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Juno Award For Breakthrough Group Of The Year
The Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year is presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to the best new musical group in Canada. The award has been given annually since 1974, and was previously called Most Promising Group of the Year (1974–1993), Best New Group (1994–2002), and New Group of the Year (2003–2012). The award was customarily presented by the Minister of Canadian Heritage The minister of Canadian heritage (french: ministre du patrimoine canadien) is the minister of the Crown who heads Canadian Heritage, the department of the Government of Canada responsible for culture, media, sports, and the arts. History The .... Recipients Most Promising Group of the Year (1974–1993) Best New Group (1994–2002) New Group of the Year (2003–2012) Breakthrough Group of the Year (2013–present) References {{Juno Awards Group, Breakthrough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies. The Juno Awards are often referred to as the Canadian equivalent of the Brit Awards in the United Kingdom or the Grammy Awards given in the United States. Members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), or a panel of experts, depending on the award, choose the award winners. However, sales figures are the sole basis for determining the winners of nine of the forty-two categories like Album of the Year or Artist of the Year. CARAS members determine the nominees for Single of the Year, Artist and Group of the Year. A judge vote by experts in the relevant genre, determines the nominees for the remaining categories. The names of the judges remain confidential. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Awards Of 1976
The Juno Awards of 1976, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 15 March 1976 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by John Allan Cameron at the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute auditorium. CBC Television provided a national broadcast of the ceremonies. Randy Bachman presented a special "people's award" to Juno founder Walt Grealis on this occasion compared to the lack of mention of Grealis at last year's ceremonies. Dan Hill performed "You Make Me Want To Be" at the ceremonies. Nominees and winners Juno Award for Artist of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year Winner: Joni Mitchell Juno Award for Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year Winner: Gino Vannelli Juno Award for New Artist of the Year, Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year Winner: Patricia Dahlquist Juno Award for New Artist of the Year, Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year Winner: Dan Hill Juno Award for Group of the Year, Group of the Year Winner: Bachmanâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hometown Band
The Hometown Band was a Canadian folk music group. They are best known as the backup band for Valdy. History The Hometown Band was founded in 1975 by Claire Lawrence, a former member of The Collectors and Chilliwack, as the back-up group for Canadian folk artist Valdy. The band comprised Shari Ulrich (lead vocals, flute, fiddle), Geoff Eyre (drums, vocals), Robbie King (organ, piano, keyboard bass), and Doug Edwards (guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ..., keyboards, bass). Their first LP ''Flying'' was released in 1976, and produced two hit singles, the title track and "I'm Ready" (both written by the Pied Pumkin's Joe Mock.) In 1977 Eddie Patterson joined the group, and they recorded a second album, titled ''The Hometown Band''. The group toured wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trooper (band)
Trooper is a Canadian rock band that developed out of another group formed by vocalist Ra McGuire and guitarist Brian Smith in 1975. The group is best known for its hits " Raise a Little Hell", " We're Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time)", "The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car", "General Hand Grenade", "3 Dressed Up as a 9", "Janine", "Two for the Show", "Oh, Pretty Lady" and "Santa Maria". History Winter's Green, Applejack, and the 1970s In 1967, Ra McGuire and Brian Smith played in a band called Winter's Green, which recorded two songs, "Are You a Monkey" and "Jump in the River Blues", on the Rumble Records Label. "Are You a Monkey" later appeared on a rock collection: 1983's "The History of Vancouver Rock and Roll, Vol. 3". In the early seventies, Winter's Green changed their name to Applejack and added drummer Tommy Stewart and bassist Harry Kalensky to their line-up. Applejack became a very popular band in the Vancouver area, and began touring extensively in Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweeney Todd (band)
