1st Annual Grammy Awards

1st Annual Grammy Awards
DateMay 4th, 1959
LocationBeverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, and Park Sheraton Hotel, New York, New York
Hosted byMort Sahl
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC

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: one in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the other in the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City. Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Domenico Modugno, Ross Bagdasarian, and Henry Mancini, each won 2 awards.

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