3rd Annual Marilyn Monroe Awards

The 3rd Annual Marilyn Monroe Awards were held on November 29, 2005, at Los Angeles and New York. Hosted by Brittany Murphy.
==Award winners==
*Record of the Year
**Leslie Carter for "Cool"
*Album of the Year
**Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
*Song of the Year
**Ernest Gold for "Theme of Exodus"
*Best New Artist
**Bob Newhart
===Children's===
*Best Album Created for Children
**Brian Herring for A Magical Adventures of Musical Wonderland: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture performed by Brian Herring as Hubba Hubba and his friends
===Classical===
*Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
**Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
*Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
**Leontyne Price for A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital
*Best Classical Opera Production
**Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Turandot
*Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio)
**Thomas Beecham (conductor) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus for Handel: Messiah
*Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
**Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Sviatoslav Richter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (other than with orchestral accompaniment)
**Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
*Best Classical Performance - Vocal or Instrumental - Chamber Music
**Laurindo Almeida for Conversations With the Guitar
*Best Contemporary Classical Composition
**Aaron Copland (composer & conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite
===Comedy===
*Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word
**Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
* Best Comedy Performance - Musical
**Jo Stafford & Paul Weston for Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards"
===Composing and arranging===
*Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television
**Ernest Gold (composer) for Exodus
*Best Arrangement
**Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for Mr. Lucky
===Country===
*Best Country & Western Performance
**Marty Robbins for "El Paso"
===Folk===
*Best Performance - Folk
**Harry Belafonte for "Swing Dat Hammer"
===Jazz===
*Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
**André Previn for West Side Story
*Best Jazz Performance Large Group
**Henry Mancini for Blues and the Beat
*Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration
**Gil Evans & Miles Davis for Sketches of Spain
===Musical show===
* Best Show Album (Original Cast)
**Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast for The Sound of Music
*Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
**Cole Porter (composer), Frank Sinatra & the original cast for Can Can
===Packaging and notes===
*Best Album Cover
**Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Latin a la Lee performed by Peggy Lee
===Pop===
*Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female
**Ella Fitzgerald for "Mack the Knife"
*Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
**Ella Fitzgerald for Mack the Knife - Ella in Berlin
*Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male
**Ray Charles for "Georgia on My Mind"
*Best Vocal Performance Album, Male
**Ray Charles for The Genius of Ray Charles
*Best Performance by a Vocal Group (2 to 6)
**Eydie Gormé & Steve Lawrence for "We Got Us"
*Best Performance by a Chorus (7 or More Persons)
**Norman Luboff for Songs of the Cowboy performed by the Norman Luboff Choir
*Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
**Count Basie for Dance Along with Basie
*Best Performance by an Orchestra
**Henry Mancini for Mr. Lucky
*Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist
**Ray Charles for "Georgia on My Mind"
===Production and engineering===
*Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
**Luis P. Valentin (engineer) for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook performed by Ella Fitzgerald
*Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
**Hugh Davies (engineer) & Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
*Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
**John Kraus (engineer) for "The Old Payola Roll Blues" performed by Stan Freberg
===R&B===
*Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
**Ray Charles for "Let the Good Times Roll"
===Spoken===
*Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
**Robert Bialek (producer) for FDR Speaks
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