9th CMAA
Country Music Awards Ceremony
1981 Golden Guitar Awards
Sunday, 25 Jan 1981 – Big Top # 3 Oval, NSW
The 1981 Country Music Awards honored country music artists for musical performances and other career achievements during the 1981 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 The Man Who Steadies The Lead (EMI) APRA Song of the Year Allan & Brian Caswell One Armed Bandit (7) Top Selling Slim Dusty The Man Who Steadies The Lead (EMI) Heritage Award Reg Poole The Warrumbungle Mare Writer Coral Dasey Selection Instrumental of the Year The Bushwackers Flying Pieman (Avenue) | Roll Of Renown Tim McNamara Country Music Capital Award Arch Kerr Male Vocalist of the Year Johnny Chester I Love You So Rebecca (WEA) Female Vocalist of the Year Jean Stafford That Glory Bound Train (Hadley) New Talent of the Year Patsy Riggir It’s Not Love (EMI, NZ) Vocal Group or Duo of the Year Grand Junction Married Women (RCA) |