: — — : f The Cash Box^ Music Page 45 October 17, 1959 1959 NARAS NOMINATIONS Keely Leiids A Hand

(Top five nominees in each category; •where more than five items BEST CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE— are listed, it is the result of ties in CHAM- BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE—MUSICAL that category) BER MUSIC Ind. CHAMBER 1. A Party With and 1. Beethoven; Sonatas No. 21 in C. Op. 53 and No. 2. Charlie Weaver Sings for His People RECORD OF THE YEAR 18 in E Flat. 53 Cp. —Artur Rubinstein 3. Monster Rally Hans Conreid, Alice Pearce and the 2. Beethoven Piano Quartet 1. A Fool Such As I — in E Flat. Op. 16; Schu- Creatures mann Piano Quartet in E Flat, 2. High Hopes Frank Qp. 47; The Fes- 4. Musically Mad—Orchestra — Sinatra tival Quartet Mis-Led by Bernie Greem and the Stereo Madmen 3. Like Young—Andre Previn & David Rose Ork. 3. Cello Galaxy—Felix Slatkin, Concert Arts Orch. 5* The Battle of Kookamonga 4. Mack the Knife Bobby Darin —Homer and Jethro — 4. Four Italian Sonatas—^Nathan Milstein 5. The Three Bells—The Browns 5. Villa Lobos String Quartet—The Hollywood String BEST PERFORMANCE—DOCUMENTARY OR Quartet SPOKEN WORD OTHER THAN ALBUM OF THE YEAR COMEDY 1. -A Lincoln Portrait— Carl Sandburg 1. Belafonte BEST SELLING P E R FO RM A N C E at Carnegie Hall—Harry Belafonte — CON- 2. Ages of Man—Sir John Gielgud 2. Come Dance CERTO OR INSTRUMENT SOLOIST With Me— WITH 3. Alark Twain Tonight—Hal Holbrook 3. More Music FULL ORCHESTRA ACCOMPANIMENT From Peter Gunn—Henri Mancini 4. Taxi Driver—^Tony Schwartz 4. RachmaninolF: Piano 1. Brahms: Violin Concerto in 5. Sherlock No. 3 ; Van Clibum; D—Henryk Szeryng; Holmes, Basil Rathbone Reads Kiril Kondrashin, The conductor, Symphony of the Air London Symphony Orch. Monteaux 5. Victory at 2. Brahms: Sea. Vol. 2 (R. Rodgers)—Robert Russel Piano Concerto No. 2—Arthur Rubinstein; BEST PERFORMANCE BY "TOP 40" ARTIST Bennett The RCA Victor Symphony Orch. Kripps & RCA Victor Symphony Orch. (Remake) 1. A Big Hunk o* Love^Elvis Presley 3. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor. Op. 64; 2. Broken-Hearted Melody— SONG OF THE Prokofieff: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor YEAR Jascha 3. Charlie Brown—The Coasters Heifetz; Boston Symphony Orch., Munch HOLLYWOOD—Edd Byrnes pre- 1. Battle of New 4. 4. Makin’ Love—Floyd Robinson Orleans (Comp—Jimmy Driftwood) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3—Van Cliburn, sents Keely Smith 2. High Symphony of the Air, Kondrashin 5. Midnight Flyer—Nat King with a plaque for Hopes (Comp—.Sammy Cahn-Jimmy Van- Cole heusen) her 5. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 — Vladimir 6. Neil Sedaka—Neil Sedaka outstanding service in the fight 3. 1 Know Horowitz, NBC Symphony, Toscanini (Comp—Karl Stutz-Edith Lindeman). against tuberculosis. Byrnes made 4. Like Young (Comp BEST COUNTRY AND WESTERN —Paul Francis Webster-Andre the presentation Previn) BEST CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE—INSTRU- PERFORMANCE in behalf of the Na- 5. Small tional World (Comp—Jule Styue-Steven Sondheim) MENTAL SOLOIST OTHER THAN FULL 1. Battle of New Orleans—Johnny Horton Tuberculosis Association. ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT 2. Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles—Don Gibson BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE 3. Home Jim Reeves 1. Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 and 18—.Artur Rubin- — FE.\fALE— Stein. Piano 4. Set Him Free—Skeeter Davis Blackwell 1. Alright, Okay, You Win— 2. Danzas—Laurindo Almeida 5. Tennessee Stud—Eddy Arnold Joins Glover 2. Broadway '59 —Pat Suzuki 3. Four Italian Sonatas—Nathan Millstein, A'iolin 3. But Not For BEST RHYTHM AND Me— 4. Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. I: Krenek: Sonata PERFORMANCE No. NEW YORK Songster - 1 ew., — O no. 0.1 ... _ vvriter 4. La Strada Del 3, Op. 92; Schoenberg: Three Piano 1. -A Big Hunk o’ Love—Elvis Amore—Catrina Valente Pieces, Op. Presley Otis 11—, Piano 2. Blackwell has signed 5. —Lena Home Charlie Brown—The Coasters an exclu- 5. Pennario Plays sive —Leonard Pennario, Piano 3. Guess Who—Jesse Belvin disk pact with Glover Records, 6. Presenting BEST VOCAL Jaimie Laredo—Jaimie Laredo, VioL’n 4. Midnight Flyei—Nat PERFORMANCE King Cole this city, it was revealed last week. 4. What A MALE— BEST CLASSICAL Dirrcnce a Day Makes— PERFORMANCE—VOCAL Blackwell, who has written such 1. Ad Evening With Lemer and Lowe Robert SOLOIST WITH OR WITHOUT BEST — Merrill ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE—FOLK rock smashes as “Don’t 2. Belafonte at Carnegie Hall— Be Cruel,” Harry Belafonte 1. A 1. Belafonte at Brahras-Schumann Recital—Maureen Forrester Carnegie Hall—Harry Belafonte All Shook 3. Come Dance With Mi^Frank Sinatra Up” and “Fever,” will 2. Bjoerling in Opera—Jussi Bjoerling 2. Tennessee Stud—Eddy .Arnold 4. Guess Who—^Jesse Belvin also do free lance 3. Portrays Verdi Heroines 3. The Wilderness Road—Jimmy Drifnvood A&R work and 5. Mack the Knife—Bobby Darin 4. 4. At Large scout talent for Milanov 'Operatic Arias—Zinka Milanov With the Kingston Trio—Kingston Trio the label. Glover was 4. The Art — 5. The Wild. Wild of Song Cesare Valletti West—Ralph Hunter Choir recently formed by Henry Glover BEST PERFORMANCE BY A DANCE BAND BEST CLASSICAL BEST RECORDING with Hy Weiss, of Old Town Records. 1. Anatomy PERFORMANCE- FOR CHILDREN of a Murder—Duke Ellington OPERA CAST OR CHORAL 1. Hansel and Cretel Original Sound 2. Breakfast Dance and Barbecue Track Record- —Count Basie ing Michael Myerberg Film 3. For the Very First 1. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Time— —R. Peters, G. 2. Peter and the London. L. Della Wolf—Peter Ustinov, Narrative 4. New Sounds at the Casa. Vienna Philharmonic Roosevelt—Larry Elgart 3. Popeye’s Favorite YOU’RE Orch., Leinsdorf Sea Chanties— Capt. Allen Swift GONNA MISS ME 5. Pops and Prado—Perez Prado 2. 4. The .Arabian Nights— Rossini: The Barber of Seville—R. Peters. C. Marla Ray recorded by 6. Sound Spectacular— Ray Anthony Valetti. R. Merrill. G. Tozzi, Metropolitan Orch. 5. Three to Make Music-Cindcrella—Mary Martin, the CONNIE and Chorus, Leinsdorf FRANCIS mGM Little Orch. Society Cond. by Thomas Scherman 3. Saint-Saens: Aida Music Inc. