Grammy Awards per l'anno 1962

Il 5° Grammy Awards fu tenuto il 15 Maggio del 1963. I riconoscimenti riguardavano le realizzazioni dei musicisti per l'anno precedente.

• Record of the Year
  • Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
• Album of the Year (other than classical)
  • Vaughn Meader for The First Family
• Song of the Year
  • Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) for "What Kind of Fool Am I" performed by Anthony Newley
• Best New Artist
  • Robert Goulet

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Classical

• Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
  • Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet
• Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Eileen Farrell & the New York Philharmonic for Gotterdamerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs
• Best Opera Recording
  • Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers, & the Rome Opera House Orchestra for Verdi: Aida
• Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
  • Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus; for Bach: St. Matthew Passion
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
• Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
  • Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests
• Best Contemporary Composition
  • Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor) for Stravinsky: The Flood
• Album of the Year - Classical
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Vaughn Meader for The First Family

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Theme
  • Bobby Scott & Ric Marlowe (composers) for "A Taste of Honey"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Baby Elephant Walk"
• Best Background Arrangement
  • Marty Manning (arranger) for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett

Country

• Best Country & Western Recording;
  • Burl Ives for "Funny Way of Laughin' "

Folk

• Best Folk Recording
  • Peter, Paul and Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"

Gospel

• Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording
  • Mahalia Jackson for Great Songs of Love and Faith

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
  • Stan Getz for "Desafinado"
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • Stan Kenton for Adventures in Jazz
• Best Original Jazz Composition
  • Vince Guaraldi (composer) for "Cast Your Fate to the Winds" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album
  • Richard Rodgers (composer) for No Strings performed by Richard Kiley, Diahann Carroll, Bernice Mass, Noelle Adam, Don Chastain, Mitchell Gregg & Noelle Adam

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Cover
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Lena...Lovely and Alive performed by Lena Horne
• Best Album Cover, Classical
  • Marvin Schwartz (art director) for The Intimate Bach performed by Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent de Rosa

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Ella Fitzgerald for Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson Riddle
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tony Bennett for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Peter Paul And Mary for "If I Had a Hammer"
• Best Performance By a Chorus
  • The New Christy Minstrels for Presenting the New Christy Minstrels
• Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
  • Joe Harnell for Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova
• Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist With Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing
  • Peter Nero for The Colorful Peter Nero
• Best Rock and Roll Recording
  • Bent Fabric for "Alley Cat"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Al Schmitt (engineer) for Hatari performed by Henry Mancini
  • Robert Fine (engineer) for The Civil War, Vol. I performed by Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer) for Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra conducted by Fritz Reiner

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Performance;
  • Ray Charles for "I Can't Stop Loving You"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • Charles Laughton for The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton

1961 1963

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