1974 Country Music Association Awards

1974 Country Music Association Awards
Date	October 14, 1974
Location	Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by	Johnny Cash
Most wins	Charlie Rich (2)
Most nominations	Charlie Rich Loretta Lynn Olivia Newton-John (4 each)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
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The 1974 Country Music Association Awards , 8th Ceremony, was held on October 14, 1974, at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award winner Johnny Cash. ^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners in Bold. ^[2]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Charlie Rich Roy Clark Mac Davis Loretta Lynn Olivia Newton-John	Very Special Love Songs — Charlie Rich Country Bumpkin — Cal Smith If We Make It Through December — Merle Haggard           If You Love Me, Let Me Know — Olivia Newton-John You've Never Been This Far Before — Conway Twitty
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Ronnie Milsap Merle Haggard Waylon Jennings Charlie Rich Cal Smith	Olivia Newton-John Loretta Lynn Anne Murray Dolly Parton Tanya Tucker
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Statler Brothers Brush Arbor The Buckaroos The Jordanaires The Osborne Brothers	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Jack Greene and Jeannie Seely George Jones and Tammy Wynette Barbara Mandrell and David Houston Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"Country Bumpkin" — Cal Smith "As Soon As I Hang Up the Phone" — Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" — Olivia Newton-John "The Most Beautiful Girl" — Charlie Rich "The Streak" — Ray Stevens	"Country Bumpkin" — Don Wayne "If We Make It Through December" — Merle Haggard "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" — John Rostill "The Most Beautiful Girl" — Norro Wilson, Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill "The Streak" — Ray Stevens
Instrumental Group of the Year	Instrumentalist of the Year
Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass Chet Atkins and Merle Travis The Buckaroos Po' Boys The Strangers	Don Rich Chet Atkins Roy Clark Lloyd Green Charlie McCoy

Hall of Fame

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees [3]
Owen Bradley Pee Wee King

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.