# Grammy Awards de 1962

A 4.ª cerimônia anual do Grammy Awards foi realizada em 29 de março de 1962, em Chicago, Los Angeles e Nova Iorque. O evento contemplou trabalho de melhores gravações, composições e artistas do ano dentro do período de 1961. Henry Mancini ganhou 5 prêmios.

## Vencedores
### Geral

| Gravação do ano "Moon River" – Henry Mancini | Álbum do ano Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland |
| Canção do ano "Moon River" – Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer | Artista revelação Peter Nero |

### Infantil

* Melhor Gravação Infantil
* Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf – Leonard Bernstein

### Clássica

| Best Orchestral Performance Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé – Charles Münch & Boston Symphony Orchestra | Best Classical Vocal Solo The Art of the Prima Donna – Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Joan Sutherland & Royal Opera House Orchestra |
| Best Opera Recording Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Gabriele Santini, Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & Rome Opera Orchestra | Best Choral Performance Bach: B Minor Mass – RRobert Shaw & Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale |
| Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 – Eugene Ormandy, Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra | Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) Reverie for Spanish Guitar – Laurindo Almeida |
| Best Chamber Music Performance Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 – Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose | Best Classical Contemporary Composition Discantus – Laurindo Almeida Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra – Igor Stravinsky |
| Best Classical Album Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrushka – Igor Stravinsky & Columbia Symphony Orchestra ||

### Comédia

* Melhor Álbum de Comédia
* An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May – Elaine May & Mike Nichols

### Composição/Arranjo

| Best Instrumental Composition "African Waltz" – Galt MacDermot | Best Arrangement "Moon River" – Henry Mancini |
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini ||

### Country

* Best Country & Western Recording
* Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean

### Folk

* Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
* Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad – The Belafonte Folk Singers

### Gospel

* Best Inspirational Performance
* Everytime I Feel the Spirit – Mahalia Jackson

### Jazz

| Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group André Previn Plays Harold Arlen – André Previn | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Kenton's West Side Story – Stan Kenton |
| Best Original Jazz Composition "African Waltz" – Galt MacDermot ||

### Teatro musical

| Best Musical Theater Album How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – Frank Loesser, Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith | Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television West Side Story – Irwin Kostal, John Green, Saul Chaplin & Sid Ramin |

### Packaging e notas

| Best Album Cover – Classical Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Marvin Schwartz | Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical Judy at Carnegie Hall – Jim Silke |

### Pop

| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance "Lollipops and Roses" – Jack Jones |
| Best Performance by a Chorus Great Band With Great Voices – Johnny Mann | Best Performance by a Vocal Group High Flying – Lambert, Hendricks & Ross |
| Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing Up a Lazy River – Si Zentner | Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini |
| Best Contemporary Song "Let's Twist Again" – Chubby Checker ||

### Produção e engenharia

| Melhor Álbum de Engenharia, Não-Clássico Judy at Carnegie Hall – Robert Arnold | Melhor Álbum de Engenharia, Clássico Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé – Lewis W. Layton, Charles Münch & Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Melhor Engenharia de Gravação – Efeitos Especiais ou Inéditos Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America – John Kraus ||

### R&B

* Melhor Performance de R&B
* "Hit the Road Jack" – Ray Charles

### Falado

* Melhor Álbum Falado
* Leonard Bernstein – Leonard Bernstein