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1st Annual Grammy Awards

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Hosted by
  
Mort Sahl

Date
  
4 May 1959

Host
  
Mort Sahl

Network
  
ABC

Other ceremonies
  
1959


Location
  
Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles & New York

The 1st Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 4, 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Two separate ceremonies were held simultaneously on the same day; the first in Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills California, and the second in the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City. Count Basie, Domenico Modugno, Henry Mancini, Ella Fitzgerald and Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. each won 2 awards.

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Award winners

The following awards were given in the first award ceremony:

  • Record of the Year
  • Domenico Modugno for "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)"
  • Album of the Year
  • Henry Mancini for The Music from Peter Gunn
  • Song of the Year
  • Domenico Modugno for "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)"

    • Children's

  • Best Recording for Children
  • Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"

    • 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 & artist) for The Music from Peter Gunn

    • Country

  • Best Country & Western Performance
  • The Kingston Trio for "Tom Dooley"

    • Jazz

  • Best Jazz Performance, Individual
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
  • Best Jazz Performance, Group
  • Count Basie for Basie

    • Musical show

  • Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)
  • Meredith Willson (composer) & the original cast with Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Eddie Hodges, Pert Kelton & Helen Raymond for The Music Man
  • Best Sound Track Album, Dramatic Picture Score or Original Cast
  • AndrĂ© Previn & the original cast for Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    • Packaging and notes

  • Best Album Cover Photography
  • Frank Sinatra for Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely

    • Pop

  • Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
  • Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Perry Como for "Catch a Falling Star"
  • Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
  • Keely Smith & Louis Prima for "That Old Black Magic"
  • Best Performance by a Dance Band
  • Count Basie for Basie
  • Best Performance by an Orchestra
  • Billy May for Billy May's Big Fat Brass

    • Production and engineering

  • Best Engineered Record - Non-Classical
  • Ted Keep (engineer) for "The Chipmunk Song" performed by David Seville
  • Best Engineered Record (Classical)
  • Sherwood Hall III (engineer), Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri for Duets with Spanish Guitar

    • R&B

  • Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
  • "Tequila"-The Champs

    • Spoken

  • Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word
  • Stan Freberg for The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows

    • References

    1st Annual Grammy Awards Wikipedia
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