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 1983, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 5 April 1983 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings and

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at the Harbour Castle Hilton in the Metropolitan Ballroom.Krewen (2010), p. 52. Western Canadian artists have proven to be a major force in the music industry in the 1980s with 1983 Juno winners such as

Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...

Loverboy Loverboy is a Canadian rock band formed in 1979 in Calgary, Alberta. Loverboy's hit singles, particularly " Turn Me Loose" and "Working for the Weekend", have become arena rock staples and are still heard on many classic rock and classic hits r ...

and the

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Awards ceremony

The Juno ceremonies were broadcast as a two-hour special on

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from 7pm

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. Interest in the telecast was growing substantially, with 3.2 million viewers in 1982, and 4.4 million for this year's edition. During their opening co-hosts Cummings and Thicke introduced the

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to the viewing audience, likely the first introduction to the new media for many people.

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had just released their first ever batch of titles on CD about one month before the broadcast. As Cummings recalled: "Alan held up ''

Toto IV ''Toto IV'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Toto released in the spring of 1982 by Columbia Records. The lead single, " Rosanna", peaked at number 2 for five weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts, while the album's third s ...

'', and it was also the first time I held one in my hand. I don't think Alan had seen one before that night... It felt like 'show and tell' and it was pretty cool for that to happen on national TV."Krewen (2010), pp. 52-53.

were the top band this year with three awards including " Most Promising Group" and " Best Selling Single" for "Eyes of a Stranger".

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was absent (ironically he was mixing

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) and so band-mate

Paul Hyde Paul Reginald Nelson (born 21 May 1955), known by the stage name Paul Hyde, is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter. He co-founded the rock band Payola$ with Bob Rock, serving as the band's main lyricist and vocalist. He later performed and ...

accepted their awards. For the "Most Promising Group" award he remarked "Somebody told us that to get this award is the kiss-off. Nobody's going to kiss us off."Krewen (2010), p. 53. Loverboy continued their winning streak by taking both the "

Group of the Year The Juno Award for Group of the Year has been awarded annually since 1970 in recognition of the best musical group or band in Canada. It is presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). The five nominees in the category ...

" and " Album of the Year" awards for the second year in a row, this time for their sophomore effort '' Get Lucky''. Other repeat winners for the same awards from the 1982 Juno's included

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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 ...

and

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won his first ever Juno award but was unable to accept it in person as he was touring in the U.S., so his manager Bruce Allen accepted it on his behalf.Krewen (2010), p. 53. The "

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" award was posthumously given to

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who had died the previous year. Gould's award was presented by then Governor General

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and accepted by Gould's former manager John Roberts.Krewen (2010), p. 53. Gould was also nominated twice in the same category for "

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" and won this award for his 1981 re-recording of '' Bach: The Goldberg Variations''.

Nominees and winners

Similar to the 1981 Juno's, the category for "Best Comedy Album" was not awarded this year.

Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner:

Carole Pope Carole Ann Pope (born 6 August 1950) is a British-born Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose provocative blend of hard-edged new wave rock with explicit homoerotic and BDSM-themed lyrics made her one of the first openly lesbian entertainers t ...

Other nominees: *

Jessie Burns Gaelic Storm is a Celtic band founded in Santa Monica, California in 1996. Their musical output includes pieces from traditional Irish music, Scottish music, and original tunes in both the Celtic and Celtic rock genres. The band had its first ...

Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...

Shari Ulrich Sharon "Shari" Ulrich (born 17 October 1951) is a Canadian/American musician and songwriter. She has also worked as a television host, actress, film composer, and educator. A multi-instrumentalist, she plays Violin, Mandolin, guitar, piano, and D ...

Male Vocalist of the Year Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to ...

Winner:

Other nominees: * Burton Cummings *

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 ...

Murray McLauchlan Murray Edward McLauchlan, (born 30 June 1948) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player. He is best known for his Canadian hits "Farmer's Song," "Whispering Rain," and "Down by the Henry Moore". Early life Mc ...

Aldo Nova Aldo Nova (born Aldo Caporuscio on November 13, 1956) is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist, and producer. He initially gained fame and popularity with the release of his 1982 debut album ''Aldo Nova'' which peaked to ''Billboards n ...

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner:

Lydia Taylor Lydia Taylor is a Canadian former rock singer, most noted for winning the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1983. Originally from Sudbury, Ontario,"Lydia's success is Taylor-made". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 11, ...

Other nominees: *

Lee Aaron Lee Aaron (born Karen Lynn Greening; July 21, 1962) is a Canadian rock singer. She had several hits in the 1980s and early 1990s, such as "Metal Queen", "Whatcha Do to My Body", and "Sex with Love". Early life Aaron was born as Karen Lynn Green ...

