Grammy Awards of 1960

The 2nd Grammy Awards were held in 1960. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

• Record of the Year
  • Bobby Darin for "Mack The Knife"

• Album of the Year
  • Frank Sinatra for Come Dance With Me

• Song of the Year
  • Jimmy Driftwood[?] for "The Battle Of New Orleans"

• Best New Artist
  • Bobby Darin

Childrens

• Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken[?]
  • Peter Ustinov for Peter And The Wolf performed by Peter Ustinov & the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Classical

• Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral[?]
  • Erich Leinsdorf[?] for Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf[?]
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance[?]
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra for Debussy: Images For Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch[?]
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)[?]
  • Van Cliburn[?] for Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 performed by Van Cliburn[?] & the Symphony of the Air[?] conducted by Kiril Kondrashin[?]
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)[?]
  • Artur Rubinstein[?] for Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat
• Best Chamber Music Performance[?]
  • Artur Rubinstein[?] for Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat
• Best Classical Vocal Performance[?]
  • Jussi Bjoerling[?] for Bjoerling In Opera

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance, Spoken
  • Shelley Berman[?] for Inside Shelley Berman
• Best Comedy Performance, Musical
  • Homer and Jethro[?] for The Battle Of Kookamonga

Composing and arranging

• Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist[?]
  • Billy May[?] (arranger) for "Come Dance With Me" performed by Frank Sinatra
• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)[?]
  • Duke Ellington for Anatomy Of A Murder
• Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television[?]
  • Duke Ellington for Anatomy Of A Murder

Country

• Best Country & Western Performance[?]
  • Johnny Horton[?] for "The Battle Of New Orleans"

Folk

• Best Folk Performance[?]
  • The Kingston Trio[?] for The Kingston Trio At Large

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance, Soloist[?]
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Swings Lightly
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group[?]
  • Jonah Jones[?] for I Dig Chicks

Musical Show

• Best Sound Track Album[?]
  • Ken Darby[?] for Porgy And Bess performed by the original cast
• Best Musical Show Album[?]
  • Ethel Merman for Gypsy performed by Ethel Merman & the Broadway show cast
  • Gwen Verdon for Redhead performed by Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley[?], Leonard Stone[?], Doris Rich[?], Cynthia Latham[?], Joy Nichols[?], Bob Dixon[?] & Pat Ferrier[?]

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography[?]
  • Robert M. Jones[?] (art director) for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 conducted by Howard Mitchell[?]

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Ella Fitzgerald for "But Not For Me"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Frank Sinatra for Come Dance With Me
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Richard Condie[?] for Battle Hymn Of The Republic performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir directed by Richard Condie[?]
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance[?]
  • Duke Ellington for Anatomy Of A Murder
• Best Performance By an Orchestra[?]
  • Dave Rose[?] for Like Young performed by Dave Rose[?] & His Orchestra with Andre Previn[?]
• Best Performance by a "Top 40" Artist[?]
  • Nat "King" Cole for "Midnight Flyer"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical[?]
  • Ted Keep[?] (engineer) for "Alvin's Harmonica" performed by David Seville[?]
  • Robert Simpson[?] (engineer) for Belafonte At Carnegie Hall performed by Harry Belafonte
• Best Classical Engineered Recording[?]
  • Lewis W. Layton[?] (engineer) for Victory At Sea, Vol. I conducted by Robert Russell Bennett[?]

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance[?]
  • Dinah Washington for "What A Diff'rence A Day Makes"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album[?]
  • Carl Sandburg for A Lincoln Portrait

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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