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3rd Annual Grammy Awards

Index 3rd Annual Grammy Awards

The 3rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on April 13, 1961, at Los Angeles and New York. [1]

103 relations: Aaron Copland, American Broadcasting Company, André Previn, Béla Bartók, Birgit Nilsson, Bob Newhart, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Dance Along with Basie, El Paso (song), Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife, Erich Leinsdorf, Ernest Gold (composer), Exodus (soundtrack), Eydie Gormé, Frank Sinatra, Fritz Reiner, George Frideric Handel, Georgia on My Mind, Giacomo Puccini, Gil Evans, Giorgio Tozzi, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo, Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song, Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical, Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects, Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra), Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra), Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance, Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition, ..., Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus, Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group, Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing, Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Harry Belafonte, Henry Mancini, Jo Stafford, Johannes Brahms, Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris, Jussi Björling, Laurindo Almeida, Leontyne Price, Los Angeles, Mack the Knife, Marty Robbins, Mary Martin, Messiah (Handel), Miles Davis, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, New York City, Norman Luboff, Oscar Hammerstein II, Paul Weston, Peggy Lee, Percy Faith, Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms), Ray Charles, Renata Tebaldi, Richard Rodgers, Ross Bagdasarian Sr., Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sketches of Spain, Stan Freberg, Steve Lawrence, Sviatoslav Richter, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, The Genius of Ray Charles, The Sound of Music, The Tender Land, Thomas Beecham, Turandot, West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast), 2nd Annual Grammy Awards, 4th Annual Grammy Awards. Expand index (53 more) »

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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André Previn

André George Previn, KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929) is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer.

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Béla Bartók

Béla Viktor János Bartók (25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and an ethnomusicologist.

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Birgit Nilsson

Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic works of Wagner and Richard Strauss, though she sang the operas of many other composers, including Verdi and Puccini.

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Bob Newhart

George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) was founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891.

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Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.

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Count Basie

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.

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Dance Along with Basie

Dance Along with Basie is an album released by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks recorded in late 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.

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El Paso (song)

"El Paso" is a country and western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959.

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) five album set by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, focusing on the songs of George and Ira Gershwin.

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Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife

Ella in Berlin is a 1960 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.

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Erich Leinsdorf

Erich Leinsdorf (born Erich Landauer; February 4, 1912 – September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor.

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Ernest Gold (composer)

Ernst Sigmund Goldner (July 13, 1921 – March 17, 1999), known professionally as Ernest Gold, was an Austrian-born American composer.

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Exodus (soundtrack)

Exodus is a soundtrack album by Ernest Gold with the Sinfonia of London from the 1960 film Exodus directed by Otto Preminger.

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Eydie Gormé

Eydie Gormé (born Edith Garmezano; August 16, 1928 – August 10, 2013) was an American singer who performed solo as well as with her husband, Steve Lawrence, in popular ballads and swing.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Fritz Reiner

Frederick Martin "Fritz" Reiner (December 19, 1888 – November 15, 1963) was a prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born italic; 23 February 1685 (O.S.) – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.

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Georgia on My Mind

"Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that year.

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Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".

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Gil Evans

Ian Ernest Gilmore "Gil" Evans (born Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader.

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Giorgio Tozzi

Giorgio Tozzi (January 8, 1923 – May 30, 2011) was an American operatic bass.

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Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys having been presented since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

The Grammy Award for Best Album for Children has been awarded since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Arrangement

The Grammy Award for Best Arrangement was awarded from 1959 to 1962.

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Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance has been awarded since 1961.

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Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition was first awarded in 1961.

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Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo has been awarded since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement in comedy." The award was awarded yearly from 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day.

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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song was awarded between 1959 and 1971.

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Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording

The Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording was awarded from 1959 to 1968.

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Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical has been awarded since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects

The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects was awarded from 1960 to 1965.

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Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

The Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording was awarded from 1960 to 1986.

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Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) was awarded from 1959 to 2011.

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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) was awarded from 1959 to 2011.

