1984
Dolly Parton opened the 18th annual CMA Awards show with her current hit, “Tennessee Homesick Blues”. Winners included: Anne Murray who won the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year Award for A Little Good News (the first woman to ever be given that distinction). The Statlers Brothers won Vocal Group of the Year, songwriters Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley won the Song of the Year award for their ballad “Wind Beneath My Wings”, Ricky Skaggs Band scored a second-in-a-row win for Instrumental Group of the Year, Lee Greenwood won Male Vocalist of the Year and Reba McEntire won Female Vocalist of the Year.