Восьмая церемония вручения премии Grammy - 15 марта 1966

Восьмая церемония прошла в Beverly Hilton в Лос-Анджелесе. Роджер Миллер (Roger Miller), Френк Синатра (Frank Sinatra) и Барбра Стрейзанд (Barbra Streisand) получили наибольшее число номинаций в том году. Френк Синатра также получил престижную награду за "Достижения в течение жизни" (“Lifetime Achievement Award”).

Album Of The Year

Номинанты:

Frank Sinatra - September of My Years Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra Eddy Arnold - My World Julie Andrews and cast - The Sound of Music The Beatles - Help!

Победитель: Frank Sinatra - September of My Years

Best Album Notes

Номинанты:

Frank Sinatra - September of My Years Karl Bohm conducting the German Opera - Berg: Wozzeck Earl Hines - Grand Terrace Band Adlai Stevenson - The Voice of the Uncommon Man

Победитель: Frank Sinatra - September of My Years

Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist

Номинанты:

Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year Lyrics Astrud Gilberto - Day by Day Vikki Carr - Everything I've Got Kenny Burrell - Greensleeves Jackie Deshannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love Lyrics Beatles - Yesterday Lyrics

Победитель: Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year Lyrics

 Best Engineered Recording

Номинанты:

Larry Levine - A Taste of Honey (Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass) Richard Bogert, James Malloy - Latin Sounds of Henry Mancini (Henry Mancini) Al Pachucki, Chuck Seitz - More of That Guitar Country (Chet Atkins) Frank Laico - My Name Is Barbra (Barbra Streisand) Lowell Frank - September of My Years (Frank Sinatra)

Победитель: Larry Levine - A Taste of Honey (Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Номинанты:

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - A Taste Of Honey Lyrics Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops - A Hard Day's Night Neal Hefti - Girl Talk Si Zentner Orchestra - Mission to Moscow Armbruster Orchestra - The Shadow of Your Smile Jankowski Orchestra - Walk in the Black Forest

Победитель: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - A Taste Of Honey Lyrics

Best Instrumental Performance (Non-Jazz)

Номинанты:

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - A Taste Of Honey Lyrics Neal Hefti - Girl Talk Henry Mancini - The Great Race Horst Jankowski - Walk in the Black Forest Chet Atkins - Yakety Axe Lyrics

Победитель: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - A Taste Of Honey Lyrics

Best Jazz Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group

Номинанты:

Duke Ellington Orchestra - Ellington '66 Wes Montgomery with String Orchestra - Bumpin' Rod Levitt - Insight Paul Horn - Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts Kenny Burrell, Gil Evans Orchestra - Kenny Burrell: Guitar Forms

Победитель: Duke Ellington Orchestra - Ellington '66

Best Jazz Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group

Номинанты:

Ramsey Lewis Trio - The In Crowd John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Paul Horn - Cycle Paul Desmond, Jim Hall - Glad to Be Unhappy Gary McFarland Group - Soft Samba Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce

Победитель: Ramsey Lewis Trio - The In Crowd

Best Original Jazz Composition

Номинанты:

Lalo Schifrin - Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Wes Montgomery - Bumpin' Oscar Peterson - Canadiana Suite Eddie Sauter - Mickey One Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn - Virgin Islands Suite

Победитель: Lalo Schifrin - Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts

Female Vocal Performance

Номинанты:

Barbra Streisand - My Name is Barbra Lyrics Petula Clark - Downtown Lyrics Nancy Wilson - Gentle Is My Love Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album Jackie Deshannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love Lyrics

Победитель: Barbra Streisand - My Name is Barbra Lyrics

Male Vocal Performance

Номинанты:

Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year Lyrics Glenn Yarbrough - Baby the Rain Must Fall Roger Miller - King Of The Road Lyrics Tony Bennett - The Shadow Of Your Smile Lyrics Paul McCartney - Yesterday Lyrics

Победитель: Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year Lyrics

Record Of The Year

Номинанты:

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - A Taste Of Honey Lyrics Paul McCartney - Yesterday Lyrics Roger Miller - King Of The Road Lyrics The Ramsey Lewis Trio - The 'In' Crowd Tony Bennett - The Shadow Of Your Smile Lyrics

Победитель: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - A Taste Of Honey Lyrics

Song Of The Year

Номинанты:

Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel - The Shadow of Your Smile Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn - September of My Years John Lennon, Paul McCartney - Yeterday Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Demy - I Will Wait for You Roger Miller - King Of The Road Lyrics

Победитель: Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel - The Shadow of Your Smile

Vocal Group Performance

Номинанты:

The Anita Kerr Quartet - We Dig Mancini The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall Lyrics Beatles - Help Lyrics Hermans Hermits - Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter Lyrics We Five - You Were on My Mind

Победитель: The Anita Kerr Quartet - We Dig Mancini