2nd_Awit_Awards_(1970) References

2nd Awit Awards
2nd Awit Awards
Date	July 16, 1970
Highlights
Most awards	George Canseco (3)
Best Album	Norma, 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
Network	DWOW; DZTM; DZTR; (radio)

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
"True Love Came Too Late" – George Canseco	"My Pledge of Love" – Edgar Mortiz	Norma, Norma – Norma Ledesma

People

Best Female Singer (English)	Best Male Singer (English)
Nora Aunor	Eddie Peregrina
Best Female Singer (Vernacular)	Best Male Singer (Vernacular)
Yolanda Guevarra	Danilo Santos
Best New Female Singer	Best New Male Singer
Esperanza Fabon	Tirso Cruz III
Best Vocal Group (English)	Best Vocal Group (Vernacular)
The Lumberjacks	Cora Rosales & Ben Zubiri Duet

Instrumental

Best Instrumentalist	Best Instrumental Group
Relly Coloma^[3]	The Moonstrucks

Composing, lyric writing and arranging

Best Composer	Best Lyricist	Best Musical Arranger
George Canseco	George Canseco	Doming Valdez

Production

Best Recording Engineer	Best Record Producer	Best Recording Studio
Jess Felix Ric Santos	Manuel P. Villar	Cinema-Audio

Packaging and notes

Best Album Cover	Best Album Liner Notes
Norma, Norma	Love Mood – Danny Yson

Special awards

Best Special Recording	Posthumous Award	Special Award of Merit
Pandacan Original Brass Band^[A]	Ben Zubiri	DWOW

Notes:

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

References

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

[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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