The Music from Peter Gunn is a soundtrack album to the TV series Peter Gunn, composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, and released in January 1959 by RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-1956). It was the first album ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1959. The album was followed by More Music from Peter Gunn, released on RCA Victor in July 1959. In 1998, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Album of the Year at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards, May 4, 1959 — hosted by Mort Sahl at Various (including Beverly Hilton Hotel). Wiki link Wiki link