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The Academy of Country & Western Music held its first awards dinner at the Hollywood Palladium on 28 February 1966, naming Roger Miller Man of the Year, Buck Owens top male vocalist and Bonnie Owens top female vocalist.

Glen Campbell dominated the fourth Academy of Country & Western Music awards on 28 April 1969 at the Hollywood Palladium, winning Top Male Vocalist and Album of the Year with Bobbie Gentry, while "Wichita Lineman" took Song of the Year.

"Okie From Muskogee" won Song, Single Record and Album of the Year at the fifth Academy of Country & Western Music awards on 13 April 1970 at the Hollywood Palladium, where Merle Haggard was Top Male Vocalist and Tammy Wynette Top Female.

The 13th Grammy Awards on 16 March 1971 at the Hollywood Palladium were the first broadcast live on television, on ABC with host Andy Williams; Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" won Record, Album and Song of the Year and the Carpenters Best New Artist.

Merle Haggard won the first Entertainer of the Year, and Top Male Vocalist, at the sixth Academy of Country & Western Music awards on 22 March 1971 at the Hollywood Palladium, hosted by Dick Clark, where "For the Good Times" won the three record prizes.

On the 16th Grammy Awards telecast on 2 March 1974 the Recording Academy named the first five recordings in the new Grammy Hall of Fame, from Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues" to Bing Crosby's "White Christmas".

At the 16th Annual Grammy Awards on 2 March 1974 at the Hollywood Palladium, Roberta Flack won Record and Song of the Year for 'Killing Me Softly with His Song', Stevie Wonder's Innervisions won Album of the Year and Bette Midler won Best New Artist.

The 11th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on 19 February 1976 at the Hollywood Palladium, hosted by Marty Robbins; Loretta Lynn became the first woman to win Entertainer of the Year, and Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" won Single and Song of the Year.

At the 18th Annual Grammy Awards on 28 February 1976 at the Hollywood Palladium, Captain & Tennille won Record of the Year, Paul Simon's 'Still Crazy After All These Years' Album of the Year and Natalie Cole Best New Artist, the first African American to win it per Wikipedia.

At the 19th Grammy Awards on 19 February 1977 Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life won Album of the Year, his third in four years; George Benson's "This Masquerade" won Record of the Year and Starland Vocal Band Best New Artist.

The 14th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on 2 May 1979 at the Hollywood Palladium and televised live in prime time on NBC; Kenny Rogers won Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist, and the Oak Ridge Boys took Album and Vocal Group.