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Oct 20, 1967
Jack Greene is a triple-winner in the inaugural Country Music Association awards in Nashville, taking Male Vocalist and Album of the Year, for "There Goes My Everything." The title track claims Single of the Year and wins Song of the Year for songwriter Dallas Frazier
Oct 18, 1968
Glen Campbell wins two honors, Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, during the second annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. NBC tapes the show for the first time for a November telecast
Oct 15, 1969
Johnny Cash wins a record-setting five times during the third annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. He takes home Entertainer and Male Vocalist; Album, for "Johnny Cash At San Quentin"; Single, for "A Boy Named Sue"; and Vocal Group, with June Carter
Oct 14, 1970
Merle Haggard wins four trophies during the fourth annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Hag takes Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, while "Okie From Muskogee" wins both Single and Album of the Year
Oct 10, 1971
Charley Pride wins Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year at the fifth annual Country Music Association awards, held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Tennessee Ernie Ford hosts the event for the third year in a row
Oct 16, 1972
Loretta Lynn becomes the first woman to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in the sixth annual awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. She also takes Female Vocalist and shares Vocal Duo with Conway Twitty
Oct 15, 1973
Charlie Rich wins three times in the seventh annual CMA awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Rich takes Male Vocalist of the Year, while "Behind Closed Doors" claims Single of the Year and provides the title for the Album of the Year
Oct 14, 1974
"Country Bumpkin" comes up a double-winner in the eighth annual Country Music Association awards, the first held at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. "Bumpkin" brings Single of the Year to Cal Smith and Song of the Year to songwriter Don Wayne
Oct 13, 1975
Presenter Charlie Rich lights fire to the envelope as John Denver wins Entertainer of the Year in the ninth annual Country Music Association awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Denver also takes Song of the Year with "Back Home Again"
Oct 11, 1976
The "Outlaws" album dominates at the 10th Country Music Association awards, as Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson win three trophies in tandem at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. "The Outlaws" earns Album of the Year, "Good Hearted Woman" is Single, and Jennings and Nelson take Vocal Duo
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