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Fact #37299

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The 9th Annual Grammy Awards are held, with the event split between venues in Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York City, USA. Winners include Strangers In The Night by Frank Sinatra as Record Of The Year; Michelle by The Beatles as Song Of The Year; Eleanor Rigby by Paul McCartney of The Beatles as Best Contemporary Rock'n'Roll Solo Vocal Performance and Monday Monday by The Mamas And The Papas for Best Contemporary Rock And Roll Group Performance. The shock of the evening is the award of Best Contemporary Rock And Roll Recording to Winchester Cathedral - a 1920s jazz pastiche by The New Vaudeville Band.