Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus was awarded from 1961 to 1968. In its first year, the award specified that a "chorus" contains seven or more artists. This award was presented alongside the award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group. Before 1961 these awards were combined into the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus.

Although in the "pop" field the award did not specify pop music performances. In 1969 and 1970 a pop-specific award was presented for Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Recipients

Year^[I]	Winner(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1961	Luboff, NormanNorman Luboff (choir director) (performed by the Norman Luboff Choir)	Songs of the Cowboy	Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall performed by The Belafonte Folk Singers Deep Night performed by The Ray Charles Singers My Favorite Things performed by The Pete King Chorale What Wondrous Love performed by Robert Shaw Chorale	[1]
1962	Johnny Mann Singers (performed by the Johnny Mann Singers & The Si Zentner Orchestra)	Great Band With Great Voices	At Home and Abroad performed by The Belafonte Folk Singers Hey! Look Me Over performed by The Pete King Chorale & Orchestra This Is Norman Luboff! performed by The Norman Luboff Choir A Song at Twilight performed by Roger Wagner Chorale	[2]
1963	The New Christy Minstrels	Presenting The New Christy Minstrels	"Consider Yourself" performed by The Pete King Chorale A Choral Spectacular performed by The Norman Luboff Choir (Norman Luboff, choir director) Great Band with Great Voices... Swing the Great Voices of the Great Bands performed by Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra The Waring Blend performed by Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians	[3]
1964	The Swingle Singers	Bach's Greatest Hits	"Charade" performed by Henry Mancini & His Orchestra with Chorus The Joy of Christmas performed by Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Richard P. Condie, director; Leonard Bernstein, conducting the New York Philharmonic) "Green, Green" performed by The New Christy Minstrels The Many Moods of Christmas performed by Robert Shaw Chorale (Robert Shaw, conducting the RCA Orchestra)	[4]
1965	The Swingle Singers	The Swingle Singers Going Baroque	"Love Me with All Your Heart" performed by The Ray Charles Singers "Artistry in Voices and Brass" performed by Stan Kenton Orchestra: Chorus by Pete Rugolo "Dear Heart" performed by The Henry Mancini Orchestra & Chorus "Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)" performed by The Serendipity Singers	[5]
1966	Swingle, WardWard Swingle (choir director) (performed by The Swingle Singers)	Anyone for Mozart?	Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts performed by Paul Horn and Chorus Dear Heart and Other Songs about Love performed by The Orchestra & Chorus of Henry Mancini Chim Chim Cher-ee and Other Happy Songs performed by The New Christy Minstrels On Broadway performed by Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra	[6]
1967	Conniff, RayRay Conniff (choir director) (performed by the Ray Conniff Singers)	"Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago)"	Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' performed by Count Basie with Alan Copeland Singers Henry Mancini Presents the Academy Award Songs performed by Henry Mancini, Orchestra & Chorus "A Man and a Woman" performed by The Johnny Mann Singers Rococo Á Go Go performed by The Swingle Singers (Ward Swingle, director)	[7]
1968	Johnny Mann Singers	"Up, Up and Away"	"Blame It on Me" performed by The Ray Charles Singers "Windy" performed by The Percy Faith Chorus & Orchestra Wish Me a Rainbow performed by Living Voices (Ethel Gabriel, conductor) Encounter performed by Swingle Singers with Modern Jazz Quartet	[8]

References

General

• "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2015. Note: User must select the "Pop" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

1. "Grammy Awards 1961". Awards & Shows.
2. "Grammy Awards 1962". Awards & Shows.
3. "Grammy Awards 1963". Awards & Shows.
4. "Grammy Awards 1964". Awards & Shows.
5. "Grammy Awards 1965". Awards & Shows.
6. "Grammy Awards 1966". Awards & Shows.
7. "Grammy Awards 1967". Awards & Shows.
8. "Grammy Awards 1968". Awards & Shows.

External links

• Official site