Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing

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The

Grammy Award
for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964. The award had several minor name changes:

  • From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Performance by a Dance Band
  • In 1961 it was awarded as Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
  • From 1962 to 1964 it has been awarded as Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing

This award was presented alongside the award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Recipients

Year Winner(s) Title Nominees Ref.
1959
Count Basie "Basie" [1]
1960
Duke Ellington "Anatomy of a Murder"
[2]
1961
Count Basie "Dance Along with Basie"
[3]
1962
Si Zentner "Up A Lazy River"
[4]
1963
Joe Harnell "Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova"
[5]
1964
Count Basie "This Time by Basie!"
  • Encore Woody Herman-1963
  • Joe Harnell for Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops
  • Quincy Jones Plays the Hip Hits
  • Les Brown for Richard Rodgers Bandbook
  • Page Cavanaugh for The Page 7 ...An Explosion in Pop Music
[6]

References

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards 1959 (May)". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Grammy Awards 1959". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards 1961". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "Grammy Awards 1962". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  5. ^ "Grammy Awards 1963". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Grammy Awards 1964". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.