ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Roy Clark
• Nominee Charley Pride
• Nominee Freddie Hart
• Nominee Loretta Lynn
• Nominee Merle Haggard

Band of the Year (Non-Touring)

• Winner Tony Booth Band
• Nominee Country Road
• Nominee Leigton Band
• Nominee Sound Company
• Nominee Tennesseans

Band of the Year (Touring)

• Winner Strangers
• Nominee Buckaroos
• Nominee Heartbeats
• Nominee Nashville Brass
• Nominee Po Boys

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Donna Fargo
• Nominee Anne Murray
• Nominee Dolly Parton
• Nominee Loretta Lynn
• Nominee Susan Raye

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner Merle Haggard
• Nominee Charley Pride
• Nominee Conway Twitty
• Nominee Freddie Hart
• Nominee Ray Price
• Nominee Tony Booth

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Statler Brothers
• Nominee Brush Arbor
• Nominee Buckaroos The Buckaroos
• Nominee Conway Twitty
• Nominee Loretta Lynn
• Nominee The Leightons

Most Promising Female Vocalist

• Winner Tanya Tucker
• Nominee Bobbie Roy
• Nominee Jonie Mosby
• Nominee Kathy Smith
• Nominee Sharon Leighton

Most Promising Male Vocalist

• Winner Johnny Rodriguez
• Nominee Larry Garner (Booth) Larry Garner
• Nominee Little Joe Shaver
• Nominee Red Simpson
• Nominee Red Steagall

Album of the Year

• Winner Happiest Girl/USA Donna Fargo
• Nominee Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Mac Davis
• Nominee Best of the Best Merle Haggard
• Nominee Bless Your Heart Freddie Hart
• Nominee It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) Merle Haggard
• Nominee Let me Tell You About a Song Merle Haggard

Song of the Year

• Winner Happiest Girl/USA Donna Fargo
• Nominee Bless Your Heart Freddie Hart
• Nominee Four In the Morning Faron Young, Jerry Chestnut
• Nominee Funny Face Donna Fargo
• Nominee To Get To You Jean Chapel -

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Happiest Girl/USA Donna Fargo
• Nominee Four In the Morning Faron Young, Jerry Chestnut
• Nominee If You Leave Me Tonight Jerry Wallace
• Nominee It’s Not Love (But It's Not Bad) Merle Haggard
• Nominee Pass Me By Johnny Rodriguez

Bass

• Winner Larry Garner (Booth)
• Nominee Billy Graham
• Nominee Dennis Hromek
• Nominee Jack Armstrong
• Nominee Red Wooten

Drums

• Winner Jerry Wiggins
• Nominee Archie Francis
• Nominee Biff Adams
• Nominee Buddy Harman
• Nominee Merle Shaver

Fiddle

• Winner Billy Armstrong
• Nominee Don Rich
• Nominee Doug Kershaw
• Nominee John Gimble
• Nominee Tokyo Matsu

Lead Guitar

• Winner Al Bruno
• Nominee Don Rich
• Nominee Harold Bradley
• Nominee James Burton
• Nominee Roy Nichols

Piano

• Winner Floyd Cramer
• Nominee Earl Ball
• Nominee Glen Hardin
• Nominee Jerry Lee Lewis
• Nominee Jerry Smith
• Nominee Roscoe Horton

Steel Guitar

• Winner Buddy Emmons
• Nominee J.D. Maness
• Nominee Johnny Davis
• Nominee Norman Hamlet
• Nominee Pete Drake

Disc Jockey of the Year

• Winner Larry Scott
• Nominee Bill Mack
• Nominee Dick Haynes
• Nominee George Dougherty
• Nominee Jay Lawrence

Radio Station

• Winner KLAC - Los Angeles, CA
• Nominee KACE - Riverside, CA
• Nominee KFOX - Long Beach, CA
• Nominee WBAP - Fort Worth, TX
• Nominee WSM - Nashville, TN

Television Personality

• Winner Roy Clark
• Nominee Buck Owens
• Nominee Glen Campbell
• Nominee Jerry Reed
• Nominee Merle Haggard

Country Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Palomino - North Hollywood, CA
• Nominee Brandin' Iron - San Bernardino, CA
• Nominee Hugh X Lewis - Nashville, TN
• Nominee Nashville West - El Monte, CA
• Nominee Panther Hall - Fort Worth, TX

Jim Reeves Memorial Award

• Winner Thurston Moore

Man of the Year

• Winner Lawrence Welk

Pioneer Award

• Winner Cliffie Stone
• Winner Gene Autry