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The8th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 15, 1966, atChicago,Los Angeles,Nashville andNew York. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1965.^[1]Roger Miller topped off the Grammys by winning 5 awards,^[2] whereasHerb Alpert andFrank Sinatra each won 4 awards.

• Record of the Year
  • Jerry Moss (producer) &Herb Alpert (producer and artist) for "A Taste of Honey" performed byHerb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
• Album of the Year
  • Sonny Burke (producer) &Frank Sinatra forSeptember of My Years
• Song of the Year
  • Johnny Mandel &Paul Francis Webster (songwriters) for "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Love Theme FromThe Sandpiper) performed byTony Bennett
• Best New Artist
  • Tom Jones

• Best Recording for Children
  • Marvin Miller forDr. Seuss Presents "Fox in Socks" and "Green Eggs and Ham"

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Leopold Stokowski (conductor) & theAmerican Symphony Orchestra forIves: Symphony No. 4
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor),Leontyne Price & theBoston Symphony Orchestra forStrauss: Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene)
• Best Opera Recording
  • Karl Böhm (conductor),Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Evelyn Lear,Fritz Wunderlich & the German Opera Orchestra & Chorus forBerg:Wozzeck
• Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Robert Shaw (conductor), theRobert Shaw Chorale & theRCA Victor Symphony Orchestra forStravinsky: Symphony of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor),Arthur Rubinstein & theBoston Symphony Orchestra forBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz forHorowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
• Best Classical Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
  • TheJuilliard String Quartet forBartók: The Six String Quartets
• Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer
  • Charles Ives (composer) forIves: Symphony No. 4 conducted byLeopold Stokowski
• Album of the Year - Classical
  • Thomas Frost (producer) &Vladimir Horowitz forHorowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
• Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
  • Peter Serkin

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Bill Cosby forWhy Is There Air?

• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
  • Johnny Mandel (composer) forThe Sandpiper performed by theRobert Armbruster Orchestra
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Herb Alpert (arranger) for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
• Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
  • Gordon Jenkins (arranger) for "It Was a Very Good Year" performed by Frank Sinatra

• Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
  • Jody Miller for "Queen of the House"
• Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male
  • Roger Miller for "King of the Road"
• Best Country & Western Single
  • Roger Miller for "King of the Road"
• Best Country & Western Album
  • Roger Miller forThe Return of Roger Miller
• Best New Country & Western Artist
  • The Statler Brothers

• Best Folk Recording
  • Harry Belafonte &Miriam Makeba forAn Evening with Belafonte/Makeba

• Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
  • Anita Kerr &George Beverly Shea forSouthland Favorites

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
  • Ramsey Lewis for "The "In" Crowd" performed by theRamsey Lewis Trio
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
  • Duke Ellington forEllington '66
• Best Original Jazz Composition
  • Lalo Schifrin (composer) forJazz Suite on the Mass Texts performed byPaul Horn

• Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album
  • Alan J. Lerner,Burton Lane (composers), & the original cast (Barbara Harris,John Cullum, Tito Vandis, Byron Webster & William Daniels) forOn a Clear Day

• Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
  • George Estes (art director) &James Alexander (graphic artist) forBartók: Concerto No. 2 for Violin/Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin performed byJoseph Silverstein & conducted byErich Leinsdorf
• Best Album Cover, Photography
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) &Ken Whitmore (photographer) forJazz Suite on the Mass Texts performed byPaul Horn
• Best Album Notes
  • Stan Cornyn (notes writer) forSeptember of My Years performed by Frank Sinatra

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Barbra Streisand forMy Name Is Barbra
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Frank Sinatra for "It Was a Very Good Year"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • TheAnita Kerr Singers for "We Dig Mancini"
• Best Performance by a Chorus
  • Ward Swingle forAnyone for Mozart? performed by the Swingle Singers
• Best Instrumental Performance
  • Herb Alpert for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Female
  • Petula Clark for "I Know a Place"
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Male
  • Roger Miller for "King of the Road"
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance - Group (Vocal or Instrumental)
  • The Statler Brothers for "Flowers on the Wall"
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Single
  • Roger Miller for "King of the Road"

• Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
  • Larry Levine (engineer) for "A Taste of Honey" performed byHerb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Fred Plaut (engineer) &Vladimir Horowitz forHorowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return

• Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
  • James Brown for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"

• Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording
  • Goddard Lieberson (producer) forJohn F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him

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