Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing

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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[edit]

Year Winner(s) Title Nominees Ref.
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[edit]

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards 1959 (May)". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Grammy Awards 1959". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards 1961". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "Grammy Awards 1962". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  5. ^ "Grammy Awards 1963". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Grammy Awards 1964". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
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