1980s
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- Randy Travis for Old 8x10
Rodney Crowell - Diamonds & Dirt
Lyle Lovett - "Pontiac"
Dan Seals - "Addicted"
Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
- Grammy Awards of 1988
- Randy Travis for Always & Forever
George Strait - "All My Ex's Live in Texas"
Hank Williams Jr. - "Born to Boogie "
Steve Earle - "Exit 0 "
Dwight Yoakam - "Hillbilly Deluxe"
- Grammy Awards of 1987
- Ronnie Milsap for "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"
Steve Earle - "Guitar Town"
Randy Travis - "Diggin' Up Bones"
Hank Williams Jr. - "Ain't Misbehavin''
Dwight Yoakam - "Guitars, Cadillacs"
- Grammy Awards of 1986
- Ronnie Milsap for "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"
Lee Greenwood - "I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)"
Mel McDaniel - "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On"
Willie Nelson - "Forgiving You Was Easy"
Ricky Skaggs - "You Make Me Feel Like a Man"
- Grammy Awards of 1985
- Merle Haggard for "That's the Way Love Goes"
Lee Greenwood - "God Bless the USA".
Willie Nelson - "City of New Orleans"
Ricky Skaggs - "Country Boy"
Hank Williams Jr. - "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"
- Grammy Awards of 1984
- Lee Greenwood for "I.O.U."
Ray Charles - "Born to Love Me"
Earl Thomas Conley - "Holding Her and Loving You"
Vern Gosdin - "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)"
Ronnie Milsap - "Stranger in My House"
Kenny Rogers - "All My Life"
- Grammy Awards of 1983
- Willie Nelson for "Always on My Mind"
Ronnie Milsap - "He Got You"
Jerry Reed - "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"
Kenny Rogers - "Love Will Turn You Around"
Ricky Skaggs - "Heartbroke"
- Grammy Awards of 1982
- Ronnie Milsap for "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"
John Anderson - "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)"
George Jones - "Still Doin' Time"
Willie Nelson - "Somewhere over the Rainbow"
Eddie Rabbitt - "Step by Step"
- Grammy Awards of 1981
- George Jones for "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
George Burns - "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"
Johnny Lee - "Lookin' for Love"
Willie Nelson - "On the Road Again"
Eddie Rabbitt - "Drivin' My Life Away"
- Grammy Awards of 1980
- Kenny Rogers for "The Gambler"
Willie Nelson - "Whiskey River"
Charley Pride - "Burgers and Fries/When I Stop Leavin' (I'll Be Gone)"
Eddie Rabbitt - "Every Which Way but Loose"
Hank Williams Jr. - "Family Tradition"
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