The 1972 Country Music Association Awards, 6th Ceremony, was held on October 16, 1972, at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award winner Glen Campbell. This was the first CMA ceremony to be broadcast by CBS.
Winners and nominees Winners in Bold. Entertainer of the YearAlbum of the Year Loretta Lynn Merle Haggard Freddie Hart Charley Pride Jerry Reed Let Me Tell You About a Song — Merle Haggard Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs — Charley Pride Coat of Many Colors — Dolly Parton Lead Me On — Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. — Donna FargoMale Vocalist of the YearFemale Vocalist of the Year Charley Pride Merle Haggard Freddie Hart Johnny Paycheck Jerry Wallace Loretta Lynn Donna Fargo Dolly Parton Connie Smith Tammy WynetteVocal Group of the YearVocal Duo of the Year Statler Brothers The Carter Family The Osborne Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers The Wilburn Brothers Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Jack Greene and Jeannie Seely George Jones and Tammy Wynette Johnny Paycheck and Jody Miller Porter Wagoner and Dolly PartonSingle of the YearSong of the Year "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." — Donna Fargo "It's Four in the Morning" — Faron Young "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" — Charley Pride "One's on the Way" — Loretta Lynn "To Get To You" — Jerry Wallace "Easy Loving" — Freddie Hart "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" — Ben Peters "She's All I Got" — Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams Jr. "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." — Donna Fargo "To Get To You" — Jean ChapelInstrumental Group of the YearInstrumentalist of the Year Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed Po' Boys The Strangers Wagon Masters Charlie McCoy Chet Atkins Roy Clark Floyd Cramer Jerry Reed
Hall of Fame Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees Jimmie Davis
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