 the 2nd annual grammy awards were held on november 29, 1959 at los angeles and new york. hosted by meredith willson, this marked the first televised grammy award ceremony. these awards recognized musical accomplishments by performers for that particular year. duke ellington won three awards. ==award winners== *record of the year **bobby darin for "mack the knife" *album of the year **frank sinatra for come dance with me! *song of the year **jimmy driftwood for "the battle of new orleans" *best new artist **bobby darin ===children's=== *best recording for children **peter ustinov for prokofiev: peter and the wolf performed by peter ustinov & the philharmonia orchestra conducted by herbert von karajan ===classical=== *best classical performance - orchestra **charles mÃ¼nch (conductor) & the boston symphony orchestra for debussy: images for orchestra *best classical performance - vocal soloist (with or without orchestra) **jussi bjÃ¶rling for bjoerling in opera *best classical performance - opera cast or choral **erich leinsdorf (conductor), lisa della casa, rosalind elias, george london, roberta peters, giorgio tozzi & the vienna philharmonic orchestra for mozart: the marriage of figaro *best classical performance - concerto or instrumental soloist (with full orchestral accompaniment) **kiril kondrashin (conductor), van cliburn & the symphony of the air orchestra for rachmaninoff: piano concerto no. 3 *[[gram
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