Award recipients

• Song of the Year
  • "The Lighthouse"; Ron Hinson; Journey Music (BMI)
• Songwriter of the Year
  • Bill Gaither
• Male Vocalist of the Year
  • James Blackwood
    James Blackwood
    James Webre Blackwood was an American Gospel singer and one of the founding members of legendary Southern Gospel quartet The Blackwood Brothers.-Biography:...
    
    
• Female Vocalist of the Year
  • Sue Chenault
• Male Group of the Year
  • Oak Ridge Boys
• Mixed Group of the Year
  • Speer Family
    Speer Family
    The Speer Family, a Southern Gospel family group, was founded in 1921 by George Thomas Speer , his wife Lena Speer, and his sister and brother-in-law Pearl and Logan Claborn.-Early years:...
    
    
• Most Promising New Gospel Talent
  • London Paris & the Apostles
• Album of the Year
  • Light; Oak Ridge Boys; Bob MacKenzie, HeartWarming
• Instrumentalist
  • Tony Brown
• Backliner Notes
  • Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash
    John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
    
    ; Light; Oak Ridge Boys
• Cover Photo or Cover Art
  • Bill Grine; Street Gospel; Oak Ridge Boys
• Graphic Layout and Design
  • Ace Lehman; L-O-V-E Love; Blackwood Brothers
• Television Program
  • Gospel Jubilee, Florida Boys
• D.J. of the Year
  • J.G. Whitfield