ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Artist of the Decade

• Winner Marty Robbins

Band of the Year

• Winner Strangers
• Nominee Buckaroos
• Nominee Judy Lynn Band
• Nominee Starrouters
• Nominee Tennesseans
• Nominee Tony Booth Band

Country Comedy Act

• Winner Roy Clark
• Nominee Archie Campbell
• Nominee Ben Colder
• Nominee Bill Taggart
• Nominee George Lindsey
• Nominee Junior Samples
• Nominee Sheb Wooley

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Tammy Wynette
• Nominee Bobbie Gentry
• Nominee Cathie Taylor
• Nominee Connie Smith
• Nominee Dolly Parton
• Nominee Judy Lynn
• Nominee Loretta Lynn
• Nominee Lynn Anderson

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner Merle Haggard
• Nominee Billy Mize
• Nominee Charley Pride
• Nominee Glen Campbell
• Nominee Johnny Cash

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Kimberleys The Kimberleys
• Nominee Chaparral Bros. Chaparral Bros
• Nominee Johnny Mosby
• Nominee Jonie Mosby
• Nominee Le Garde Twins
• Nominee The Carter Family
• Nominee The Hagers

Most Promising Female Vocalist

• Winner Donna Fargo
• Nominee Judy West
• Nominee Linda Manning
• Nominee Peggy Little
• Nominee Susan Raye

Most Promising Male Vocalist

• Winner Freddy Weller
• Nominee Buddy Alan
• Nominee Cliff Crofford
• Nominee Eddie Fukano
• Nominee Mayf Nutter
• Nominee Norm Forrest
• Nominee Ronnie Sessions

Album of the Year

• Winner Okie From Muskogee Merle Haggard
• Nominee Best Of Charley Pride Charley Pride
• Nominee Glen Campbell Live Glen Campbell
• Nominee Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Johnny Cash
• Nominee Tammy Wynette's Greatest Hits Tammy Wynette

Song of the Year

• Winner Okie From Muskogee Merle Haggard
• Nominee A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash
• Nominee Games People Play Freddy Weller
• Nominee Make it Rain Billy Mize
• Nominee Try A Little Kindness Glen Campbell

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Okie From Muskogee Merle Haggard
• Nominee A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash
• Nominee Don't Cry Daddy Elvis Presley
• Nominee Games People Play Freddy Weller
• Nominee Make it Rain Billy Mize
• Nominee Stand By Your Man Tammy Wynette
• Nominee Try A Little Kindness Glen Campbell

Bass

• Winner Billy Graham
• Nominee Dale Bennett
• Nominee Dee Ford
• Nominee Doyle Holly
• Nominee Red Wooten

Drums

• Winner Jerry Wiggins
• Nominee Archie Francis
• Nominee Biff Adams
• Nominee Junior Nichols
• Nominee Muddy Berry

Fiddle

• Winner Billy Armstrong
• Nominee Bob Wills
• Nominee Bobby Hicks
• Nominee Carl Cotner
• Nominee Gordon Terry

Lead Guitar

• Winner Al Bruno
• Nominee Don Rich
• Nominee James Burton
• Nominee Jimmy Bryant
• Nominee Phil Baugh
• Nominee Roy Clark
• Nominee Roy Nichols

Piano

• Winner Floyd Cramer
• Nominee Clyde Griffin
• Nominee Earl Ball
• Nominee Glen Hardin
• Nominee Jerry Lee Lewis

Rhythm Guitar

• Winner Jerry Inman
• Nominee Al Casey
• Nominee Billy Mize
• Nominee Gene Davis
• Nominee Glen Keener
• Nominee Johnny Bond

Specialty Instrument

• Winner John Hartford
• Nominee Bob Jackson
• Nominee Carl Walden
• Nominee Cliff Crofford
• Nominee Johnny Cash
• Nominee Smokey Rogers

Steel Guitar

• Winner Buddy Emmons
• Nominee J.D. Maness
• Nominee Johnny Davis
• Nominee Noel Boggs
• Nominee Norman Hamlet
• Nominee Red Rhodes
• Nominee Skeeter Stultz

Country and Western Disc Jockey

• Winner Dick Haynes
• Nominee Biff Collie
• Nominee Bob Jackson
• Nominee Charlie Williams
• Nominee Corky Mayberry
• Nominee Eddie Briggs
• Nominee Hugh Jarrett

Television Personality

• Winner Johnny Cash
• Nominee Billy Mize
• Nominee Glen Campbell
• Nominee Merle Haggard
• Nominee Roy Clark

Country Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Palomino - North Hollywood, CA
• Nominee Foothill Club - Long Beach, CA
• Nominee Golden Nugget - Las Vegas, NV
• Nominee Mr. Lucky's - Phoenix, AZ
• Nominee Nashville West - El Monte, CA

Jim Reeves Memorial Award

• Winner Joe Allison

Man of the Year

• Winner Frank Peppiatt
• Winner John Aylesworth

Pioneer Award

• Winner Bob Wills