7th Annual Grammy Awards
The 7th Annual Grammy Awards were held on April 13, 1965, at Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1964. João Gilberto & Stan Getz won 4 awards.Award winners
- Record of the Year
- *Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz for "The Girl from Ipanema"
- Album of the Year
- *João Gilberto & Stan Getz for Getz/Gilberto
- Song of the Year
- *Jerry Herman for "Hello, Dolly!" performed by Louis Armstrong
- Best New Artist
- *The Beatles
Children's
- Best Recording for Children
- *Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns, David Tomlinson & Ed Wynn for Mary Poppins
Classical
- Best Performance - Orchestra
- *Erich Leinsdorf & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts
- Best Vocal Soloist Performance
- *Fritz Reiner, Leontyne Price & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Nuits d'Ete /Falla: El Amor Brujo
- Best Opera Recording
- *Herbert von Karajan Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Bizet: Carmen
- Best Choral Performance
- *Robert Shaw & the Robert Shaw Chorale for Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
- Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
- *Eugene Ormandy, Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D
- Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
- *Vladimir Horowitz for Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin
- Best Chamber Music Performance - Vocal
- *Noah Greenberg & the New York Pro Musica for It Was a Lover and His Lass
- Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental
- *Jascha Heifetz, Jacob Lateiner & Gregor Piatigorsky for Beethoven: Trio No. 1 in E Flat, Op.1 #1
- Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer
- *Samuel Barber for Concerto performed by John Browning
- Best Classical Album
- *Leonard Bernstein & the New York Philharmonic for Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
- Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
- *Marilyn Horne
Comedy
- Best Comedy Performance
- *Bill Cosby for I Started Out as a Child
Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition
- *Henry Mancini for "The Pink Panther Theme"
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
- *Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman for Mary Poppins performed by Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & various artists
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- *Henry Mancini for "The Pink Panther Theme"
- Best Accompaniment Arrangement for Vocalist or Instrumentalist
- *Peter Matz for "People" performed by Barbra Streisand
Country
- Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
- *Dottie West for "Here Comes My Baby"
- Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
- *Roger Miller for "Dang Me"
- Best Country & Western Single
- *Roger Miller for "Dang Me"
- Best Country & Western Song
- *Roger Miller for "Dang Me"
- Best Country & Western Album
- *Roger Miller for Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug
- Best New Country & Western Artist
- *Roger Miller
Folk
- Best Folk Recording
- *Gale Garnett for We'll Sing in the Sunshine
Gospel
- Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
- *Tennessee Ernie Ford for Great Gospel Songs
Jazz
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
- *Stan Getz for Getz/Gilberto
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
- *Laurindo Almeida for Guitar from Ipanema
- Best Original Jazz Composition
- *Lalo Schifrin for "The Cat"
Musical show
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
- *Jule Styne & Robert Merrill & the original cast for Funny Girl
Packaging and notes
- Best Album Cover - Classical
- *Robert M. Jones & Jan Balet for Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
- Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
- *Robert Cato & Don Bronstein for People performed by Barbra Streisand
- Best Album Notes
- *Stanton Catlin for Mexico performed by Carlos Chavez
Pop
- Best Vocal Performance, Female
- *Barbra Streisand for "People"
- Best Vocal Performance, Male
- *Louis Armstrong for "Hello, Dolly!"
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group
- *The Beatles for A Hard Day's Night
- Best Performance by a Chorus
- *Ward Swingle for The Swingle Singers Going Baroque performed by The Swingle Singers
- Best Instrumental Performance
- *Henry Mancini for "The Pink Panther Theme"
- Best Rock and Roll Recording
- *Petula Clark for "Downtown"
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
- *Phil Ramone for Getz/Gilberto performed by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
- Best Engineered Recording
- *Douglas Larter, Carlo Maria Giulini & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
- Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects
- *David Hassinger for The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles performed by The Chipmunks
R&B
- Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
- *Nancy Wilson for " How Glad I Am"
Spoken
- Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording
- *That Was The Week That Was for BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy performed by the That Was the Week That Was cast