Grammy Awards of 1966

The 8th Grammy Awards were held in 1966. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1965

Record of the Year
- Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss (producers) for "A Taste Of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Album of the Year
- Sonny Burke (producer)& Frank Sinatra for September Of My Years
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
Best New Artist
- Tom Jones (singer)

Children's

Best Recording for Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken
- Marvin Miller for Dr. Seuss Presents "Fox In Sox" And "Green Eggs And Ham"

Classical

Best Classical Album
- Thomas Frost (producer)& Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
Best Classical Orchestral Performance
- Leopold Stokowski & the American Symphony Orchestra for Ives: Symphony No. 4 conducted by Leopold Stokowski
Best Opera Recording
- Karl Bohm, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Evelyn Lear Fritz Wunderlich & the German Opera Orchestra and Chorus for Berg: Wozzeck conducted by Karl Bohm
Best Choral Performance, Classical
- Robert Shaw,the Robert Shaw Chorale & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Symphony Of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria conducted by Robert Shaw
Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)
- Artur Rubinstein, Erich Leinsdorf & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Juilliard String Quartet for Bart�k: The Six String Quartets
Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Strauss: Salome (Dance Of The Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
- Charles Ives for Ives: Symphony No. 4
Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
- Peter Serkin

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
- Johnny Mandel (composer) for The Sandpiper performed by the Robert Armbruster Orchestra
Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Herb Alpert (arranger) for "A Taste Of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- Gordon Jenkins (arranger) for "It Was A Very Good Year" performed by Frank Sinatra

Country

Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Female
- Jody Miller for "Queen Of The House"
Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male
- Roger Miller for "King Of The Road"
Best Country and Western Song
- Roger Miller for "King Of The Road"
Best Country and Western Album
- Roger Miller for The Return Of Roger Miller
Best Country and Western Single
- Roger Miller for "King Of The Road"
Best New Country & Western Artist
- The Statler Brothers

Folk

Best Folk Performance
- Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba for An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba

Gospel

Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
- Anita Kerr & George Beverly Shea for Southland Favorites

Jazz

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group
- Ramsey Lewis for The "In" Crowd performed by the Ramsey Lewis Trio
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group
- Duke Ellington for Ellington '66
Best Original Jazz Composition
- Lalo Schifrin (composer) for Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts performed by Paul Horn

Musical Show

Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album
- Alan J. Lerner & Burton Lane (composers), Barbara Harris, John Cullum and the original cast for On A Clear Day

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Cover, Photography
- Robert M. Jones (art director) & Ken Whitmore (photographer) for Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts performed by Paul Horn
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
- George Estes (art director) & James Alexander (graphic artist) for B�la Bart�kBart�k: Concerto No. 2 For Violin/Stravinsky: Concerto For Violin conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
Best Album Notes
- Stan Cornyn (album notes writer) for September Of My Years performed by Frank Sinatra

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Barbra Streisand for My Name Is Barbra
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Frank Sinatra for "It Was A Very Good Year"
Best Performance By A Vocal Group
- Anita Kerr for We Dig Mancini performed by the Anita Kerr Singers
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Herb Alpert for "A Taste Of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass
Best Performance By a Chorus
- Ward Swingle for Anyone For Mozart? performed by The Swingle Singers
Best Contemporary (Rock & Roll) Single
- Roger Miller for "King Of The Road"
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Vocal Performance, Male
- Roger Miller for "King Of The Road"
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Vocal Performance, Female
- Petula Clark for "I Know A Place"
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Performance Group (Vocal or Instrumental)
- Statler Brothers for "Flowers On The Wall"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Larry Levine (engineer) for "A Taste Of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass
Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Fred Plaut (engineer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return performed by Vladimir Horowitz

R&B

Spoken

Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording
- Goddard Lieberson (producer) for John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him