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]

Juno Awards of 1979
Date21 March 1979
VenueHarbour Castle Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted byBurton Cummings
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC
← 1978 · Juno Awards · 1980 →

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 UpMoe Koffman
  • Bones BluesPete 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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  1. ^ a b LeBlance (2010), p. 33.
  2. ^ 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
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