Grammy Awards of 1959
The 1st
Grammy Awards were held in
1959. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
Children's
Classical
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
Country
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance, Soloist
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
Musical Show
- Best Sound Track Album
- Best Musical Show Album
- Meredith Willson (composer) for The Music Man performed by Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Eddie Hodges, Pert Kelton & Helen Raymond
Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
Pop
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Ted (Theodore) Keep (engineer) for "The Chipmunk Song" performed by David Seville
- Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Sherwood Hall III (engineer) for Duets with a Spanish Guitar performed by Laurindo Almeida and Salli Terri
R&B
- Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
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