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1960s Grammy “Best Folk Performance” Awards

1960s best folk performance awards

1960

Winner :  The Kingston Trio for The Kingston Trio at Large

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Side One

  1. “M.T.A.” (Bess Lomax Hawes, Jacqueline Steiner) – 3:16
  2. “All My Sorrows” (Arranged by Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane) – 2:48
  3. “Blow Ye Winds” (Traditional, Guard) – 2:00
  4. “Corey, Corey” (Traditional, Guard, Reynolds, Shane) – 2:07
  5. “The Seine” (Irving Burgess) – 2:41
  6. “I Bawled” (Traditional, Shane) – 1:51

Side Two

  1. “Good News” (Lou Gottlieb) – 2:00
  2. “Getaway John” (Traditional, Guard) – 2:35
  3. “The Long Black Rifle” (Lawrence Coleman, Norman Gimbel) – 3:05
  4. “Early in the Morning” (Randy Starr, Dick Wolf) – 2:04
  5. “Scarlet Ribbons” (Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal) – 2:17
  6. “Remember the Alamo” (Jane Bowers) – 3:01

 

 

 1961

Winner : Harry Belafonte for “Swing Dat Hammer

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  1. “Look Over Yonder” – 2:51
  2. “Bald Headed Woman” – 3:30
  3. “Grizzly Bear” – 3:27
  4. “Diamond Joe” (Belafonte) – 3:36
  5. “Here Rattler Here” – 3:57
  6. “Another Man Done Gone” (Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt) – 2:21
  7. “Swing Dat Hammer ” – 4:38
  8. “Go Down Old Hannah” – 3:47
  9. “Rocks and Gravel” – 4:10
  10. “Talkin’ an’ Signifyin’ ” – 5:08

 

 

1962

Winner : Belafonte Folk Singers for Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad

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1963

Nominated : Bob Dylan

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Winner : Peter, Paul and Mary for “If I Had a Hammer

 

1964

 

Winner: Peter, Paul and Mary for “Blowin’ in the Wind

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 1965

Winner : Gale Garnett for We’ll Sing in the Sunshine

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1966

Winner: Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba for An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba

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  1. “Train Song” (Mbombela)– 3:08 (Harry + Miriam)
  2. “‘In the Land of the Zulus” (Kwazulu) – 2:30 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
  3. “Hush, Hush” (Thula Thula) – 3:03 (sung by Harry Belafonte)
  4. “To Those We Love” (Nongqongqo)– 2:15 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
  5. “Give Us Our Land” – 2:27 (sung by Harry Belafonte)
  6. “Ndodemnyama Verwoerd!” – 2:05 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
  7. “Gone Are My Children” – 2:47 (sung by Harry Belafonte)
  8. “Hurry, Mama, Hurry!” – 3:25 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
  9. “My Angel” – 3:12 (Harry + Miriam)
  10. “Cannon” – 2:47 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
  11. “Lullaby” – 2:46 (sung by Harry Belafonte)
  12. “Show Me the Way, My Brother” – 3:10 (sung by Harry Belafonte)

 

1967

Winner:  Cortelia Clark for Blues in the Street

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1968

Winner :John Hartford for “Gentle on My Mind

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1969

Winner: Judy Collins for “Both Sides Now

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Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Ethnic_or_Traditional_Folk_Recording

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