Grammy Awards of 1960
The 2nd
Grammy Awards were held in
1960. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
Children's
Classical
Comedy
Composing and arranging
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
- 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
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
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