1963 Grammy Awards

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
Record of the Year“The Days of Wine and Roses,” Henry Mancini
Album of the YearThe Barbra Streisand Album, Barbra Streisand (Columbia)
Song of the Year“The Days of Wine and Roses,” Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, composers
Best New Artist of 1963Swingle Singers
Best Vocal Performance, Male“Wives and Lovers,” Jack Jones
Best Vocal Performance, FemaleThe Barbra Streisand Album, Barbra Streisand
Best Performance By a Vocal Group“Blowin' in the Wind,” Peter, Paul and Mary
Best Performance By a ChorusBach's Greatest Hits, Swingle Singers
Best Rock and Roll Recording“Deep Purple,” Nino Tempo and April Stevens (Atco)
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording“Busted,” Ray Charles (ABC/Paramount)
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Soloist or Small GroupConversations With Myself, Bill Evans
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large GroupEncore: Woody Herman, 1963, Woody Herman Band
Best Original Jazz Composition“Gravy Waltz,” Steve Allen and Ray Brown, composers
Best Country and Western Recording“Detroit City,” Bobby Bare (RCA)
Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)“Dominique,” Soeur Sourire (The Singing Nun) (Philips)
Best Folk Recording“Blowin' in the Wind,” Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)
Best Performance By an Orchestra for DancingThis Time by Basie! Hits of the '50s and '60s, Count Basie
Best Performance By an Orchestra or Instrumentalist With Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing“Java,” Al Hirt
Best Instrumental Arrangement“I Can't Stop Loving You,” Quincy Jones, arranger
Best Background Arrangement“The Days of Wine and Roses,” Henry Mancini, arranger
Best Instrumental Theme“More” (Theme From Mondo Cane), Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero and Riz Ortolani, composers
Best Original Score From a Motion Picture or Television ShowTom Jones, John Addison, composer
Best Score From an Original Cast Show AlbumShe Loves Me, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, composers (MGM)
Album of the Year, ClassicalBritten, War Requiem, Benjamin Britten conducting London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (London)
Most Promising New Classical Recording ArtistAndré Watts, pianist
Best Classical Performance, OrchestraBartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf conducting Boston Symphony Orchestra
Best Classical Performance, Chamber MusicEvening of Elizabethan Music, Julian Bream Consort
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra)Tchaikovsky, Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Artur Rubinstein; Erich Leinsdorf conducting Boston Symphony Orchestra
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Duo (Without Orchestra)The Sound of Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz
Best Opera RecordingPuccini, Madama Butterfly, Erich Leinsdorf conducting RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Price, Tucker and Elias (RCA)
Best Classical Performance, ChoralBritten, War Requiem, David Willcocks directing Bach Choir; Edward Chapman directing Highgate School Choir; Benjamin Britten conducting London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist (With or Without Orchestra)Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Leontyne Price
Best Classical Composition By Contemporary ComposerWar Requiem, Benjamin Britten, composer
Best Comedy PerformanceHello Mudduh, Hello Faddah, Allan Sherman
Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (Other Than Comedy)Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee (Warner Bros.)
Best Recording for ChildrenBernstein Conducts for Young People, Leonard Bernstein conducting New York Philharmonic (Columbia)
Best Album Cover, Other Than ClassicalThe Barbra Streisand Album, John Berg, art director (Columbia)
Best Album Cover, ClassicalPuccini, Madama Butterfly, Robert Jones, art director (RCA)
Best Album NotesThe Ellington Era, Stanley Dance and Leonard Feather, annotators (Columbia)
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