10th CMAA
Country Music Awards Ceremony
1982 Golden Guitar Awards
Sunday, 31 Jan 1982 – Big Top # 3 Oval, NSW
The 1982 Country Music Awards honored country music artists for musical performances and other career achievements during the 1982 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 Jewel & Arthur Blanch The Lady And The Cowboy (CBS) APRA Song of the Year Rex & Colin Dallas His Spurs Are Rusty Now (Hadley) Top Selling Webb Bros Who Put The Roo In The Stew (RCA) Heritage Award Slim Dusty Where Country Is (EMI) Instrumental of the Year Barry Thornton Brian’s Tune (Selection) | Roll of Renown Gordon Parsons Country Music Capital Award Don McGuire Male Vocalist of the Year Johnny Chester Rough Around The Edges (WEA) Female Vocalist of the Year Jewel Blanch I Can Love You (CBS) New Talent of the Year Paul Wookey Roll Along (Troubador) Vocal Group or Duo of the Year 1901 Lifting Me Up, Letting Me Down (Omega) |