About The Show
The Junos recognize excellence in the Canadian Music Industry by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Tune in to watch some of your favorite Canadian artists, with a few international stars mixed in.
Host: Burton Cummings
Date: March 20, 1979
City: Toronto, Ontario
The Nominees
Best Album Graphics
- Canadian Brass Unexplored Territory
- The Candelight & Wine Album The Candelight & Wine Album
- Prism See Forever Eyes
- Streetheart Meanwhile Back in Paris
Best Children's Album
-
Winner: Anne Murray
There's A Hippo in My Tub
- Various Artists Canada's Favorite Folksongs
- Sandy Offenheim Are We There Yet?
- Sharon, Lois & Bram One Elephant, Deux Elephants
Best Classical Album Of The Year
-
Winner:
Glenn Gould, Roxolana Roslak Hindemith, Das Marienleben - Toronto Symphony, Andrew Davis Janacek Taras Bulba
- Toronto Baroque Trio A Baroque Boquet
- The Orford String Quartet The Orford String Quartet
- Liona Boyd First Lady of the Guitar
Best Jazz Album
-
Winner:
Tommy Banks Big Band Jazz Canada Montreaux 1978 - Ted Moses More Than Ever
- Ted Moses More Than Ever
- Moe Koffman Things Are Looking Up
- Humber College Jazz Ensemble Big Band Jazz, Volume II
- Pete Magadini Bones Blues
Best Selling Album
-
Winner: Burton Cummings
Dream of a Child
- Trooper Thick as Thieves
- Rush Hemispheres
- Gordon Lightfoot Endless Wire
- Carroll Baker 20 Country Classics
Best Selling International Album
-
Winner: Bee Gees
Saturday Night Fever
- soundtrack, various artists Grease
- Rod Stewart Footloose & Fancy Free
- Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell
- Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Best Selling International Single
-
Winner:
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John You're the One That I Want - Frankie Valli Grease
- Bee Gees Night Fever
- Bee Gees Stayin' Alive
- A Taste Of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie
Best Selling Single
-
Winner: Nick Gilder
Hot Child In The City
- Martin Stevens Love Is In the Air
- Dan Hill Sometimes When We Touch
- Burton Cummings Break It to Them Gently
- Anne Murray You Needed Me
Canadian Music Hall Of Fame
Comedy Album Of The Year
-
Winner:
The Air Farce The Air Farce Album - Nestor Pistor Best of Nestro Pistor, N.P. for P.M.
- Nancy White Civil Service Songwriter
- Alden Diehl Fight On
Composer Of The Year
-
Winner: Dan Hill
Sometimes When We Touch
- Trooper Raise a Little Hell
- Frank Mills Music Box Dancer
- Nick Gilder Hot Child In The City
- Burton Cummings Break It to Them Gently
Country Female Vocalist Of The Year
-
Winner:
Carroll Baker - Anne Murray
- Laura Vinson
- Marie Bottrell
- Colleen Peterson
Country Group Or Duo Of The Year
-
Winner:
The Good Brothers - The Mercey Brothers
- Emeralds
- Carlton Showband
- Rhythm Pals
Country Male Vocalist Of The Year
-
Winner:
Ronnie Prophet - R. Harlan Smith
- Jimmy Arthur Ordge
- Ian Tyson
- Wilf Carter
Female Vocalist Of The Year
-
Winner: Anne Murray
- Joni Mitchell
- Patsy Gallant
- Carroll Baker
- Lisa Dal Bello
Folksinger Of The Year
-
Winner:
Murray McLauchlan - Gordon Lightfoot
- Bruce Cockburn
- Valdy
- Dan Hill
Group Of The Year
-
Winner: Rush
- Prism
- Triumph
- Trooper
- Chilliwack
Instrumental Artist(s) Of The Year
-
Winner:
Liona Boyd - Frank Mills
- Andre Gagnon
- Black Light Orchestra
- Hagood Hardy
Male Vocalist Of The Year
Most Promising Female Vocalist Of The Year
-
Winner:
Claudja Barry - Denise McCann
- Ronney Abramson
- Roxanne Goldade
- Carolyne Bernier
Most Promising Group Of The Year
-
Winner: Doucette
- Streetheart
- Zon
- Max Webster
- Teaze
Most Promising Male Vocalist Of The Year
-
Winner: Nick Gilder
- Rick James
- Pat Travers
- Martin Stevens
- Marc Jordan
Producer Of The Year
-
Winner: Gino Vannelli
Brother to Brother
- Richard T. Bear Richart T. Bear
- David McClusky McCluskey
- Bob Segarini Gotta Have Pop
- Dan Hill Frozen in the Night
- Rush Hemispheres
Recording Engineer Of The Year
-
Winner: Anne Murray
Let's Keep It That Way
- Canadian Brass Unexplored Territory
- Aura Special Way
- Cooper Brothers Cooper Brothers
- Dan Hill Frozen in the Night