2e Grammy Awards

2e Grammy Awards
Datum	29 november 1959
Locatie	Beverly Hills Hilton, Los Angeles, Californië
Host	Mort Sahl
Netwerk	CBS
Vorige	1e Grammy Awards
Volgende	3e Grammy Awards

De 2e Grammy Awards, waarbij prijzen werden uitgereikt in verschillende categorieën voor de beste Amerikaanse muzikanten, vond plaats op 29 november 1959 in het Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, Californië.

Prijzen

• Record of the Year
  • Bobby Darin voor Mack the Knife
• Album of the Year
  • Frank Sinatra voor Come Dance with Me!
• Song of the Year
  • Jimmy Driftwood voor The Battle of New Orleans
• Best New Artist
  • Bobby Darin

Children's

• Best Recording voor Children
  • Peter Ustinov voor Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf door Peter Ustinov & the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra voor Debussy: Images voor Orchestra
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
  • Jussi Björling voor Bjoerling in Opera
• Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast or Choral
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Lisa Della Casa, Rosalind Elias, George London, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra voor Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
• Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (with full orchestral accompaniment)
  • Kiril Kondrashin (conductor), Van Cliburn & the Symphony of the Air Orchestra voor Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
• Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (other than full orchestral accompaniment)
  • Arthur Rubinstein voor Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 in C (Waldstein) en No. 18 in E Flat
• Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including chamber orchestra)
  • Arthur Rubinstein voor Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 in C (Waldstein) en No. 18 in E Flat

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance - Spoken
  • Shelley Berman voor Inside Shelley Berman
• Best Comedy Performance - Musical
  • Homer and Jethro voor The Battle of Kookamonga

Composing and arranging

• Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1959 (more than 5 minutes duration)
  • Duke Ellington voor Anatomy of a Murder Soundtrack
• Best Sound Track Album - Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television
  • Duke Ellington (componist) voor Anatomy of a Murder
• Best Arrangement
  • Billy May (arranger) voor Come Dance with Me door Frank Sinatra

Country

• Best Country & Western Performance
  • Johnny Horton voor The Battle of New Orleans

Folk

• Best Performance - Folk
  • The Kingston Trio voor The Kingston Trio at Large

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance - Soloist
  • Ella Fitzgerald voor Ella Swings Lightly
• Best Jazz Performance - Group
  • Jonah Jones voor I Dig Chicks

Musical show

• Best Broadway Show Album
  • Ethel Merman & the original cast voor Gypsy
  • The original cast with Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley, Leonard Stone, Doris Rich, Cynthia Latham, Joy Nichols, Bob Dixon & Pat Ferrier voor Redhead
• Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture or Television
  • André Previn, Ken Darby & the original cast voor Porgy and Bess

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) voor Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 door Howard Mitchell

Pop

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald voor But Not voor Me
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Frank Sinatra voor Come Dance with Me!
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
  • Richard Condie (choir director) voor The Battle Hymn of the Republic door the Mormon Tabernacle Choir directed by Richard Condie
• Best Performance by a Dance Band
  • Duke Ellington voor Anatomy of a Murder
• Best Performance by an Orchestra
  • André Previn & David Rose voor Like Young door Dave Rose and his Orchestra with André Previn
• Best Performance by a "Top 40" Artist
  • Nat "King Cole" voor Midnight Flyer

Production and engineering

• Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Classical or Novelty
  • Robert Simpson (engineer) voor Belafonte at Carnegie Hall performed by Harry Belafonte
• Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Robert Russell Bennett (conductor) & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra voor Victory at Sea, Vol. I
• Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
  • Ted Keep (engineer) voor Alvin's Harmonica performed by David Seville

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
  • Dinah Washington voor What a Diff'rence a Day Makes

Spoken

• Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)