American Music Awards of 1979

US television program

6th Annual American Music Awards

Date| January 12, 1979
Venue| Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
Country| United States
Hosted by| Donna Summer
Glen Campbell
Helen Reddy
Television/radio coverage
Network| ABC
Runtime| 120 min.
Produced by| Dick Clark Productions
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The sixth Annual American Music Awards were held January 12, 1979.

## Winners and nominees

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Subcategory | Winner | Nominees

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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" – 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

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* "1978 6th American Music Awards". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 12, 2006.

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* Artist of the Year
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Pop/Rock|

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* Female Artist
* Band/Duo/Group
* Album
* Song

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* Female Artist
* Band/Duo/Group
* Album
* Song

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* Album
* Song

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* Male Artist
* Female Artist
* Album
* Song

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* Award of Merit
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* Favorite Touring Artist
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* Special Achievement Award
* Icon
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