Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1964 to 1967. The award had several minor name changes:

• From 1964 to 1965, the award was known as Best Instrumental Performance - Non-Jazz
• In 1966, it was called the Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz)
• In 1967, it was just Best Instrumental Performance

Although in the pop category of Grammy Awards, the award did not specify popular music performances. Since 1969, a specific pop award has been presented: Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year..

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Title	Nominees	Ref.
1965	Henry Mancini	"The Pink Panther Theme"	Hollyridge Strings conducted by Stu Phillips for The Beatles Song Book Quincy Jones for "Golden Boy (String Version)" Al Hirt for "Cotton Candy" Peter Nero for "As Long As He Needs Me"	[1]
1966	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	"A Taste of Honey"	Neal Hefti for Girl Talk Henry Mancini for The Great Race Horst Jankowski for Walk in the Black Forest Chet Atkins for Yakety Axe	[2]
1967	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	"What Now My Love"	Neal Hefti for Batman Theme Roger Williams for Born Free Chet Atkins for Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles Maurice Jarre for Dr. Zhivago	[3]
1968	Chet Atkins	"Chet Atkins Picks the Best"	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass for Casino Royale Cannonball Adderley Quintet for Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Lalo Schifrin for Mission: Impossible theme Bob Crewe Generation for Music to Watch Girls By	[4]

References

1. "7th Annual Grammy Awards". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
2. "Grammy Awards 1966". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
3. "Grammy Awards 1967". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
4. "Grammy Awards 1968". AwardsandShows. Retrieved February 12, 2021.

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
• Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental
• Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
• Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
• Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
• Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring
• Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance
• Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance
• Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance