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Creative Achievement Award
Presented to Don Schlitz
Don Schlitz was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina. He briefly attended Duke University before moving to Nashville in 1973.
His first recorded song, "The Gambler," won a Grammy and the Country Music Assocation's and the Academy of Country Music's Song of the Year.
Don's songs have played major roles in the careers of Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, The Judds, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tanya Tucker, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Allison Kraus, and many other singers. His fifty Top Ten songs have included twenty-four Number One hit singles.
He also wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Schlitz was the ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year for four consecutive years from 1988-91. He has won three CMA Song of the Year awards, two ACM Song of the Year awards, two Grammys, and many more nominations. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Association's Hall of Fame in 1993 Schlitz lives, writes, and performs in Nashville.
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