Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus was awarded from 1961 to 1968. In its first year, the award specified that a "chorus" contains seven or more artists. This award was presented alongside the award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group. Before 1961 these awards were combined into the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus.

Although in the "pop" field the award did not specify pop music performances. In 1969 and 1970 a pop-specific award was presented for Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus.

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

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1961	Norman Luboff (choir director) (performed by the Norman Luboff Choir)	Songs of the Cowboy	Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall – The Belafonte Folk Singers Deep Night – The Ray Charles Singers My Favorite Things – The Pete King Chorale What Wondrous Love – Robert Shaw Chorale
1962	Johnny Mann Singers (performed by the Johnny Mann Singers & The Si Zentner Orchestra)	Great Band With Great Voices	At Home and Abroad – The Belafonte Folk Singers Hey! Look Me Over – The Pete King Chorale & Orchestra This Is Norman Luboff! – The Norman Luboff Choir A Song at Twilight – Roger Wagner Chorale
1963	The New Christy Minstrels	Presenting The New Christy Minstrels	"Consider Yourself" – The Pete King Chorale A Choral Spectacular – The Norman Luboff Choir (Norman Luboff, choir director) Great Band with Great Voices... Swing the Great Voices of the Great Bands – Johnny Mann Singers and the Si Zentner Orchestra The Waring Blend – Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians
1964	The Swingle Singers	Bach's Greatest Hits	"Charade" – Henry Mancini & His Orchestra with Chorus The Joy of Christmas – Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Richard P. Condie, director; Leonard Bernstein, conducting the New York Philharmonic) Green, Green – The New Christy Minstrels The Many Moods of Christmas – Robert Shaw Chorale (Robert Shaw, conducting the RCA Orchestra)
1965	The Swingle Singers	The Swingle Singers Going Baroque	"Love Me with All Your Heart" – The Ray Charles Singers "Artistry in Voices and Brass" – Stan Kenton Orchestra: Chorus by Pete Rugolo "Dear Heart" – The Henry Mancini Orchestra & Chorus "Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)" – The Serendipity Singers
1966	Ward Swingle (choir director) (performed by The Swingle Singers)	Anyone for Mozart?	Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts – Paul Horn and Chorus Dear Heart and Other Songs about Love – The Orchestra & Chorus of Henry Mancini Chim Chim Cher-ee and Other Happy Songs – The New Christy Minstrels On Broadway – Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra
1967	Ray Conniff (choir director) (performed by the Ray Conniff Singers)	"Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago)"	Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' – Count Basie with Alan Copeland Singers Henry Mancini Presents the Academy Award Songs – Henry Mancini, Orchestra & Chorus "A Man and a Woman" – The Johnny Mann Singers Rococo Á Go Go – The Swingle Singers (Ward Swingle, director)
1968	Johnny Mann Singers	"Up, Up and Away"	"Blame It on Me" – The Ray Charles Singers "Windy" – The Percy Faith Chorus & Orchestra Wish Me a Rainbow – Living Voices (Ethel Gabriel, producer) Encounter – Swingle Singers with Modern Jazz Quartet

References

General

• "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2015. Note: User must select the "Pop" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

External links

• Official site