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{{Short description|1966 award ceremony for music}}
{{refimprove|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 8th Annual Grammy Awards
| image =
| caption =
| date = March 15, 1966
| location = [[Radio City Music Hall]], [[New York City]]
| host = [[Jerry Lewis]]
| network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| previous = [[7th Annual Grammy Awards|7th]]
| main = [[Grammy Award]]s
| next = [[9th Annual Grammy Awards|9th]]
}}

The '''8th Annual Grammy Awards''' were held March 15, 1966, at [[Chicago]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Nashville]] and [[New York City|New York]]. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1965&genre=All|title=1965 Grammy Award Winners|publisher=Grammy.com|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref> [[Roger Miller]] topped off the Grammys by winning 5 awards,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2iFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FYgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=991,4091327&dq=grammy&hl=en|title=Roger Miller Tops Grammy|date=16 March 1966|work=Edmonton Journal|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref> whereas [[Herb Alpert]] and [[Frank Sinatra]] each won 4 awards.

[[Bob Hope]] opened the show.

==Performers==
* [[Duke Ellington]] & [[Tony Bennett]] - [[Don't Get Around Much Anymore]]
==Award winners==
The following awards were the winners and nominees of the 8th annual awards ceremony:<ref>{{Cite web |title=8th Annual GRAMMY Awards {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/8th-annual-grammy-awards |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=grammy.com}}</ref>
*[[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]
**'''[[Jerry Moss]] (producer) & [[Herb Alpert]] (producer and artist) for "[[A Taste of Honey (song)|A Taste of Honey]]" performed by [[Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass]]'''
**[[George Martin]] (producer) for "[[Yesterday (song)|Yesterday]]" performed by [[The Beatles]]
**Ernie Altschuler & Al Stanton (producers) for "[[The Shadow of Your Smile|The Shadow Of Your Smile (Love Theme From ''The Sandpiper'')]]" performed by [[Tony Bennett]]
**[[Esmond Edwards]] (producer) for "[[The 'In' Crowd]]" performed by [[Ramsey Lewis Trio]]
**[[Jerry Kennedy]] (producer) for "[[King of the Road (song)|King Of The Road]]" performed by [[Roger Miller]]
*[[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
**'''[[Sonny Burke]] (producer) & [[Frank Sinatra]] for ''[[September of My Years]]'''''
**[[Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass]] for ''[[Whipped Cream & Other Delights|Whipped Cream And Other Delights]]''
**[[Julie Andrews]] & cast for ''[[The Sound of Music (soundtrack)|The Sound Of Music (Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]''
**[[Eddy Arnold]] for ''[[My World (Eddy Arnold album)|My World]]''
**[[Barbra Streisand]] for ''[[My Name Is Barbra]]''
**The Beatles for ''[[Help!]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
**'''[[Johnny Mandel]] & [[Paul Francis Webster]] (songwriters) for "[[The Shadow of Your Smile]]" (Love Theme From ''[[The Sandpiper]]'') performed by [[Tony Bennett]]'''
**[[John Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney]] (songwriters) for "Yesterday" performed by The Beatles
**[[Sammy Cahn]] & [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] (songwriters) for "September Of My Years" performed by Frank Sinatra
**Roger Miller (songwriter & performer) for "King Of The Road"
**[[Jacques Demy]], [[Norman Gimbel]] & [[Michel Legrand]] (songwriters) for "[[I Will Wait for You|I Will Wait For You - Theme From The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg]]" performed by Michel Legrand
*[[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]
**[[Tom Jones (singer)|'''Tom Jones''']]
**[[The Byrds]]
**[[Glenn Yarbrough]]
**[[Horst Jankowski]]
**[[Herman's Hermits]]
**[[Sonny & Cher]]
**[[Marilyn Maye]]

===Children's===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Album for Children|Best Recording for Children]]
**'''[[Marvin Miller (actor)|Marvin Miller]] for ''Dr. Seuss Presents "[[Fox in Socks]]" and "[[Green Eggs and Ham]]"'''''
**[[Sterling Holloway]] & [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]] for ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree|Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree]]''
**[[Ross Bagdasarian|David Seville & The Chipmunks]] for "Supercalifragelistic Expialidocious"
**[[Carmel Quinn]] for ''Patrick Muldoon And His Magic Balloon''
**[[Diahann Carroll]] for ''Love Songs For Children: "A" You're Adorable''

