| Juno Awards of 1979 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 March 1979 |
| Venue | Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario |
| Hosted by | Burton Cummings |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBC |
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]
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:
Winner: Hank Snow
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
Winner: The Air Farce Comedy Album, The Air Farce Other nominees:
Winner: "Hot Child in the City", Nick Gilder
Winner: "You're the One That I Want", John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John