5th Annual Grammy Awards

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. 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