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Grammy Awards of 1964

Award winners:

* Album of the Year (other than classical)
o Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album

* Song of the Year
o Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Days of Wine and Roses" performed by Henry Mancini

* Best New Artist
o Ward Swingle (The Swingle Singers)

Children's

* Best Recording for Children
o Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Bernstein Conducts for Young People performed by the New York Philharmonic

Classical

* Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
o Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
* Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
o Skitch Henderson (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Orchestra for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
* Best Opera Recording
o Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Rosalind Elias, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
* Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
o Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir directors), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Britten: War Requiem
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
o Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
o Vladimir Horowitz for The Sound of Horowitz
* Best Classical Music Performance - Chamber Music
o Julian Bream for Evening of Elizabethan Music performed by the Julian Bream Consort
* Best Classical Composition by a Contemporary Composer
o Benjamin Britten (composer & conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem
* Best Classical Album
o Benjamin Britten (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem
* Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
o Andre Watts

Comedy

* Best Comedy Performance
o Allan Sherman for "Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah"

Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Theme
o Riz Ortolani (composer) for "More - Theme From Mondo Cane"
* Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show
o John Addison (composer) for Tom Jones
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
o Quincy Jones (arranger) for "I Can't Stop Loving You" performed by Count Basie
* Best Background Arrangement
o Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Days of Wine and Roses"

Country

* Best Country & Western Recording
o Bobby Bare for "Detroit City"

Folk

* Best Folk Recording
o Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"

Gospel

* Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
o Soeur Sourire for "Dominique"

Jazz

* Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group
o Bill Evans for Conversations With Myself
* Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group
o Woody Herman for Encore: Woody Herman, 1963
* Best Original Jazz Composition
o Steve Allen & Ray Brown (composers) for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen

Musical Show

* Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
o Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick (composers) & the original cast (Barbara Cook, Jack Cassidy, Barbara Baxley, Daniel Massey, Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williams & Jo Wilder) for She Loves Me

Packaging and Notes

* Best Album Cover - Classical
o Robert M. Jones (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
* Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
o John Berg (art director) for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
* Best Album Notes
o Stanley Dance & Leonard Feather (notes writers) for The Ellington Era performed by Duke Ellington

Pop

* Best Vocal Performance, Female
o Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album
* Best Vocal Performance, Male
o Jack Jones for "Wives and Lovers"
* Best Performance by a Vocal Group
o Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"
* Best Performance by a Chorus
o Ward Swingle for Bach's Greatest Hits performed by the Swingle Singers
* Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
o Count Basie for This Time by Basie! Hits of the 50's and 60's
* Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing
o Al Hirt for "Java"
* Best Rock and Roll Recording
o April Stevens & Nino Tempo for "Deep Purple"

Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording - Other Than Classical
o James Malloy (engineer) for Charade performed by Henry Mancini
* Best Engineered Recording - Classical
o Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
* Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects
o Robert Fine (engineer) for Civil War Vol. II performed by Frederick Fennell

R&B

* Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
o Ray Charles for "Busted"

Spoken

* Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (other than comedy)
o Edward Albee (playwright) for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? performed by Melinda Dillon, George Grizzard, Uta Hagen & Arthur Hill