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

1 1960s

• Grammy Awards of 1968
  • Al De Lory (producer) & Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
• Grammy Awards of 1967
  • David Houston for "Almost Persuaded"
• Grammy Awards of 1966
  • none
• Grammy Awards of 1965
  • none
• Grammy Awards of 1964
  • Bobby Bare for "Detroit City"
• Grammy Awards of 1963
  • Burl Ives for "Funny Way of Laughin'"
• Grammy Awards of 1962
  • Jimmy Dean for Big Bad John
• Grammy Awards of 1961
  • Marty Robbins for "El Paso"
• Grammy Awards of 1960The 2nd Grammy Awards were held in 1960. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Award winners: Record of the Year Bobby Darin for "Mack the Knife" Album of the Year Frank Sinatra for Come Dance With Me Song of the Year Jimmy
  • Johnny HortonJohn Gale "Johnny" Horton ( April 30, 1925 November 5, 1960) was an American country music singer. He was born in Los Angeles, California and died in a car crash near Milano, Texas. In September 1953 he married Billie Jean Jones Eshliman, who, in late 195 for "The Battle of New Orleans"

2 1950s

• Grammy Awards of 1959The 1st Grammy Awards were held in 1959. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Award winners: Record of the Year Domenico Modugno for "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu" Album of the Year Henry Mancini for The Music from Peter Gunn Son
  • The Kingston Trio for "Tom Dooley"