The 1978 Country Music Association Awards, 12th Ceremony, was held on October 9, 1978, at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award winner Johnny Cash.
Winners and nominees Winners in Bold. Entertainer of the YearAlbum of the Year Dolly Parton Crystal Gayle Ronnie Milsap Kenny Rogers Mel Tillis It Was Almost Like A Song — Ronnie Milsap Country Boy — Don Williams Heaven's Just A Sin Away — The Kendalls Here You Come Again — Dolly Parton Waylon and Willie — Waylon Jennings and Willie NelsonMale Vocalist of the YearFemale Vocalist of the Year Don Williams Larry Gatlin Ronnie Milsap Willie Nelson Kenny Rogers Crystal Gayle Janie Fricke Emmylou Harris Barbara Mandrell Dolly PartonVocal Group of the YearVocal Duo of the Year Oak Ridge Boys Dave & Sugar The Kendalls Original Texas Playboys Statler Brothers Kenny Rogers and Dottie West Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke Waylon Jennings and Willie NelsonSingle of the YearSong of the Year "Heaven's Just A Sin Away" — The Kendalls "Blue Bayou" — Linda Ronstadt "Here You Come Again" — Dolly Parton "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" — Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson "Take This Job And Shove It" — Johnny Paycheck "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" — Richard Leigh "Heaven's Just A Sin Away" — Jerry Gillespie "It Was Almost Like A Song" — Hal David and Archie Jordan "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" — Ed Bruce and Patsy Bruce "Take This Job And Shove It" — David Allan CoeInstrumental Group of the YearInstrumentalist of the Year Oak Ridge Boys Band Asleep At The Wheel Charlie Daniels Band Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass Chet Atkins and Les Paul Roy Clark Chet Atkins Johnny Gimble Charlie McCoy Jerry Reed
Country Music Hall of Fame
Grandpa Jones
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