ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, September 28, 1996 TAG: 9610010107
SECTION: SPECTATOR PAGE: S-8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Finalists for 1996 Country Music Association awards. Winners will be announced Wednesday during a CBS-TV special from 8 to 11 p.m. (airing on WDBJ-Channel 7):
Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, George Strait.
Female Vocalist of the Year: Faith Hill, Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, Pam Tillis, Shania Twain.
Male Vocalist of the Year: Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Collin Raye, George Strait, Bryan White.
Single of the Year (for singer): ``Blue,'' LeAnn Rimes, ``Check Yes or No,'' George Strait, ``Go Rest High on That Mountain,'' Vince Gill, ``My Maria,'' Brooks & Dunn, ``Time Marches On,'' Tracy Lawrence.
Album of the Year: ``Blue Clear Sky'' by George Strait, ``Borderline'' by Brooks & Dunn, ``High Lonesome Sound'' by Vince Gill, ``The Trouble With the Truth'' by Patty Loveless, ``Wild Angels'' by Martina McBride.
Horizon Award: Terri Clark, Wade Hayes, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Bryan White.
Vocal Group of the Year: Alabama, BlackHawk, Diamond Rio, The Mavericks, Sawyer Brown.
Vocal Duo of the Year: Baker & Myers, Bellamy Brothers, Brooks & Dunn, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, John & Audrey Wiggins.
Music Video of the Year: ``Check Yes or No'' by George Strait, ``Go Rest High on That Mountain'' by Vince Gill, ``My Maria'' by Brooks & Dunn, ``My Wife Thinks You're Dead'' by Junior Brown, ``Redneck Games'' by Jeff Foxworthy and Alan Jackson.
Song of the Year (for songwriter): ``Any Man of Mine'' by Shania Twain, R.J. Lange, ``Check Yes or No'' by Danny M. Wells, Dana Hunt Oglesby, ``Go Rest High on That Mountain'' by Vince Gill, ``Keeper of the Stars'' by Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo, ``Time Marches On'' by Bobby Braddock.
Vocal Event of the Year: Dolly Parton and Vince Gill for ``I Will Always Love You,'' George Jones and Tammy Wynette for ``One,'' Jeff Foxworthy and Alan Jackson for ``Redneck Games,'' Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt for ``Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best,'' Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, and Linda Davis for ``On My Own.''
Musician of the Year: Eddie Bayers, Paul Franklin, Brent Mason, Mark O'Connor, Matt Rollings.
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