1st GMA Dove Awards

1st GMA Dove Awards
Date	September 1969
Venue	Memphis, Tennessee
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The 1st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on September 1969 during the National Quartet Convention in Memphis, Tennessee.

Award winners

• Song Of The Year
  • "Jesus is Coming Soon"; R. E. Winsett; R. E. Winsett Music (SESAC)

• Songwriter Of The Year
  • Bill Gaither

• Male Vocalist Of The Year
  • James Blackwood

• Female Vocalist Of The Year
  • Vestal Goodman

• Male Group Of The Year
  • The Imperials

• Mixed Group Of The Year
  • The Speer Family

• Album Of The Year
  • IT'S HAPPENING; Oak Ridge Boys; Bob MacKenzie; HeartWarming

• Instrumentalist
  • Dwayne Friend

• Album Jacket
  • IT'S HAPPENING; Oak Ridge Boys; HeartWarming

• Television Program
  • GOSPEL JUBILEE, Florida Boys

• D.J. Of The Year
  • J.G. Whitfield

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