Best Folk Performance or Best Folk Recording
1961 • 3rd Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1959 and Aug 30, 1960
1961 Winner is Harry Belafonte with "Swing Dat Hammer"
Nominees 1961
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Swing Dat Hammer
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Cheers (Album)
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Greenfields (Album)
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Here We Go Again
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Miriam Makeba
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Songs Of Billy Yank And Johnny Reb
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Songs Of Robert Burns
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Southern Folk Heritage Series
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Joni Mitchell | Clouds |
| 1969 | Judy Collins | Both Sides Now |
| 1968 | John Hartford | Gentle On My Mind |
| 1967 | Cortelia Clark | Blues In The Street |
| 1966 | Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba | An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba |
| 1965 | Gale Garnett | We'll Sing In The Sunshine |
| 1964 | Peter, Paul And Mary | Blowin' In The Wind |
| 1963 | Peter, Paul And Mary | If I Had A Hammer |
| 1962 | Belafonte Folk Singers | Belafonte Folk Singers At Home And Abroad |
| 1961 | Harry Belafonte | Swing Dat Hammer |
| 1960 | Kingston Trio | The Kingston Trio At Large |