| Juno Awards of 1978 | ||||
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| Date | 29 March 1978 | |||
| Venue | Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario | |||
| Hosted by | David Steinberg | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | CBC | |||
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The Juno Awards of 1978, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 29 March 1978 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted for a second consecutive year by David Steinberg at 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:
- Julie Lynn
- Anne Murray
- Chris Nielsen
- Colleen Peterson
Country Male Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Ronnie Prophet
Other nominees:
- Gary Buck
- Wilf Carter
- Jimmy Arthur Ordge
- Ray Griff
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)
- Terry Brown, Hope by Klaatu
- David Greene, Big Band Jazz by Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Winners:
Nominated and winning albums
Best Selling Album
Winner: Longer Fuse, Dan Hill
Other nominees:
- A Farewell to Kings, Rush
- The Best of the Stampeders, The Stampeders
- Le Saint Laurent, André Gagnon
- My Own Way to Rock, Burton Cummings*
Best Album Graphics
Winner: Dave Anderson, Short Turn by Short Turn
Best Classical Album of the Year
Winner: Three Borodin Symphonies, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Mendelssoh Quartets Op. 12 & 13 — Orford String Quartet
- Staryk Plays Kreisler — Steven Staryk and Jane Corwin
- To Syngen & Pleye — The Toronto Consort
Best Selling International Album
Winner: Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
Best Jazz Album
Winner: Big Band Jazz, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
- Ed Bickert — Ed Bickert
- Museum Pieces — Moe Koffman
- Transformations/Invocation — Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six
- Country Place — Don Thompson
Nominated and winning releases
Best Selling Single
Winner: Sugar Daddy, Patsy Gallant
Other nominees:
- "Let's Try Once More", Patrick Norman
- "Que Sera Sera", The Raes
- "Sometimes When We Touch", Dan Hill
- "You Won't Dance With Me", April Wine
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.