* Terry Crawford *

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Mary Lu Zahalan Mary Lu Zahalan is a Canadian rock singer and actress. Born in Renfrew, Ontario and raised in Oakville, Ontario, Zahalan was a Miss Canada finalist in 1976 before embarking on a career as an entertainer. She is a performing arts teacher at Oak ...

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner:

Kim Mitchell Joseph Kim Mitchell (born July 10, 1952) is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to a solo career. His 1984 single, " Go for Soda", was his only charted song on the US ''Billbo ...

Other nominees: *

Lawrence Gowan Lawrence Henry Gowan (born 22 November 1956) is a Scottish born Canadian singer and keyboardist. He was born in Glasgow and raised in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario. Gowan has been both a solo artist and lead vocalist and keyboard ...

* David Roberts *

Leroy Sibbles Leroy Sibbles (born Leroy Sibblies, 29 January 1949) is a Jamaican reggae musician and producer. He was the lead singer for The Heptones in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to his work with The Heptones, Sibbles was a session bassist and arra ...

* David Wilcox

Group of the Year The Juno Award for Group of the Year has been awarded annually since 1970 in recognition of the best musical group or band in Canada. It is presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). The five nominees in the category ...

Winner:

Other nominees: *

April Wine April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Led by singer-guitarist-songwriter Myles Goodwin since its inception, April Wine's first success came with its second album, '' On Record'' (1972), which reac ...

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* Rush *

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Most Promising Group of the Year

Winner:

Other nominees: *

Doug and the Slugs Doug and the Slugs are a Canadian pop music group formed in 1977 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band enjoyed a number of Canadian top 40 hits in the 1980s, most notably "Too Bad" (1980), "Who Knows How To Make Love Stay" (1982), "Making It W ...

Headpins Headpins are a Canadian rock group, founded as a side project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. Macleod was impressed by the vocal talents of Vancouver rock singer Denise McCann, and asked her to join his ...

* The Spoons *

Strange Advance Strange Advance is a Canadian new wave band formed in 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia. They were nominated for a 1983 Juno Award as Most Promising Group of the Year and again in 1985 as Group of the Year. Their first two albums, 1982's ' ...

Composer of the Year A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

Winner:

and

, " Eyes of a Stranger" by the

Payolas Payolas (stylized as Payola$) was a Canadian rock band that was most prominent in the 1980s. Evolving from a new wave sound toward mainstream pop rock, they were best known for the single "Eyes of a Stranger", from their 1982 album '' No Stran ...

Other nominees: * Robert Buckley and David Sinclair, "Letting Go" by Straight Lines * Paul Dean and

Mike Reno Mike Reno (born Joseph Michael Rynoski; born January 8, 1955) is a Canadian musician, singer and the lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He is reported to have taught himself how to play guitar. He fronted other bands, including Moxy, before h ...

, "

Working for the Weekend "Working for the Weekend" is a song by Canadian rock band Loverboy, from their second studio album, '' Get Lucky'' (1981). It was written by guitarist Paul Dean, vocalist Mike Reno and drummer Matt Frenette; and produced by Bruce Fairbairn and ...

" by

* Geoff Iwamoto and Michael Roth, " Your Daddy Don't Know" by

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Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an ...

, "

New World Man "New World Man" is a hit single from the 1982 album '' Signals'' by Canadian rock band Rush. The song was the last and most quickly composed song on the album, stemming from a suggestion by then-Rush producer Terry Brown to even out the lengths ...

" by Rush

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner:

Other nominees: *

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Marie Bottrell Marie Diane Bottrell (born 1961) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. Bottrell released many singles which appeared on Canadian country music charts, and has received multiple Country Female Vocalist of the Year nominations. Early ...

* Cathy Chambers * Laura Vinson

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Eddie Eastman Other nominees: * Harold MacIntyre * Lee Marlow * Paul Weber * Diamond Joe White

Country Group or Duo of the Year

Winner:

Other nominees: *

Family Brown Family Brown was a Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown (vocals, bass guitar), along with his son Barry (vocals, guitar) and daughters Lawanda and Tracey (vocals), as well as Dave Dennison (guitar) and Ron Sparling ( drums). B ...

* Garry Lee and Showdown * Midnite Rodeo Band * The Rovers

Instrumental Artist of the Year

Winner:

Other nominees: * All-Star Swing Band * The Emeralds *

Frank Mills Frank Mills (born June 27, 1942) is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his solo instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer". Early life and education Mills was born in Montreal, Quebec. He was raised in Verdun, Quebec and started pl ...

* The Spitfire Band

Producer of the Year The Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical is an honor presented to record producers for quality non- classical music at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors i ...

