1960 Grammy Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
| Record of the Year | “Theme From A Summer Place,” Percy Faith |
| Album of the Year | Button Down Mind, Bob Newhart (Warner Bros.) |
| Song of the Year | “Theme From Exodus,” Ernest Gold, songwriter |
| Best New Artist of 1960 | Bob Newhart |
| Best Performance By a Pop Single Artist | “Georgia on My Mind,” Ray Charles |
| Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male | “Georgia on My Mind,” Ray Charles (ABC) |
| Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female | “Mack the Knife,” Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) |
| Best Vocal Performance, Album, Male | Genius of Ray Charles, Ray Charles (Atlantic) |
| Best Vocal Performance, Album, Female | Mack the Knife—Ella in Berlin, Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) |
| Best Performance By a Vocal Group | “We Got Us,” Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence |
| Best Performance By a Chorus | Songs of the Cowboy, Norman Luboff Choir |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance | “Let the Good Times Roll,” Ray Charles |
| Best Jazz Performance, Solo or Small Group | West Side Story, André Previn |
| Best Jazz Performance, Large Group | Blues and the Beat, Henry Mancini |
| Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes | Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis and Gil Evans, composers |
| Best Performance By a Band for Dancing | Dance With Basie, Count Basie |
| Best Country and Western Performance | “El Paso,” Marty Robbins |
| Best Performance, Folk | “Swing Dat Hammer,” Harry Belafonte |
| Best Performance By an Orchestra | Mr. Lucky, Henry Mancini |
| Best Arrangement | Mr. Lucky, Henry Mancini, arranger |
| Best Show Album (Original Cast) | The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, composers (Columbia) |
| Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Music Score From Motion Picture or Television | Exodus, Ernest Gold, composer (RCA) |
| Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast From Motion Picture or Television | Can-Can, Cole Porter, composer (Capital) |
| Best Classical Performance, Orchestra | Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, Fritz Reiner conducting Chicago Symphony |
| Best Classical Performance, Vocal or Instrumental Chamber Music | Conversations With the Guitar, Laurindo Almeida |
| Best Classical Performance, Concerto or Instrumental Soloist | Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Sviatoslav Richter; Erich Leinsdorf conducting Chicago Symphony |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Duo (Other Than Orchestral) | The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida, Laurindo Almeida |
| Best Classical Opera Production | Puccini, Turandot, Erich Leinsdorf conducting Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra; solos: Tebaldi, Nilsson, Björling and Tozzi |
| Best Classical Performance, Choral (Including Oratorio) | Handel, The Messiah, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus |
| Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist | A Program of Song, Leontyne Price |
| Best Contemporary Classical Composition | Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite, Aaron Copland, composer |
| Best Comedy Performance (Spoken Word) | Button Down Mind Strikes Back, Bob Newhart |
| Best Comedy Performance (Musical) | Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris, Jo Stafford and Paul Weston |
| Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word (Other Than Comedy) | F.D.R. Speaks, Robert Bialek |
| Best Album Created for Children | Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks, David Seville (Liberty) |
| Best Album Cover | Latin a la Lee, Marvin Schwartz, art director (Capitol) |
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