Awards & Winners

1979 Country Music Association Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1979 Country Music Association Awards. Check awards winners of 1979 Country Music Association Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1979 Country Music Association Awards

Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kenny Rogers
John Conlee
Larry Gatlin
Willie Nelson
Don Williams
Country Music Association Award for Female Vocalist of the Year

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara Mandrell
Janie Fricke
Crystal Gayle
Emmylou Harris
Anne Murray
Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year

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Nominee Nominated Work
Willie Nelson
Crystal Gayle
Barbara Mandrell
Kenny Rogers
The Statler Brothers
Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year

Kenny Rogers, United Artists

Honored for : The Gambler

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kenny Rogers The Gambler
United Artists The Gambler
John Conlee Rose Colored Glasses
MCA Records Rose Colored Glasses
Willie Nelson One for the Road
Leon Russell One for the Road
Columbia One for the Road
Johnny Paycheck Armed and Crazy
Epic Records Armed and Crazy
The Statler Brothers The Originals
Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year

Don Schlitz

Honored for : The Gambler

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Nominee Nominated Work
Don Schlitz The Gambler
Milton Brown Every Which Way but Loose
Steve Dorff Every Which Way but Loose
Snuff Garrett Every Which Way but Loose
Roger Cook Talking in Your Sleep
Bobby Woods Talking in Your Sleep
Steve Gibb She Believes in Me
Bob McDill Amanda
Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year

The Charlie Daniels Band, Epic Records

Honored for : The Devil Went Down To Georgia

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Charlie Daniels Band The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Epic Records The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Waylon Jennings Amanda
RCA Records Amanda
Barbara Mandrell (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
MCA Records (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
Anne Murray You Needed Me
Capitol Records You Needed Me
Kenny Rogers The Gambler
United Artists Records The Gambler
Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Statler Brothers
The Charlie Daniels Band
Dave & Sugar
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The Oak Ridge Boys
Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kenny Rogers & Dottie West
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius
Johnny Duncan
Janie Fricke
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
Country Music Association Award for Instrumentalist of the Year

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charlie Daniels
Chet Atkins
Roy Clark
Buddy Emmons
Charlie McCoy