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Grammy Awards of 1964

The 6th Grammy Awards were held in 1964. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1963

• Record of the Year
  • Henry Mancini for "Days of Wine and Roses"

• Album of the Year
  • Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album

• Song of the Year
  • Johnny Mercer (songwriter) for "The Days of Wine and Roses" performed by Henry Mancini

• Best New Artist
  • Ward Swingle[?]

Childrens

• Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken[?]
  • Leonard Bernstein for Bernstein Conducts For Young People performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Classical

• Best Classical Album[?]
  • London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem conducted by Benjamin Britten
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance[?]
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf[?]
• Best Opera Recording[?]
  • RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra[?] for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Erich Leinsdorf[?]
• Best Choral Performance, Classical[?]
  • London Symphony Orchestra and Choir, the Bach Choir[?] & Highgate School Choir[?] for Britten: War Requiem conducted by Benjamin Britten, choirs directed by David Willcocks[?] & Edward Chapman[?]
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)[?]
  • Artur Rubinstein[?] for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor performed by Artur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf[?]
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)[?]
  • Vladimir Horowitz for The Sound Of Horowitz
• Best Chamber Music Performance[?]
  • Julian Bream[?] for Evening Of Elizabethan Music performed by the Julian Bream Consort[?]
• Best Classical Vocal Performance[?]
  • Leontyne Price[?] for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy And Bess
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition[?]
  • Benjamin Britten for Britten: War Requiem
• Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist[?]
  • Andre Watts[?]

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
  • Allan Sherman for Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)[?]
  • Riz Ortolani[?] (composer) for More - Theme From "Mondo Cane"
• Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television[?]
  • John Addison[?] (composer) for Tom Jones
• Best Instrumental Arrangement[?]
  • Quincy Jones (arranger) for "I Can't Stop Loving You" performed by Count Basie
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)[?]
  • Henry Mancini for "The Days Of Wine And Roses"

Country

• Best Country & Western Performance[?]
  • Bobby Bare[?] for "Detroit City"

Folk

• Best Folk Performance[?]
  • Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' In The Wind"

Gospel

• Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording[?]
  • Soeur Sourire[?] for "Dominique"

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group[?]
  • Bill Evans for Conversations With Myself
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance[?]
  • Woody Herman[?] for Encore: Woody Herman, 1963
• Best Original Jazz Composition[?]
  • Ray Brown[?] & Steve Allen (composers) for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album[?]
  • Sheldon Harnick[?] (composer) for She Loves Me performed by the original cast

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Cover[?]
  • John Berg[?] (art director) for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
• Best Album Cover, Classical[?]
  • Robert M. Jones[?] (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Erich Leinsdorf[?]
• Best Album Notes[?]
  • Leonard Feather[?] & Stanley Dance[?] (notes writers) for The Ellington Era performed by Duke Ellington

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Jack Jones for "Wives And Lovers"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' In The Wind"
• Best Performance By a Chorus[?]
  • Ward Swingle[?] for Bach's Greatest Hits
• Best Performance By a Band for Dancing[?]
  • Count Basie for This Time By Basie! Hits Of The 50's And 60's
• Best Performance By an Orchestra or Instrumentalist With Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing[?]
  • Al Hirt for "Java"
• Best Rock and Roll Recording[?]
  • Nino Tempo[?] for "Deep Purple" performed by April Stevens[?] & Nino Tempo

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical[?]
  • James Malloy[?] (engineer) for Charade performed by Henry Mancini
  • Robert Fine[?] (engineer) for Civil War Vol. II performed by Frederick Fennell[?]
• Best Classical Engineered Recording[?]
  • Lewis W. Layton[?] (engineer) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Erich Leinsdorf[?]

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance[?]
  • Ray Charles for "Busted"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album[?]
  • Edward Albee (playwright) for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? performed by the original cast.

Elsewhere

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