4th Annual Grammy Awards

The 4th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 29, 1962, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961. Henry Mancini won 5 awards.

Award winners

The following awards were given at the 1961 ceremony (winners in bold).

Record of the Year

Henry Mancini for "Moon River"

Si Zentner for "Up A Lazy River"

Frank Sinatra for "The Second Time Around"

Dave Brubeck for "Take Five"

Jimmy Dean for "Big Bad John"

Album of the Year (other than classical)

Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall

John Green for West Side Story (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Nat King Cole for The Nat King Cole Story

Johnny Mann for Great Band With Great Voices performed by Si Zentner

Ray Charles for Genius + Soul = Jazz

Henry Mancini for Breakfast At Tiffany's

Song of the Year

Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Moon River" performed by Henry Mancini

Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Jule Styne (songwriters) for "Make Someone Happy" performed by Perry Como

Tony Velona (songwriter) for "Lollipops And Roses" performed by Jack Jones

Jimmy Dean (songwriter) for "Big Bad John" performed by Jimmy Dean

Hank Cochran (songwriter) for "A Little Bitty Tear" performed by Burl Ives

Best New Artist

Peter Nero

Timi Yuro

Dick Gregory

Ann-Margret

The Lettermen

Children's

Best Recording for Children

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

Young Abe Lincoln performed by Original Broadway Cast

Soupy Sales for The Soupy Sales Show

David Randolph & James Goodfriend (arrangers) Golden Treasury Of Great Music And Literature performed by Various Artists

George Bruns (composer) 101 Dalmatians performed by Various Artists

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

Charles Münch (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 Ángeles, Jussi Björling, 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/Kodály: 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; Petrushka

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance

Elaine May & Mike Nichols for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Stan Freberg for Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America

Bill Dana for Jose Jimenez The Astronaut

Jonathan Winters Here's Jonathan

Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks for 2001 Years With Carl Reiner And Mel Brooks

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song

Galt MacDermot for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderley

Bob Merrill (composer) for "Theme From Carnival" performed by Original Broadway Cast

Dimitri Tiomkin (composer) for The Guns Of Navarone (Motion Picture) performed by Dimitri Tiomkin

Duke Ellington (composer) for Paris Blues performed by Duke Ellington

Nino Rota (composer) for La Dolce Vita performed by Nino Rota

Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television

Henry Mancini (composer) for Breakfast at Tiffany's

Dimitri Tiomkin (composer) for The Guns Of Navarone (Motion Picture) performed by Dimitri Tiomkin

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington for Paris Blues (Motion Picture) performed by Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

Nino Rota for La Dolce Vita (Motion Picture) performed by Nino Rota

John Williams for Checkmate performed by John Williams

Best Arrangement

Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for "Moon River"

Bob Florence (arranger) for "Up A Lazy River" performed by Si Zentner

J.J. Johnson (arranger) for "Perceptions" performed by Dizzy Gillespie

Peter Nero (arranger & performer) for New Piano In Town

George Russell (arranger) for "All About Rosie" performed by Gerry Mulligan

Country

Best Country & Western Recording

Jimmy Dean for "Big Bad John"

LeRoy Van Dyke for "Walk On By"

Tex Ritter for "Hillbilly Heaven"

Faron Young for "Hello Walls"

Burl Ives for "A Little Bitty Tear"

Folk

Best Folk Recording

The Belafonte Folk Singers for Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad

The Limeliters for The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters

The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem for The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem

Bill Broonzy for The Big Bill Broonzy Story

Alan Lomax for Folk Songs Of Britain Vol. I

Gospel

Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording

Mahalia Jackson for Everytime I Feel the Spirit

The Staple Singers for Swing Low

Tex Ritter Lincoln Hymns

Alex Bradford for "Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross"

Tennessee Ernie Ford for Hymns At Home

Jazz

Best Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental)

