I'm inclined to say that you are right, SR. I just heard that on ABC's Nightline, and checked it with
Wikipedia. The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album was awarded from yearly 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:
* From 1959 to 1967 it was Best Comedy Performance
* From 1968 to 1991 it was known as Best Comedy Recording
* From 1992 to 1993 and in 2004 it was awarded as Best Comedy Album
In 1960 and 1961 two separate awards were presented for the best spoken and for the best musical comedy performance.
Grammy Awards of 1965
o Bill Cosby for I Started Out As A Child
Grammy Awards of 1964
o Allan Sherman for "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"
Grammy Awards of 1963
o Vaughn Meader for The First Family
Grammy Awards of 1962
o Elaine May & Mike Nichols for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Grammy Awards of 1961 (two awards)
o Spoken: Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
o Musical: Jo Stafford & Paul Weston for Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards"
Grammy Awards of 1960 (two awards)
o Spoken: Shelley Berman for Inside Shelley Berman
o Musical: Homer and Jethro for The Battle of Kookamonga
1950s
Grammy Awards of 1959
o Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song", performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"
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I assumed that Sahl won one, too, but Sahl's career faltered with a Liberal (Kenndey) in office, and, since the spoken word comedy Grammy didn't start until 1960, he only had one year at his peak to compete.
A typical Sahl line - "About Liberals and Conservatives, 'Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.' "
