The 2nd Annual
GMA Dove Awards
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards ceremonies presented annually and have been held in Nashville, Tennessee excep ...
were held in 1970. They recognized accomplishment of musicians for the year 1969.
Award winners
*Song Of The Year
**"The Night Before Easter";
Don Sumner,
Dwayne Friend; Gospel Qt Music (SESAC)
*Songwriter Of The Year
**
Bill Gaither
William James Gaither (born March 28, 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music. He has written numerous popular Christian songs with his wife Gloria; he is also known for performing as par ...
*Male Vocalist Of The Year
**
James Blackwood
James Webre Blackwood (August 4, 1919 – February 3, 2002) was an American gospel singer and one of the founding members of legendary Southern gospel quartet The Blackwood Brothers. He is the only person in any field of music to have been nomi ...
*Female Vocalist Of The Year
**
Ann Downing
*Male Group Of The Year
**
Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys are an American vocal quartet. The classic and most well-known lineup of the group, which performed together for over 40 years, consisted of William Lee Golden (baritone), Duane Allen (lead), Richard Sterban (bass), and Joe B ...
*Mixed Group Of The Year
**
The Speer Family
*Most Promising New Gospel Talent
**
Four Gallileans
*Album of the Year
**''
Fill My Cup, Lord'';
The Blackwood Brothers
The Blackwood Brothers are an American southern gospel quartet. Pioneers of the Christian music industry, they are 8-time Grammy Award winners in addition to winning 7 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. They are also members of the Memp ...
; Darol Rice; RCA Victor
*Instrumentalist
**
Dwayne Friend
*Backliner Notes
**
Mrs. Jake Hess; ''Ain't That Beautiful Singin;
Jake Hess
Jake Hess (December 24, 1927 – January 4, 2004) was an American Grammy Award-winning southern gospel singer.McNeil, W.K., Ed. (2010). ''Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music''. Routledge. . Pp. 201-202.
Life
The son of "a sharecropper who wa ...
*Cover Photo or Cover Art
**
Bill Grine
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Plac ...
; ''This Is My Valley'';
The Rambos
The Rambos were an American Southern gospel music group that was formed in the 1960s. They were one of the most successful Gospel trios of the 20th century. The group consisted of Buck and Dottie Rambo at first along with several various peopl ...
*Graphic Layout And Design
**
Jerry Goff
Jerry Leroy Goff (born April 12, 1964) is an American former professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Houston Astros. He was listed at and 207 pounds. In his last major lea ...
; ''Thrasher Brothers at Fantastic Caverns'';
The Thrasher Brothers
*Television Program
**''Gospel Jubilee'',
Florida Boys
The Florida Boys were a male vocal quartet in Southern gospel music. The group was founded in 1947 by J. G. Whitfield. Originally named The Gospel Melody Quartet, the group was renamed in 1954. From the 1950s until 2007, the group was led by ...
*D.J. of the Year
**
J. G. Whitfield
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dove Awards Of 1970
GMA Dove Awards
1970 music awards
1970 in American music
1970 in Tennessee
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