Juno Awards of 1978

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Juno Awards of 1978
Date29 March 1978
Venue
Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted byDavid Steinberg
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC
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The

Harbour Castle Hilton Convention Centre. A 2-hour broadcast of the ceremonies was available nationally on CBC Television
. 1500 people were present at the ceremonies.

At a news conference following the awards, on 31 March 1978, Stompin' Tom Connors announced he would return his Juno trophies to awards organiser CARAS as a protest against rewarding "Juno jumpers" or artists who do not maintain a residence or presence in Canada. Connors earlier withdrew his nomination as Country Male Vocalist of the Year.

Nominees and winners

Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Patsy Gallant

Other nominees:

Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Dan Hill

Other nominees:

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner:

Lisa Dalbello

Other nominees:

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: David Bradstreet

Other nominees:

Group of the Year

Winner: Rush

Other nominees:

Most Promising Group of the Year

Winner:

Hometown Band

Other nominees:

Composer of the Year

Winner: Dan Hill (Co-composer), "Sometimes When We Touch"

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Carroll Baker

Other nominees:

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Ronnie Prophet

Other nominees:

Multiple Juno winner Stompin' Tom Connors withdrew his nomination to protest Junos given to expatriate Canadians.(Green and King, CanadianEncyclopedia.ca)

Country Group or Duo of the Year

Winner: The Good Brothers

Folk Singer of the Year

Winner: Gordon Lightfoot

Other nominees:

Instrumental Artist of the Year

Winner: André Gagnon

Other nominees:

Producer of the Year (single)

Winner: Matthew McCauley/Fred Mollin, "Sometimes When We Touch" by Dan Hill

Producer of the Year (album)

Winner: Matthew McCauley/Fred Mollin, Longer Fuse by Dan Hill

Recording Engineer of the Year

Winner:(tie)

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winners:

Nominated and winning albums

Best Selling Album

Winner: Longer Fuse, Dan Hill

Other nominees:

Best Album Graphics

Winner: Dave Anderson,

Short Turn

Best Classical Album of the Year

Winner: Three Borodin Symphonies, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Best Selling International Album

Winner: Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

Best Jazz Album

Winner:

Big Band Jazz, Rob McConnell
& The Boss Brass

Nominated and winning releases

Best Selling Single

Winner: Sugar Daddy, Patsy Gallant

Other nominees:

Best Selling International Single

Winner: "When I Need You", Leo Sayer

References

  • "The Junos: Hill and Cummings the frontrunners". The Globe and Mail. 23 March 1978. p. 15.
  • Godfrey, Stephen (30 March 1978). "Dan Hill takes three top Junos". The Globe and Mail. p. 13.
  • "Stompin' Tom awaits industry blacklist". The Globe and Mail. 1 April 1978. p. 32.

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