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Grammy Awards of 1962

Award winners:

* Album of the Year (other than classical)
o Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall

* Song of the Year
o Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Moon River" performed by Henry Mancini

* Best New Artist
o Peter Nero

Children's

* Best Recording for Children
o Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical

* Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
o Charles Munch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
* Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
o Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Joan Sutherland & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for The Art of the Prima Donna
* Best Opera Recording
o Gabriele Santini (conductor), Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
* Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
o Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Bach: B Minor Mass
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
o Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
o Laurindo Almeida for Reverie for Spanish Guitar
* Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
o Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
* Best Contemporary Classical Composition
o Laurindo Almeida (composer and artist) for Discantus
o Igor Stravinsky (composer and artist) for Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
* Album of the Year - Classical
o Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrushka

Comedy

* Best Comedy Performance
o Elaine May & Mike Nichols for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song
o Galt MacDermot for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly
* Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television
o Henry Mancini (composer) for Breakfast at Tiffany's
* Best Arrangement
o Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for "Moon River"

Country

* Best Country & Western Recording
o Jimmy Dean for Big Bad John

Folk

* Best Folk Recording
o Belafonte Folk Singers for Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad

Gospel

* Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
o Mahalia Jackson for Everytime I Feel the Spirit

Jazz

* Best Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental)
o André Previn for André Previn Plays Harold Arlen
* Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)
o Stan Kenton for West Side Story
* Best Original Jazz Composition
o Galt MacDermot (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly

Musical Show

* Best Original Cast Show Album
o Frank Loesser (composer) & the original cast with Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
o Irwin Kostal, John Green, Saul Chaplin, Sid Ramin (music directors) & the original cast for West Side Story

Packaging and Notes

* Best Album Cover - Classical
o Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly performed by the Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini
* Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
o Jim Silke (art director) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland

Pop

* Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
o Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall
* Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
o Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses"
* Best Performance by a Vocal Group
o Lambert, Hendricks & Ross for High Flying
* Best Performance by a Chorus
o Johnny Mann for Great Band With Great Voices performed by the Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra
* Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
o Si Zentner for Up a Lazy River
* Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Other Than Dancing
o Henry Mancini for Breakfast at Tiffany's
* Best Rock and Roll Recording
o Chubby Checker for "Let's Twist Again"

Production and engineering

* Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
o Robert Arnold (engineer) for Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland
* Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
o Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
* Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty
o John Kraus (engineer) for Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America performed by Stan Freberg

R&B

* Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
o Ray Charles for "Hit the Road Jack"

Spoken

* Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
o Leonard Bernstein for Humor in Music