The 6th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 12, 1964, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1963. Henry Mancini won 4 awards.
Award winners
Record of the Year
Henry Mancini for "Days of Wine and Roses" Album of the Year (other than classical) Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album Song of the Year Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (songwriters) for "Days of Wine and Roses" performed by Henry Mancini Best New Artist Ward Swingle (The Swingle Singers)
Children's
Best Recording for Children
Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Bernstein Conducts for Young People performed by the New York Philharmonic
Classical
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra) Skitch Henderson (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Orchestra for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Best Opera Recording 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) 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) 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) Vladimir Horowitz for The Sound of Horowitz Best Classical Music Performance - Chamber Music Julian Bream for Evening of Elizabethan Music performed by the Julian Bream Consort Best Classical Composition by a Contemporary Composer Benjamin Britten (composer & conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem Best Classical Album Benjamin Britten (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist André Watts
Comedy
Best Comedy Performance
Allan Sherman for "Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah"
Composing and arranging
Best Instrumental Theme
Riz Ortolani (composer) for "More - Theme From Mondo Cane" Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show John Addison (composer) for Tom Jones Best Instrumental Arrangement Quincy Jones (arranger) for "I Can't Stop Loving You" performed by Count Basie Best Background Arrangement Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Days of Wine and Roses"
Country
Best Country & Western Recording
Bobby Bare for "Detroit City"
Folk
Best Folk Recording
Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind"
Gospel
Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical) Soeur Sourire for "Dominique"
Jazz
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group
Bill Evans for Conversations with Myself
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group
Woody Herman for Encore: Woody Herman, 1963
Best Original Jazz Composition
Steve Allen & Ray Brown (composers) for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen
Musical show
Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
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
Robert M. Jones (art director) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Erich Leinsdorf Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical John Berg for The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand Best Album Notes Stanley Dance & Leonard Feather (notes writers) for The Ellington Era performed by Duke Ellington
Pop
Best Vocal Performance, Female
Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album
Best Vocal Performance, Male
Jack Jones for "Wives and Lovers" Best Performance by a Vocal Group Peter, Paul and Mary for "Blowin' in the Wind" Best Performance by a Chorus Ward Swingle for Bach's Greatest Hits performed by the Swingle Singers Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing Count Basie for This Time by Basie! Hits of the 50s and 60s Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing Al Hirt for "Java" Best Rock and Roll Recording April Stevens & Nino Tempo for "Deep Purple"