| Record of the Year |
"Theme From A Summer Place", Percy Faith |
| Album of the Year |
Button Down Mind, Bob Newhart (Warner Bros.) |
| Song of the Year |
"Theme From Exodus", Ernest Gold, songwriter |
| Best New Artist of 1960 |
Bob Newhart |
| Best Performance By a Pop Single Artist |
"Georgia on My Mind", Ray Charles |
| Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male |
"Georgia on My Mind", Ray Charles (ABC) |
| Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female |
"Mack the Knife", Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) |
| Best Vocal Performance, Album, Male |
Genius of Ray Charles, Ray Charles (Atlantic) |
| Best Vocal Performance, Album, Female |
Mack the Knife - Ella in Berlin, Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) |
| Best Performance By a Vocal Group |
"We Got Us", Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence |
| Best Performance By a Chorus |
Songs of the Cowboy, Norman Luboff Choir |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance |
"Let the Good Times Roll", Ray Charles |
| Best Jazz Performance, Solo or Small Group |
West Side Story, André Previn |
| Best Jazz Performance, Large Group |
Blues and the Beat, Henry Mancini |
| Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes |
Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis and Gil Evans, composers |
| Best Performance By a Band for Dancing |
Dance With Basie, Count Basie |
| Best Country and Western Performance |
"El Paso", Marty Robbins |
| Best Performance, Folk |
"Swing Dat Hammer", Harry Belafonte |
| Best Performance By an Orchestra |
Mr. Lucky, Henry Mancini |
| Best Arrangement |
Mr. Lucky, Henry Mancini, arranger |
| Best Show Album (Original Cast) |
The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, composers (Columbia) |
| Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Music Score From Motion Picture or Television |
Exodus, Ernest Gold, composer (RCA) |
| Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast From Motion Picture or Television |
Can-Can, Cole Porter, composer (Capital) |
| Best Classical Performance, Orchestra |
Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, Fritz Reiner conducting Chicago Symphony |
| Best Classical Performance, Vocal or Instrumental Chamber Music |
Conversations With the Guitar, Laurindo Almeida |
| Best Classical Performance, Concerto or Instrumental Soloist |
Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Sviatoslav Richter; Erich Leinsdorf conducting Chicago Symphony |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Duo (Other Than Orchestral) |
The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida, Laurindo Almeida |
| Best Classical Opera Production |
Puccini, Turandot, Erich Leinsdorf conducting Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra; solos: Tebaldi, Nilsson, Björling and Tozzi |
| Best Classical Performance, Choral (Including Oratorio) |
Handel, The Messiah, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus |
| Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist |
A Program of Song, Leontyne Price |
| Best Contemporary Classical Composition |
Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite, Aaron Copland, composer |
| Best Comedy Performance (Spoken Word) |
Button Down Mind Strikes Back, Bob Newhart |
| Best Comedy Performance (Musical) |
Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris, Jo Stafford and Paul Weston |
| Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word (Other Than Comedy) |
F.D.R. Speaks, Robert Bialek |
| Best Album Created for Children |
Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks, David Seville (Liberty) |
| Best Album Cover |
Latin a la Lee, Marvin Schwartz, art director (Capitol) |
