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ROGER MILLER, SWEEP

GRAMMY AWARDS

Jazzmen Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto of Verve Records, and country singer-com- poser Roger Miller of Smash Records, swept the NARAS Grammy Awards last Tuesday Night (13). Between them, the Getz-Gilberto and Miller combine swept nine of the 47 awards. The star studded NARAS banquet and Best vocalists: Barbra Streisand, Louis Armstrong awards dinner, the highlight of the record industry year, was held simultaneously in record ifor a year's awards. Glad I Am." Most of the r. & b. afficiana- four cities, New York, Chicago, Nashville dos felt Nancy's record was pure pop. and Hollywood, the main centers of the iHenry Manciini picked up three Gram- U.S. recording industry. Almost 1500 per- mys. His ccmposition "Pink Panther" won There was also much ado about Gale Garnett's win of best folk record with formers, producers, composers, art direc- as the best instrumental. His Victor re- "We'11 Sing In The Sunshine," another disc tors, engineers and music-record execu- cording Of the song won as the best instru- tives at.tended. mental performance, and also won best regarded as more pop than folk. Getz-GiLberto won the album of the instrumental arrangement. No quarrel Here year award with the LP "Getz-Gilberto;" The Beatles, the biggest thing that has won the best instrumental jazz perform- happened to the record business in 10 Yet there was no quarrel about Marilyn ance with the same LP, and won the years, surprisingly received only two Home as most promising reco.rding artist award for best engineered album as well. awards. One was as best vocal group with in the classical field, or the BBC Tribute Getz and Astrud Gilberto also won the "A Hard Day's Night" on Capitol. The to John F. Kennedy on Decca as the best record of the year award for the single other was as best new talent of 1964. documentary, or Petula Clark's "Down- "The Girl From Impanema." town" on Warmer Bros. as best rock and I.Dolly'. Top 'Song roll recording, or Leontyne Price's "Car- Roger's Record Nigh+ "Song of the Year" was Jerry Herman's men" on Victor as the best opera package. Roger Miller snagged the country single "Hello Dolly." Louis Armstrong was The NARAS Awards were presented of the year with "Dang Me," top country named best male vocalist for his record much more happily and breezily than in song with "Dang Me," top country LP with other years too. Father O'Connor, Allan "Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug," best perform- of ``Hello Dolly" on Kapp. Barbra Streis- and got the award as best femiale vocalist Sherman, Morton Gould, and Skitch Hen- ance, c.ountry, with ``Dang Me," and also for her Columbia discing of "People" from derson made fine emcees at the Astor Ho- won as best new country artist. That's a her show "Funny Girl." The arranger of tel in New York, and the artists who came the song on the single, Peter Matz, re- to the Astor to present the awards kept ceived a Cirammy for his arrangement. things in a warm groove. They included And the album cover of Barbl`a's LP called such outstanding names ias Sammy Davis, "People" on Columbia, won the best pop Eddy Arnold, Leopold Stokowski, Dionne Warwick, Astirud Gilberto, Maestro Arthur cover award. "Funny Girl," won the Grammy as best Fiedler, isteve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Duke Ellington, Mary Travers (Peter, Paul Broadway show score of the year. It was and she), and Miriam Makeba. written by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill. "Mary Poppins" won two awards. One as The biggest tribute of the evening came best motion picture score, an additional however, when the Great Louis Armstrong plum for composers Richard and Robert came up to receive his award as best male Sherman, who won a Hollywood Oscar for vocalist, and sang his song, to backing by the score, and also as best kiddie album, the Woody Herm'an Orchestra. That topped on the Vista label. the night. Although there was general agreement NARAS president Nesuhi Ertegun and that the NARAS awards this time out New York president George Avakian, and (the seventh annual) were much more on executive director George Simon deserve the beam than in other years, there was kudos for a well-wrought NARAS aft air. Now-on to the NARAS NBC-TV Show considerable gr'umbling about ,a few of "The Best On Record," May 18! them. One was the best rhythm and blues BOB ROLONTZ NARAS President Nesuhi Ertegun record award to Nancy Wilson for "How

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