1st Annual Grammy Awards
1st Annual Grammy Awards | |
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Date | May 4th, 1959 |
Location | Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California |
Hosted by | Mort Sahl |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | NBC |
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 hotel in
Award winners
The following awards were given in the first award ceremony:[1]
General
- "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno
- "Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como
- "Fever" – Peggy Lee
- "David Seville and the Chipmunks
- "Witchcraft" – Frank Sinatra
- The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
- Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 – Van Cliburn
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book – Ella Fitzgerald
- Come Fly with Me – Frank Sinatra
- Only the Lonely – Frank Sinatra
- "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" – Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, songwriters (Domenico Modugno)
- "Catch a Falling Star" – Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, songwriters (Perry Como)
- "Gigi" – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, songwriters (Vic Damone)
- "Fever" – Eddie Cooley and Johnny Davenport, songwriters (Peggy Lee)
- "Witchcraft" – Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, songwriters (Frank Sinatra)
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
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance, Individual
- 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
- André Previn & the original cast for Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Cover Photography
Pop
- Best Vocal Performance, Female
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
- Best Vocal Performance, Male
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
- 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 "David Seville
- Ted Keep (engineer) for "
- Best Engineered Record (Classical)
- Sherwood Hall III (engineer), Duets with Spanish Guitar
- Sherwood Hall III (engineer),
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
- ^ a b "Grammy Awards 1959 (May)". Grammy. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ Dornbrook, Don (24 May 1959). "And Now the Grammy Awards". The Milwaukee Journal. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "1958 Grammy Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 29 May 2022.