14th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 14th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was held on May 2, 1979, at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California. It was hosted by Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Dennis Weaver.

14th Academy of Country Music Awards
Date	May 2, 1979
Location	Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Roy Clark Barbara Mandrell Dennis Weaver
Most wins	Kenny Rogers Oak Ridge Boys (2 each)
Most nominations	Kenny Rogers (5)
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC
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Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.^[1][2]

Entertainer of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Rogers Roy Clark Loretta Lynn Willie Nelson Dolly Parton	Kenny Rogers Larry Gatlin Merle Haggard Eddie Rabbitt Don Williams
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Vocal Group of the Year
Barbara Mandrell Crystal Gayle Loretta Lynn Anne Murray Dolly Parton	Oak Ridge Boys Dave & Sugar Statler Brothers Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Dottie West and Kenny Rogers
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
"Tulsa Time" — Don Williams "Georgia on My Mind" — Willie Nelson "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" — Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" — Loretta Lynn "Talking in Your Sleep" — Crystal Gayle	"You Needed Me" — Randy Goodrum "Burgers and Fries" — Ben Peters "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" — Chuck Howard "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" — Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce "The Gambler" — Don Schlitz
Top New Male Vocalist	Top New Female Vocalist
John Conlee Lee Dresser Con Hunley Ronnie McDowell Kenny O'Dell	Cristy Lane Susie Allanson Zella Lehr Charly McClain Bonnie Tyler
Album of the Year
Y'all Come Back Saloon — Oak Ridge Boys Every Time Two Fools Collide — Dottie West and Kenny Rogers It Was Almost Like a Song — Ronnie Milsap Let's Keep It That Way — Anne Murray Stardust — Willie Nelson
Pioneer Award
Eddie Dean
Tex Ritter Award[3]
The Electric Horseman