Album of the Year

• Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee
• Charley Pride - Best of Charley Pride
• Glen Campbell - Glen Campbell Live
• Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
• Tammy Wynette - Tammy Wynette's Greatest Hits

Artist of the Decade (1960s)

• Marty Robbins Lyrics

Band of the Year

• Merle Haggard & The Strangers
• Tony Booth Band
• The Buck Owen's Buckaroos Lyrics
• Judy Lynn Band
• Gene Davis & the Starrouters
• Billy Mize & The Tennesseans

Best Banjo

• John Hartford
• Smokey Rogers

Best Bass

• Billy Graham
• Red Wootten
• Dee Ford
• Dale Bennett
• Doyle Holly

Best Drums

• Jerry Wiggins
• Biff Adam
• Junior Nichols
• Archy Francis
• Muddy Berry

Best Fiddle

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

Best Lead Guitar

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

Best Piano / Keyboard

• Floyd Cramer
• Glen D. Hardin
• Jerry Lee Lewis Lyrics
• Clyde Griffin
• Earl Ball

Best Steel Guitar

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

Country Comedy Act

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

Female Vocalist of the Year

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

Harmonica

• Carl Walden
• Johnny Cash Lyrics

Jim Reeves Memorial Award

• Joe Allison

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Merle Haggard Lyrics
• Glen Campbell Lyrics
• Billy Mize
• Charley Pride Lyrics
• Johnny Cash Lyrics

Man of the Year

• John Aylesworth
• Frank Peppiatt

Most Promising Female Vocalist

• Donna Fargo Lyrics
• Linda Manning
• Judy West
• Susan Raye Lyrics
• Peggy Little

Most Promising Male Vocalist

• Freddy Weller
• Eddie Fukano
• Cliff Crawford
• Mayf Nutter
• Buddy Allen
• Norm Forrest
• Ronnie Sessions

Pioneer Award

• Bob Wills

Rhythm Guitar

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

Saxaphone

• Bob Jackson

Single Record of the Year

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

Song of the Year

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

Trumpet

• Cliff Crawford

TV Personality

• Johnny Cash Lyrics
• Merle Haggard Lyrics
• Glen Campbell Lyrics
• Roy Clark
• Billy Mize

Vocal Group of the Year

• Kimberly's
• Johnnie Mosby & Jonie Mosby
• The Hager's
• Chaparral Brothers
• Carter Family Lyrics
• Le Garde Twins