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6th CMAA
Country Music Awards Ceremony

1978 Golden Guitar Awards

Sunday, 29 Jan 1978 – Tamworth Town Hall, NSW

The 1978 Country Music Awards honored country music artists for musical performances and other career achievements during the 1978 calendar year.

Sponsored by Palings this year. It was originally called the Australasian Country Music Awards until 1993. “Golden Guitar” trophies were given to the winners. The Awards was a highlight of the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Album of the Year
The Hawking Bros
Country Travellin’
(RCA)

APRA Song of the Year
Joy McKean
Indian Pacific
Recorded by Slim Dusty
(EMI)

Top Selling
Slim Dusty
Indian Pacific
(EMI)

Instrumental of the Year
Norm Bodkin
Fender Bender
(Hadley)
Roll of Renown
Smoky Dawson

Country Music Capital Award
John Minson

Male Vocalist of the Year
Reg Lindsay
Silence On The Line
(EMI)

Female Vocalist of the Year
Suzanne Prentice
How Great Thou Art
(Music World)

New Talent of the Year
Mike Fox
If Nobody Loves Me
(Bunyip)

Vocal Group or Duo of the Year
Hawking Brothers
Silver Wings
(RCA)

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