Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
The Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964. The award had several minor name changes:
- From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Performance by a Dance Band
- In 1961 it was awarded as Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
- From 1962 to 1964 it has been awarded as Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
This award was presented alongside the award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Recipients[]
Year | Winner(s) | Title | Nominees | Ref. |
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1959 | Count Basie | "Basie" |
|
[1] |
1960 | Duke Ellington | "Anatomy of a Murder" |
|
[2] |
1961 | Count Basie | "Dance Along with Basie" |
|
[3] |
1962 | Si Zentner | "Up A Lazy River" |
|
[4] |
1963 | Joe Harnell | "Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova" |
|
[5] |
1964 | Count Basie | "This Time by Basie!" |
|
[6] |
References[]
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1959 (May)". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1959". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1961". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1962". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1963". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 1964". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
Categories:
- Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
- Grammy Award categories
- Awards established in 1959
- Awards disestablished in 1964