Ray Conniff and Herb Alpert won Grammys at the 9th annual ceremony held March 2, 1967.
The Ray Connniff Singers won Best Performance by a Chorus for their performance of Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago).
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass won Best Instrumental Performance (Other than Jazz) and Best Instrumental Arrangement for What Now My Love. The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Album of the Year.
Ray Charles's performance of Crying Time won Best R&B Solo vocal Performance, Male or Female and Best Rhythm & Blues Recording.
Neal Hefti won Best Instrumental Theme for Composing and Arranging for the Batman Theme.
Earl Scruggs received a second Grammy for his 1949 composition of Foggy Mountain Breakdown, at the 44th annual ceremony on February 27, 2002. He first released his instrumental March 15, 1950. It reached No. 55, and was featured as background music in the 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde. He recorded it with Lester Flatt and their performance was awarded a Grammy for Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal Or Instrumental at the 11th ceremony in 1969.
He recorded another performance in 2001 with comedian Steve Martin on second banjo, Vince Gill on guitar, Marty Stuart in mandolin, Paul Shaffer on piano among many others. This work won the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 2002. In 2004, it was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.
The pop group Train won two awards for their performance of Drops of Jupiter. Paul Buckmaster won Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s). Their song also won Best Rock Song.
Dolly Parton won Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Shine.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
Rosemary Clooney, Count Basie, and Al Green received Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Billy Joel received MusiCares Person of the Year.
Janet Jackson received Recording Academy's Governors Award.
My hero WALL-E won two Grammy Awards during the 51st annual celebration February 8, 2009. Actually Peter Gabriel got the trophies. The first for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for the song Down to Earth.
The second award was for Best Instrumental Arrangement for Define Dancing, arranged by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman. Newman was also nominated for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, but lost to The Dark Night.
John Williams won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for The Adventures of Mutt from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. What was his total tally at that time?
One of my favorites from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Runnin' Down a Dream, won Best Long Form Music Video.
The lovely Natalie Cole won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Still Unforgettable, another compilation of her performing her father's songs.
