3e Grammy Awards

3e Grammy Awards
Datum	13 april 1961
Locatie	Beverly Hills Hilton, Los Angeles, Californië
Host	Mort Sahl
Netwerk	CBS
Vorige	2e Grammy Awards
Volgende	4e Grammy Awards

De 3e Grammy Awards, waarbij prijzen werden uitgereikt in verschillende categorieën voor de beste Amerikaanse muzikanten, vond plaats op 13 april 1961 in het Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, Californië.

Prijzen

• Record of the Year
  • Percy Faith voor "Theme From A Summer Place"
• Album of the Year
  • Bob Newhart voor The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
• Song of the Year
  • Ernest Gold voor "Theme of Exodus"
• Best New Artist
  • Bob Newhart

Children's

• Best Album Created voor Children
  • Ross Bagdasarian Sr. voor Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra voor Bartók: Music voor Strings, Percussion and Celesta
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
  • Leontyne Price voor A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital
• Best Classical Opera Production
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi & the Rome Opera Orchestra voor Puccini: Turandot
• Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio)
  • Thomas Beecham (conductor) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus voor Handel: Messiah
• Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Sviatoslav Richter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra voor Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (other than with orchestral accompaniment)
  • Laurindo Almeida voor The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Alemida
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal or Instrumental - Chamber Music
  • Laurindo Almeida voor Conversations With the Guitar
• Best Contemporary Classical Composition
  • Aaron Copland (composer & conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra voor Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word
  • Bob Newhart voor The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
• Best Comedy Performance - Musical
  • Jo Stafford & Paul Weston voor Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards"

Composing and arranging

• Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television
  • Ernest Gold (composer) voor Exodus
• Best Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) voor Mr. Lucky

Country

• Best Country & Western Performance
  • Marty Robbins voor "El Paso"

Folk

• Best Performance - Folk
  • Harry Belafonte voor "Swing Dat Hammer"

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
  • André Previn voor West Side Story
• Best Jazz Performance Large Group
  • Henry Mancini voor Blues and the Beat
• Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration
  • Gil Evans & Miles Davis voor Sketches of Spain

Musical show

• Best Show Album (Original Cast)
  • Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast voor The Sound of Music
• Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
  • Cole Porter (composer), Frank Sinatra & the original cast voor Can Can

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover
  • Marvin Schwartz (art director) voor Latin a la Lee performed by Peggy Lee

Pop

• Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald voor "Mack the Knife"
• Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald voor Mack the Knife - Ella in Berlin
• Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male
  • Ray Charles voor "Georgia on My Mind"
• Best Vocal Performance Album, Male
  • Ray Charles voor The Genius of Ray Charles
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group (2 to 6)
  • Eydie Gormé & Steve Lawrence voor "We Got Us"
• Best Performance by a Chorus (7 or More Persons)
  • Norman Luboff voor Songs of the Cowboy performed by the Norman Luboff Choir
• Best Performance by a Band voor Dancing
  • Count Basie voor Dance With Basie
• Best Performance by an Orchestra
  • Henry Mancini voor Mr. Lucky
• Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist
  • Ray Charles voor "Georgia on My Mind"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
  • Luis P. Valentin (engineer) voor Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook performed by Ella Fitzgerald
• Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
  • Hugh Davies (engineer) & Laurindo Almeida voor The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
• Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
  • John Kraus (engineer) voor "The Old Payola Roll Blues" performed by Stan Freberg

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
  • Ray Charles voor "Let the Good Times Roll"

Spoken

• Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
  • Robert Bialek (producer) voor FDR Speaks