Grammy Awards of 1962

The 4th Grammy Awards were held in 1962. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961.

Childrens

Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken
- Leonard Bernstein for Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf

Classical

Best Classical Album
- Igor Stravinsky for Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre Du Printemps; Petrouchka performed by the Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
Best Classical Orchestral Performance
- Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé conducted by Charles Munch
Best Opera Recording
- Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Gabriele Santini
Best Choral Performance, Classical
- Robert Shaw Orchestra for Bach: B Minor Mass performed by the Robert Shaw Orchestra and Chorale conducted by Robert Shaw
Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)
- Isaac Stern for Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)
- Laurindo Almeida for Reverie For Spanish Guitar
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Jascha Heifetz & William Primrose for Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Zoltán KodályKodaly: Duo For Violin And Cello, Op. 7 performed by Jascha Heifetz, William Primrose & Gregor Piatigorsky
Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Joan Sutherland for The Art Of The Prima Donna performed by Joan Sutherland and the Royal Opera House Orchestra conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
- Laurindo Almeida for Discantus
- Igor Stravinsky for Stravinsky: Movements For Piano And Orchestra

Comedy

Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
- Mike Nichols for An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May performed by Mike Nichols & Elaine May

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)
- Galt MacDermott (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
- Henry Mancini for Breakfast At Tiffany's
Best Arrangement
- Henry Mancini for "Moon River"

Country

Folk

Best Folk Performance
- 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

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