André Previn for André Previn Plays Harold Arlen

Al Hirt for The Greatest Horn In The World

Modern Jazz Quartet for European Concert

Erroll Garner for Dreamstreet

Bill Evans Trio for Bill Evans At The Village Vanguard

Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)

Stan Kenton for Kenton's West Side Story

Gil Evans for Out Of The Cool

Dizzy Gillespie for Gillespiana

Count Basie And His Orchestra for Basie At Birdland

Andre Previn for A Touch Of Elegance

Best Original Jazz Composition

Galt MacDermot (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderley

Dave Brubeck (composer) for "Unsquare Dance" performed by Dave Brubeck

J.J. Johnson (composer) for "Perceptions" performed by Dizzy Gillespie

Lalo Schifrin (composer) for Gillespiana performed by Dizzy Gillespie

Andre Previn (composer) for "A Touch Of Elegance" performed by Andre Previn

Musical show

Best Original Cast Show Album

Frank Loesser (composer) & the original cast with Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh (composers) for Wildcat performed by original cast including Lucille Ball

Jerry Herman (composer) for Milk And Honey performed by original cast including Robert Weede, Mimi Benzell, Molly Picon & Lanna Saunders

Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Jule Styne for Do Re Mi performed by original cast including Phil Silvers, Nancy Walker, John Reardon & Nancy Dussault

Bob Merrill (composer) for Carnival performed by original cast including Anna Maria Alberghetti, James Mitchell, Kaye Ballard, Pierre Olaf & Jerry Orbach

Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television

Irwin Kostal, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Sid Ramin (music directors) & the original cast for West Side Story

Tutti Camarata (music director) for Parent Trap (Motion Picture) performed by original cast including Hayley Mills

Ken Darby & Alfred Newman (music directors) for Flower Drum Song (Motion Picture) performed by original cast

Elvis Presley (performer) for Blue Hawaii (Motion Picture)

Tutti Camarata (music director) for Babes in Toyland (Motion Picture) performed by original cast including Ann Jillian, Ed Wynn & Ray Bolger

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

Robert M. Jones (art director) for Gould: Ballet Music Fall River Legend Interplay, Latin American Symphonette conducted by Morton Gould

Meyer Miller (art director) for Golden Age Of English Lute Music performed by Julian Bream

Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Beethoven Nine Symphonies conducted by Otto Klemperer

Robert M. Jones (art director) for Albeniz Iberia/Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole conducted by Jean Morel

Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical

Jim Silke (art director) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland

Kenneth Deardoff (art director) for New Orleans - The Living Legend performed by Peter Bocage

Reid Miles (art director) for Jackie's Bag performed by Jackie McLean

Robert M. Jones (art director) for Breakfast At Tiffany's performed by Henry Mancini

Robert "Bob" Cato (art director) for A Touch Of Elegance performed by Andre Previn

Pop

Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female

Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall

Billie Holiday for The Essential Billie Holiday (Carnegie Hall Concert)

Ella Fitzgerald for Mr. Paganini

Lena Horne for Lena At The Sands

Peggy Lee for Basin Street East

Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male

Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses"

Steve Lawrence for "Portrait Of My Love"

Andy Williams for "Danny Boy"

Jimmy Dean for "Big Bad John"

Burl Ives for "A Little Bitty Tear"

Best Performance by a Vocal Group

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross for High Flying

The Four Freshman for Voices In Fun

The Lettermen for "The Way You Look Tonight"

The Limeliters for The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters

The Kingston Trio for Close Up

Best Performance by a Chorus

Johnny Mann for Great Band With Great Voices performed by the Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra

Norman Luboff Choir for This Is Norman Luboff

Pete King for "Hey, Look Me Over"

Belafonte Folk Singers for Belafonte Folk Singers At Home And Abroad

Roger Wagner Chorale for A Song At Twilight

Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing

Si Zentner for Up a Lazy River

Les Brown for The Lerner And Loewe Bandbook

Billy May & Glen Gray for "Shall We Swing?"

Henry Mancini for Mr.