The 17th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was held on April 30, 1982, at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California. It was hosted by Mickey Gilley, Conway Twitty and Dottie West. __TOC__
Winners and nominees Winners are shown in bold. Entertainer of the YearAlbum of the Year Alabama Barbara Mandrell Oak Ridge Boys Dolly Parton Kenny Rogers Feels So Right — Alabama 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs — Dolly Parton Fancy Free — Oak Ridge Boys Seven Year Ache — Rosanne Cash Still the Same Ole Me — George JonesTop Female Vocalist of the YearTop Male Vocalist of the Year Barbara Mandrell Rosanne Cash Lacy J. Dalton Emmylou Harris Sylvia Merle Haggard George Jones Ronnie Milsap Kenny Rogers Hank Williams Jr.Top Vocal Group of the YearTop Vocal Duo of the Year Alabama Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Oak Ridge Boys Statler Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers David Frizzell and Shelly West Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley Louise Mandrell and R.C. Bannon Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Don Williams and Emmylou HarrisSingle Record of the YearSong of the Year "Elvira" — Oak Ridge Boys "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" — Barbara Mandrell "Seven Year Ache" — Rosanne Cash "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" — Ronnie Milsap "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" — David Frizzell and Shelly West "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" — Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant, Sandy Pinkard, Larry Collins "Feels So Right" — Randy Owen "It Turns Me Inside Out" — Jan Crutchfield "Love in the First Degree" — Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt "My Favorite Memory" — Merle HaggardTop New Male VocalistTop New Female Vocalist Ricky Skaggs Earl Thomas Conley Lee Greenwood Eddy Raven John Schneider Juice Newton Judy Bailey Kippi Brannon Terry Gregory Tricia JohnsPioneer Award Leo Fender
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