1st GMA Dove Awards

The 1st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held in September 1969 during the National Quartet Convention in Memphis, Tennessee.

Award winners

• Song of the Year
• "Jesus Is Coming Soon"; R. E. Winsett; R. E. Winsett Music (SESAC)
• Songwriter of the Year
• Bill Gaither
• Male Vocalist of the Year
• James Blackwood
• Female Vocalist of the Year
• Vestal Goodman
• Male Group of the Year
• The Imperials
• Mixed Group of the Year
• The Speer Family
• Album of the Year
• "It's Happening"; Oak Ridge Boys; Bob MacKenzie; Heart Warming
• Instrumentalist
• Dwayne Friend
• Album Jacket
• "It's Happening"; Oak Ridge Boys; Heart Warming
• Television Program
• Gospel Jubilee, Florida Boys
• D.J. of the Year
• J. G. Whitfield

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071024165036/http://www.doveawards.com/history/