Fact #187126
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Peter, Paul And Mary collect awards for Best Folk Recording and Best Performance By A Vocal Group for their hit If I Had A Hammer, at the fifth annual Grammy Awards. Other winners include Record Of The Year for Tony Bennett with I Left My Heart In San Francisco; Best Rock'n'Roll Recording is Alley Cat by Bent Fabric; Best R'n'B Recording is I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles.
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Paddy Gythfelt (Danish rock musician) : Bent Fabric was the only Danish musician ever to have won a Grammy award, which was back in 1963, ahead of Elvis Presley! The song was Alley Cat and it was chosen as the best rock'n'roll song of the year. We didn't understand why, because Alley Cat is not a rock'n'roll song. It was a great record but it wasn't a rock'n'roll record. We realised later that it must have been a political decision because they didn't want Elvis to win that year. You cannot give the best rock'n'roll record Grammy to Alley Cat. Bent Fabric didn't even go to America to collect the award. Even he thought it was a joke.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black, December 2007)
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(Source : interview with Johnny Black, December 2007)