Overview
The 1st Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 4, 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Two separate ceremonies were held simultaneously on the same day; the first hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the second in the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City. Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Domenico Modugno, Ross Bagdasarian, and Henry Mancini, each won 2 awards.
Award winners
The following awards were given in the first award ceremony:
General
Record of the Year
"Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno
"Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como
"Fever" – Peggy Lee
"The Chipmunk Song" – David Seville and the Chipmunks
"Witchcraft" – Frank Sinatra
Album of the Year
The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 – Van Cliburn
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book – Ella Fitzgerald
Come Fly with Me – Frank Sinatra
Only the Lonely – Frank Sinatra
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