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) |
