Details & Performances
- Host: John Schneider, Jerry Reed, Tammy Wynette
- Venue: Info Missing
Awards
Album of the Year
- Alabama - The Closer You Get
- John Anderson - Wild & Blue
- Merle Haggard - Going Where the Lonely Go
- Ricky Skaggs - Highways & Heartaches
- Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - Poncho & Left
Band of the Year - Non-Touring
- Billy Mize/The Tennesseans
- Danny Michaels/Rebel Playboys
- Mike Smart/Western Union
- Beech Creek Band/Johnny Blankenship
- Geary Hanley Band
Band of the Year - Touring
Best Bass
- Joe Osborne
- Curtis Stone
- Rod Wootten
- Tony Booth
- Mike Leech
- Larry Booth
Best Drums
- Archie Francis
- Jerry Kroon
- Buddy Harmon
- Larrie Londin
- Steve Duncan
Best Fiddle
- Johnny Gimble
- Buddy Speicher
- Doug Atwell
- Billy Armstrong
- Harold Hensley
Best Piano / Keyboard
- Floyd Cramer
- John Hobbs
- David Briggs
- Hargus Robbins
- Glen D. Hardin
Best Steel Guitar
- J.D. Maness
- Al Vescovo
- Sonny Garrish
- Lloyd Green
- Buddy Emmons
Entertainer of the Year
Female Vocalist of the Year
Guitar
Male Vocalist of the Year
New Female Vocalist of the Year
New Male Vocalist of the Year
- Jim Glaser
- Wayne Massey
- Darrell Clanton
- Mark Gray
- Craig Dillingham
Pioneer Award
Single Record of the Year
Song of the Year
- Jeff Silbar, Larry Henley - The Wind Beneath My Wings
- Austin Roberts, Kerry Chater - I.O.U.
- Freddy Powers, Gary Church, Tex Whiston - I Always Get Lucky with You
- John Anderson, Lionel A. Delmore - Swingin'
- Randy Owen - Lady Down on Love
Specialty Instrument
- Charlie McCoy
- Jerry Douglas
- Larry McNeely
- James Burton
- Tiny Moore
Tex Ritter Award
- Tender Mercies
- Waltz Across Texas
- Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave
- Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
- Kenny Rogers as The Gambler
Vocal Duet of the Year
- Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
- Karen Brooks & T.G. Sheppard
- Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
- Charly McClain & Mickey Gilley
- Bellamy Brothers Lyrics
Vocal Group of the Year
Top Winning Artist
- 1. Alabama Lyrics (3)
- Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (1 times)
- Joe Osborne (1 times)
- Tender Mercies (1 times)
- Floyd Cramer (1 times)
- Reggie Young (1 times)
- Jim Glaser (1 times)
- Billy Mize/The Tennesseans (1 times)
- Jeff Silbar, Larry Henley (1 times)
- Archie Francis (1 times)
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