17th Academy of Country Music Awards

US music awards ceremony in 1982 February 2025 17th Academy of Country Music Awards April 30, 1982 Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California Alabama (5) Alabama (3) NBC Mickey GilleyConway TwittyDottie West 16th ACM 18th 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. __TOC__ Winners and nominees Winners are shown in bold.https://books.google.com/books?id=DGVfAAAAIBAJ&dq=17th+Academy+of+Country+Music+Awards&pg=PA39&article_id=6995,187900 Alabama Tops Country Awards The Victoria Advocate 13C May 1, 1982https://books.google.com/books?id=QJBVAAAAIBAJ&dq=17th+Academy+of+Country+Music+Awards&pg=PA12&article_id=2738,4180766 Band Alabama captures three country music awards The Leader-Post A12 April 30, 1982 Entertainer of the YearAlbum 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 JonesTop Female Vocalist of the YearTop 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 YearTop 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 HarrisSingle Record of the YearSong of the Year "Elvira" — Oak Ridge Boys "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" — Barbara Mandrell "Seven Year Ache" — Rosanne Cash "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" — Ronnie Milsap "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, Larry Collins "Feels So Right" — Randy Owen "It Turns Me Inside Out" — Jan Crutchfield "Love in the First Degree" — Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt "My Favorite Memory" — Merle HaggardTop New Male VocalistTop New Female Vocalist Ricky Skaggs Earl Thomas Conley Lee Greenwood Eddy Raven John Schneider Juice Newton Judy Bailey Kippi Brannon Terry Gregory Tricia JohnsPioneer Award Leo Fender References Category:Academy of Country Music Awards Category:1982 in American music Category:1982 music awards Category:1982 awards in the United States Category:April 1982 in the United States