23rd Academy of Country Music Awards | |
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Date | March 21, 1988 |
Location | Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California |
Hosted by | Reba McEntire Hank Williams Jr. |
Most awards | Randy Travis (3) |
Most nominations | Randy Travis Hank Williams Jr. (6 each) |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | NBC |
The 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was held on March 21, 1988, at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California. It was hosted by Reba McEntire and Hank Williams Jr.. This would be the last ACM Awards show to be held at Knott's Berry Farm. [1]
Winners are shown in bold. [2]
Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
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Top Female Vocalist of the Year | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
Top Vocal Group of the Year | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
Single Record of the Year | Song of the Year |
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Top New Male Vocalist | Top New Female Vocalist |
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Video of the Year | |
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Pioneer Award | |
Performer(s) | Song(s) |
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Hank Williams Jr. | Medley "Born to Boogie" "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" |
Larry Boone K.T. Oslin | New Artist Medley #1 "You Don't Know Me" "I Saw the Light" |
Tanya Tucker | "If It Don't Come Easy" |
Dwight Yoakam Buck Owens | "Streets of Bakersfield" |
Restless Heart | "Hummingbird" |
Nancy Griffith Jo-El Sonnier | New Artist Medley #2 "The Pill" "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" |
The Judds | "Old Pictures" |
Merle Haggard | "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" |
Dana McVicker Marty Haggard | New Artist Medley #3 "I'm Sorry" "I Love You a Thousand Ways" |
Moe Bandy | "Americana" |
Reba McEntire | "A Sunday Kind of Love" |
k.d. lang Ricky Van Shelton | New Artist Medley #4 "Life's Railway to Heaven" "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" |
Alabama | "Fallin' Again" |
Lyle Lovett Libby Hurley | New Artist Medley #5 "Stand by Your Man" "Right or Wrong" |
Hank Williams Jr. Reba McEntire | "Hey, Good Lookin'" |
Presenter(s) | Notes |
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Randy Travis Ann Jillian | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
Marie Osmond Robert Conrad | Single Record of the Year |
Eddie Rabbitt Stepfanie Kramer | Video of the Year |
Mickey Gilley Jessica Walter | Top Female Vocalist of the Year |
Steve Wariner Markie Post Charley Pride | Song of the Year |
Holly Dunn John Davidson Kathy Mattea | Top Vocal Group of the Year |
Roy Clark | Presented Pioneer Award to Roger Miller |
The Bellamy Brothers Sandy Duncan | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
Sweethearts of the Rodeo Exile | Top New Male Vocalist Top New Female Vocalist |
T.G. Sheppard Deidre Hall Earl Thomas Conley | Album of the Year |
Carl Perkins | Entertainer of the Year |
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