1960 3rd Grammy Awards
1960 3rd Grammy Awards (awarded April 12, 1961)
Record of the Year
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" - Elvis Presley
"Georgia on My Mind" - Ray Charles
"Mack the Knife" - Ella Fitzgerald
"Nice 'n' Easy" - Frank Sinatra
"Theme from A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Gewinner: "Theme from A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Song of the Year
"He'll Have to Go" - Charles Grean, Joe Allison, Audrey Allison
"Nice 'n' Easy" - Lew Spence, Marily Keith, Alan Bergman
"Second Time Around" - Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
"Theme from Exodus" - Ernest Gold
"Theme from A Summer Place" - Max Steiner
Gewinner: "Theme from Exodus" - Ernest Gold
Album of the Year
Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall - Harry Belafonte
Brahams: Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat - Sviatoslav Richter
Button Down Mind - Bob Newhart
Nice 'n' Easy - Frank Sinatra
Puccini: Turandot - Erich Leinsdorf
Wild Is Love - Nat King Cole
Gewinner: Button Down Mind - Bob Newhart
Male Vocal Performance - Album
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall
Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles
Nat King Cole - Wild Is Love
Elvis Presley - GI Blues
Frank Sinatra - Nice 'n' Easy
Gewinner: Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles
Male Vocal Performance - Single
Ray Charles - "Georgia On My Mind"
Johnny Mathis - "Misty"
Elvis Presley - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
Jim Reeves - "He'll Have to Go"
Frank Sinatra - "Nice 'n' Easy"
Gewinner: Ray Charles - "Georgia On My Mind"
Vocal Performance - Pop Single Artist
Ray Charles - "Georgia On My Mind"
Ella Fitzgerald - "Mack the Knife"
Peggy Lee - "Heart"
Elvis Presley - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
Frank Sinatra - "Nice 'n' Easy"
Gewinner: Ray Charles - "Georgia On My Mind"
Best Soundtrack Album
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast from a Motion Picture or Television
Can-Can - Cole Porter (film score)
Bells Are Ringing - Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne (film score)
G.I. Blues - Elvis Presley
Li'l Abner - Nelson Riddle
Gewinner: Can-Can - Cole Porter (film score)
Best Arrangement
Henry Mancini - Mr. Lucky
Don Costa - "Theme from The Apartment" (Ferrante & Teicher)
Percy Faith - "Theme from A Summer Place" (Percy Faith & His Orchestra)
Bill Holman - "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (Gerry Mulligan)
Quincy Jones - "Let the Good Times Roll" (Ray Charles)
Nelson Riddle - "Nice 'n' Easy" (Frank Sinatra)
Dick Schory - "Wild Percussion and Horns A'Plenty" (Dick Schory)
George Shearing, Billy May - "Honeysuckle Rose" (George Shearing)
Gewinner: Henry Mancini - Mr. Lucky