Hosted by Sonny James and Bobbie Gentry, the first-ever Country Music Awards show was held in Music City on October 20, 1967, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. Ever since, the CMAs have become an ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The CMA Awards were first presented in 1967. Eddy Arnold, a country star since the 1940s, was the first entertainer of the year ...