The 5th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 15, 1963, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1962. ^{[1] [2]} Tony Bennett and Igor Stravinsky each won 3 awards.

Award winners

• Record of the Year
  • Tony Bennett for " I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
• Album of the Year (other than classical)
  • Vaughn Meader for The First Family
• Song of the Year
  • Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) for " What Kind of Fool Am I?" performed by Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Best New Artist
  • Robert Goulet

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/ Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Eileen Farrell & the New York Philharmonic for Götterdämmerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs
• Best Opera Recording
  • Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers, & the Rome Opera House Orchestra for Verdi: Aida
• Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
  • Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for Bach: St. Matthew Passion
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
• Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
  • Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests
• Best Contemporary Composition
  • Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor) for Stravinsky: The Flood
• Album of the Year - Classical
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme
  • Bobby Scott & Ric Marlowe (composers) for " A Taste of Honey"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Baby Elephant Walk"
• Best Background Arrangement
  • Marty Manning (arranger) for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett

Country

• Best Country & Western Recording
  • Burl Ives for " Funny Way of Laughin'"

Folk

• Best Folk Recording
  • Peter, Paul and Mary for " If I Had a Hammer"

Gospel

• Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
  • Mahalia Jackson for Great Songs of Love and Faith

Jazz

• Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental)
  • Stan Getz for " Desafinado"
• Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)
  • Stan Kenton for Adventures In Jazz
• Best Original Jazz Composition
  • Vince Guaraldi (composer) for " Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

Musical show

• Best Original Cast Show Album
  • Richard Rodgers (composer) & the original cast ( Richard Kiley, Diahann Carroll, Bernice Mass, Noelle Adam, Don Chastain, Mitchell Gregg & Noelle Adam) for No Strings

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover - Classical
  • Marvin Schwartz (art director) for The Intimate Bach performed by Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent DeRosa
• Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Lena...Lovely and Alive performed by Lena Horne

Pop

• Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
• Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
  • Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"
• Best Performance by a Chorus
  • The New Christy Minstrels for Presenting The New Christy Minstrels
• Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
  • Joe Harnell for Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops
• Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing
  • Peter Nero for The Colorful Peter Nero
• Best Rock and Roll Recording
  • Bent Fabric for " Alley Cat"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Novelty and Other Than Classical
  • Al Schmitt (engineer) for Hatari! performed by Henry Mancini
• Best Engineered Recording - Classical
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
• Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty
  • Robert Fine (engineer) for The Civil War, Vol. I performed by Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
  • Ray Charles for " I Can't Stop Loving You"

Spoken

• Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
  • Charles Laughton for The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton

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