, Vol. I
 Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
o Ted Keep (engineer) for "Alvin's Harmonica" performed by David Seville


R&B

 Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
o Dinah Washington for "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"



Spoken

 Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
o Carl Sandburg for A Lincoln Portrait