On This Day: April 6, 1987 - The 22nd Country Music Awards Aired

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Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: April 6, 1987 - The 22nd Country Music Awards Aired.

On this day April 6, 1987, the 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards aired, celebrating the biggest names and moments in country music. The show highlighted a blend of traditional roots and the rising wave of modern country that was taking over the charts.


Hank Williams Jr. took home the top honor as Entertainer of the Year, continuing his streak as one of the genre’s most dominant and recognizable voices of the 80s. Song of the Year went to Forever and Ever Amen, written by Paul Overstreet...
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