Grammy Awards of 1961
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The 3rd Grammy Awards were held in 1961. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
Award winners:
- Record of the Year
- Percy Faith for "Theme From A Summer Place"
- Album of the Year
- Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
- Song of the Year
- Ernest Gold for "Theme From Exodus"
Children's
- Best Album Created for Children
- Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks performed by David Seville & the Chipmunks
Classical
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
- Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
- Leontyne Price for A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital
- Best Classical Opera Production
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Bjoerling, Renata Tebaldi & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Turandot
- Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio)
- Thomas Beecham (conductor) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus for Handel: Messiah
- Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Sviatoslav Richter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (other than with orchestral accompaniment)
- Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Alemida
- Best Classical Performance - Vocal or Instrumental - Chamber Music
- Laurindo Almeida for Conversations With the Guitar
- Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Aaron Copland (composer & conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite
Comedy
- Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word
- Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
- Best Comedy Performance - Musical
- Jo Stafford & Paul Weston for Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards"
Composing and arranging
- Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television
- Ernest Gold (composer) for Exodus
- Best Arrangement
- Henry Mancini (arranger) for Mr. Lucky
Country
- Best Country & Western Performance
- Marty Robbins for "El Paso"
Folk
- Best Performance - Folk
- Harry Belafonte for "Swing Dat Hammer"
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
- Andre Previn for West Side Story
- Best Jazz Performance Large Group
- Henry Mancini for Blues and the Beat
- Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration
- Gil Evans & Miles Davis (composers) for Sketches of Spain
Musical Show
- Best Show Album (Original Cast)
- Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast for The Sound of Music
- Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
- Cole Porter (composer), Frank Sinatra & the original cast for Can Can
Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Cover
- Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Latin a la Lee performed by Peggy Lee
Pop
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Single or Track
- Ella Fitzgerald for "Mack the Knife"
- Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
- Ella Fitzgerald Mack the Knife - Ella in Berlin
- Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male
- Ray Charles for "Georgia on My Mind"
- Best Vocal Performance Album, Male
- Ray Charles for Genius of Ray Charles
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group (2 to 6)
- Eydie Gorme & Steve Lawrence for "We Got Us"
- Best Performance by a Chorus (7 or More Persons)
- Norman Luboff for Songs of the Cowboy performed by the Norman Luboff Choir
- Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
- Count Basie for Dance With Basie
- Best Performance by an Orchestra
- Henry Mancini for Mr. Lucky
- Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist
- Ray Charles for "Georgia on My Mind"
Production and engineering
- Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
- Luis P. Valentin (engineer) for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook performed by Ella Fitzgerald
- Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
- Hugh Davies (engineer) & Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
- Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
- John Kraus (engineer) for "The Old Payola Roll Blues" performed by Stan Freberg
R&B
- Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
- Ray Charles for "Let the Good Times Roll"
Spoken
- Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
- Robert Bialek (producer) for FDR Speaks