5th Grammy Awards held 1963

May 15, 1963 was a busy day.  Not only was Gordon Cooper launched in Faith 7 on the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, but the fifth annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held.

Tony Bennett won three awards.  Tony won Record of the Year, Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male, and Best Background Arrangement for his recording of I Left My Heart in San Francisco.

Henry Mancini won Best Instrumental Arrangement for Baby Elephant Walk, and Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Novelty and Other Than Classical for engineer Al Schmitt for Hatari!, for which Mancini wrote the music.

Ella Fitzgerald won Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female for Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson.

Ray Charles won Best Rhythm & Blues Recording for I Can't Stop Loving You.

Alley Cat by Bent Fabric won Best Rock and Roll Recording.

My favorite movies - 1962

The latest Facebook challenge is to lists your favorite film from each year that you have been alive.  I started in 1962 (duh!) and the plan was to list several years at a time so I'm not posting these for the next year, but when I looked at the films from 1962, I couldn't narrow them down to just one.  So I listed five (not in any particular order)

The Manchurian Candidate (favorite thriller) starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury.




The Music Man (favorite musical) starring Robert Preston and Shirley Jones.




Hatari! (favorite action movie) starring John Wayne and Red Buttons



Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (favorite psychological thriller) starring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis




The Brain That Wouldn't Die (favorite sci-fi, guilty pleasure) starring Jason Evans and Virginia Leith.