Juno Awards of 1979

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.
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.
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.

Nominees and winners

Female Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Artist of the Year">Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Anne Murray
Other nominees:

Male Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Artist of the Year">Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Gino Vannelli
Other nominees:

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for New Artist of the Year">Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Claudja Barry
Other nominees:

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for New Artist of the Year">Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Nick Gilder
Other nominees:

Group of the Year">Juno Award for Group of the Year">Group of the Year

Winner: Rush
Other nominees:

Most Promising Group of the Year">Juno Award for New Group of the Year">Most Promising Group of the Year

Winner: Doucette
Other nominees:

Composer of the Year">Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year">Composer of the Year

Winner: Dan Hill, "Sometimes When We Touch" by Dan Hill
Other nominees:

Burton Cummings, "Break It to Them Gently" by Burton Cummings
Nick Gilder & James McCulloch, "Hot Child in the City" by Nick Gilder
Frank Mills, "Music Box Dancer" by Frank Mills
Brian Smith & Ra McGuire, "Raise a Little Hell" by Trooper

Country Female Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year">Country Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Carroll Baker

Country Male Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year">Country Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Ronnie Prophet

Country Group or Duo of the Year">Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year">Country Group or Duo of the Year

Winner: The Good Brothers

[Juno Award for [Folk Artist of the Year|Folk Singer of the Year]]

Winner: Murray McLauchlan
Other nominees:

[Juno Award for [Instrumental Album of the Year|Instrumental Artist of the Year]]

Winner: Liona Boyd
Other nominees:

[Jack Richardson [Producer of the Year Award|Producer of the Year]]

Winner: Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli & Ross Vannelli, Brother to Brother by Gino Vannelli
Other nominees:

Matthew McCauley & Fred Mollin, Frozen in the Night by Dan Hill & McCluskey by David McCluskey
Jack Richardson, Richard T. Bear by Richard T. Bear
Terry Brown & Rush, Hemispheres by Rush
Bob Segarini, Gotta Have Pop by Bob Segarini

Recording Engineer of the Year">Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year">Recording Engineer of the Year

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

[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]

Winner: Hank Snow

Nominated and winning albums

Best Selling Album">Juno Award for Album of the Year">Best Selling Album

Winner: Dream of a Child, Burton Cummings
Other nominees:

Best Album Graphics">Juno Award for CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year">Best Album Graphics

Winner: Alan Gee & Greg Lawson, Madcats by Madcats
Other nominees:

James Hill, The Candelight & Wine Album compilation by CHFI 98.1
James O'Mara, See Forever Eyes by Prism
Bob Kroll, Unexplored Territory by Canadian Brass
William Roberto Wilson, Maneige by Maneige
Myron Zabol & Gary Muth, Meanwhile Back in Paris by Streetheart

[Juno Award for [Children's Album of the Year|Best Children's Album]]

Winner: There's a Hippo in My Tub, Anne Murray

[Juno Award for Classical [Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble|Best Classical Album of the Year]]

Winner: Hindemith; Das Marienleben, Glenn Gould and Roxolana Roslak

A Baroque Bouquet — Toronto Baroque Trio
First Lady of the Guitar — Liona Boyd
Janacek Taras Bulba — Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
The Orford String Quartet — Orford String Quartet

Best Selling International Album">Juno Award for International Album of the Year">Best Selling International Album

Winner: Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees

Best Jazz Album">Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year">Best Jazz Album

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

Comedy Album of the Year">Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year">Comedy Album of the Year

Winner: The Air Farce Comedy Album, The Air Farce
Other nominees:

Alden Diehl, Fight On
Nestor Pistor, Best of Nestor Pistor
Nestor Pistor, Nestor Pistor for Prime Minister
Nancy White, ''Civil Service Songwriter''

Nominated and winning releases

[Juno Award for [Best Selling Single|Best Selling Single]]

Winner: "Hot Child in the City", Nick Gilder

Burton Cummings, "Break It to Them Gently"
Dan Hill, "Sometimes When We Touch"
Anne Murray, "You Needed Me"
Martin Stevens, "Love Is in the Air"

Best Selling International Single">Juno Award for Best Selling Single">Best Selling International Single

Winner: "You're the One That I Want", John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John