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11th CMAA
Country Music Awards Ceremony

1983 Golden Guitar Awards

Sunday, 30 Jan 1983 – Jakab Music Factory, NSW

The 1983 Country Music Awards honored country music artists for musical performances and other career achievements during the 1983 calendar year.

Sponsored by Commonwealth Bank of Australia 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
Arthur Blanch
Too Late For Regrets
(CBS)

APRA Song of the Year
Allan Caswell & Keith Potger
Used To Be A Gold Song
(Country Man)

Top Selling
Suzanne Prentice
One Day At A Time
(Music World)

Heritage Award
Slim Dusty
Banjo’s Man
(EMI/Columbia)

Instrumental of the Year
Alan Hawking
Back To Those Rolling Plains
(Country Man)
Roll of Renown
The McKean Sisters (Joy & Heather)

Country Music Capital Award
Rocky Page

Male Vocalist of the Year
Johnny Chester
Ad In The Weekly Times
(WEA)

Female Vocalist of the Year
Jewel Blanch
Send All The Ghosts Away
(CBS)

New Talent of the Year
Leanne Douglas
Don’t It Make You Wanna Cry
(RCA)

Vocal Group or Duo of the Year
Bullamakanka
Home Among The Gum Trees
(Mercury)


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