Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
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The Grammy Award
for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964. The award had several minor name changes:
This award was presented alongside the award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing
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Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964. The award had several minor name changes:
- From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Performance by a Dance Band
- In 1961 it was awarded as Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
- From 1962 to 1964 it has been awarded as Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
This award was presented alongside the award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing
Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra
The Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing was awarded from 1959 to 1964...
.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
1960s
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1950s
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