1980s
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- K.T. Oslin for "Hold Me"
"Chiseled in Stone" (Vern Gosdin & Max Barnes)
"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" (Rodney Crowell)
"She's No Lady" (Lyle Lovett)
"Streets of Bakersfield" (Homer Joy) Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens
- Grammy Awards of 1988
- Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz for "Forever and Ever, Amen" performed by Randy Travis
"All My Ex's Live In Texas" (Sanger D. Shafer & Lyndia J. Shafer) George Strait
"80's Ladies" (K.T. Oslin)
"I'll Still Be Loving You" (Todd Cerney, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch & Pam Rose) Restless Heart
"Telling Me Lies" (Linda Thompson & Betsy Cook)
- Grammy Awards of 1987
- Jamie O'Hara for "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" performed by The Judds
"Daddy's Hands" (Holly Dunn)
"Guitar Town" (Steve Earle)
"Guitars, Cadillacs" (Dwight Yoakam)
"Whoever's in New England" (Quentin Powers & Kendall Franceschi) Reba McEntire
- Grammy Awards of 1986
- Jimmy L. Webb for "Highwayman" performed by The Highwaymen
"Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" (Bob McDill)
"Desperados Waiting for a Train" (Guy Clark)
"40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" (Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver & Don Schlitz)
"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell) Rosanne Cash
"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (Mike Reid, Troy Seal & Fred Parris) Ronnie Milsap
"Love Is Alive" (Kent M. Robbins)
- Grammy Awards of 1985
- Steve Goodman for "City of New Orleans" performed by Willie Nelson
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" (Hank Williams, Jr.)
"Faithless Love" (John David Souther)
"God Bless The USA" (Lee Greenwood)
"Mama He's Crazy" (Kenny O'Dell) The Judds
- Grammy Awards of 1984
- Mike Reid for "Stranger in My House" performed by Ronnie Milsap
"Baby I Lied" (Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke & Rafe Van Hoy) Deborah Allen
"I.O.U." (Kerry Chater & Austin Roberts) Lee Greenwood
"Lady Down on Love" (Randy Owen)
"A Little Good News" (Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black & Rory Bourke) Anne Murray
- Grammy Awards of 1983
- Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James for "Always on My Mind" performed by Willie Nelson
"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" (D. Blackwell)
"Nobody" (Kye Flemming & Dennis Morgan) Sylvia
"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" (Don Goodman, Pam Rose & Mary Ann Kennedy) Lee Greenwood
"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)(Tim DuBois)
- Grammy Awards of 1982
- Dolly Parton for "9 to 5"
"Elvira" (Dallas Frazier) Oak Ridge Boys
"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan) Barbara Mandrell
"Somebody's Knockin'" (Ed Penney & Jerry Gillespie) Terri Gibbs
"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" (Larry Collins & Sandy Pinkard) David Frizzell & Shelly West
- Grammy Awards of 1981
- Willie Nelson for "On the Road Again"
"Drivin' My Life Away" (Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens & David Malloy) Eddie Rabbitt
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" (Bobby Braddock & Curly Putman) George Jones
"I Believe in You" (Roger Cook & Sam Hogin) Don Williams
"Lookin' For Love" (Bob Morrison, Wanda Mallette & Patti Ryan) Johnny Lee
- Grammy Awards of 1980
- Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison for "You Decorated My Life" performed by Kenny Rogers
- "All the Gold in California" - (Larry Gatlin)
- "Blue Kentucky Girl" - (Johnny Mullins) Emmylou Harris
- "Every Which Way But Loose" - (Steve Dorff, Milton Brown, Snuff Garrett) Eddie Rabbitt
- "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" - (David Bellamy) Bellamy Brothers
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