| MALE ENTERTAINER |
Ernest Tubb |
| FEMALE ENTERTAINER |
Debbie Reynolds |
| HISPANIC PERFORMER |
Vikki Carr |
| COUNTRY SINGER |
Lefty Frizzell |
| ROCK STAR |
Buddy
Holly
Roy Orbison |
| BIG BAND LEADER |
Jack Teagarden
Clark Wynne |
| COUNTRY SONGWRITER |
Sonny Throckmorton
Ronnie Dunn
Ernest Tubb
Larry Gatlin |
| INSTRUMENTALIST |
Hugh & Karl Farr
Daniel Flores
Sonny Curtis
Mason Williams |
| POP SONG |
"The Wind Beneath My Wings"
"Crying" |
| HONKY TONK BAND |
Jimmie Fletcher & The Drifting Ranch Hands |
| HONKY TONK SINGER |
Jimmie Fletcher
Curtis Potter
Ernest Tubb |
| POP SONGWRITER |
Buddy Holly
Joe Melson
Roy Orbison |
| NIGHT CLUB |
Yell's Inn (Big Spring)
The Dixie Club (San Angelo) |
| WESTERN SWING BANDLEADER |
Hoyle Nix, Bob Wills, Jody Nix |
| COUNTRY RECORDING |
I Love You A Thousand Ways b/w If You've Got The Money |
| WESTERN SWING RECORDING |
"San Antoinio Rose"
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys |
| MASTER OF CEREMONIES |
Grant Turner (Grand Ole Opry) |
| ROCKABILLY BAND |
The Teen Kings (Roy Orbison)
The Crickets (Buddy Holly) |
| COLLECTOR ROCKABILLY RECORD |
"Teenage Ball" b/w "Precious Desires"
Elroy Dietzel & The Rhythm Bandits
"Ooby Dooby" b/w "Trying To Get To You"
The Teen Kings
"Rock Ola Ruby" b/w "Sweet Rockin' Baby"
Sonee (Sonny) West |
| ROCKABILLY/WESTERN SWING BAND |
Dean Beard & The Crew Cats |
| CLASSICAL GUITAR |
Mason Williams |
| ARTIST PRODUCER/MANAGEMENT |
Ray Ruff |
| BACK-UP VOCALS |
The Roses,
The Picks,
La Donna Gatlin |
| RECORD PRODUCER |
Chris Christian
Ben Hall
Norman Petty (Clovis, NM)
Ray Ruff |
| WESTERN MOVIE MUSIC |
Hugh & Karl Farr (Roy Rogers) |
| PROMOTER |
Slim Willet, Dave Stone |
| R & B PERFORMER |
Long John Hunter
John Maberry |
| POP DUO |
Seals & Crofts |
| MOVIE SOUNDTRACK |
"Tammy And The Batchelor"
"Urban Cowboy"
(includes Bob Tuttle on steel guitar) |
| VOCAL GROUP |
The Gatlins |
| POT LUCK |
J. Frank Wilson ("Last Kiss") |
| MONEY MAKER |
Fess Parker
Jimmy Dean |
| CONSECUTIVE #1 HITSS | Dan Seals (9) |
| MOST BEAUTIFUL SINGER |
Ronna Reeves (Little Miss Big Spring at age 8)
Jessica Simpson |
| SINGER/SONGWRITER/ACTOR |
Mac Davis
|
| MOST RECORDED SONG |
"Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes"
(Writer Slim Willet) |
| SONG OF THE YEAR |
"Sugar Shack" 1963
(Writers Keith McCormack & Fay Voss) |
| TREND SETTER |
Wayon Jennings |
| TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC PROMOTOR |
Tracy Pitcox (KNEL/Music Museum) |
| COWGIRL WESTERN SONGS |
Louise Massey |
| GOSPEL SONG |
"It Is No Secret What God Can Do"
(Writer Stewart Hamblin) |
LESSER-KNOWN
COUNTRY ROCK PERFORMERS |
Alton Baird
(Vocalist/ Guitar for the Cavaliers 1956-57)
David Box
(Vocalist/ Guitar for The Ravens and The Crickets) |
| MUSIC HISTORIANS |
Bill Griggs |
| SPECIALTY LABEL |
John Beecher / Rollercoaster Records (UK) |
| YEAR |
1957 |