===Classical===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance|Best Classical Performance - Orchestra]]
**[[Leopold Stokowski]] (conductor) & the [[American Symphony Orchestra]] for ''[[Charles Ives|Ives]]: Symphony No. 4''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance|Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance]]
**[[Erich Leinsdorf]] (conductor), [[Leontyne Price]] & the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] for ''[[Richard Strauss|Strauss]]: Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene)''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording|Best Opera Recording]]
**[[Karl Böhm]] (conductor), [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]], [[Evelyn Lear]], [[Fritz Wunderlich]] & the German Opera Orchestra & Chorus for ''[[Alban Berg|Berg]]: [[Wozzeck]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance|Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)]]
**[[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]] (conductor), the [[Robert Shaw Chorale]] & the [[RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra]] for ''[[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]: Symphony of Psalms/[[Francis Poulenc|Poulenc]]: Gloria''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)|Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)]]
**[[Erich Leinsdorf]] (conductor), [[Arthur Rubinstein]] & the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] for ''[[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)|Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)]]
**[[Vladimir Horowitz]] for ''Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance|Best Classical Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal]]
**The [[Juilliard String Quartet]] for ''[[Béla Bartók|Bartók]]: The Six String Quartets''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition|Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer]]
**[[Charles Ives]] (composer) for ''Ives: Symphony No. 4'' conducted by [[Leopold Stokowski]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Album|Album of the Year - Classical]]
**[[Thomas Frost (producer)|Thomas Frost]] (producer) & [[Vladimir Horowitz]] for ''Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return''
*[[Grammy Award for Best New Classical Artist|Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist]]
**[[Peter Serkin]]

===Comedy===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album|Best Comedy Performance]]
**'''[[Bill Cosby]] for ''[[Why Is There Air?]]'''''
**Various artists for ''[[You Don't Have to Be Jewish|You Don't Have To Be Jewish]]''
**Earl Doud & Alen Robin for ''Welcome To The L.B.J. Ranch''
**[[Godfrey Cambridge]] for ''Them Cotton Pickin' Days Is Over (Performed Live At The Hungry I)''
**[[Smothers Brothers|The Smothers Brothers]] for ''[[Mom Always Liked You Best!|Mom Always Liked You Best]]''

===Composing and arranging===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show]]
**'''Johnny Mandel (composer) for ''The Sandpiper'' performed by the [[Robert Armbruster|Robert Armbruster Orchestra]]'''
**[[Mikis Theodorakis]] (composer) for ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba The Greek (Motion Picture)]]'' performed by various artists
**[[Jacques Demy]] & [[Michel Legrand]] (composers) for ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg|The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg]]'' performed by Jacques Demy
**[[Jerry Goldsmith]], [[Walter Scharf]], [[Lalo Schifrin]] & [[Morton Stevens|Mort Stevens]] (composers) for ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.|The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Television Show)]]'' performed by various artists
**[[George Harrison]], John Lennon, Paul McCartney & [[Ken Thorne]] (composers) for ''[[Help! (film)|Help! (Motion Picture)]]'' performed by The Beatles
*[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement|Best Instrumental Arrangement]]
**'''Herb Alpert (arranger) for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass'''
**[[Horst Jankowski]] (arranger & performer) for "Walk In The Black Forest"
**[[Johnny Mandel]] (arranger) for "[[The Shadow of Your Smile|The Shadow Of Your Smile]]" performed by [[Robert Armbruster]]
**[[Bob Florence]] (arranger) for "Mission To Moscow" performed by [[Si Zentner]]
**[[Neal Hefti]] (arranger & performer) for "[[Girl Talk (Neal Hefti song)|Girl Talk]]"
**Jack Mason (arranger) for "A Hard Day's Night" performed by [[Arthur Fiedler|Arthur Fielder]] (conductor) and [[the Boston Pops]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)|Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist]]
**'''[[Gordon Jenkins]] (arranger) for "[[It Was a Very Good Year]]" performed by Frank Sinatra'''
**George Martin (arranger) for "Yesterday" performed by The Beatles
**[[Burt Bacharach]] (arranger) for "[[What the World Needs Now Is Love|What The World Needs Now Is Love]]" performed by [[Jackie DeShannon|Jackie De Shannon]]
**[[Les Reed (songwriter)|Les Reed]] (arranger) for "[[It's Not Unusual]]" performed by [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]
**[[Don Costa]] (arranger) for "[[He Touched Me (Barbra Streisand song)|He Touched Me]]" performed by Barbra Streisand
**[[Gil Evans|Gil Evens]] (arranger) for "[[Greensleeves]]" performed by [[Kenny Burrell]]
**[[Bob Florence]] (arranger) for "Everything I've Got" performed by [[Vikki Carr]]
**[[Claus Ogerman]] (arranger) for "Day By Day" performed by Astrud Gilberto

