# 19th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 19th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was held on May 14, 1984, at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California. It was hosted by Mac Davis, Crystal Gayle and Charley Pride.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Alabama Barbara Mandrell Willie Nelson Oak Ridge Boys Hank Williams Jr. | The Closer You Get... — Alabama Going Where the Lonely Go — Merle Haggard Highways & Heartaches — Ricky Skaggs Pancho & Lefty — Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard Wild & Blue — John Anderson |
| Top Female Vocalist of the Year | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Janie Fricke Crystal Gayle Barbara Mandrell Reba McEntire Sylvia | Lee Greenwood John Anderson Earl Thomas Conley Merle Haggard Ricky Skaggs |
| Top Vocal Group of the Year | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Alabama Exile Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Oak Ridge Boys The Whites | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton The Bellamy Brothers Mickey Gilley and Charly McClain Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks |
| Single Record of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "Islands in the Stream" — Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton "José Cuervo" — Shelly West "A Little Good News" — Anne Murray "Pancho and Lefty" — Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard "Swingin'" — John Anderson | "Wind Beneath My Wings" — Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar "I Always Get Lucky with You" — Merle Haggard, Freddy Powers, Gary Church, Tex Whitson "I.O.U." — Austin Roberts, Kerry Chater "Lady Down on Love" — Randy Owen "Swingin'" — John Anderson, Lionel Delmore |
| Top New Male Vocalist | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Jim Glaser Darrell Clanton Craig Dillingham Mark Gray Wayne Massey | Gus Hardin Lane Brody Amy Grant Kathy Mattea Lorrie Morgan |
| Pioneer Award ||
| Eddy Arnold ||

## Performers

| Performer(s) | Song(s) |
| Danny Cooksey La-Konya Smithee | "The South's Gonna Do It Again" |
| Ronnie Milsap | "Prisoner of the Highway" |
| Darrell Clanton Craig Dillingham Jim Glaser Mark Gray Wayne Massey | Top New Male Vocalist Medley "Lonesome 7-7203" "Honky Tonk Women Make Honky Tonk Men" "If I Could Only Dance with You" "Left Side of the Bed" "With Love on Our Side" |
| Crystal Gayle | "Turning Away" |
| Ray Charles George Jones | "We Didn't See a Thing" |
| Glen Campbell | Elvis Presley Medley "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" "Don't Be Cruel" |
| Alabama | "When We Make Love" |
| Rebecca Holden George Jones Tom Wopat John Anderson Gary Morris | Song of the Year Medley "I.O.U." "I Always Get Lucky with You" "Lady Down on Love" "Swingin'" "Wind Beneath My Wings" |
| Janie Fricke | "If the Fall Don't Get You" |
| Gus Hardin Kathy Mattea Lorrie Morgan Lane Brody | Top New Female Vocalist Medley "How Are You Spending My Nights" "Street Talk" "Don't Go Changing" "Over You" |
| Charley Pride | "The Power of Love" |
| Mac Davis | "Caroline's Still in Georgia" |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Notes |
| Mr. T | Reads the Rules of the ACM Awards |
| Catherine Bach Charly McClain | Top Vocal Group of the Year |
| T.G. Sheppard Engelbert Humperdinck | Top Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Marie Osmond Shelly West | Top New Male Vocalist |
| Deborah Allen Mick Fleetwood | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Linda Blair B. J. Thomas | Album of the Year |
| Tammy Wynette George Peppard | Song of the Year |
| Betty Buckley Sylvia | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Michael Martin Murphy Johnny Lee | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Patti Page | Presented Pioneer Award to Eddy Arnold |
| Bellamy Brothers Ann Jillian | Single Record of the Year |
| James Brolin Kay Starr | Entertainer of the Year |