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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album is an award that was first presented in 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961.

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Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album has been awarded since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best New Artist

The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording has been awarded since 1961.

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Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance has been awarded since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition

The Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition was awarded from 1961 to 1967.

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Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus was awarded from 1961 to 1968.

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Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group was awarded from 1961 to 1968.

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Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964.

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Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964.

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969.

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Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album.

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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media is an honor presented to a composer or composers for an original score created for a film, TV show or series, video games or other visual media at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

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Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television

The Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television was awarded from 1959 to 1962.

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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male

The Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male was awarded from 1959 to 1968.

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Grammy Award for Record of the Year

The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to sales or chart position." The Record of the Year award is one of the four most prestigious categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Album of the Year) presented annually since the 1st Grammy Awards in 1959.

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Grammy Award for Song of the Year

The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and social activist.

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Henry Mancini

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores.

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Jo Stafford

Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer and occasional actress, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s.

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Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period.

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Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris

Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris is a 1960 comedy album recorded by American singer Jo Stafford and her husband, pianist and bandleader Paul Weston.

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Jussi Björling

Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling (5 February 19119 September 1960) was a Swedish tenor.

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Laurindo Almeida

Laurindo Almeida (September 2, 1917 – July 26, 1995) was a Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres.

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Leontyne Price

Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Mack the Knife

"Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (later known as "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife") is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera.

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Marty Robbins

Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, and racing driver.

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Mary Martin

Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress, singer, and Broadway star.

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Messiah (Handel)

Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer.

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Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Norman Luboff

Norman Luboff (May 14, 1917 - September 22, 1987) was an American music arranger, music publisher, and choir director.

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Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years.

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Paul Weston

Paul Weston (born Paul Wetstein, March 12, 1912 – September 20, 1996) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor who worked in music and television from the 1930s to the 1970s, pioneering mood music and becoming known as "the Father of Mood Music".

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Peggy Lee

Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, in a career spanning six decades.

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Percy Faith

Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards.

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Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms)

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in b major, Op. 83, by Johannes Brahms is separated by a gap of 22 years from his first piano concerto.

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer.

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Renata Tebaldi

Renata Tebaldi (1 February 1922 – 19 December 2004) was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period.

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Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer of music, with over 900 songs and 43 Broadway musicals, leaving a legacy as one of the most significant composers of 20th century American music.

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Ross Bagdasarian Sr.

Rostom Sipan "Ross" Bagdasarian (January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), otherwise known by his stage name David Seville, was an American pianist, musician, actor, voice actor, and record producer.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), based in London, was formed by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1946.

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Sketches of Spain

Sketches of Spain is an album by Miles Davis, recorded between November 1959 and March 1960 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City.

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Stan Freberg

Stan Freberg (born Stanley Friberg; August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American author, actor, recording artist, voice artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director, whose career began in 1944.

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Steve Lawrence

Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz; July 8, 1935) is an American singer and actor, best known as a member of a duo with his wife Eydie Gormé, billed as "Steve and Eydie".

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Sviatoslav Richter

Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (svʲjətɐsˈlaf tʲɪɐˈfʲiləvʲɪtɕ ˈrʲixtər; – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet pianist of Russian-German origin, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.

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Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome Opera House) is an opera house in Rome, Italy.

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The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart

The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart is a 1960 live album by comedian Bob Newhart.

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The Genius of Ray Charles

The Genius of Ray Charles is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Ray Charles, released in 1959 by Atlantic Records.

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The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

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The Tender Land

The Tender Land is an opera with music by Aaron Copland and libretto by Horace Everett, a pseudonym for Erik Johns.

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Thomas Beecham

Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, CH (29 April 18798 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras.

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Turandot

Turandot (see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.

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West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast)

West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) is the 1957 recording of a Broadway production of the musical West Side Story.

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2nd Annual Grammy Awards

The 2nd Annual Grammy Awards were held on November 29, 1959, at Los Angeles and New York.

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4th Annual Grammy Awards

The 4th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 29, 1962, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.

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References

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