Grammy Awards 1959

Grammy Awards per l'anno 1959

Il 2° Grammy Awards fu tenuto il 29 Novembre 1959. I riconoscimenti riguardavano le realizzazioni dei musicisti per quell'anno.

Children's

Best Recording for Children
- Peter Ustinov for Peter and the Wolf performed by Peter Ustinov & the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Charles Munch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Debussy: Images for Orchestra
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
- Jussi Bjoerling for Bjoerling in Opera
Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast or Choral
- Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Lisa Della Casa, Rosalind Elias, George London, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (with full orchestral accompaniment)
- Kiril Kondrashin (conductor), Van Cliburn & the Symphony of the Air Orchestra for Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (other than full orchestral accompaniment)
- Artur Rubinstein for Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 in C (Waldstein) and No. 18 in E Flat
Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including chamber orchestra)
- Artur Rubinstein for Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 in C (Waldstein) and No. 18 in E Flat

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 Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1959 (more than 5 minutes duration)
- Duke Ellington (composer) for Anatomy of a Murder
Best Sound Track Album - Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television
- Duke Ellington (composer) for Anatomy of a Murder
Best Arrangement
- Billy May (arranger) for "Come Dance With Me" performed by Frank Sinatra

Country

Best Country & Western Performance;
- Johnny Horton for "The Battle of New Orleans"

Folk

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