First Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1959


As one of old Hollywood's most legendary composers Henry Mancini penned a slew of iconic scores, many of which endure in the public consciousness to this day.  Among his most popular works was the them music for the TV series "Peter Gunn", about a handsome private investigator with a love for the finer things in life. 
Mancini would later claim the jazzy score not only provided him with his big break, but "put music on everybody's mind as far as television was concerned".  



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