Following the interval there was the Billboard Publications Country Music Awards followed by the Cass Family, Jon Derek & Country Fever, Miki & Griff, The Tumbleweeds, Mac Wiseman and Dolly Parton & Her Travelling Family Band. George Hamilton IV introduced Molly Bee, Johnny Carver, The Kelvin Henderson Country Band, Vernon Oxford, Ray Lynam & Philomena Begley and Marty Robbins. ** Mary Lou Turner and Kelvin Henderson were also mentioned as appearing this year. There was also the Miss Country Music Awards and the British Country Music Festival Awards. Bill Anderson introduced Larry Cunningham & The Country Blue Boys, Czech Country Beat, Narvel Felts, Frisco, Caroline Hall, Miki & Griff, The Oak Ridge Boys, Johnny Rodriguez, David Rogers, Patsy Sledd, Mac Wiseman with George Jones & Tammy Wynette. Murray Kash presented the Miss Country Music Competition. There was also a special presentation: The International Festival 1974 Billboard/Record Mirror Country Music Awards. Pete Brady introduced Bill Anderson, Tompall Glaser, The Hillsiders, Wanda Jackson, Kathie Kay, Ray Lynam & Philomena Begley, Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys, Jeanne Pruett, Rankarna & Mats Radberg, Terry Stafford, Kitty Wells & Johnny Wright (with Tennessee Mountain Boys) & The Jonny Young Four. The Billboard/Record Mirror Awards were presented by Bill Williams (Billboard Nashville editor) and Tony Byworth (Billboard/Record Mirror European country music editor). Riley & The Homesteaders, Jeannie Seely, Hank Snow, Pete Sayers, Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys, Diana Trask, Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadours, Nada Urbankova & Country Beat, Dottie West, Mac Wiseman and The Jonny Young Four. Jim Ed Brown, Cates Sisters, Bryan Chalker and New Frontier, Country Fever, Larry Cunningham, Skeeter Davis, Tompall & The Glaser Brothers & The Nashville Studio Band, Jack Greene & The Jolly Green Giants, George Hamilton IV, Ferlin Husky (with his alter-ego Simon Crum), Ray Lynam & The Hillbillies, New Strangers, Johnny Paycheck, Del Reeves & The Good Time Charleys, Jeannie C. Seated are Hank Snow, Ferlin Husky, Wally Whyton, Nada Urbankova, Johnny Paycheck, George Hamilton IV, Larry Cunningham and Frankie McBride. In the middle row is Ray Lynam, Chuck Glaser, Ernest Tubb, Diana Trask, Dottie West, Skeeter Davis, Jeannie Seely, Jack Greene and Del Reeves. They are (back row) Murray Kash, Mac Wiseman, Jim Glaser, Mervyn and Laura Conn, Jim Ed Brown, Bryan Chalker and Hank Thompson. Many of the stars that appeared at Wembley in 1973. George Hamilton IV was MC (Saturday) and Bill Anderson was MC (Sunday) with the Billboard/Record Mirror Awards presented by Mary Reeves. Loudermilk, Ray Lynam & The Hillbillies, Margo & Country Folk, Anne Murray, Terry McKenna, Del Reeves, The Earl Scruggs Revue, The Stonemans, Tex Withers, Conway Twitty & The Twittybirds, Dottie West, Hank Williams Jnr. Hall & The Storytellers, George Hamilton IV & The Numbers, Loretta Lynn & The Coal Miners, John D. George Hamilton IV was MC with Murray Kash.īill Anderson & The Po Boys, Country Fever, Larry Cunningham, Tom T. & The Drifting Cowboys and The Jonny Young Four. Roy Acuff & The Smokey Mountain Boys, Tommy Cash, Brian Coll, Lee Conway, Larry Cunningham, Tompall & The Glaser Brothers, John Hartford, George Hamilton IV & The Numbers, Waylon Jennings (with Jessi Colter), Merle Kilgore, Ray Lynam & The Hillbillies, The Loretta Lynn Show, Patsy Powell & The Honky Tonk Playboys, Hank Snow & The Rainbow Ranch Boys, Hank Williams Jr. Roy Acuff, Lynn Anderson, Country Fever, Skeeter Davis, Roy Drusky & The Loners, Don Gibson, Tompall & The Glaser Brothers, George Hamilton IV, The Hillsiders, David Houston & The Persuaders, The Loretta Lynn Show, Orange Blossom Sound, Bashful Brother Oswald (part of Roy Acuff's Show) Willard Pearce, Peggy Sue (part of Loretta Lynn's Show), Tex Ritter, Charlie Walker, Doyle Wilburn (part of Loretta Lynn's Show) with MC's Murray Kash, Pat Campbell & Wally Whyton. David Allan, Murray Kash and Stephen West shared the master of ceremonies. Tony, former editor of the magazine Country Music People, was Chairman of the CMA (GB) at the time and Tammy was their dinner guest.īill Anderson & The Po Boys, Phil Brady & The Ranchers, Wes Buchanan, Larry Cunningham & The Mighty Avons, George Hamilton IV, The Hillsiders, Jan Howard, Loretta Lynn Show, Merrill Moore, Orange Blossom Sound, John Wesley Ryles, Conway Twitty & The Lonely Blue Boys, Charlie Walker. Mervyn Conn, Tammy Wynette and Tony Byworth at the Country Music Association (GB) Awards Dinner in 1976. Photograph © Doug McKenzie/Country Music People THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS OF COUNTRY MUSIC WEMBLEY ARENA
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