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[Note: From 1967-77, this award was presented as Songwriter of the Year using the criterion of "The Song I Wish I Had Written."]
2000-2009 CRAIG WISEMAN - SONGWRITER OF THE DECADE (2000-2009)
2009 Wynn Varble
2008 Casey Beathard
2007 Dave Berg
2006 Jeffrey Steele
2005 Jeffrey Steele
2004 Scotty Emerick
2003 Jeffrey Steele
2002 Troy Verges
2000-2001 Darrell Scott
1990-1999 TOM SHAPIRO - SONGWRITER OF THE DECADE (1990-1999)
1999 Diane Warren
1998 Phil Vassar
1997 Craig Wiseman
1996 Mark D. Sanders
1995 Mark D. Sanders
1994 Gary Burr
1993 Dennis Linde
1992 TIE: Gary Burr & Susan Longacre
1991 Pat Alger
1990 Jon Vezner
1989 Kostas
1988 Bob McDill
1987 Don Schlitz
1986 Paul Overstreet
1985 Bob McDill
1984 Kenny O’Dell
1983 TIE: Jeff Silbar & Larry Henley
1982 TIE: Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan
1981 TIE: Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan
1980 Bob Morrison
1979 Sonny Throckmorton
1978 Sonny Throckmorton
1977 Roger Bowling & Hal Bynum for "Lucille"
1976 Bob McDill for "Amanda"
1975 Ben Peters for "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"
1974 Don Wayne for "Country Bumpkin"
1973 Kris Kristofferson for "Why Me, Lord?"
1972 Tom T. Hall for "Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine"
1971 Kris Kristofferson for "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
1970 Kris Kristofferson for "For The Good Times"
1969 Merle Haggard for "Okie From Muskogee"
1968 Bobby Russell for "Honey"
1967 Dallas Frazier for "There Goes My Everything" |
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