Grammy Awards of 1959

The 1st Grammy Awards were held in 1959. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

• Record of the Year
  • Domenico Modugno for "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu"

• Album of the Year
  • Henry Mancini for The Music from Peter Gunn

• Song of the Year
  • Domenico Modugno for "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu"

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Ross Bagdasarian Sr for "The Chipmunk Song" performed by David Seville & the Chipmunks

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Felix Slatkin (conductor) & the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for Gaiete Parisienne
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
  • Renata Tebaldi for Operatic Recital
• Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral
  • Roger Wagner (choir director) & the Roger Wagner Chorale for Virtuoso
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumentalist (with concerto scale accompaniment)
  • Kiril Kondrashin (conductor), Van Cliburn & the Symphony of the Air Orchestra for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumentalist (other than concerto-scale accompaniment)
  • Andrés Segovia for Segovia Golden Jubilee
• Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including chamber orchestra)
  • Hollywood String Quartet for Beethoven: Quartet 130

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) for The Music from Peter Gunn

Country

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

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance, Soloist
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
  • Count Basie for Basie

Musical Show

• Best Sound Track Album
  • Andre Previn for Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
• Best Musical Show Album
  • Meredith Willson (composer) for The Music Man performed by Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Eddie Hodges, Pert Kelton & Helen Raymond

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
  • Frank Sinatra for Only The Lonely

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Perry Como for "Catch a Falling Star"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Keely Smith & Louis Prima for "That Old Black Magic"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Billy May for Billy May's Big Fat Brass
  • Count Basie for Basie

Production and engineering

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

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
  • The Champs for Tequila

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • Stan Freberg for The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows

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