American Music Awards of 1979

6th Annual American Music Awards
Starring	Donna Summer, Helen Reddy
Country of origin	USA
Production
Running time	120 min.
Release
Original network	ABC
First shown in	January 12, 1979

The 6th Annual American Music Awards were held January 12, 1979.

Pop/Rock Category

Subcategory	Winner	Nominees
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Barry Manilow	Andy Gibb Billy Joel
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist	Linda Ronstadt	Barbra Streisand Donna Summer
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group	Bee Gees	Fleetwood Mac Foreigner
Favorite Pop/Rock Album	Grease Soundtrack	Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack
Favorite Pop/Rock Single	"Three Times a Lady" - Commodores	"Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees "You Light Up My Life (song)" - Debby Boone

Soul/R&B Category

Subcategory	Winner	Nominees
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist	Teddy Pendergrass Lou Rawls	Johnny Mathis
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist	Natalie Cole	Roberta Flack Donna Summer
Favorite Soul/R&B Band, Duo, or Group	Earth Wind and Fire	The Commodores The Emotions
Favorite Soul/R&B Album	Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack - Bee Gees	Life is a Song - Teddy Pendergrass All 'n' All - Earth, Wind & Fire
Favorite Soul/R&B Single	"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	"Our Love" - Natalie Cole "Use Ta Be My Girl" - The O'Jays

Country Category

Subcategory	Winner	Nominees
Favorite Country Male Artist	Kenny Rogers	Merle Haggard Ronnie Milsap
Favorite Country Female Artist	Crystal Gayle	Loretta Lynn Linda Ronstadt
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group	The Statler Brothers	The Oak Ridge Boys Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Favorite Country Album	Ten Years of Gold - Kenny Rogers	Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton Simple Dreams - Linda Ronstadt
Favorite Country Single	"Blue Bayou" - Linda Ronstadt	"Here You Come Again (song)" - Dolly Parton "Take This Job and Shove It" - Johnny Paycheck

Disco Category

Subcategory	Winner	Nominees
Favorite Disco Male Artist	Isaac Hayes	Peter Brown Teddy Pendergrass
Favorite Disco Female Artist	Donna Summer	Pattie Brooks Linda Clifford
Favorite Disco Band, Duo or Group	Village People	Silver Convention The Trammps
Favorite Disco Album	Live and More - Donna Summer	Super Nature - Cerrone Thank God It's Friday - Soundtrack
Favorite Disco Single	Last Dance (song) - Donna Summer	"Shame" - Evelyn King "Macho Man" - The Village People

Award of Merit

• Perry Como

References

• http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1979/1979ama.htm