1st Annual Grammy Awards • 1959 Telecast

For recordings released between January 1, 1958 – December 31, 1958

Record Of The Year See all

Winner

Nominees

Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)

Domenico Modugno
Catch A Falling Star

Perry Como
Fever (Single)

Peggy Lee

The Chipmunk Song

David Seville And The Chipmunks
Witchcraft (Single)

Frank Sinatra

Album Of The Year See all

Winner

Nominees

The Music From Peter Gunn

Henry Mancini
Come Fly With Me (Album)

Frank Sinatra
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (Album)

Ella Fitzgerald

Only The Lonely (Album)

Frank Sinatra
Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1, In B-Flat Minor, Op.23 (Album)

Van Cliburn

Song Of The Year See all

Winner

Nominees

Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)

Domenico Modugno
Catch A Falling Star

Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance
Fever

Eddie Cooley, Johnny Davenport

Gigi (Single)

Alan J. Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Witchcraft (Single)

Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh

Winners

Category	Winner	Title	Actions
Record Of The Year	Domenico Modugno	Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)	All Nominees
Album Of The Year	Henry Mancini	The Music From Peter Gunn	All Nominees
Song Of The Year	Domenico Modugno	Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)	All Nominees
Best Vocal Performance, Female	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book	All Nominees
Best Vocal Performance, Male	Perry Como	Catch A Falling Star	All Nominees
Best Performance By An Orchestra	Billy May	Billy May's Big Fat Brass	All Nominees
Best Performance By A Dance Band	Count Basie	Basie	All Nominees
Best Performance By A Vocal Group Or Chorus	Keely Smith, Louis Prima	That Old Black Magic	All Nominees
Best Jazz Performance, Individual	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book	All Nominees
Best Jazz Performance - Group	Count Basie	Basie	All Nominees
Best Comedy Performance	David Seville & The Chipmunks (Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.)	The Chipmunk Song	All Nominees
Best Country & Western Performance	Kingston Trio	Tom Dooley	All Nominees
Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Champs	Tequila	All Nominees
Best Arrangement	Henry Mancini	The Music From Peter Gunn	All Nominees
Best Engineered Record (Classical)	Sherwood Hall III	Duets With A Spanish Guitar	All Nominees
Best Engineered Record - Non-Classical	Ted Keep	The Chipmunk Song	All Nominees
Best Album Cover	Frank Sinatra	Only The Lonely	All Nominees
Best Musical Composition First Recorded And Released In 1958 (Over 5 Minutes Duration)	Nelson Riddle	Cross Country Suite	All Nominees
Best Original Cast Album (Broadway Or TV)	Meredith Willson	The Music Man	All Nominees
Best Sound Track Album, Dramatic Picture Score Or Original Cast	Andre Previn	Gigi	All Nominees
Best Performance, Documentary Or Spoken Word	Stan Freberg	The Best Of The Stan Freberg Shows	All Nominees
Best Recording For Children	David Seville And The Chipmunks (Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.)	The Chipmunk Song	All Nominees
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra	Felix Slatkin, conductor	Gaiete Parisienne	All Nominees
Best Classical Performance - Instrumentalist (With Concerto Scale Accompaniment)	Van Cliburn	Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23	All Nominees
Best Classical Performance - Instrumentalist (Other Than Concerto-Scale Accompaniment)	Andres Segovia	Segovia Golden Jubilee	All Nominees
Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (Including Chamber Orchestra)	Alvin Dinkin, Paul Shure, Eleanor Aller Slatkin, Felix Slatkin	Beethoven: Quartet 130	All Nominees
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (With Or Without Orchestra)	Renata Tebaldi, soprano	Operatic Recital	All Nominees
Best Classical Performance - Operatic Or Choral	Roger Wagner	Virtuoso	All Nominees

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