2nd Awit Awards

The 2nd Awit Awards were held on July 16, 1970.^[1] They honored achievements in the Philippine music industry for the year 1969. This was the first time the Philippine Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (PARAS) presented these awards after the Awit Awards Executive Committee was dissolved.^[2]

2nd Awit Awards
Date	July 16, 1970
Highlights
Most awards	George Canseco (3)
Best Album	Norma, Norma by Norma Ledesma
Song of the Year	"True Love Came Too Late" by George Canseco
Best Single	"My Pledge of Love" by Edgar Mortiz
Television/radio coverage
Network	DWOW DZTM DZTR (radio)
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Twenty-five awards were given that night. The foreign division was scrapped after last year's ceremony. George Canseco had the most awards with three.

Winners

General

Song of the Year	Best Single	Best Album
"True Love Came Too Late" – George Canseco	"My Pledge of Love" – Edgar Mortiz	Norma, Norma – Norma Ledesma

People Nora Aunor, Best Female Singer (English) winner Best Female Singer (English) Best Male Singer (English) Nora Aunor Eddie Peregrina Best Female Singer (Vernacular) Best Male Singer (Vernacular) Yolanda Guevarra Danilo Santos Best New Female Singer Best New Male Singer Esperanza Fabon Tirso Cruz III Best Vocal Group (English) Best Vocal Group (Vernacular) The Lumberjacks Cora Rosales & Ben Zubiri Duet

Instrumental Best Instrumentalist Best Instrumental Group Relly Coloma[3] The Moonstrucks Composing, lyric writing and arranging Best Composer Best Lyricist Best Musical Arranger George Canseco George Canseco Doming Valdez

Production Best Recording Engineer Best Record Producer Best Recording Studio Jess Felix Ric Santos Manuel P. Villar Cinema-Audio

Packaging and notes Best Album Cover Best Album Liner Notes Norma, Norma Love Mood – Danny Yson

Special awards

Best Special Recording	Posthumous Award	Special Award of Merit
Pandacan Original Brass Band[A]	Ben Zubiri	DWOW

Notes:

^[A] It is currently unknown which song of the Pandacan Original Brass Band won the "Best Special Recording".