Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects

The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects was awarded from 1960 to 1965. The award had several minor name changes:

• From 1960 to 1961 the award was known as Best Engineering Contribution – Novelty Recording
• From 1962 to 1963 it was awarded as Best Engineered Recording – Novelty
• From 1964 to 1965 it was awarded as Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects

Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects
Awarded for	quality engineered recording containing special or novelty effects
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1959
Last awarded	1965
Website	grammy.com

This award was presented alongside the awards for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best Engineered Album, Classical.

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

Recipients

Year	Winner	Work	Artist(s)	Nominations	Ref.
1959	Ted Keep (engineer)	Alvin's Harmonica	David Seville	Markko Polo Adventurers – Orienta Billy Mure – Supersonics in Flight Alvino Rey – The Bat Ralph Hunter Choir – The Wild Wild West	^[1]
1961	John Kraus (engineer)	The Old Payola Roll Blues	Stan Freberg	David Seville & the Chipmunks – Alvin for President Jack Cookerly – June Night David Seville & the Chipmunks – Let's All Sing the Chipmunks Larry Verne – Mr. Custer	^[2]
1962	John Kraus (engineer)	Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America	Stan Freberg	Bruno Vineis – Cartoons in Stereo Ted Keep – The Alvin Show Eddie Brackett – The Soupy Sales Show Rafael O. Valentin – X-15 and Other Sounds: Rockets Missiles and Jets	^[3]
1963	Robert Fine (engineer)	The Civil War, Vol. I	Martin Gabel & Frederick Fennell	Vaughn Meader – The First Family Allan Sherman – My Son, the Folk Singer Lou Monte – Pepino, the Italian Mouse David Seville – The Chipmunk Songbook	^[4]
1964	Robert Fine (engineer)	The Civil War, Vol. II	Frederick Fennell	Hank Thompson – Cheyenne Frontier Days Bill McFadden, Bryna Rayburn – Fast, Fast, Fast, Relief from TV Commercials Shut Downs – Four in the Floor Dean Elliott – Heartstrings	^[5]
1965	Dave Hassinger (engineer)	The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles	Alvin and the Chipmunks	"The Addams Family Theme" (Vic Mizzy) — James Malloy, engineer The Big Sounds of the Sports Cars — Bill Robinson, engineer Les Poupées de Paris (Various Artists) — John Norman, engineer "Walking in the Rain" (The Ronettes) — Larry Levine, engineer	^[6]

References

1. "Grammy Awards 1959". IndiaServer. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
2. "Grammy Awards 1961". IndiaServer. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
3. . www.awardsandshows.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
4. . www.awardsandshows.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
5. "Grammy Award Nominees 1964 – Grammy Award Winners 1964". www.awardsandshows.com. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
6. "Grammy Award Nominees 1965 – Grammy Award Winners 1965". www.awardsandshows.com. Retrieved May 2, 2017.