The
Juno Awards
of 1979
, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 21 March 1979 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by
Burton Cummings
at the
Harbour Castle Hilton
Convention Centre.
[1]
Claudja Barry
and
Ginette Reno
were live performers on the ceremony telecast, seen on
CBC Television
from 9:30pm
Eastern Time
.
Gino Vannelli
and
Chilliwack
provided videotaped performances.
Pierre Trudeau
attended the ceremonies, the first time a
Canadian Prime Minister
did so. He introduced
Hank Snow
into the
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
.
Cummings and
Dan Hill
led nominations with four each. In an unusual move, Hill was nominated in the "Composer of the Year" category for "
Sometimes When We Touch
" for the second time as it had sold more than 75,000 copies after the first award at the 1978 Juno ceremony.
[1]
This was the first year when
Gordon Lightfoot
failed to pick up an award, and
Anne Murray
was not present to claim her two awards. The CBC television broadcast was seen by an estimated 1,827,000 viewers which was down from the year before.
[2]
Nominees and winners
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Winner:
Anne Murray
Other nominees:
Winner:
Gino Vannelli
Other nominees:
Winner:
Claudja Barry
Other nominees:
Winner:
Nick Gilder
Other nominees:
Winner:
Rush
Other nominees:
Winner:
Doucette
Other nominees:
Winner:
Dan Hill
(Co-composer with
Barry Mann
), "
Sometimes When We Touch
" by Dan Hill
Other nominees:
Winner:
Carroll Baker
Winner:
Ronnie Prophet
Winner:
The Good Brothers
Winner:
Murray McLauchlan
Other nominees:
Winner:
Liona Boyd
Other nominees:
Winner:
Gino Vannelli
,
Joe Vannelli
& Ross Vannelli,
Brother to Brother
by
Gino Vannelli
Other nominees:
Winner:
Ken Friesen,
Let's Keep It That Way
by
Anne Murray
Other nominees:
- Rick Capreol & Jeff Smith,
Special Way
by
Aura
- David Greene,
Unexplored Territory
by
Canadian Brass
- Andrew Hermant,
Frozen in the Night
by Dan Hill
- Mike Jones,
The Cooper Brothers
by
The Cooper Brothers
Winner:
Hank Snow
Nominated and winning albums
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Winner:
Dream of a Child
,
Burton Cummings
Other nominees:
Winner:
Alan Gee & Greg Lawson,
Madcats
by Madcats
Other nominees:
Winner:
There's a Hippo in My Tub
,
Anne Murray
Winner:
Hindemith; Das Marienleben
,
Glenn Gould
and Roxolana Roslak
Winner:
Saturday Night Fever
,
Bee Gees
Winner:
Jazz Canada Montreux 1978
,
Tommy Banks
Big Band with Guest "Big" Miller
- Big Band Jazz, Vol. II
? Humber College Jazz Ensemble
- Things Are Looking Up
?
Moe Koffman
- Bones Blues
?
Pete Magadini
- More Than Ever
? Ted Moses
Winner:
The Air Farce Comedy Album
,
The Air Farce
Other nominees:
Nominated and winning releases
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Winner:
"
Hot Child in the City
",
Nick Gilder
Winner:
"
You're the One That I Want
",
John Travolta
&
Olivia Newton-John
References
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- ^
a
b
LeBlance (2010), p. 33.
- ^
LeBlance (2010), p. 34.
- McGrath, Paul (22 March 1979). "Junos laid at same old shrines".
The Globe and Mail
. p. 17.
- Cherry, Zena (24 March 1979). "Gino went shoeless at the Junos".
The Globe and Mail
. p. 15.
Bibliography
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- LeBlanc, Larry. (2010).
Music from far and wide: Celebrating 40 years of the Juno Awards
. Key Porter Books Limited, Toronto.
ISBN
978-1-55470-339-5
External links
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Awards to individuals
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Awards for recordings
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Awards for technicality
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Discontinued categories
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Special awards
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Years
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Leadership
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Notes
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Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
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