3rd Annual Grammy Awards

Children's

• Best Album Created for Children
  • Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"
  • Ralph Bellamy for Stories And Songs Of The Civil War
  • Sterling Holloway for Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
  • Pete Seeger for Folk Songs For Young People
  • Dr. Seuss for Dr. Seuss Presents Bartholomew And The Oobleck
  • Various Artists for Adventures In Music, Grade 3, Volume 1

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
  • Leontyne Price for A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital
• Best Classical Opera Production
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Turandot
• Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio)
  • Thomas Beecham (conductor) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus for Handel: Messiah
• Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Sviatoslav Richter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (other than with orchestral accompaniment)
  • Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal or Instrumental - Chamber Music
  • Laurindo Almeida for Conversations With the Guitar
• Best Contemporary Classical Composition
  • Aaron Copland (composer & conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word
  • Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
  • Jonathan Winters for The Wonderful World Of Jonathan Winters
  • Shelley Berman for The Edge Of Shelley Berman
  • Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks for 2000 Year Old Man
• Best Comedy Performance - Musical
  • Jo Stafford & Paul Weston for Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards"
  • Stan Freberg for The Old Payola Roll Blues
  • Homer And Jethro for Homer And Jethro At The Country Club
  • Tom Lehrer for An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
  • David Seville And The Chipmunks for "Alvin For President"

Composing and arranging

• Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television
  • Ernest Gold (composer) for Exodus
  • Nelson Riddle (composer) for The Untouchables performed by Nelson Riddle
  • Adolph Deutch (composer) for The Apartment performed by Various Artists
  • Henry Mancini (composer) for Mr. Lucky performed by Henry Mancini
  • Miklos Rozsa (composer) for Ben Hur performed by Miklos Rozsa
• Best Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for Mr. Lucky
  • Dick Schory (arranger) for Wild Percussion And Horns A' Plenty performed by Dick Schory
  • Don Costa (arranger) for "Theme From The Apartment" performed by Ferrante & Teicher
  • Percy Faith (arranger) for "Theme From A Summer Place" performed by Percy Faith
  • Nelson Riddle (arranger) for "Nice 'N Easy" performed by Frank Sinatra
  • Quincy Jones (arranger) for "Let The Good Times Roll" performed by Ray Charles
  • Bill Holman (arranger) for "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" performed by Gerry Mulligan
  • Billy May & George Shearing (arrangers) for "Honeysuckle Rose" performed by George Shearing

Country

• Best Country & Western Performance
  • Marty Robbins for "El Paso"
  • Ferlin Husky for Wing Of A Dove
  • Hank Locklin for Please Help Me, I'm Falling
  • Johnny Horton for "North To Alaska"
  • Jim Reeves for "He'll Have To Go"

Folk

• Best Performance - Folk
  • Harry Belafonte for "Swing Dat Hammer"
  • Alan Lomax for Southern Folk Heritage Series
  • Ewan MacColl for Songs Of Robert Burns
  • Jimmy Driftwood for Songs Of Billy Yank And Johnny Reb
  • Miriam Makeba for Miriam Makeba
  • The Kingston Trio for Here We Go Again
  • The Brothers Four for Greenfields
  • Belafonte Folk Singers for Cheers

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
  • André Previn for West Side Story
  • George Shearing for White Satin
  • Dizzy Gillespie And His Octet for The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All
  • Modern Jazz Quartet for Pyramid
  • Miles Davis for Jazz Track
  • Art Tatum for Greatest Piano Of Them All
  • Lambert, Hendricks And Ross for The Hottest New Group In Jazz
  • Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges for Back To Back - Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues

• Best Jazz Performance Large Group
  • Henry Mancini for Blues and the Beat
  • Quincy Jones for The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones
  • Count Basie for The Count Basie Story
  • Miles Davis & Gil Evans for Sketches of Spain
  • Gerry Mulligan for "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'"
• Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration
  • Gil Evans & Miles Davis for Sketches of Spain
  • Jimmy Giuffre (composer) for Western Suite performed by Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Brookmeyer & Jim Hall
  • John Lewis (composer) for "Sketch" performed by Modern Jazz Quartet & Guests
  • Maynard Ferguson (composer) for "Newport Suite" performed by Maynard Ferguson
  • Duke Ellington (composer) for Idiom '59 performed by Duke Ellington
  • Bob Brookmeyer (composer) for Blues Suite performed by Bob Brookmeyer
  • Dave Brubeck (composer) for "Blue Rondo A La Turk" performed by Dave Brubeck

Musical show

• Best Show Album (Original Cast)
  • Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast for The Sound of Music
  • Meredith Willson (composer), original cast including Tammy Grimes, Harve Presnell & Jack Harrold for The Unsinkable Molly Brown
  • Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick (composers), original cast including Tom Bosley for Fiorello!
  • Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe (composers) for Camelot performed by Richard Burton, Julie Andrews & Robert Goulet
  • Lee Adams & Charles Strouse (composers) for Bye Bye Birdie performed by Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke & Paul Lynde
• Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
  • Cole Porter (composer), Frank Sinatra & the original cast for Can Can
  • Nelson Riddle (composer) for Li'l Abner performed by Nelson Riddle
  • Elvis Presley for G.I. Blues performed by Elvis Presley
  • Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Jule Styne (composers) for Bells Are Ringing performed by original cast including Judy Holliday & Dean Martin

