Grammy Awards of 1959
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The 1st Grammy Awards were held in 1959. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
Award winners:
- 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, Individual
- Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
- Best Jazz Performance, Group
- Count Basie for Basie
Musical Show
- Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)
- Meredith Willson (composer) & the original cast (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
- Andre Previn & the original cast for Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Cover Photography
- Frank Sinatra for Only the Lonely
Pop
- Best Vocal Performance, Female
- Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
- Best Vocal Performance, Male
- Perry Como for "Catch a Falling Star"
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
- Keely Smith & Louis Prima for "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 "The Chipmunk Song" performed by David Seville
- Best Engineered Record (Classical)
- Sherwood Hall III (engineer), Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri for Duets with a Spanish Guitar
R&B
- Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
- The Champs for "Tequila"
Spoken
- Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word
- Stan Freberg for The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows