The
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 ...
s of 1972, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 28 February 1972 in Toronto at a ceremony at the
Inn on the Park
Inn on the Park was a luxury hotel which was formerly located on a hill overlooking Leslie Street and Eglinton Avenue in North York, Ontario (now Toronto). It was one of the early Toronto hotels operated by the Four Seasons Hotel chain.
History
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hotel's Centennial Ballroom.
Interest in these music awards was gaining rapidly as approximately 1000 attended the ceremonies, compared to 250 in 1970. George Wilson of
CFRB radio
CFRB (1010 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is owned by Bell Media and carries a News/Talk radio format. Its studios and offices are in the Entertainment District at 250 Richmond Street West.
CFRB is a clear ...
was again the master of ceremonies for the awards.
Roughly 3000 subscribers of ''
RPM Magazine
''RPM'' ( and later ) was a Canadian music-industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. ''R ...
'' completed a survey which determined the winners of this year's awards. Most awards are determined by the poll, except for the songwriting category which was chosen by RPM editor
Walt Grealis
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People Given name
* Walt Arfons (1916-2013), American drag racer and competition land speed record r ...
.
Winners
Best Female Vocalist
Winner:
Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian singer. Her albums, consisting primarily of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, have sold over 55 million copies worldwide during her over 40-year career.
Murray was the fir ...
Outstanding Performance - Female
Winner:
Ginette Reno
Ginette Reno (born Ginette Raynault; 28 April 1946) is a Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. She has received nominations for the Genie and Gemini Awards and is a multi-recipient of the Juno Award. She is a gold and platinum sel ...
Best Male Vocalist
Winner:
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960 ...
Outstanding Performance - Male
Winner:
Joey Gregorash
Joey Gregorash is a Canadian singer and musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba who became the first solo Manitoba act to win a Juno Award in 1972 for Outstanding Performance-Male.
Career overview
In 1965 Gregorash became a founding member of popular W ...
Best Group
Winner:
The Stampeders
The Stampeders (sometimes shortened to Stampeders) are a Canadian rock trio consisting of lead guitarist and vocalist Rich Dodson, bassist Ronnie King and drummer Kim Berly.
History
Formed in Calgary, Alberta, in 1964 as the Rebounds.
they h ...
Outstanding Performance - Group
Winner:
Lighthouse
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Lighthouses mar ...
Best Songwriter
Winner:
Rich Dodson
Rich Dodson (born 1947) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who is the guitarist, vocalist and a founding member of the rock trio The Stampeders. He is best known for penning the group's biggest hit, "Sweet City Woman", which hit number 1 i ...
Best Country Female Artist
Winner:
Myrna Lorrie
Myrna Lorrie (born Myrna Lorraine Petrunka, August 6, 1940, Cloud Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian country singer/songwriter/musician. She is known as the "first lady of Canadian country music."
Lorrie first sang publicly at age 11 on Fort William rad ...
Best Country Male Artist
Winner:
Stompin' Tom Connors
Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has rele ...
Best Country Group or Duo
Winner:
The Mercey Brothers
The Mercey Brothers were a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989. The brothers were seven-time Juno Award winners for "The Top Country Group" and were inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
Early life
All three Me ...
Folk Singer of the Year
Winner:
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Douglas Cockburn ( ; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to jazz-influenced rock and his lyrics cover a broad range of topics including human rights, environmental issues, po ...
Broadcaster of the Year
Winner:
The CHUM Group
Top Canadian Content Company of the Year
Winner:
GRT of Canada
Top Record Company of the Year
Winner:
Kinney Music of Canada
Top Promotional Company of the Year
Winner:
Kinney Music of Canada
Journalist of the Year
Winner:
Ritchie Yorke
Ritchie Yorke (12 January 1944 – 6 February 2017) was an Australian-born author, broadcaster, historian and music journalist, whose work was widely published in the U.S., UK, Canada and elsewhere.
Biography
Australia: 1962–1966
Ritch ...
Contribution to Canadian music
Winner:
George Hamilton IV
George Hege Hamilton IV (July 19, 1937 – September 17, 2014) was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, switching to country music in the early 1960s.
Biography
Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, ...
Nominated and winning albums
Best Produced MOR Album
Winner:
Talk It Over in the Morning by
Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian singer. Her albums, consisting primarily of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, have sold over 55 million copies worldwide during her over 40-year career.
Murray was the fir ...
(produced by
Brian Ahern)
Nominated and winning releases
Best Produced Single
Winner: "
Sweet City Woman
"Sweet City Woman" is a 1971 song by Canadian rock band The Stampeders, appearing on their debut album ''Against the Grain'' (retitled ''Sweet City Woman'' in the US). It features a banjo as a primary instrument, which is also mentioned in the lyr ...
" by
The Stampeders
The Stampeders (sometimes shortened to Stampeders) are a Canadian rock trio consisting of lead guitarist and vocalist Rich Dodson, bassist Ronnie King and drummer Kim Berly.
History
Formed in Calgary, Alberta, in 1964 as the Rebounds.
they h ...
(produced by Mel Shaw
References
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External links
Juno Awards site
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1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
1972 music awards
1972 in Canadian music