Best Country & Western Recording

1959 • 1st Annual GRAMMY Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1957 and Aug 30, 1958

1959 Winner is The Kingston Trio with "Tom Dooley"

Tom Dooley

Kingston Trio

Nominees 1959

Winners

Year Winner Nomination Actions
1964 Bobby Bare Detroit City All Nominees
1963 Burl Ives Funny Way Of Laughin' All Nominees
1962 Jimmy Dean Big Bad John All Nominees
1961 Marty Robbins El Paso All Nominees
1960 Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans All Nominees
1959 Kingston Trio Tom Dooley All Nominees

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