1966 Grammy Awards |
Record of the Year “Strangers in the Night,” Frank Sinatra Album of the Year Sinatra: A Man and His Music, Frank Sinatra (Reprise) Song of the Year “Michelle,” John Lennon and Paul McCartney, songwriters Best Vocal Performance, Male “Strangers in the Night,” Frank Sinatra Best Vocal Performance, Female “If He Walked Into My Life,” Eydie Gormé Best Performance By a Vocal Group “A Man and a Woman,” Anita Kerr Singers Best Performance By a Chorus “Somewhere, My Love” (Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago), Ray Conniff and Singers Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Recording “Winchester Cathedral,” New Vaudeville Band (Fontana) Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female “Eleanor Rigby,” Paul McCartney Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental “Monday, Monday,” Mamas and the Papas Best Rhythm and Blues Recording “Crying Time,” Ray Charles (ABC/Paramount) Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female “Crying Time,” Ray Charles Best Rhythm and Blues Group, Vocal or Instrumental “Hold It Right There,” Ramsey Lewis Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group or Soloist With Group “Goin' Out of My Head,” Wes Montgomery Best Original Jazz Composition “In the Beginning God,” Duke Ellington, composer Best Country and Western Song “Almost Persuaded,” Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton, songwriters Best Country and Western Recording “Almost Persuaded,” David Houston (Epic) Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male “Almost Persuaded,” David Houston Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Female “Don't Touch Me,” Jeannie Seely Best Sacred Recording (Musical) Grand Old Gospel, Porter Wagoner and the Blackwood Brothers (RCA) Best Folk Recording Blues in the Street, Cortelia Clark (RCA) Best Instrumental Arrangement “What Now My Love,” Herb Alpert, arranger Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist “Strangers in the Night,” Ernie Freeman, arranger Best Instrumental Theme “Batman Theme,” Neal Hefti, composer Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz) “What Now My Love,” Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album Mame, Jerry Herman, composer (Columbia) Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show Dr. Zhivago, Maurice Jarre, composer Album of the Year, Classical Ives, Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Morton Gould conducting Chicago Symphony (RCA) Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Mahler, Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, Erich Leinsdorf conducting Boston Symphony Best Chamber Music Performance, Instrumental or Vocal Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Boston Symphony Chamber Players Best Classical Music Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With or Without Orchestra) Baroque Guitar, Julian Bream Best Opera Recording Wagner, Die Walkure, Georg Solti conducting Vienna Philharmonic; solos: Nilsson, Crespin, Ludwig, King and Hotter (London) Best Classical Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) (tie) Handel, Messiah, Robert Shaw conducting Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra Ives, Music for Chorus, Gregg Smith conducting Columbia Chamber Orchestra, Gregg Smith Singers and Ithaca College Concert Choir; George Bragg conducting Texas Boys Choir Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (With or Without Orchestra) Prima Donna, Leontyne Price; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conducting RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Best Comedy Performance Wonderfulness, Bill Cosby Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording Edward R. Murrow: A Reporter Remembers—Vol. I The War Years, Edward R. Murrow (Columbia) Best Recording for Children Dr. Seuss Presents: “If I Ran the Zoo” and “Sleep Book,” Marvin Miller (RCA) Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts Revolver, Klaus Voormann, graphic artist (Capitol) Best Album Cover, Photography Confessions of a Broken Man, Les Leverette, photographer; Robert Jones, art director (RCA) Best Album Notes Sinatra at the Sands, Stan Cornyn, annotator (Reprise) |