Winner: Bill Henderson and Brian MacLeod, " Whatcha Gonna Do" and "Secret Information" by

Other nominees: * Terry Brown, "

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" & "Chemistry" by Rush * Bruce Fairbairn, "Worlds Away" & "She Controls Me" by

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, "You're Makin Me Nervous" & "The One and Only" by

* Peter Mann, "That Kind of Man" & "Prince of Darkness" by

The Nylons The Nylons are an a cappella group founded in 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, best known for their covers of pop songs such as The Turtles' " Happy Together", Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", and The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight ...

Recording Engineer of the Year

Winner:

, '' No Stranger to Danger'' by the

Other nominees: * Gary Gray, ''

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'' by Rough Trade * Lindsay Kidd /

, '' Worlds Away'' by

* Dave Slagter, ''

Opus X ''Opus X'' is the tenth album (hence the "X") by the Canadian rock band Chilliwack, released in October 1982. Producers Bill Henderson and Brian MacLeod received the Juno Award for " Producer of the Year" for their work on the songs "Whatcha Go ...

'' by

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, ''

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Winner:

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)

Nominated and winning albums

Album of the Year

Winner: '' Get Lucky'',

Other nominees: * ''

'',

* '' Christmas Wishes'',

* ''

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'', Rush * ''Turn it Loud'',

Best Album Graphics

Winner:

Dean Motter Dean Motter is an illustrator, designer and writer who has worked for many years in Canada (Toronto) and the United States (New York City and Atlanta). He is best known for his album cover designs, two of which won Juno Awards. He is also the crea ...

, ''

Metal on Metal ''Metal on Metal'' is the second studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil, released in 1982. Reception In 2005, ''Metal on Metal'' was ranked number 441 in '' Rock Hard'' magazine's book of ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of A ...

'' by

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Other nominees: * Tom Powell, ''Streetheart'' by Streetheart *

Hugh Syme Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist and member of the Premier Artists Collection (PAC) who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared on some Rush ...

, ''One False Move'' by

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, ''

'' by Rush * Scott Thornley, '' Rise and Shine'' by

Raffi Raffi Cavoukian, ( hy, Րաֆֆի, born July 8, 1948), known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is a Canadian singer-lyricist and author of Armenian descent born in Egypt, best known for his children's music. He developed his career as a " ...

Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year, Best Children's Album

Winner: ''When You Dream a Dream'', Bob Schneider (children's music), Bob Schneider Other nominees: * ''Jim and Rosalie... At the Music Factory'', Jim and Rosalie * ''Junior Jug Band'', Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley * ''Valdy's Kids' Record'', Valdy * ''Wake Up Mr Dressup!'', Ernie Coombs

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble, Best Classical Album of the Year

Winner: '' Bach: The Goldberg Variations'',

(1981 re-recording) Other nominees: * ''Haydn: The Six Last Sonatas'' -

* ''Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole, Alborada Del Gracioso'' - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Conducted by Charles Dutoit * ''Stravinsky: The Firebird 1910 Version'' - Toronto Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama * ''Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Salome's Dance, Death and Transfiguration'' - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama

Juno Award for International Album of the Year, International Album of the Year

Winner: ''Business as Usual (Men at Work album), Business As Usual'', Men at Work Other nominees: * ''4 (Foreigner album), 4'', Foreigner (band), Foreigner * ''Freeze Frame (The J. Geils Band album), Freeze Frame'', The J. Geils Band * ''Hooked on Classics'', Louis Clark & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra * ''Physical (Olivia Newton-John album), Physical'', Olivia Newton-John

Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year, Best Jazz Album

Winner: ''I Didn't Know About You'', Fraser MacPherson and Oliver Gannon Other nominees: * ''Bells'' - Don Thompson (musician), Don Thompson and Rob Piltch * ''Blues Tales in Time'' - Paul Cram * ''Sometime in Another Life'' - Peter Leitch (musician), Peter Leitch and George McFetridge * ''Time Warp'' - Time Warp

Nominated and winning releases

Juno Award for Single of the Year, Best Selling Single

Winner: " Eyes of a Stranger",

Other nominees: * "Letting Go", Straight Lines * "

", Rush * "

* " Your Daddy Don't Know",

Juno Award for Best Selling Single, International Single of the Year

Winner: "Eye of the Tiger", Survivor (band), Survivor Other nominees: * "Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band song), Abracadabra", Steve Miller Band * "Da Da Da", Trio (band), Trio * "I Love Rock 'n' Roll#Joan Jett version, I Love Rock 'n' Roll", Joan Jett and the Blackhearts * "Physical (Olivia Newton-John song), Physical", Olivia Newton-John

References

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Bibliography

* Krewen, Nick. (2010). ''Music from far and wide: Celebrating 40 years of the Juno Awards''. Key Porter Books Limited, Toronto.

External links

Juno Awards site
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