American Music Awards of 1979

6th Annual American Music Awards
Date	January 12, 1979
Country	United States
Hosted by	Donna Summer ; Glen Campbell ; Helen Reddy
First awarded	1973
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
Runtime	120 min.
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions

The sixth Annual American Music Awards were held January 12, 1979.

Winners and nominees

Subcategory	Winner	Nominees
Pop/Rock Category
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Barry Manilow	Andy Gibb Billy Joel
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist	Linda Ronstadt	Barbra Streisand Donna Summer
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group	Bee Gees	Fleetwood Mac Foreigner
Favorite Pop/Rock Album	Grease Soundtrack	Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack
Favorite Pop/Rock Song	"Three Times a Lady" - Commodores	"Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone
Soul/R&B Category
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist	Teddy Pendergrass Lou Rawls	Johnny Mathis
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist	Natalie Cole	Roberta Flack Donna Summer
Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group	Earth Wind and Fire	Commodores The Emotions
Favorite Soul/R&B Album	Saturday Night Fever - Bee Gees	Life Is a Song Worth Singing - Teddy Pendergrass All 'n' All - Earth, Wind & Fire
Favorite Soul/R&B Song	"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	"Our Love" - Natalie Cole "Use Ta Be My Girl" - The O'Jays
Country Category
Favorite Country Male Artist	Kenny Rogers	Merle Haggard Ronnie Milsap
Favorite Country Female Artist	Crystal Gayle	Loretta Lynn Linda Ronstadt
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group	The Statler Brothers	The Oak Ridge Boys Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Favorite Country Album	Ten Years of Gold - Kenny Rogers	Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton Simple Dreams - Linda Ronstadt
Favorite Country Song	"Blue Bayou" - Linda Ronstadt	"Here You Come Again (song)" - Dolly Parton "Take This Job and Shove It" - Johnny Paycheck
Disco Category
Favorite Disco Male Artist	Isaac Hayes	Peter Brown Teddy Pendergrass
Favorite Disco Female Artist	Donna Summer	Pattie Brooks Linda Clifford
Favorite Disco Band/Duo/Group	Village People	Silver Convention The Trammps
Favorite Disco Album	Live and More - Donna Summer	Super Nature - Cerrone Thank God It's Friday - Soundtrack
Favorite Disco Song	"Last Dance" - Donna Summer	"Shame" - Evelyn King "Macho Man" - The Village People
Merit
Perry Como

References

http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1979/1979ama.htm

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