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ORCHESTRA Samson & Delilah—R. Stevens, M. Del Monaco, Metropolitan Opera Orch. and BEST ARRANGEMENT 1. Just for — Chorus, Kicks Bob Thompson and His Ork Faustocleva 1. An Evening W’ith Lerner and Lowe Johnny TWO FOOLS 2. Like T oung—David Rose 4. The Beloved Choruses—Mormon Tabernacle Choir — Green, Ork and .\ndre Previn RC.A Victor Symphony Orch. and Chorale (ar- recorded by 3. More o. \ erdi : The Music From Peter Gunn—Henri Mancini Force of Destiny—Z. Milanov, G. Di ranger Johnny Green) Stefano. L. 4. Music V arren, R. Elias. G. Tozzi; Orches- 2. FRANKIE AVALON From .M Squad—Stanley Wilson Come Dance With jMe—Frank Sinatra (arranger CHANCELLOR tra and Chorus of the .\cademia De Santa Cecilia, 5. Strings Billy May) Frankie Avalon Aflame—Esquivel Rome, Previtali Music Inc. 6. 3. -Mack the Knife Bobby Darin Two Sides of Winterhalter—Hugo Winterhalter — (arranger Richard W ess) BEST MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS FIRST RE- BIG HUNK OF LOVE 4. More Music From Peter Gunn— BEST CORDED AND RELEASED IN Henri Mancini (ar- PERFORMANCE BY A 1959—MORE ranger Henri .Mancini) recorded by THAN FIVE VOCAL OR MINUTES' DURATION 5. Strings CHORUS Aflame—Esquivel (arranger Esquivel) ELVIS PRESLEY RCA VICTOR 1. 1. Anatomy of a Murder Duke Ellington 6. Victory at Sea, Vol. R. Russell Ames Brothers Sing Famous — 2— Bennett, RCA Elvis Presley Music, Inc. Hits of Famous Quar- Symphony tets—Ames Brothers 2. More Music From Peter Gunn—Henri Mancini Orch. (arranger R. Russell Bennett) (Remake) 2. Battle 3. Prokofieff: The Hymn of the Republic—Mormon Tabernacle Overture Russe, Op. 72~Tfae Paris Choir Conservatoire FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING Orch., Marlinon BEST ENGINEERING CONTRIBUTION- 3. Kingston Trio at — 4. St. Lawrence Suite (From the recorded Large 'Kingston Trio Album “Doubling in CLASSICAL RECORDING by Brass ’) : Morton Gould 4. The Three Bells—The Browns and His Symphonic Orch. 1. Doubling in Brass COLUMBIA 5. Shostakovitch : —Morton Gould 5. The Stephen Concerto No. 2 for Plano and Or- Foster Song Book— Johnny Cash Music Inc. Chorale chestra. Op. 101 — and New 2. Rossini Overtures—Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony \ork Philharmonic 3. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien; Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol—Kiril Kondrashin, RC.A Victor HILL AND RANGE SONGS, INC. BEST PERFORMANCE—SOLOIST BEST SOUND TRACK ALBUM BACK- Symphony — 1619 Broadway, New York, GROUND SCORE 4. N. Y. 1. Urbie Green. Trombone FROM MOTION PICTURE Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Ravel: Bolero—Mor- ton Gould and His Orchestra “Best of New Broadway Show Hits” OR TELEVISION 2. Bobby Troup, 5. Victory at Sea. Vol. 2—Robert Russell Bennett Piano. Vocal 1. Anatomy of a Murder Duke “Bobby — Ellington (From mo- and RCA Symphony Orch. (Remake) Troup and His Stars of Jazz" tion picture.) 