Sunday, February 13, 1966

The Beatles receive 10 Grammy Awards nominations

Grammy Awards

Last updated on September 18, 2023

Timeline

Article Feb 03, 1966 • Paul McCartney meets Stevie Wonder

Single Feb 11, 1966 • "Woman / Wrong From The Start" by Peter and Gordon released in the UK

Article Feb 13, 1966 • The Beatles receive 10 Grammy Awards nominations

Interview Feb 19, 1966 • Paul McCartney interview for Melody Maker

Single Feb 21, 1966 • "Nowhere Man / What Goes On" by The Beatles released in the US

Next article February 23 or 24, 1966 • Paul McCartney attends a lecture by Luciano Berio

Related master release

Help!
By The Beatles

Related albums

Help! (Mono)
By The Beatles • LP
Help! (Stereo)
By The Beatles • LP

Related song

Yesterday
Officially appears on Help! (Mono)

On this day, the Grammy Awards Committee announced the nominees for the 8th Annual Grammy Awards, to be held on March 15, 1966. The Beatles got ten nominations, six for the song “Yesterday” and four for the album “Help!“. In the end, they failed to win any of those awards.

Those nominations were:

For the song “Yesterday”
- Record of the year (Winner: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, “A Taste Of Honey“)
- Song of the year (Winner: “The Shadow Of Your Smile“)
- Best vocal performance, male: Paul McCartney (Winner: Frank Sinatra, for “It Was A Very Good Year“)
- Best contemporary (rock and roll) single (Winner: Roger Miller, for “King Of The Road“)
- Best contemporary (rock and roll) vocal performance, male: Paul McCartney (Winner: Roger Miller, for “King Of The Road“)
- Best arrangement accompanying a vocalist or instrumentalist: George Martin (Winner: Gordon Jenkins, for “It Was A Very Good Year“)
For the album “Help!”
- Album of the year (Winner: Frank Sinatra, “September Of My Years“)
- Best performance by a vocal group: The Beatles (Winner: Anita Kerr Quartet, for “We Dig Mancini“)
- Best contemporary (rock and roll) performance by a group, vocal or instrumental: The Beatles (Winner: Statler Brothers, for “Flowers On The Wall“)
- Best original score, motion picture or TV show: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ken Thorne (Winner: Robert Arnbruster Orchestra, for “The Sandpiper“)

Going further

The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years

"With greatly expanded text, this is the most revealing and frank personal 30-year chronicle of the group ever written. Insider Barry Miles covers the Beatles story from childhood to the break-up of the group."

We owe a lot to Barry Miles for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles during the Beatles years!

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