1st Annual Grammy Awards

1959 US music awards ceremony 1st Annual Grammy Awards May 4, 1959 Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, and Park Sheraton Hotel, New York, New York Mort Sahl NBC Grammy Awards 2nd thumb | right | Ella Fitzgerald won two awards at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards. The 1st Annual Grammy Awards, which began as The Gramophone Awards, were held on May 4, 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Two separate ceremonies were held simultaneously on the same day: one in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the other in the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City.http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1959-may-238.html Grammy Awards 1959 (May) Grammy 2016-02-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20190430002044/http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1959-may-238.html 2019-04-30 dead Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Domenico Modugno, Ross Bagdasarian, and Henry Mancini, each won 2 awards.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5EUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xCUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5473,2630104&dq=grammy&hl=en And Now the Grammy Awards 24 May 1959 Dornbrook, Don The Milwaukee Journal 1 May 2011 18 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151118182901/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5EUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xCUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5473,2630104&dq=grammy&hl=en dead1958 Grammy Winners https://www.grammy.com/awards/1st-annual-grammy-awards 29 May 2022 Grammy.com Award winners The following awards were given in the first award ceremony: General Record of the Year "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno "Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como "Fever" – Peggy Lee "The Chipmunk Song" – David Seville and the Chipmunks "Witchcraft" – Frank Sinatra Album of the Year The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 – Van Cliburn Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book – Ella Fitzgerald Come Fly with Me – Frank Sinatra Only the Lonely – Frank Sinatra Song of the Year "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" – Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, songwriters (Domenico Modugno) "Catch a Falling Star" – Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, songwriters (Perry Como) "Gigi" – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, songwriters (Vic Damone) "Fever" – Eddie Cooley and Johnny Davenport, songwriters (Peggy Lee) "Witchcraft" – Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, songwriters (Frank Sinatra) Children's Best Recording for Children Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks" 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 & artist) 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 Songbook Best Jazz Performance, Group Count Basie for Basie Musical show Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV) Meredith Willson (composer) & the original cast with 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 André Previn & the original cast for Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Packaging and notes Best Album Cover Photography Frank Sinatra for Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely Pop Best Vocal Performance, Female Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook 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 Spanish Guitar R&B Best Rhythm & Blues Performance "Tequila"-The Champs Spoken Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word Stan Freberg for The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows References 001 Category:1959 in New York City Category:1959 music awards Category:1959 in Los Angeles Category:1959 in American music Category:May 1959 in the United States Category:Organized events in New York City Category:Organized events in Los Angeles