1971 Country Music Association Awards

1971 Country Music Association Awards
Date	October 10, 1971
Location	Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by	Tennessee Ernie Ford
Most wins	Charley Pride (2)
Most nominations	Jerry Reed (7)
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC
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The 1971 Country Music Association Awards , 5th Ceremony, was held on October 10, 1971, at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford. ^[1] This was the last CMA ceremony to be broadcast by NBC.

Winners and nominees

Winners in Bold. ^[2]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Charley Pride Merle Haggard Loretta Lynn Jerry Reed Conway Twitty	I Won't Mention It Again — Ray Price A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World — Merle Haggard Help Me Make It Through the Night — Sammi Smith    Rose Garden — Lynn Anderson When You're Hot, You're Hot — Jerry Reed
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Charley Pride Merle Haggard Ray Price Jerry Reed Conway Twitty	Lynn Anderson Loretta Lynn Dolly Parton Sammi Smith Tammy Wynette
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
The Osborne Brothers The Carter Family Hager Twins Statler Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers	Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash George Jones and Tammy Wynette Charlie Louvin and Melba Montgomery Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" — Sammi Smith "Amos Moses" — Jerry Reed "Easy Loving" — Freddie Hart "Rose Garden" — Lynn Anderson "When You're Hot, You're Hot" — Jerry Reed	"Easy Loving" — Freddie Hart "Coal Miner's Daughter" — Loretta Lynn "Put Your Hand in the Hand" — Gene MacLellan "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" — Tom T. Hall "When You're Hot, You're Hot" — Jerry Reed
Instrumental Group of the Year	Instrumentalist of the Year
Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass The Buckaroos Po' Boys The Strangers Wagon Masters	Jerry Reed Chet Atkins Roy Clark Floyd Cramer Boots Randolph

Hall of Fame

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees [3]
Art Satherley

References

1. "Timeline". CMA Awards 2020 | Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
2. "CMA Awards Past Winners & Nominees". CMA Awards 2020 | Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
3. "Timeline | The 2019 CMA Awards – Wednesday, November 13th on ABC". 2019 CMA Awards | Wednesday, November 13 on ABC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.