Juno Awards of 1978
# Juno Awards of 1978

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:

* Carroll Baker
* Claudja Barry
* Charity Brown
* Joni Mitchell

### Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Dan Hill

Other nominees:

* Burton Cummings
* Gordon Lightfoot
* Valdy
* Gino Vannelli

### Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Lisa Dalbello

Other nominees:

* Claudja Barry
* Alma Faye Brooks
* Glory-Anne Carriere
* Roxanne Goldade

### Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: David Bradstreet

Other nominees:

* Peter Pringle
* Walter Rossi
* Malcolm Tomlinson
* Pat Travers

### Group of the Year

Winner: Rush

Other nominees:

* April Wine
* Bachman–Turner Overdrive
* The Stampeders
* Trooper

### Most Promising Group of the Year

Winner: Hometown Band

Other nominees:

* Prism
* Max Webster
* Jackson Hawke
* Black Light Orchestra

### 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:

* Bruce Cockburn
* Dan Hill
* Murray McLauchlan
* Valdy

### Instrumental Artist of the Year

Winner: André Gagnon

Other nominees:

* Liona Boyd
* Hagood Hardy
* Moe Koffman

### 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:

* Guy Lombardo (posthumous)
* Oscar Peterson

## 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

### 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

