2nd Awit Awards (1970)

2nd Awit Awards
Date July 16, 1970
Highlights
Most awards George Canseco (3)
Best Album Norma, Norma by Norma Ledesma
Song of the Year "True Love Came Too Late" by George Canseco
Best Single "My Pledge of Love" by Edgar Mortiz
Television/Radio coverage
Network DWOW
DZTM
DZTR
(radio)

The 2nd Awit Awards were held in July 16, 1970.[1] They honored achievements in the Philippine music industry for the year 1969. This was the first time the Philippine Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (PARAS) presented these awards after the Awit Awards Executive Committee was dissolved.[2]

Twenty-five awards were given that night. The foreign division was scrapped after last year's ceremony. George Canseco had the most awards with three.

Winners

General

Song of the Year Best Single Best Album
  • Norma, Norma – Norma Ledesma

People

Best Female Singer (English) Best Male Singer (English)
Best Female Singer (Vernacular) Best Male Singer (Vernacular)
  • Yolanda Guevarra
  • Danilo Santos
Best New Female Singer Best New Male Singer
  • Esperanza Fabon
Best Vocal Group (English) Best Vocal Group (Vernacular)
  • The Lumberjacks
  • Cora Rosales & Ben Zubiri Duet

Instrumental

Nora Aunor, Best Female Singer (English) winner
Best Instrumentalist Best Instrumental Group
  • Relly Coloma[3]
  • The Moonstrucks

Composing, lyric writing and arranging

Best Composer Best Lyricist Best Musical Arranger
  • Doming Valdez

Production

Best Recording Engineer Best Record Producer Best Recording Studio
  • Jess Felix
  • Ric Santos
  • Manuel P. Villar
  • Cinema-Audio

Packaging and notes

Best Album Cover Best Album Liner Notes
  • Norma, Norma
  • Love Mood – Danny Yson

Special awards

Best Special Recording Posthumous Award Special Award of Merit
  • Pandacan Original Brass Band[A]
  • DWOW

Notes:

^[A] It is currently unknown which song of the Pandacan Original Brass Band won the "Best Special Recording".

References

  1. ↑ Oskar Salazar (29 August 1970). 400 at Awit Awards – Pulls Films, Radio. Billboard. p. 47. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. ↑ PARAS Acad. Is Founded. Billboard. 11 July 1970. p. 71. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Christmas Product Up In Manila. Billboard. 5 December 1970. p. 67. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
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