Grammy Awards per l'anno 1961

Il 4° Grammy Awards fu tenuto il 29 Maggio 1962. I riconoscimenti riguardavano le realizzazioni dei musicisti per l'anno precedente.

Record of the Year
- Henry Mancini for "Moon River"
Album of the Year (other than classical)
- Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall
Song of the Year
- Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Moon River" performed by Henry Mancini
Best New Artist
- Peter Nero

Children's

Best Recording for Children
- Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Charles Munch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
- Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Joan Sutherland & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for The Art of the Prima Donna
Best Opera Recording
- Gabriele Santini (conductor), Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjoerling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
- Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Bach: B Minor Mass
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
- Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
- Laurindo Almeida for Reverie for Spanish Guitar
Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
- Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Zoltán KodályKodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Laurindo Almeida (composer and artist) for Discantus
- Igor Stravinsky (composer and artist) for Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
Album of the Year - Classical
- Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrouchka

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance
- Elaine May & Mike Nichols for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song
- Galt MacDermott (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly
Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television
- Henry Mancini (composer) for Breakfast at Tiffany's
Best Arrangement
- Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Moon River"

Country

Folk

Best Folk Recording
- Belafonte Folk Singers for Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad

Gospel

Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
- Mahalia Jackson for Everytime I Feel the Spirit

Jazz

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
- Andre Previn for Andre Previn Plays Harold Arlen
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- Stan Kenton for West Side Story
Best Original Jazz Composition
- Galt MacDermott (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly

Musical Show

Best Sound Track Album
- Irwin Kostal, John Green, Saul Chaplin & Sid Ramin (music directors) for West Side Story performed by the original cast
Best Musical Show Album
- Frank Loesser (composer) for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying performed by Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover
- Jim Silke (art director) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland
Best Album Cover, Classical
- Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly performed by the Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses"
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross; for High Flying
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Henry Mancini for Breakfast at Tiffany's
Best Performance by a Chorus
- Johnny Mann for Great Band With Great Voices performed by Johnny Mann Singers and Si Zentner Orchestra
Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
- Si Zentner for "Up a Lazy River"
Best Rock and Roll Recording
- Chubby Checker for "Let's Twist Again"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Robert Arnold (engineer) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland
- John Kraus (engineer) for Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America performed by Stan Freberg
Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

R&B

Spoken