===Country===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance|Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female]]
**'''[[Jody Miller]] for "Queen of the House"'''
**[[Skeeter Davis]] for "Sunglasses"
**[[Molly Bee]] for "Single Girl Again"
**[[Dottie West]] for "[[Before the Ring on Your Finger Turns Green|Before The Ring On Your Finger Turns Green]]"
**[[Wilma Burgess]] for "[[Baby (Wilma Burgess song)|Baby]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance|Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male]]
**'''[[Roger Miller]] for "[[King of the Road (song)|King of the Road]]"'''
**[[Bobby Bare]] for "Talk Me Some Sense"
**[[Eddy Arnold]] for "[[Make the World Go Away|Make The World Go Away]]"
**[[Jim Reeves]] for "[[Is It Really Over?|Is It Really Over]]"
**[[Carl Belew]] for "[[Crystal Chandelier]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Single|Best Country & Western Single]]
**'''[[Roger Miller]] for "King of the Road"'''
**Carl Belew, [[Eddie Butcher|Eddie Busch]] & B.J. Moore (songwriters) for "[[What's He Doing in My World|What's He Doing In My World]]" performed by [[Eddy Arnold]]
**Neal Merritt (songwriter) for "[[May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose|May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose]]" performed by [[Little Jimmy Dickens]]
**[[Lew DeWitt|Lewis DeWitt]] (songwriter) for "[[Flowers on the Wall|Flowers On The Wall]]" performed by the [[The Statler Brothers|Statler Brothers]]
**Ted Harris (songwriter) for "Crystal Chandelier" performed by Carl Belew
*[[Grammy Award for Best Country Album|Best Country & Western Album]]
**'''[[Roger Miller]] for ''The Return of Roger Miller'''''
**[[Jim Reeves]] for ''[[The Jim Reeves Way]]''
**Eddy Arnold for ''[[My World (Eddy Arnold album)|My World]]''
**[[Chet Atkins]] for ''[[More of That Guitar Country|More Of That Guitar Country]]''
**[[Hank Williams|Hank Williams Sr.]] & [[Hank Williams Jr.|Hanks Williams Jr.]] for ''Father And Son''
*[[Grammy Award for Best New Country & Western Artist|Best New Country & Western Artist]]
**'''[[The Statler Brothers]]'''
**[[Del Reeves]]
**[[Norma Jean (singer)|Norma Jean]]
**Wilma Burgess
**[[Jody Miller]]

===Folk===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording|Best Folk Recording]]
**'''[[Harry Belafonte]] & [[Miriam Makeba]] for ''[[An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba]]'''''
**[[Joan Baez]] for "[[There but for Fortune (song)|There But For Fortune]]"
**[[The Womenfolk]] for ''The Womenfolk At The Hungry I''
**[[Pete Seeger]] for Strangers And Cousins
**[[Roscoe Holcomb]] for ''Roscoe Holcomb: The High Lonesome Sound''
**[[Miriam Makeba]] for ''[[Makeba Sings!|Makeba Sings]]''
**[[Peter, Paul and Mary|Peter, Paul & Mary]] for ''[[A Song Will Rise]]''

===Gospel===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance|Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)]]
**'''[[Anita Kerr]] & [[George Beverly Shea]] for ''Southland Favorites'''''
**[[Happy Goodman Family|The Happy Goodman Family]] for "What A Happy Time"
**[[The Blackwood Brothers|Blackwood Brothers]] for ''Something Old, Something New''
**[[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] for ''Let Me Walk With Thee''
**[[Marian Anderson]] for "Just Keep On Singing"
**[[Kate Smith]] for ''How Great Thou Art''
**[[Ralph Carmichael|Ralph Carmichael Singers And Orchestra]] for ''Bos Ashton's Songs Of Living Faith''
**[[The Statesmen Quartet|Statesmen Quartet]] with [[Hovie Lister]] for ''All Day Sing And Dinner On The Ground''

