Grammy Awards of 1963

The 5th Grammy Awards were held in 1963. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1962

• Record of the Year
  • Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"

• Album of the Year
  • Vaughn Meader[?] for The First Family

• Song of the Year
  • Leslie Bricusse[?] (songwriter) for "What Kind Of Fool Am I" performed by Anthony Newley[?]

• Best New Artist
  • Robert Goulet[?]

Childrens

• Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken[?]
  • Leonard Bernstein for Saint-Saëns: Carnival Of The Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra

Classical

• Best Classical Album[?]
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance[?]
  • Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet conducted by Igor Stravinsky
• Best Opera Recording[?]
  • Rome Opera House Orchestra[?] for Verdi: Aida conducted by Georg Solti
• Best Choral Performance, Classical[?]
  • Philharmonia Chorus[?] for Bach: St. Matthew Passion performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Otto Klemperer, choir directed by Wilhelm Pitz[?]
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)[?]
  • Isaac Stern for Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)[?]
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
• Best Chamber Music Performance[?]
  • Jascha Heifetz[?] & William Primrose for The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose', Pennario And Guests performed by Gregor Piatigorsky[?], Jascha Heifetz & William Primrose
• Best Classical Vocal Performance[?]
  • New York Philharmonic for Gotterdamerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs performed by Eileen Farrell[?] & the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition[?]
  • Igor Stravinsky for Stravinsky: The Flood

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
  • Vaughn Meader[?] for The First Family

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)[?]
  • Bobby Scott[?] & Ric Marlowe[?] for "A Taste Of Honey"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement[?]
  • Henry Mancini for "Baby Elephant Walk"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)[?]
  • Marty Manning[?] (arranger) for "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett

Country

• Best Country & Western Performance[?]
  • Burl Ives for "Funny Way Of Laughin' "

Folk

• Best Folk Performance[?]
  • Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had A Hammer"

Gospel

• Best Gospel Other: Incl. Sacred, Religious or Inspirational Recording, Musical or Non-Musical[?]
  • Mahalia Jackson for Great Songs Of Love And Faith

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group[?]
  • Stan Getz[?] for "Desafinado"
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance[?]
  • Stan Kenton[?] for Adventures In Jazz
• Best Original Jazz Composition[?]
  • Vince Guaraldi (composer) for "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio[?]

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album[?]
  • Richard Rodgers (composer) for No Strings performed by Richard Kiley[?], Diahann Carroll, Bernice Mass[?], Noelle Adam[?], Don Chastain[?], Mitchell Gregg[?] & Noelle Adam[?]

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Cover[?]
  • Robert M. Jones[?] (art director) for Lena...Lovely And Alive performed by Lena Horne[?]
• Best Album Cover, Classical[?]
  • Marvin Schwartz[?] (art director) for The Intimate Bach performed by Laurindo Almeida[?], Virginia Majewski[?] & Vincent de Rosa[?]

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson Riddle
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Peter Paul And Mary[?] for "If I Had A Hammer"
• Best Performance By a Chorus[?]
  • The New Christy Minstrels[?] for Presenting The New Christy Minstrels
• Best Performance By a Band for Dancing[?]
  • Joe Harnell[?] for Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova
• Best Performance By an Orchestra or Instrumentalist With Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing[?]
  • Peter Nero[?] for The Colorful Peter Nero
• Best Rock and Roll Recording[?]
  • Bent Fabric[?] for "Alley Cat"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical[?]
  • Al Schmitt[?] (engineer) for Hatari performed by Henry Mancini
  • Robert Fine[?] (engineer) for The Civil War, Vol. I performed by Martin Gabel[?] & Frederick Fennell[?]
• Best Classical Engineered Recording[?]
  • Lewis W. Layton[?] (engineer) for Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra conducted by Fritz Reiner[?]

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance[?]
  • Ray Charles for "I Can't Stop Loving You"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album[?]
  • Charles Laughton for The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton

Other Grammy Award Years

1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987[?] | 1988[?] | 1989 | 1990[?] | 1991[?] | 1992 | 1993[?] | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000[?] | 2001 | 2002 | 2003