Sweeney Todd is a Canadian glam rock band formed in Vancouver in 1975. The band's original lead vocalist Nick Gilder left the band to start a solo career, and was replaced by a 16-year-old Bryan Adams, who later enjoyed international success as a solo artist. Overview The band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, originally consisted of vocalist Nick Gilder, guitarist Jim McCulloch, bassist Budd Marr, keyboardist Dan Gaudin and drummer John Booth. The single " Roxy Roller" became a No. 1 hit in Canada, holding the top position in the ''RPM'' national singles chart for three weeks beginning on June 26, 1976, and winning a Juno Award for the band. Gilder and McCulloch subsequently left the band to pursue solo careers. Gilder had hits with "Hot Child in the City", "Here Comes the Night" and "(You Really) Rock Me". Clark Perry was brought in to replace Gilder on vocals, and Skip Prest replaced McCulloch on guitar. Though he did record a second version of "Roxy Roller", Perr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moxy (band)
Moxy is a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band, formed in Toronto, Ontario, in early 1974. They toured Canada before having a hit in late 1975 with "Can't You See I'm A Star". Moxy then toured the United States on the strength of their radio airplay. Markets in which the band was very popular included Ontario, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and San Antonio. Joe Anthony, "the Godfather of Rock" in San Antonio on KISS-FM was largely responsible for the popularity of the band in Texas and helped bring about their first headline appearance in the U.S. in 1977, appearing with AC/DC as their opening act. Despite the death of Joe Anthony, the Moxy-Texas connection has continued into the present with Moxy's hits like "Can't You See I'm A Star", "Moon Rider", and "Sail On Sail Away". "Midnight Flight", "I'll Set You on Fire" and "Are You Ready" remain on the daily rotation at many Texas radio stations. History 1974–1983 Formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1974, from previous members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfield (band)
Garfield was a Canadian progressive rock band based in Toronto, Ontario in the late 1970s, fronted by vocalist and songwriter Garfield French, and including Walter Lawrence on guitar and electric cello, Paul O'Donnell on guitar, harmonica and banjo, Jacques Fillion on keyboards, Dennis French on drums, Chip Yarwood on flute and keyboards, and Maris Tora on bass guitar. The band received a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1977. History The group was formed in the early 1970s as The Garfield Band by French.Garfield at 's Pop Music Encyclopedia. The band toured in |
THP Orchestra
The THP Orchestra was a 1970s Canadian disco group from Toronto created by European producers Willi Morrison and Ian Guenther. Allmusic The band released its first album in 1977 and was nominated for a Juno Award for Most Promising New Group. After two releases in two years, the group shortened its name ''Three Hats Productions'' to THP and released a third album on Atlantic Records. It disbanded in 1980. Discography ;Albums *''Early Riser'' (, 1976) *''Two Hot for Love!'' ( |
Juno Awards Of 1977
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 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'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maneige
Maneige was a Canadian progressive rock and fusion jazz band from Quebec. The instrumental ensemble was one of the Quebec progressive rock scene's longest-running bands, performing regularly for several decades. History Maneige was founded in 1972 by Alain Bergeron and Jérôme Langlois. Bergeron played flute and saxophone, while Langlois was a keyboardist. They were joined by the drummer Gilles Schetagne, percussionist Paul Picard and bassist Yves Leonard, to form the initial quintet. The band played a few concerts in the early 1970s, opening for the Dutch progressive band, Ekseption and for Soft Machine on the 15 February 1974 at CEGEP Maisonneuve. They released their first two albums on the Harvest label. Their eponymous debut release contained a side-long track and established their experimental approach. Jerome's brother, Vincent Langlois, was added as a second keyboardist and a wind player, and an array of percussion instruments, some tuned, were used. Guitarist Denis L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart (band)
Heart is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Seattle, Washington, as The Army. Two years later they changed their name to Hocus Pocus. The year following they changed their name to White Heart, and eventually changed the name a final time to Heart, in 1973. By the mid-1970s, original members Roger Fisher (guitar) and Steve Fossen (bass guitar) had been joined by sisters Ann Wilson (lead vocals and flute) and Nancy Wilson (rhythm guitar, vocals), Michael Derosier (drums), and Howard Leese (guitar, keyboards and backing vocals) to form the lineup for the band's initial mid- to late-1970s success period. These core members were included in the band's 2013 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Heart rose to fame with music influenced by hard rock and heavy metal, as well as folk music. The band underwent a major lineup change as the 1970s transitioned into the 1980s; by 1982 Fisher, Fossen, and Derosier had all left and were replaced by Mark Andes (bass) and Denny C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
