About The Show
Voted on annually by the members of the Academy of Country Music, these awards showcase the very best talent in the country music genre. Your favorite country stars are sure to be out in full force.
Host: Reba McEntire, Hank Williams, Jr
Date: April 21, 1988
City: Buena Park, California
This Year's Performers
The Nominees
Album Of The Year
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Winner: K.T. Oslin
This Woman
- Vern Gosdin Chiseled in Stone
- Ricky Van Shelton Loving Proof
- Dwight Yoakam Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room
- George Straight If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
Band Of The Year - Non-touring
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Winner:
Nashville Now Band - Bull Durham Band
- Western Union
Band Of The Year - Touring
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Winner: The Desert Rose Band
- RT and Nashville
- Merle Haggard/The Strangers
Best Bass
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Winner:
Curtis Stone - Bob Wray
- David Hungate
- Mike Leech
- Bill Bryson
Best Drums
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Winner:
Steve Duncan - Archie Francis
- Eddie Bayers
Best Fiddle
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Winner:
Mark O'Connor - Byron Berline
- Doug Atwell
- Johnny Gimble
Best Piano / Keyboard
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Winner:
John Hobbs - Earl Ball
- Matt Rollings
- Skip Edwards
Best Steel Guitar
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Winner:
Jay Dee Maness - Red Rhodes
- Gary Carter
- Sonny Garrish
- Norm Hamlet
- Paul Franklin
- Bruce Bouton
Entertainer Of The Year
Female Vocalist Of The Year
Guitar
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Winner:
Al Bruno - Jack Daniels
- John Jorgenson
Male Vocalist Of The Year
New Female Vocalist Of The Year
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Winner: Suzy Bogguss
- Vicki Bird
- Donna Meade
- Linda Davis
- Cee Cee Chapman
New Male Vocalist Of The Year
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Winner: Rodney Crowell
- J.C. Crowley
- Paul Overstreet
- David Lynn Jones
- Skip Ewing
Pioneer Award
Single Record Of The Year
Song Of The Year
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Winner:
Paul Nelson, Gene Nelson Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses - Vern Gosdin, Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon, Buddy Cannon Set 'Em Up Joe
- Rick Bowles, Will Robinson I Know How He Feels
- Beth Neilson-Chapman Strong Enough to Bend
- Bob McDill Don't Close Your Eyes
Specialty Instrument
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Winner:
Charlie McCoy - Terry McMillan
- Ricky Skaggs
- Jerry McKinney
- Archie Francis
- Jerry Douglas
- Jo-El Sonnier
- Herb Pedersen
- Bela Fleck
- Flaco Jimenez
Video Of The Year
Vocal Duet Of The Year
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Winner: The Judds
- Bellamy Brothers
- Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
- Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam
- Rodney Crowell & Rosanne Cash