1979 Country Music Association Awards

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1979 Country Music Association Awards
DateOctober 8, 1979
Location
Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted byKenny Rogers
Most awardsKenny Rogers (3)
Most nominationsKenny Rogers (5)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
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The 1979

Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award winner Kenny Rogers.[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners in Bold.[2]

Entertainer of the Year Album of the Year
  • Willie Nelson
    • Crystal Gayle
    • Barbara Mandrell
    • Kenny Rogers
    • Statler Brothers
  • The Gambler — Kenny Rogers
    • Armed and Crazy — Johnny Paycheck
    • One for The Road — Willie Nelson and Leon Russell
    • Rose Colored Glasses — John Conlee
    • The Originals — Statler Brothers
Male Vocalist of the Year Female Vocalist of the Year
  • Kenny Rogers
    • John Conlee
    • Larry Gatlin
    • Willie Nelson
    • Don Williams
  • Barbara Mandrell
    • Janie Fricke
    • Crystal Gayle
    • Emmylou Harris
    • Anne Murray
Vocal Group of the Year Vocal Duo of the Year
  • The Statler Brothers
    • Charlie Daniels Band
    • Dave & Sugar
    • The Kendalls
    • The Oak Ridge Boys
  • Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
    • Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
    • Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
    • Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
    • Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Single of the Year Song of the Year
  • "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" — Charlie Daniels Band
    • "Amanda" — Waylon Jennings
    • "If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right" — Barbara Mandrell
    • "The Gambler" — Kenny Rogers
    • "You Needed Me" — Anne Murray
  • "The Gambler" — Don Schlitz
    • "Amanda" — Bob McDill
    • "Every Which Way But Loose" — Milton Brown, Steven Dorff and Thomas Garrett
    • "She Believes In Me" — Steve Gibb
    • "Talking In Your Sleep" — Bobby R. Woods and Roger Cook
Instrumental Group of the Year Instrumentalist of the Year
  • Charlie Daniels Band
    • Asleep At the Wheel
    • Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
    • Gatlin Family & Friends
    • Chet Atkins and Les Paul
  • Charlie Daniels
    • Chet Atkins
    • Roy Clark
    • Buddy Emmons
    • Charlie McCoy

Country Music Hall of Fame

References

  1. ^ "Timeline". CMA Awards 2020 | Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  2. ^ "CMA Awards Past Winners & Nominees". CMA Awards 2020 | Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
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