5th Annual Grammy Awards
The 5th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 15, 1963, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1962. Tony Bennett and Igor Stravinsky each won 3 awards.Award winners
- Record of the Year
- *Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
- Album of the Year
- *Vaughn Meader for The First Family
- Song of the Year
- *Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley for "What Kind of Fool Am I?" performed by Anthony Newley
- Best New Artist
- *Robert Goulet
Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- *Leonard Bernstein for Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Classical
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- *Igor Stravinsky & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet
- Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
- *Leonard Bernstein, Eileen Farrell & the New York Philharmonic for Götterdämmerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs
- Best Opera Recording
- *Georg Solti, Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers, & the Rome Opera House Orchestra for Verdi: Aida
- Best Classical Performance - Choral
- *Otto Klemperer, Wilhelm Pitz & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
- *Igor Stravinsky, Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo
- *Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
- Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
- *Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests
- Best Contemporary Composition
- *Igor Stravinsky for Stravinsky: The Flood
- Album of the Year - Classical
- *Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Theme
- *Bobby Scott & Ric Marlowe for "A Taste of Honey"
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- *Henry Mancini for "Baby Elephant Walk"
- Best Background Arrangement
- *Marty Manning for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett
Country
- Best Country & Western Recording
- *Burl Ives for "Funny Way of Laughin'"
Folk
- Best Folk Recording
- *Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"
Gospel
- Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
- *Mahalia Jackson for Great Songs of Love and Faith
Jazz
- Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group
- *Stan Getz for "Desafinado"
- Best Jazz Performance - Large Group
- *Stan Kenton for Adventures In Jazz
- Best Original Jazz Composition
- *Vince Guaraldi for "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
Musical show
- Best Original Cast Show Album
- *Richard Rodgers & the original cast for No Strings
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Cover - Classical
- *Marvin Schwartz for The Intimate Bach performed by Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent DeRosa
- Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
- *Robert M. Jones for Lena...Lovely and Alive performed by Lena Horne
Pop
- Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
- *Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
- Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
- *Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group
- *Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"
- Best Performance by a Chorus
- *The New Christy Minstrels for Presenting The New Christy Minstrels
- Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
- *Joe Harnell for Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops
- Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing
- *Peter Nero for The Colorful Peter Nero
- Best Rock and Roll Recording
- *Bent Fabric for "Alley Cat"
Production and engineering
- Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Novelty and Other Than Classical
- *Al Schmitt for Hatari! performed by Henry Mancini
- Best Engineered Recording - Classical
- *Lewis W. Layton, Fritz Reiner & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
- Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty
- *Robert Fine for The Civil War, Vol. I performed by Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell
R&B
- Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
- *Ray Charles for "I Can't Stop Loving You"
Spoken
- Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording
- *Charles Laughton for The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton