Juno Awards of 1977

Juno Awards of 1977
Date	16 March 1977
Venue	Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by	David Steinberg
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBC

The Juno Awards of 1977, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 16 March 1977 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by David Steinberg at the Royal York Hotel. The ceremonies were broadcast on a 2-hour CBC Television special. Oddly, a US band, Heart, won a Juno for best Canadian band

Classical and jazz categories were introduced this year.

Nominees and winners

Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Burton Cummings Paul Anka Gordon Lightfoot Valdy Gino Vannelli	Patsy Gallant Carroll Baker Charity Brown Joni Mitchell Anne Murray
Most Promising Male Vocalist	Most Promising Female Vocalist
Burton Cummings Roger Doucet Danny Hooper Nestor Pistor Wayne St. John	Colleen Peterson Gail Dahms Denise McCann Patricia Anne McKinnon Chris Nielsen
Country Male Vocalist of the Year	Country Female Vocalist of the Year
Murray McLauchlan Wilf Carter Stompin' Tom Connors R. Harlan Smith Ted Wesley	Carroll Baker Marilyn Jones Anne Murray Chris Nielsen Colleen Peterson
Group of the Year	Most Promising Group of the Year
Heart April Wine Bachman–Turner Overdrive Rush The Stampeders	THP Orchestra Garfield Moxy Sweeney Todd Trooper
Country Group or Duo of the Year	Folk Singer of the Year
The Good Brothers Canadian Zephyr Carlton Showband The Emeralds The Mercey Brothers	Gordon Lightfoot Stompin' Tom Connors Dan Hill Murray McLauchlan Valdy
Instrumental Artist of the Year	Composer of the Year
Hagood Hardy Black Light Orchestra Al Cherney François Dompierre André Gagnon	Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" Paul Anka, "Happier" Burton Cummings, "Stand Tall" André Gagnon, "Wow" André Gagnon, "Surprise" Nick Gilder and Jim McCulloch, "Roxy Roller" Hagood Hardy, "The Homecoming" Ra McGuire, "Two for the Show" Gene Williams and Gilles Vigneault, "From New York to L.A."
Producer of the Year	Recording Engineer of the Year
Mike Flicker, "Dreamboat Annie" (Heart)	Paul Pagé, Are You Ready for Love by Patsy Gallant

Nominated and winning albums

Best Selling Album

Winner: Neiges, André Gagnon

Best Album Graphics

Winner: Michael Bownes], Ian Tamblyn by Ian Tamblyn

Best Classical Album of the Year

Winner: Beethoven - Vols. 1,2,&3, Anton Kuerti

Other nominees:

• Franck and Ravel, Hidetaro Suzuki & Zeyda Ruga-Suzuki
• Franz Schubert & Johannes Brahms, Gisela Depkat
• Liona, Liona Boyd
• Plays J.S. Bach, Pierre Grandmaison

Best Selling International Album

Winner: Frampton Comes Alive, Peter Frampton

Best Jazz Album

Winner: The Atlantic Suite, Phil Nimmons - Nimmons 'N Nine Plus Six

• Jingle Man — Moe Koffman
• Travelin' On — Oscar Peterson
• The Jazz Album — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
• Nowhere But Here — Joel Shulman

Nominated and winning releases

Best Selling Single

Winner: "Roxy Roller", Sweeney Todd

• André Gagnon, "Wow"
• Patsy Gallant, "From New York to L.A."
• THP Orchestra, "Theme from S.W.A.T."

Best Selling International Single

Winner: "I Love to Love", Tina Charles

References

• McGrath, Paul (17 March 1977). "Lightfoot, Burton Cummings double Juno winners". The Globe and Mail. p. 14.

External links

• Juno Awards site