American Music Awards of 1974

The first Annual American Music Awards was a televised awards show, produced by Dick Clark Productions, which aired on ABC February 19, 1974.

1st Annual American Music Awards
American music awards
Date	February 19, 1974
Venue	Earl Carroll Theatre, New York City
Country	United States
Hosted by	Donny Osmond Michael Jackson Rodney Allen Rippy Rick Segall
Television/radio coverage
Runtime	120 min.
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions

Winners and nominees

Subcategory	Winner	Nominees
Pop/Rock Category
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Jim Croce	Elton John Stevie Wonder
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist	Helen Reddy	Roberta Flack Diana Ross
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group	The Carpenters	Gladys Knight & The Pips Tony Orlando & Dawn
Favorite Pop/Rock Album	Lady Sings The Blues – Diana Ross	Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts The World Is A Ghetto – War
Favorite Pop/Rock Song	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando & Dawn	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" – Jim Croce "Killing Me Softly" – Roberta Flack
Soul/R&B Category
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist	Stevie Wonder	James Brown Al Green
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist	Roberta Flack	Aretha Franklin Betty Wright
Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group	The Temptations	Gladys Knight & The Pips The O'Jays
Favorite Soul/R&B Album	I'm Still In Love With You – Al Green	Let's Get It On – Marvin Gaye The World Is A Ghetto – War
Favorite Soul/R&B Song	"Superstition" – Stevie Wonder	"Me and Mrs. Jones" – Billy Paul "Midnight Train to Georgia" – Gladys Knight & the Pips
Country Category
Favorite Country Male Artist	Charley Pride	Merle Haggard Conway Twitty
Favorite Country Female Artist	Lynn Anderson	Loretta Lynn Tammy Wynette
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group	The Carter Family	The Osborne Brothers The Statler Brothers
Favorite Country Album	A Sunshiny Day with Charley Pride – Charley Pride	Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich First Songs Of The First Lady – Tammy Wynette
Favorite Country Song	"Behind Closed Doors" – Charlie Rich	"Why Me" – Kris Kristofferson "You've Never Been This Far Before" – Conway Twitty
Merit
Bing Crosby

References

• http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1974/amas.htm