At the Grand Ole Opry's Country Music Association Awards that fall, “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” was nominated for Single of the Year, but it lost to Freddy Fender’s “Before the Next Teardrop Falls.”
Denver’s win over four country music heavy hitters was announced by Charlie Rich, who had been voted the CMA’s Entertainer of the Year for 1974. But the "Behind Closed Doors” singer went shockingly off-script as he read Denver’s name.
A smiling Denver appeared via satellite to accept the award, oblivious to Rich’s onstage antics.
Fifty years later, the live TV moment is still talked about online.
“Thank God I’m a country boy!” LOL! Because he wasn’t. But he was a gifted songwriter,” another agreed.
Charlie Rich Said The CMA Incident Was Nothing Against John Denver
Rich addressed the scandal in a 1992 interview with NPR, where he explained that the move was not anything against Denver.
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