14th Academy of Country Music Awards explained

14th Academy of Country Music Awards
Date:	May 2, 1979
Location:	Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Most Nominations:	Kenny Rogers (5)
Most Wins:	Kenny Rogers Oak Ridge Boys (2 each)
Network:	NBC
Host:	Roy Clark Barbara Mandrell Dennis Weaver
Previous:	13th
Main:	ACM
Next:	15th

The 14th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was held on May 2, 1979, at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California. It was hosted by Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Dennis Weaver.__TOC__

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.^{[1] [2]}

Entertainer of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Rogers Roy Clark Loretta Lynn Willie Nelson Dolly Parton	Kenny Rogers Larry Gatlin Merle Haggard Eddie Rabbitt Don Williams
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Vocal Group of the Year
Barbara Mandrell Crystal Gayle Loretta Lynn Anne Murray Dolly Parton	Oak Ridge Boys Dave & Sugar Statler Brothers Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Dottie West and Kenny Rogers
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
"Tulsa Time" — Don Williams "Georgia on My Mind" — Willie Nelson "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" — Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" — Loretta Lynn "Talking in Your Sleep" — Crystal Gayle	"You Needed Me" — Randy Goodrum "Burgers and Fries" — Ben Peters "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" — Chuck Howard "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" — Ed Bruce and Patsy Bruce "The Gambler" — Don Schlitz
Top New Male Vocalist	Top New Female Vocalist
John Conlee Lee Dresser Con Hunley Ronnie McDowell Kenny O'Dell	Cristy Lane Susie Allanson Zella Lehr Charly McClain Bonnie Tyler
Album of the Year
Y'all Come Back Saloon — Oak Ridge Boys Every Time Two Fools Collide — Dottie West and Kenny Rogers It Was Almost Like a Song — Ronnie Milsap Let's Keep It That Way — Anne Murray Stardust — Willie Nelson
Pioneer Award
Eddie Dean
Tex Ritter Award
The Electric Horseman

Notes and References

1. News: Country music stars to be honored. The Phoenix. 5. April 27, 1979.
2. News: Award Show Set for NBC. Spokane Daily Chronicle. April 27, 1979.