Grammy Awards 1966
The 8th Grammy Awards · Held March 15, 1966 · 21 categories · everything in 1966
Album of the Year
- Winner September of My Years
Song of the Year
Best New Artist
- Winner Tom Jones
- Nominee Glenn Yarbrough
- Nominee Herman's Hermits
- Nominee Horst Jankowski
- Nominee Marilyn Maye
- Nominee Sonny & Cher
- Nominee The Byrds
Best Children's Music Album
- Winner Dr. Seuss Presents "Fox in Socks" and "Green Eggs and Ham" · Marvin Miller
- Nominee Love Songs For Children: "A" You're Adorable · Diahann Carroll
- Nominee Patrick Muldoon And His Magic Balloon · Carmel Quinn
- Nominee Supercalifragelistic Expialidocious · David Seville & The Chipmunks
- Nominee Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree · Sterling Holloway, Sebastian Cabot
Best Comedy Album
Best Contemporary Song
- Winner King of the Road · Roger Miller
Best Country Album
- Winner The Return of Roger Miller · Roger Miller
- Nominee Father And Son · Hank Williams Sr., Hanks Williams Jr.
- Nominee More Of That Guitar Country · Chet Atkins
- Nominee My World
- Nominee The Jim Reeves Way · Jim Reeves
Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
- Winner An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba · Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba
- Nominee A Song Will Rise · Peter, Paul & Mary
- Nominee Makeba Sings · Miriam Makeba
- Nominee Pete Seeger
- Nominee Roscoe Holcomb: The High Lonesome Sound · Roscoe Holcomb
- Nominee The Womenfolk At The Hungry I · The Womenfolk
- Nominee There But For Fortune · Joan Baez
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- Winner Queen of the House · Jody Miller
- Nominee Baby · Wilma Burgess
- Nominee Before The Ring On Your Finger Turns Green · Dottie West
- Nominee Single Girl Again · Molly Bee
- Nominee Sunglasses · Skeeter Davis
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner I Know a Place · Petula Clark
Best Inspirational Performance
- Winner Southland Favorites · Anita Kerr, George Beverly Shea
- Nominee All Day Sing And Dinner On The Ground · Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister
- Nominee Bos Ashton's Songs Of Living Faith · Ralph Carmichael Singers And Orchestra
- Nominee How Great Thou Art · Kate Smith
- Nominee Just Keep On Singing · Marian Anderson
- Nominee Let Me Walk With Thee · Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Nominee Something Old, Something New · Blackwood Brothers
- Nominee What A Happy Time · The Happy Goodman Family
Best Instrumental Performance
- Winner A Taste of Honey · Herb Alpert
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- Winner The "In" Crowd · Ramsey Lewis, Ramsey Lewis Trio
- Nominee A Love Supreme · John Coltrane
- Nominee Paul Desmond · Jim Hall, Glad To Be Unhappy
- Nominee Paul Horn · Cycle
- Nominee Soft Samba · Gary McFarland Group
- Nominee Soul Sauce · Cal Tjader
- Nominee The Power Of Positive Swinging · Clark Terry
- Nominee Trio '65 · Bill Evans Trio
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Winner Ellington '66 · Duke Ellington
- Nominee Bumpin'
- Nominee Insight · Rod Levitt
- Nominee Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts · Paul Horn
- Nominee Kenny Burrell/Guitar Forms · Kenny Burrell, Gil Evans Orchestra
- Nominee Love Theme From The Sandpiper · Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller
- Nominee Mickey One · Stan Getz
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Winner King of the Road · Roger Miller
- Nominee Crystal Chandelier · Carl Belew
- Nominee Is It Really Over · Jim Reeves
- Nominee Make The World Go Away · Eddy Arnold
- Nominee Talk Me Some Sense · Bobby Bare
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner King of the Road · Roger Miller
Best Performance by a Chorus
- Winner Anyone for Mozart? · Ward Swingle
Best Performance by a Vocal Group
- Winner We Dig Mancini · Anita Kerr
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Winner Flowers on the Wall · The Statler Brothers
Best R&B Performance
- Winner Papa's Got a Brand New Bag · James Brown