8th CMAA
Country Music Awards Ceremony
1980 Golden Guitar Awards
Sunday, 27 Jan 1980 – Big Top # 3 Oval, NSW
The 1980 Country Music Awards honored country music artists for musical performances and other career achievements during the 1980 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 Slim Dusty Walk A Country Mile (EMI) APRA Song of the Year Dave Pincombe Three Empty Bottles (Astor) Top Selling Slim Dusty Walk A Country Mile (EMI) Heritage Award Buddy Williams What A Dreary Old World It Would Be (RCA) Instrumental of the Year Buckskin Panning For Gold (Festival) | Roll of Renown Shirley Thoms Country Music Capital Award Eric Scott Male Vocalist of the Year Reg Lindsay The Empty Arms Hotel(7) Female Vocalist of the Year Jean Stafford Hello Love (Hadley) New Talent of the Year Allan Caswell King Of The Rodeo (Mercury) Vocal Group or Duo of the Year 1901 On The Road To Gundagai (Bullet) |