1st Annual Grammy Awards
1959 award ceremony for music / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 4, 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Two separate ceremonies were held simultaneously on the same day; the first hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the second in the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City.[1] Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Domenico Modugno, Ross Bagdasarian, and Henry Mancini, each won 2 awards.[2][3]
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1st Annual Grammy Awards | ||||
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Date | May 4th, 1959 | |||
Location | Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California | |||
Hosted by | Mort Sahl | |||
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Network | NBC | |||
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