American Music Awards of 1979

6th Annual American Music Awards
Date	January 12, 1979
Venue	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	Donna Summer Glen Campbell Helen Reddy
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
Runtime	120 min.
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions

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

Winners and nominees

Subcategory	Winner	Nominees
Pop/Rock Category
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 Song	"Three Times a Lady" – Commodores	"Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees "You Light Up My Life" – Debby Boone
Soul/R&B Category
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/Group	Earth Wind and Fire	Commodores The Emotions
Favorite Soul/R&B Album	Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees	Life Is a Song Worth Singing – Teddy Pendergrass All 'n' All – Earth, Wind & Fire
Favorite Soul/R&B Song	"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" – Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	"Our Love" – Natalie Cole "Use Ta Be My Girl" – The O'Jays
Country Category
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 Song	"Blue Bayou" – Linda Ronstadt	"Here You Come Again" – Dolly Parton "Take This Job and Shove It" – Johnny Paycheck
Disco Category
Favorite Disco Male Artist	Isaac Hayes	Peter Brown Teddy Pendergrass
Favorite Disco Female Artist	Donna Summer	Pattie Brooks Linda Clifford
Favorite Disco Band/Duo/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 Song	"Last Dance" – Donna Summer	"Shame" – Evelyn King "Macho Man" – The Village People
Merit
Perry Como

References

• "1978 6th American Music Awards". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 12, 2006.