6th Annual Grammy Awards

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Network NBC Other ceremonies 1963, 1965		Date 12 May 1964
Location Chicago, Los Angeles and New York

The 6th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 12, 1964 at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1963.

Award winners

Record of the Year

Henry Mancini for "Days of Wine and Roses"

Album of the Year (other than classical)

Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album

Song of the Year

Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Days of Wine and Roses" performed by Henry Mancini

Best New Artist

Ward Swingle (The Swingle Singers)

Children's

Best Recording for Children

Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Bernstein Conducts for Young People performed by the New York Philharmonic

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)

Skitch Henderson (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Orchestra for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

Best Opera Recording

Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Rosalind Elias, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)

Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir directors), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Britten: War Requiem

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)

Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)

Vladimir Horowitz for The Sound of Horowitz

Best Classical Music Performance - Chamber Music

Julian Bream for Evening of Elizabethan Music performed by the Julian Bream Consort

Best Classical Composition by a Contemporary Composer

Benjamin Britten (composer & conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem

Best Classical Album

Benjamin Britten (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem

Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist

André Watts

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance

Allan Sherman for "Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah"

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme

Riz Ortolani (composer) for "More - Theme From Mondo Cane"

Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show

John Addison (composer) for Tom Jones

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Quincy Jones (arranger) for "I Can't Stop Loving You" performed by Count Basie

Best Background Arrangement

Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Days of Wine and Roses"

Country

Best Country & Western Recording

Bobby Bare for "Detroit City"

Folk

Best Folk Recording

Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"

Gospel

Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)

Soeur Sourire for "Dominique"

Jazz

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group

Bill Evans for Conversations with Myself

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group

Woody Herman for Encore: Woody Herman, 1963

Best Original Jazz Composition

Steve Allen & Ray Brown (composers) for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen

Musical show

Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album

Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick (composers) & the original cast (Barbara Cook, Jack Cassidy, Barbara Baxley, Daniel Massey, Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williams & Jo Wilder) for She Loves Me