3. Ruby Braff, Trumpet 2. More Music From Peter Gunn “Easy Now” —Orch. Cond. by BEST ENGINEERING CONTRIBUTION- Henri Mancini (From TV show.) 4. Ella Fitzgerald, NOVELTY RECORDING Vocal 3. Pete Kelly’s Blues (From TV show.) “Ella Swings Lightly” 1- Alvin’s Harmonica—David Seville 4. The Music SPORTSWEAR From M Squad—Orch. Cond. by Stanley 5. Andre Previn, 2. Orienta Polo Piano Wilson (From TV show.) —Marco Adventures “Like Young” 3. Supersonics in Flight Billy Mure 5. The Nun’s Story (From motion picture.) — QUALITY -UP TO THE 6. Red Norvo, Vibes 4. The Bat—AIvinc/Rey “Red Norvo in Hi-Fi” BEST SOUND TRACK ALBUM—ORIGINAL 5. W’ild, W^ild West—Ralph Hunter Choir MINUTE STYLING CAST MOTION PICTURE OR TELEVISION BEST JAZZ BEST ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE—GROUP CONTRIBUTION Cashmeres, Slacks, Sportshirts, Suits, 1. For the First Time (From motion picture.) OTHER THAN 1. Chances Are CLASSICAL OR NOVELTY It Swings—Shorty Rogers 2. Porgy and Bess (From motion picture.) Jackets Priced at a saving to you 1. Belafonte at Cargenie Hall 2. I Dig Chicks— —Harry Belafonte Jonah Jones 3. Sleeping Beauty (From motion picture.) 2. Big Band Guitar 3. More Music —Buddy Morrow From Peter Gunn—Henri Mancini 4. Some Like It Hot (From motion picture.) 3. Compulsion to Swing—Henri Rene 4. Red Nor\’o in Hi-Fi 5. IRV The Five Pennies (From motion picture.) & PINNY 4. New Sounds at the Roosevelt Larry Elgart 5. Shorty Rogers Plays the — Wizard of Oz—Shorty I 141 Rogers 5. Strings Aflame—Esquivel W. 40th St. N. Y. C. BEST BROADWAY SHOW ALBUM I Tel.: LO 5-9082 1. A Party With Betty Comden and Adolph Green BEST ALBUM COVER BEST CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE— 2. Ages of Man—Sir John Gielgud 1. Anatomy of a Murder—Duke Ellington and His Ork ORCHESTRA 3. Gypsy 2. For LP Fans Only—Elvis Presley I. Beethoven 4. Once Upon a Mattress 3. Porgy and Bess Lena Horne. Harry ; Symphony No. 6—Pierre Monteux, — Belafonte Vienna Philharmonic 5. Redhead 4. Shostakovich Symphony No. 5—Nat’l Symphony 2. Orch.—Howard Mitchell RECORD LABELS 1* Debussy: Images for Orchestra—Charles Munch, The Boston Symphony Orch. BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE- 5. The South Shall Rise Again—Phil Harris r ‘”6 our Specialty • Service our Motto I 3. Rossini Overtures—Fritz Reiner, The Chicago Sym- SPOKEN WORD phony Orch. BEST NEW ARTIST OF 1959 CpMMERCIAL — TRANSCRIPTION LABELS 1. Hamlet —Andy Griffith 1. Bobby Darin REGULAR OR pressure SENSITIVE 4. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien: Rimskv-Korsakov 2. Inside Shelly Berman Capriccio Espagnol—Kondrashin, The RCA Victor 2. Edd Byrnes PHONE: HYacinfh 7-2320 Symphony Orch. 3. Look Forward in Anger—Mort Sahl 3. ' Johnny Restivo PROGRESSIVE LABEL 5. Tchaikovsky: 4. CO. 1812 Overture; Ravel: Bolero— Sick Humor—Lenny Bruce 4. Mark Murphy Morton Gould and His Orchestra 286-290 Stanhope St.,, Brooklyn 37, N ’ Y, 5. Stan Freberg with Original Cast 5. Mavis Rivers ‘It’s What’s in THE CASH BOX That Counts—IISTERXATIONALLY”