| Record of the Year |
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco", Tony Bennett |
| Album of the Year |
The First Family, Vaughn Meader (Cadence) |
| Song of the Year |
"What Kind of Fool Am I", Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, songwriters |
| Best New Artist of 1962 |
Robert Goulet |
| Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male |
I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Tony Bennett |
| Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female |
Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson Riddle, Ella Fitzgerald |
| Best Performance By a Vocal Group |
"If I Had a Hammer", Peter, Paul and Mary |
| Best Performance By a Chorus |
Presenting the New Christy Minstrels, New Christy Minstrels |
| Best Rock and Roll Recording |
"Alley Cat", Bent Fabric (Atco) |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Recording |
"I Can't Stop Loving You", Ray Charles (ABC) |
| Best Jazz Performance, Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental) |
"Desafinado", Stan Getz |
| Best Jazz Performance, Large Group (Instrumental) |
Adventures in Jazz, Stan Kenton |
| Best Original Jazz Composition |
"Cast Your Fate to the Winds", Vince Guaraldi, composer |
| Best Country and Western Recording |
"Funny Way of Laughin'", Burl Ives (Decca) |
| Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording |
Great Songs of Love and Faith, Mahalia Jackson (Columbia) |
| Best Folk Recording |
"If I Had a Hammer", Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Performance By an Orchestra for Dancing |
Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova, Joe Harnell |
| Best Performance By an Orchestra or Instrumentalist With Orchestra, Not for Jazz or Dancing |
The Colorful Peter Nero, Peter Nero |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement |
"Baby Elephant Walk", Henry Mancini, arranger |
| Best Background Arrangement |
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco", Marty Manning, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Theme |
"A Taste of Honey", Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow, composers |
| Best Original Cast Show Album |
No Strings, Richard Rodgers, composer (Capitol) |
| Album of the Year, Classical |
Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz (Columbia) |
| Best Classical Performance, Orchestra |
Stravinsky, The Firebird Ballet, Igor Stravinsky conducting Columbia Symphony |
| Best Classical Performance, Chamber Music |
The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and William Primrose |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) |
Stravinsky, Concerto in D for Violin, Isaac Stern; Igor Stravinsky conducting Columbia Symphony |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Duo (Without Orchestra) |
Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz |
| Best Opera Recording |
Verdi, Aïda, Georg Solti conducting Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Price, Vickers, Gorr, Merrill and Tozzi (RCA) |
| Best Classical Performance, Choral |
Bach, St. Matthew Passion, Philharmonia Choir, Wilhelm Pitz, choral director; Otto Klemperer conducting Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist (With or Without Orchestra) |
Wagner, Götterdämerung Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene; Wesendonck, Songs, Eileen Farrell; Leonard Bernstein conducting New York Philharmonic |
| Best Classical Composition By Contemporary Composer |
The Flood, Igor Stravinsky, composer |
| Best Comedy Performance |
The First Family, Vaughn Meader |
| Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (Other Than Comedy) |
The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton, Charles Laughton (Capitol) |
| Best Recording for Children |
Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals; Britten, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (Columbia) |
| Best Album Cover |
Lena . . .Lovely and Alive, Robert Jones, art director (RCA) |
| Best Album Cover, Classical |
The Intimate Bach, Marvin Schwartz, art director (Capitol) |
