17th CMAA
Country Music Awards Ceremony
1989 Golden Guitar Awards
Saturday, 28 Jan 1989 – Calrossy Auditorium, NSW
The 1989 Country Music Awards honored country music artists for musical performances and other career achievements during the 1989 calendar year.
No sponsor 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 John Williamson Boomerang Cafe (Emusic) APRA Song of the Year Graeme Connors We’ve Done Us Proud Recorded by Slim Dusty (EMI)T Top Selling John Williamson Boomerang Cafe (Emusic) Heritage Award Slim Dusty We’ve Done Us Proud Written by Graeme Connors (EMI) Instrumental of the Year Bullamakanka Bullabounce (True Blue) | Roll of Renown The Hawking Brothers Country Music Capital Award Kevin Knapp Male Vocalist of the Year James Blundell Cloncurry Cattle Song (EMI) Female Vocalist of the Year Deniese Morrison Battle Hymn Of Love (Country City Music) New Talent of the Year Jenine Vaughan Gypsy Man (RCA) Vocal Group or Duo of the Year Smoky Dawson & Trevor Knight High Country (EMI) |