2nd Awit Awards

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2nd Awit Awards
DateJuly 16, 1970
Highlights
Most awardsGeorge Canseco (3)
Best AlbumNorma, Norma by Norma Ledesma
Song of the Year"True Love Came Too Late" by George Canseco
Best Single"My Pledge of Love" by Edgar Mortiz
Television/radio coverage
NetworkDWOW
DZTM
DZTR
(radio)
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The 2nd Awit Awards were held on July 16, 1970.[1] They honored achievements in the Philippine music industry for the year 1969. This was the first time the Philippine Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (PARAS) presented these awards after the Awit Awards Executive Committee was dissolved.[2] Twenty-five awards were given that night. The foreign division was scrapped after last year's ceremony. George Canseco had the most awards with three.

Winners

General

Song of the Year Best Single Best Album
  • Norma, Norma – Norma Ledesma

Special awards

Best Special Recording Posthumous Award Special Award of Merit
  • Pandacan Original Brass Band[A]
  • DWOW

Notes:

^[A] It is currently unknown which song of the Pandacan Original Brass Band won the "Best Special Recording".

References

  1. ↑ Oskar Salazar (29 August 1970). 400 at Awit Awards – Pulls Films, Radio. Billboard. p. 47. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. ↑ PARAS Acad. Is Founded. Billboard. 11 July 1970. p. 71. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Christmas Product Up In Manila. Billboard. 5 December 1970. p. 67. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
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