1st Awit Awards (1969)

1st Awit Awards
Date March 23, 1969
Location Makati
Highlights
Most awards Pauline Sevilla (3)
Albums of the Year Her Kind of Music by Norma Ledesma (Local-English)
Mabuhay Singers sing Pandangguhan, Dahil sa Iyo and other Philippine Songs by Mabuhay Singers (Local-Vernacular)
The Graduate by Simon and Garfunkel (Foreign)
Singles of the Year "Ting-A-Ling" by Pauline Sevilla (Local-English)
"De Colores" by Pauline Sevilla (Local-Vernacular)
"The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel (Foreign)

The 1st Awit Awards were held in March 23, 1969 in Makati.[1][2] These awards recognized musical achievements for the year 1968. This was the only award ceremony organized by the Awit Awards Executive Committee after the Philippine Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (PARAS) took charge the next year.[3]

A total of 28 awards were presented that night. Another category, the Visiting Recording Artist of the Year, would be given in the foreign division supposedly but due to lack of nominees, it was not awarded.[4] Pauline Sevilla won the most awards with three.[2]

Winners

Local Division

English

Female Recording Artist of the Year Male Recording Artist of the Year
Vocal Group of the Year Single of the Year
  • The Hi-Jacks
  • "Ting-A-Ling" – Pauline Sevilla
Album of the Year Composer of the Year
  • Her Kind of Music – Norma Ledesma
Lyricist of the Year Musical Arranger of the Year
  • Doming Amarillo
Best New Recording Artist Record Producer of the Year
  • Vic del Rosario
  • Orly Ilacad
Recording Studio of the Year Record Company of the Year
  • Cinema-Audio
  • Mareco

Vernacular

Female Recording Artist of the Year Male Recording Artist of the Year
  • Cely Bautista
Vocal Group of the Year Single of the Year
Album of the Year Composer of the Year
  • Mabuhay Singers
    sing Pandangguhan,
    Dahil sa Iyo and
    other Philippine Songs
    – Mabuhay Singers
  • Constancio de Guzman
Lyricist of the Year Best Instrumental Album
  • Constancio de Guzman
  • Leopoldo Silos[A]

Foreign Division

Simon and Garfunkel, Single and Album of the Year (Foreign) winners
Connie Francis, Female Artist of the Year (Foreign) winner
The Beatles, Group of the Year (Foreign) winners
Female Recording Artist of the Year Male Recording Artist of the Year
Vocal Group of the Year Single of the Year
Album of the Year

Special awards

Best Special Recording Record Man of the Year
  • "Cursillo Song" – Pauline Sevilla
  • Manuel P. Villar

Notes:

^[A] It is currently unknown which album of Leopoldo Silos won the "Best Instrumental Album".
^[B] Although this single was originally released in 1965, it was included in the album, The Graduate, which, on the other hand, was released in 1968.

References

  1. ↑ Awit Adds to Award List to Push Music. Billboard. 15 March 1969. p. 63. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 Mareco, Filipinas Records Take Lion's Share of Philippine Awards. Billboard. 19 April 1969. p. 72. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  3. ↑ PARAS Acad. Is Founded. Billboard. 11 July 1970. p. 71. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Philippine Gala to Bow Awit Awards. Billboard. 23 November 1968. p. 70. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
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