3rd Annual Marilyn Monroe Awards

The 3rd Annual Marilyn Monroe Awards were held on November 29, 2005, at Los Angeles and New York. Hosted by Brittany Murphy.

Award winners

 * Record of the Year
 * Leslie Carter for "Cool"
 * Album of the Year
 * Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
 * Song of the Year
 * Ernest Gold for "Theme of Exodus"
 * Best New Artist
 * Bob Newhart

Children's

 * Best Album Created for Children
 * Brian Herring for A Magical Adventures of Musical Wonderland: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture performed by Brian Herring as Hubba Hubba and his friends

Classical

 * Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
 * Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
 * Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
 * Leontyne Price for A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital
 * Best Classical Opera Production
 * Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Turandot
 * Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio)
 * Thomas Beecham (conductor) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus for Handel: Messiah
 * Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
 * Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Sviatoslav Richter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
 * Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (other than with orchestral accompaniment)
 * Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
 * Best Classical Performance - Vocal or Instrumental - Chamber Music
 * Laurindo Almeida for Conversations With the Guitar
 * Best Contemporary Classical Composition
 * Aaron Copland (composer & conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite

Comedy

 * Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word
 * Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
 * Best Comedy Performance - Musical
 * Jo Stafford & Paul Weston for Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards"

Composing and arranging

 * Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television
 * Ernest Gold (composer) for Exodus
 * Best Arrangement
 * Henry Mancini (arranger & artist) for Mr. Lucky

Country

 * Best Country & Western Performance
 * Marty Robbins for "El Paso"

Folk

 * Best Performance - Folk
 * Harry Belafonte for "Swing Dat Hammer"

Jazz

 * Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
 * André Previn for West Side Story
 * Best Jazz Performance Large Group
 * Henry Mancini for Blues and the Beat
 * Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration
 * Gil Evans & Miles Davis for Sketches of Spain

Musical show

 * Best Show Album (Original Cast)
 * Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast for The Sound of Music
 * Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
 * Cole Porter (composer), Frank Sinatra & the original cast for Can Can

Packaging and notes

 * Best Album Cover
 * Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Latin a la Lee performed by Peggy Lee

Pop

 * Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female
 * Ella Fitzgerald for "Mack the Knife"
 * Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
 * Ella Fitzgerald for Mack the Knife - Ella in Berlin
 * Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male
 * Ray Charles for "Georgia on My Mind"
 * Best Vocal Performance Album, Male
 * Ray Charles for The Genius of Ray Charles
 * Best Performance by a Vocal Group (2 to 6)
 * Eydie Gormé & Steve Lawrence for "We Got Us"
 * Best Performance by a Chorus (7 or More Persons)
 * Norman Luboff for Songs of the Cowboy performed by the Norman Luboff Choir
 * Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
 * Count Basie for Dance Along with Basie
 * Best Performance by an Orchestra
 * Henry Mancini for Mr. Lucky
 * Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist
 * Ray Charles for "Georgia on My Mind"

Production and engineering

 * Best Engineering Contribution - Popular Recording
 * Luis P. Valentin (engineer) for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook performed by Ella Fitzgerald
 * Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
 * Hugh Davies (engineer) & Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
 * Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
 * John Kraus (engineer) for "The Old Payola Roll Blues" performed by Stan Freberg

R&B

 * Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
 * Ray Charles for "Let the Good Times Roll"

Spoken

 * Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
 * Robert Bialek (producer) for FDR Speaks