1st Annual Grammy Awards

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1st Annual Grammy Awards

Date

May 4th, 1959

Location

Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, and Park Sheraton Hotel, New York, New York

Hosted by

Mort Sahl

Television/radio coverage

Network

NBC

Grammy Awards

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The 1st Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 4, 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Two separate ceremonies were held simultaneously on the same day: one in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the other in the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City.^[1] Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Domenico Modugno, Ross Bagdasarian, and Henry Mancini, each won 2 awards.^[2]^[3]

Award winners

The following awards were given in the first award ceremony:^[1]

General

Record of the Year

"Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno
"Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como
"Fever" – Peggy Lee
"The Chipmunk Song" – David Seville and the Chipmunks
"Witchcraft" – Frank Sinatra

Album of the Year

The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 – Van Cliburn
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book – Ella Fitzgerald
Come Fly with Me – Frank Sinatra
Only the Lonely – Frank Sinatra

Song of the Year

"Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" – Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, songwriters (Domenico Modugno)
"Catch a Falling Star" – Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, songwriters (Perry Como)
"Gigi" – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, songwriters (Vic Damone)
"Fever" – Eddie Cooley and Johnny Davenport, songwriters (Peggy Lee)
"Witchcraft" – Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, songwriters (Frank Sinatra)

Children's

Best Recording for Children
- Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"

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

Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1958 (over 5 minutes duration)
- Nelson Riddle (composer) for "Cross Country Suite"
Best Arrangement
- Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for The Music from Peter Gunn

Country

Best Country & Western Performance
- The Kingston Trio for "Tom Dooley"

Jazz

References

^ ^a ^b "Grammy Awards 1959 (May)". Grammy. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
^ Dornbrook, Don (24 May 1959). "And Now the Grammy Awards". The Milwaukee Journal. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^ "1958 Grammy Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

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The Recording Academy Categories Grammy Nominees Records Locations EGOT
Special awards	Legend Award Lifetime Achievement Award Trustees Award Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award Hall of Fame MusiCares Person of the Year
Ceremonies	1958 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 (years are of music release; ceremonies are the next year)
Related	Grammy Museum
By country	American Argentine Australian Austrian Brazilian British Canadian Chinese Cuban French Indian Irish Italian Japanese Malian Mexican Nigerian New Zealand Peruvian Philippines Polish Senegalese South African Spanish Other countries
Album of the Year Record of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Categories:

Hidden categories:

Award winners

General

Children's

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Jazz

Musical show

Packaging and notes

Pop

Production and engineering

R&B

Spoken

References