===Jazz===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group|Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist With Small Group]]
**'''[[Ramsey Lewis]] for "[[The "In" Crowd]]" performed by the [[Ramsey Lewis Trio]]'''
**[[Bill Evans Trio]] for ''[[Trio '65]]''
**[[Clark Terry]] & The Bob Brookmeyer Quintet for ''[[The Power of Positive Swinging|The Power Of Positive Swinging]]''
**[[Cal Tjader]] for ''[[Soul Sauce]]''
**[[Gary McFarland|Gary McFarland Group]] for "Soft Samba"
**[[Paul Desmond]] & [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]] for [[Glad to Be Unhappy (album)|Glad To Be Unhappy]]
**[[Paul Horn (musician)|Paul Horn]] for [[Cycle (album)|Cycle]]
**[[John Coltrane]] for ''[[A Love Supreme]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album|Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group]]
**'''[[Duke Ellington]] for ''[[Ellington '66]]'''''
**[[Stan Getz]] for ''Mickey One''
**[[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Gil Fuller]] conducting Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra for "Love Theme From ''The Sandpiper''"
**[[Kenny Burrell]] & [[Gil Evans Orchestra]] for ''Kenny Burrell/Guitar Forms''
**[[Paul Horn (musician)|Paul Horn]] for ''[[Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts|Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts]]''
**[[Rod Levitt]] for ''Insight''
**Wes Montgomery With String Orchestra for ''Bumpin'''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition|Best Original Jazz Composition]]
**'''[[Lalo Schifrin]] (composer) for ''[[Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts]]'' performed by [[Paul Horn (musician)|Paul Horn]]'''
**Duke Ellington & [[Billy Strayhorn]] (composers) for ''Virgin Islands Suite'' performed by Duke Ellington
**[[Eddie Sauter]] (composer) for "Mickey One" performed by Stan Getz
**[[Oscar Peterson]] (composer & performer) for ''[[Canadiana Suite]]''
**Wes Montgomery (composer & performer) for ''Bumpin'''
**John Coltrane (composer & performer) for ''A Love Supreme''

===Musical show===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album|Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album]]
**[[Alan J. Lerner]], [[Burton Lane]] (composers), & the original cast ([[Barbara Harris (actress)|Barbara Harris]], [[John Cullum]], Tito Vandis, Byron Webster & William Daniels) for ''On a Clear Day''

===Packaging and notes===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts|Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts]]
**[[George Estes]] (art director) & [[James Alexander (graphic artist)|James Alexander]] (graphic artist) for ''[[Béla Bartók|Bartók]]: Concerto No. 2 for Violin/[[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]: Concerto for Violin'' performed by [[Joseph Silverstein]] & conducted by [[Erich Leinsdorf]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Photography|Best Album Cover, Photography]]
**[[Robert M. Jones]] (art director) & [[Ken Whitmore]] (photographer) for ''Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts'' performed by [[Paul Horn (musician)|Paul Horn]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Album Notes|Best Album Notes]]
**[[Stan Cornyn]] (notes writer) for ''[[September of My Years]]'' performed by Frank Sinatra

===Pop===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female|Best Vocal Performance, Female]]
**[[Barbra Streisand]] for ''My Name Is Barbra''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male|Best Vocal Performance, Male]]
**Frank Sinatra for "It Was a Very Good Year"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group|Best Performance by a Vocal Group]]
**The [[Anita Kerr]] Singers for "We Dig Mancini"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus|Best Performance by a Chorus]]
**[[Ward Swingle]] for ''Anyone for Mozart?'' performed by the Swingle Singers
*[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance|Best Instrumental Performance]]
**[[Herb Alpert]] for "A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
*[[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Female]]
**[[Petula Clark]] for "[[I Know a Place]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance|Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Male]]
**[[Roger Miller]] for "King of the Road"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance - Group (Vocal or Instrumental)]]
**[[The Statler Brothers]] for "[[Flowers on the Wall]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song|Best Contemporary (R&R) Single]]
**[[Roger Miller]] for "King of the Road"

===Production and engineering===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical]]
**[[Larry Levine]] (engineer) for "A Taste of Honey" performed by [[Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical|Best Engineered Recording, Classical]]
**[[Fred Plaut]] (engineer) & [[Vladimir Horowitz]] for ''Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return''

===R&B===
*[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance|Best Rhythm & Blues Recording]]
**[[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]] for "[[Papa's Got a Brand New Bag]]"

===Spoken===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album|Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording]]
**[[Goddard Lieberson]] (producer) for ''John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him''

==References==
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