17th Academy of Country Music Awards

17th Academy of Country Music Awards
17th Academy of Country Music Awards
Date	April 30, 1982
Location	Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California
Hosted by	Mickey Gilley; Conway Twitty; Dottie West
Most awards	Alabama (3)
Most nominations	Alabama (5)
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

The 17th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was held on April 30, 1982, at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California. It was hosted by Mickey Gilley, Conway Twitty and Dottie West.

Winners and nominees

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

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Alabama Barbara Mandrell Oak Ridge Boys Dolly Parton Kenny Rogers	Feels So Right — Alabama 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs — Dolly Parton Fancy Free — Oak Ridge Boys Seven Year Ache — Rosanne Cash Still the Same Ole Me — George Jones
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Barbara Mandrell Rosanne Cash Lacy J. Dalton Emmylou Harris Sylvia	Merle Haggard George Jones Ronnie Milsap Kenny Rogers Hank Williams Jr.
Top Vocal Group of the Year	Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Alabama Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Oak Ridge Boys Statler Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers	David Frizzell and Shelly West Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley Louise Mandrell and R.C. Bannon Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Don Williams and Emmylou Harris
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
"Elvira" — Oak Ridge Boys "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" — Barbara Mandrell "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" — Ronnie Milsap "Seven Year Ache" — Rosanne Cash "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" — David Frizzell and Shelly West	"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" — Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant, Sandy Pinkard and Larry Collins "Feels So Right" — Randy Owen "It Turns Me Inside Out" — Jan Crutchfield "Love in the First Degree" — Tim DuBois and Jim Hurt "My Favorite Memory" — Merle Haggard
Top New Male Vocalist	Top New Female Vocalist
Ricky Skaggs Earl Thomas Conley Lee Greenwood Eddy Raven John Schneider	Juice Newton Judy Bailey Kippi Brannon Terry Gregory Tricia Johns
Pioneer Award
Leo Fender

References

^ "Alabama Tops Country Awards". The Victoria Advocate. May 1, 1982. p. 13C.
^ "Band Alabama captures three country music awards". The Leader-Post. April 30, 1982. p. A12.

[1] "Alabama Tops Country Awards". The Victoria Advocate. May 1, 1982. p. 13C.

[2] "Band Alabama captures three country music awards". The Leader-Post. April 30, 1982. p. A12.

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