Best Bandleader / Band

• The Buck Owen's Buckaroos Lyrics
• Jerry Inman
• Clyde Pitts
• Billy Liebert
• Red Rhodes

Best Bass

• Bob Moore
• Curly Harris
• Bert Dodson
• Doyle Holly
• Red Whootten

Best Drums

• Muddy Berry
• Jerry Wiggins
• Pee Wee Adams
• Junior Nichols
• Mike Fury

Best Fiddle

• Billy Armstrong
• Billy Wright
• Carl Cotner
• Harold Hensley
• Joe Maphis

Best Lead Guitar

• Phil Baugh
• Joe Maphis
• Roy Ianham
• Jimmy Bryant
• Don Rich

Best Piano

• Billy Liebert
• Joe Pope
• George French
• Jimmy Pruitt
• Glen D. Hardin

Best Steel Guitar

• Red Rhodes
• Tom Brumley
• Billy Mize
• Carl West
• Noel Boggs

Best Television Personality

• Billy Mize
• Johnny Bond
• Sammy Masters
• Hank Penny
• Cathie Taylor

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Bonnie Owens Lyrics
• Molly Bee
• Rose Lee Maphis
• Jody Miller Lyrics
• Rose Maddox

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Buck Owens Lyrics
• Johnny Cash Lyrics
• Freddie Hart Lyrics
• Roger Miller Lyrics
• Jerry Wallace
• Glen Campbell Lyrics

Man of the Year

• Roger Miller Lyrics
• Cliffie Stone
• Buck Owens Lyrics
• Jack McFadden
• Joe Allison

Most Promising Female Vocalist

• Kay Adams Lyrics
• Pamela Miller
• Joanie O'Neal
• Jeanne Black
• Myrna Miller
• Betty Foster
• Faye Hardin

Most Promising Male Vocalist

• Merle Haggard Lyrics
• Billy Mize
• Bobby Durham
• Jerry Inman
• Buddy Cagle

Song of the Year

• Roger Miller Lyrics
• Eddie Miller
• Rob Morris
• Merle Travis
• Johnny Bond
• Buck Owens Lyrics

Vocal Group of the Year

• Bonnie Owens and Merle Haggard
• Johnny Mosby and Jonie Mosby
• The Collins Kids
• Joe Maphis and Rose Lee
• Bob Morris and Faye Hardin