Best Folk Performance
3rd Annual Grammy Awards • 1961
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1959 and Aug 30, 1960
Harry Belafonte won the 1961 Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance with "Swing Dat Hammer"
Winners & Nominees 1961
Winner
Nominees
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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
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Joni Mitchell | Clouds | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Judy Collins | Both Sides Now | All Nominees |
| 1968 | John Hartford | Gentle On My Mind | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Cortelia Clark | Blues In The Street | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba | An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Gale Garnett | We'll Sing In The Sunshine | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Peter, Paul And Mary | Blowin' In The Wind | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Peter, Paul And Mary | If I Had A Hammer | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Belafonte Folk Singers | Belafonte Folk Singers At Home And Abroad | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Harry Belafonte | Swing Dat Hammer | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Kingston Trio | The Kingston Trio At Large | All Nominees |