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What happened in history on this day: November 29?
On November 29 in ...
- 1959 - NBC airs the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards, based on private dinner ceremonies held in Los Angeles and New York.
Record of the Year: Bobby Darin for "Mack The Knife";
Album of the Year: Frank Sinatra for "Come Dance With Me";
Song of the Year: Jimmy Driftwood for "The Battle Of New Orleans";
Best Vocal Performance, Female: Ella Fitzgerald for "But Not For Me";
Best Vocal Performance, Male: Frank Sinatra for "Come Dance With Me";
Best Performance by a Dance Band: Duke Ellington for "Anatomy Of A Murder";
Best Performance by an Orchestra: André Previn and David Rose for "Like Young";
Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus: Mormon Tabernacle Choir for "Battle Hymn Of The Republic";
Best Jazz Performance - Soloist: Ella Fitzgerald for "Ella Swings Lightly";
Best Jazz Performance - Group: Jonah Jones for "I Dig Chicks";
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra: Charles Munch for "Debussy: Images For Orchestra";
Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including chamber orchestra): Artur Rubinstein for "Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat";
Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (with full orchestral accompaniment): Van Cliburn for "Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3";
Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast or Choral: Erich Leinsdorf for "Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro";
Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (other than full orchestral accompaniment): Artur Rubinstein for "Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat";
Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra): Jussi Bjoerling for "Bjoerling In Opera";
Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1959 (more than 5 minutes duration): Duke Ellington for "Anatomy Of A Murder";
Best Sound Track Album - Background Score From a Motion Picture or Television: Duke Ellington for "Anatomy Of A Murder";
Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture or Television: André Previn and Ken Darby for "Porgy And Bess";
Best Broadway Show Album: Ethel Merman for "Gypsy", and Gwen Verdon for "Redhead";
Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word: Shelley Berman for "Inside Shelley Berman";
Best Comedy Performance - Musical: Homer And Jethro for "The Battle Of Kookamonga";
Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy): Carl Sandburg for "A Lincoln Portrait";
Best Performance by a "Top 40" Artist: Nat "King" Cole for "Midnight Flyer";
Best Country and Western Performance: Johnny Horton for "The Battle Of New Orleans";
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance: Dinah Washington for "What A Diff'rence A Day Makes";
Best Performance - Folk: The Kingston Trio for "The Kingston Trio At Large";
Best Recording for Children: Peter Ustinov for "Peter And The Wolf";
Best Arrangement: Billy May for "Come Dance With Me";
Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording: Lewis W. Layton for "Victory At Sea, Vol. I";
Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording: Ted Keep for "Alvin's Harmonica";
Best Engineering Contribution - Other than Classical or Novelty: Robert Simpson for "Belafonte At Carnegie Hall";
Best Album Cover: Robert M. Jones for "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5";
Best New Artist of 1959: Bobby Darin.
- 1984 - Band Aid release the song "Do They Know It's Christmas".
Births on November 29
- 1907 - Birth of Merle Travis; country singer ("16 Tons").
- 1933 - Birth of John Mayall; blues singer ("Crusade", "Looking Back").
- 1940 - Birth of Chuck Mangione; jazz composer/horn blower ("Chasing the Clouds Away").
- 1944 - Birth of Felix Cavaliere in Pelham, New York, USA; rocker (Rascals - "Lonely too Long").
- 1968 - Birth of Jonathan Raleigh Knight in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (New Kids - "Hangin' Tough").
- 1979 - Birth of Jayceon Taylor, American rapper (The Game).
Deaths on November 29
- 2001 - Death of George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles, Travelling Wilburies), of cancer (born 1943).
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