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover
  • Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Latin a la Lee performed by Peggy Lee
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Wild Percussion And Horns A' Plenty performed by Dick Schory
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Excerpts performed by Fritz Reiner
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Stravinsky: Petrouchka performed by Pierre Monteux
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky performed by Fritz Reiner
  • Irving Werbin (art director) for Now! Fred Astaire performed by Fred Astaire
  • Sheldon Marks (art director) for Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book performed by Ella Fitzgerald
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Carlos Montoya performed by Carlos Montoya
  • Marvin Israel (art director) for Bean Bags performed by Milt Jackson

Pop

• Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald for "Mack the Knife"
  • Doris Day for "Sound of Music"
  • Brenda Lee for "I'm Sorry"
  • Peggy Lee for "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'"
  • Eileen Farrell for "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues"
• Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Mack the Knife - Ella in Berlin
  • Miriam Makeba for Miriam Makeba
  • Peggy Lee for Latin Ala Lee!
  • Della Reese for Della
  • Rosemary Clooney for Clap Hands, Here Comes Rosie
• Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male
  • Ray Charles for "Georgia on My Mind"
  • Frank Sinatra for "Nice 'N Easy"
  • Johnny Mathis for "Misty"
  • Jim Reeves for "He'll Have To Go"
  • Elvis Presley for "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
• Best Vocal Performance Album, Male
  • Ray Charles for The Genius of Ray Charles
  • Nat King Cole for Wild Is Love
  • Frank Sinatra for Nice 'N Easy
  • Elvis Presley for G.I. Blues
  • Harry Belafonte for Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group (2 to 6)
  • Eydie Gormé & Steve Lawrence for "We Got Us"
  • Swe-Danes for Scandinavian Shuffle
  • The Kingston Trio for Here We Go Again
  • The Brothers Four for "Greenfields"
  • The Hi-Los for All Over The Place
• Best Performance by a Chorus (7 or More Persons)
  • Norman Luboff for Songs of the Cowboy performed by the Norman Luboff Choir
  • Robert Shaw Chorale for That Wonderous Love
  • Pete King Chorale for "My Favorite Things"
  • Ray Charles Singers for Deep Night
  • Belafonte Folk Singers for Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
• Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
  • Count Basie for Dance Along with Basie
  • Henry Mancini for The Blues And The Beat
  • Billy May for Girls And Boys On Broadway
  • Perez Prado for Big Hits By Prado
  • Les Brown for Bandland
• Best Performance by an Orchestra
  • Henry Mancini for Mr. Lucky
  • Percy Faith for "Theme From A Summer Place"
  • Count Basie for The Count Basie Story
  • Gerry Mulligan for The Concert Jazz Band
  • Esquivel for Infinity In Sound
• Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist
  • Ray Charles for "Georgia on My Mind"
  • Frank Sinatra for "Nice 'N Easy"
  • Ella Fitzgerald for "Mack The Knife"
  • Peggy Lee for "Heart"
  • Elvis Presley for "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
  • Luis P. Valentin (engineer) for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook performed by Ella Fitzgerald
  • Robert Simpson (engineer) for Wild Percussion And Horns A' Plenty performed by Dick Schory
  • John Kraus (engineer) for Wild Is Love performed by Nat King Cole
  • Robert Fine (engineer) for Persuasive Percussion #2 performed by Terry Snyder And All The Stars
  • Luis P. Valentin for Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne performed by Louis Bellson
  • John Norman (engineer) for Infinity In Sound performed by Esquivel
  • Robert Simpson (engineer) for Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall performed by Harry Belafonte
• Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
  • Hugh Davies (engineer) & Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
  • John Kraus (engineer) for The Two Pianos Of Leonard Pennario performed by Leonard Pennario
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for R. Strauss: Don Quixote performed by Fritz Reiner
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for Puccini Turandot performed by Erich Leinsdorf
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for Berlioz: Requiem conducted by Charles Munch
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste conducted by Fritz Reiner
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for Alexander Nevsky conducted by Fritz Reiner
• Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
  • John Kraus (engineer) for "The Old Payola Roll Blues" performed by Stan Freberg
  • Thorne Nogar (engineer) for Spike Jones In Hi-Fi performed by Spike Jones
  • John Crawford, Anthony Salvatore & Robert Simpson (engineers) for New Sounds America Loves Best performed by John Klein
  • George Fernandez (engineer) for "Mr. Custer" performed by Larry Verne
  • Ted Keep (engineer) for Let's All Sing With The Chipmunks performed by David Seville
  • John Kraus (engineer) for June Night performed by Jack Cookerly
  • Ted Keep (engineer) for "Alvin For President" performed by David Seville And The Chipmunks

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
  • Ray Charles for "Let the Good Times Roll"
  • Bo Diddley for "Walkin' And Talkin'"
  • John Lee Hooker for Travelin'
  • LaVern Baker for "Shake A Hand"
  • Jackie Wilson for "Lonely Teardrops"
  • Muddy Waters for "Got My Mojo Working"
  • Hank Ballard for "Finger Poppin' Time"
  • Etta James for "All I Could Do Was Cry"

Spoken

• Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
  • Robert Bialek (producer) for FDR Speaks
  • Henry Fonda for Voices Of The Twentieth Century
  • John Gielgud for Part Two Of Shakespeare's \"Ages Of Man\", \"One Man In This Time\
  • Archibald MacLeish for J.B.