Grammy Awards Held

Apr. 13, 1965 - The award season spun its way along tonight with the seventh annual Grammys — a long-playing affair with winners in no less than 47 categories.

Like the Oscar proceedings, the ceremonies of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences at the Beverly Hilton had a heavily but not exclusively British accent. 

The Beatles took honors for the best performance by a vocal group for their “A Hard Day’s Night.” The BBC took documentary honors for the tribute to John F. Kennedy recorded by the “That Was the Week that Was” cast. 

Briton Petula Clark won a Grammy for the best rock ’n’ roll record, “Downtown.”

And the top British honor also went to the Beatles as the best new artist (collectively) in 1964.

Closer to home, it was a big year for “Ipanema.” The Stan Getz-Astrud Gilberto version of “The Girl from Ipanema” was the record of the year and also non-classical album of the year. Thirdly, it was the best instrumental jazz performance.

Louis Armstrong’s rousing version of “Hello, Dolly!” was voted the best vocal performance by a male. Barbra Streisand’s recording of “People” from “Funny Girl” was the best female performance.

Frequent winner Henry Mancini scored again, taking three awards for his “Pink Panther” music and various permutations.

Los Angeles mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne was honored as the most promising new recording artist.

The best rhythm and blues recording was Nancy Wilson’s “How Glad I Am.” Roger “King of the Road” Miller dominated the western field as the best new country artist of 1964.

In addition to the Beverly Hilton fete, award presentations were held simultaneously in New York, Chicago, and Nashville.

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