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Louisiana Music at the Grammy Awards
Louisiana Grammy Award Nominees and Winners - winners noted by [w]
Artist(s)
Category
Title
1958 - 1st Annual GRAMMY Awards - held May 4, 1959
Keely Smith & Louis Prima [w] Best Performance By A Vocal Group Or Chorus That Old Black Magic
Van Cliburn [w] Best Classical Performance - Instrumentalist Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
1959 - 2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards - aired on TV November 29, 1959 [1]
Louis Armstrong & others Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast The Five Pennies
Van Cliburn Album Of The Year Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Van Cliburn [w] Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
1960 - 3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards - held April 12, 1961
no nominees     
1961 - 4th Annual GRAMMY Awards - held May 29, 1962
Chris Kenner Best Rock & Roll Recording I Like It Like That
Ray Charles [w] [2] Best Rhythm & Blues Recording Hit The Road Jack
Ernie K-Doe Best Rhythm & Blues Recording Mother-In-Law
Al Hirt Best Jazz Performance, Soloist Or Small Group The Greatest Horn In The World
Al Hirt Best Performance By An Orchestra, Other Than Dancing The Greatest Horn In The World
Faron Young Best Country & Western Recording Hello Walls
Mahalia Jackson [w] Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording Everytime I Feel The Spirit
Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong Best Sound Track/Recording Of Score, Motion Picture/TV Paris Blues
1962 - 5th Annual GRAMMY Awards - held May 15, 1963 [3]
Claude King Best Country & Western Recording Wolverton Mountain
Mahalia Jackson [w] Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording Great Songs of Love And Faith
B. Bumble and The Stingers [4] Best Rhythm & Blues Recording Nut Rocker
1963 - 6th Annual GRAMMY Awards - held May 12, 1964 [5]
Al Hirt Album Of The Year Honey In The Horn
Al Hirt Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Soloist/Small Group Our Man In New Orleans
Al Hirt Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group Our Man In New Orleans
Mahalia Jackson Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording, Musical Make A Joyful Noise Unto The Lord
Bessie Griffin & the Gospel Pearls Best Gospel Or Other Religious Recording, Musical Captured Live!
Al Hirt [w] Best Performance By An Orchestra (Not Jazz Or Dancing) Java
1964 - 7th Annual GRAMMY Awards - held on April 13, 1965 [6] [7]
Al Hirt Album Of The Year Cotton Candy
Louis Armstrong Record Of The Year Hello, Dolly!
Louis Armstrong [w] Best Vocal Performance, Male Hello, Dolly!
Hank Williams, Jr. Best Country & Western Album Sings the Songs of Hank Williams
Hank Williams, Jr. Best New Country & Western Artist n/a
Al Hirt Best Instrumental Performance, Non-Jazz Cotton Candy
1965 - 8th Annual GRAMMY Awards - held on March 15, 1966
Roger Miller (Jerry Kennedy, producer) Record Of The Year King of the Road
Hank Williams, Jr. & Sr. Best Country & Western Album Father and Son
1966 - 9th Annual GRAMMY Awards - held on March 2, 1967 [8]
David Houston Record Of The Year Almost Persuaded
David Houston Best Vocal Performance, Male Almost Persuaded
David Houston [w] Best Country & Western Recording Almost Persuaded
David Houston [w] Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Male Almost Persuaded
Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton [w] Best Country & Western Song Almost Persuaded
Leadbelly Best Folk Recording Leadbelly
1967 - 10th Annual GRAMMY Awards - held on February 29, 1968
David Houston & Tammy Wynette Best Country & Western Performance; Duo, Trio Or Group My Elusive Dreams
1968 - 11th Annual GRAMMY Awards - held on March 12, 1969 [9] [10]
O.C. Smith Best New Artist n/a
O.C. Smith Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Male Little Green Apples
Joe Simon Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance, Male (You Keep Me) Hangin' On
1969 - 12th Annual GRAMMY Awards - held on March 11, 1970
Joe Simon [w] Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance, Male The Chokin' Kind
Floyd Cramer Best Country Instrumental Performance Lovin' Season
Mahalia Jackson Best Soul Gospel Performance Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

Notes:

1. Performers at the 2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards included Van Cliburn.

2. Ray Charles' "Hit The Road Jack" was written Minden, Louisiana native Percy Mayfield.

3. Mahalia Jackson performed "The House I Live In" at the 5th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

4. Members of B. Bumble and The Stingers included Earl Palmer, René Hall and Plas Johnson.

5. Al Hirt's "Honey In The Horn" was also nominated in the Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical category, Robert M. Jones (art director). The Grammy winning track "Java" was written by Allen Toussaint, Alvin "Red" Tyler, and Freddy Friday.

6. The Song of the Year Grammy went to Jerry Herman for "Hello, Dolly!" as recorded by Louis Armstrong.

7. "The Pink Panther Theme" from The Pink Panther film soundtrack won Grammys for Best Instrumental Composition (other than jazz), Best Instrumental Arrangement, and Best Instrumental Performance - Non-Jazz. The track featured the distinctive tenor saxophone of Plas Johnson. The soundtrack album was nominated for Album of the Year.

8. Performers at the 9th Annual GRAMMY Awards included Louis Armstrong. Satchmo performed "Mame". Watch the performance on YouTube.

9. "Little Green Apples" (by O.C. Smith and Roger Miller) won Song of the Year Grammy for songwriter Bobby Russell.

10. O.C. Smith performed "Little Green Apples" at the 11th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

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