Juno Awards of 1980

Juno Awards of 1980
Date2 April 1980
VenueHarbour Castle Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted byBurton Cummings
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC
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The Juno Awards of 1980, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 2 April 1980 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings at the Harbour Castle Hilton.[1]

CBC Television broadcast the ceremonies throughout Canada from 9pm Eastern Time, and the show was seen by an estimated 1,500,000 viewers .[2]

The show included a number of lip synced performances from Rough Trade with their controversial (at the time) song "High School Confidential", France Joli singing her Disco hit "Come to Me", Burton Cummings singing his hit "Fine State of Affairs", Max Webster with their "Paradise Skies" and pianist Frank Mills playing "Peter Piper".[3] The only live performance of the night was two songs in a row from Gordon Lightfoot, "On the High Seas" and "If You Need Me" (both from his recent Dream Street Rose album), which were quickly added to fill up air time when Paul Anka was unexpectedly absent to receive his "Canadian Music Hall of Fame" award.[4]

The biggest winner of the night was Anne Murray with four awards including the Album and Single of the Year awards. Murray was once again absent from the award show, this time due to the recent death of her father.[4]

The band Trooper received an unusual nomination for two of their songs in the same category for "Composer of the Year", although technically the songs were from two different albums both charting at the time.

The last award of the show was "Male Vocalist of the Year" presented by ambassador Ken Taylor to the winner Burton Cummings.[2]

Nominees and winners

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Winner: Anne Murray

Other nominees:

Winner: Burton Cummings

Other nominees:

Winner: France Joli

Other nominees:

Winner: Walter Rossi

Other nominees:

Winner: Trooper

Other nominees:

Winner: Streetheart

Other nominees:

Winner: Frank Mills, "Peter Piper" by Frank Mills

Other nominees:

Winner: Anne Murray

Other nominees:

Winner: Murray McLauchlan

Other nominees:

Winner: The Good Brothers

Other nominees:

Winner: Bruce Cockburn

Other nominees:

Winner: Frank Mills

Other nominees:

Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Armageddon by Prism

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Winner: David Greene, Concerto for Contemporary Violin by Paul Hoffert

Other nominees:

Winner: Paul Anka

Nominated and winning albums

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Winner: Anne Murray, New Kind of Feeling

Other nominees:

Winner: Rodney Bowes, Cigarettes by The Wives

Other nominees:

  • Rodney Bowes, Good-Bye LA by Bob Segarini
  • Heather Cooper, Hoffert: Concerto for Contemporary Violin/Stravinsky by Paul Hoffert
  • Dave Elliot, Private Eye (self-titled)
  • Paul Hodgson, Rendezvous by CANO

Winner: Sharon, Lois & Bram, Smorgasbord

Other nominees:

Winner: The Crown of Ariadne, Judy Loman, R. Murray Schafer (composer)

Other nominees:

Winner: Breakfast in America, Supertramp

Other nominees:

Winner: Sackville 4005, Ed Bickert, Don Thompson

Other nominees:

Winner: A Christmas Carol, Rich Little

Other nominees:

Nominated and winning releases

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Winner: "I Just Fall in Love Again", Anne Murray

Other nominees:

Winner: "Heart of Glass", Blondie

Other nominees:

References

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  1. ^ Krewen (2010), p. 38.
  2. ^ a b Krewen (2010), p. 44.
  3. ^ Krewen (2010), pp. 38-40.
  4. ^ a b Krewen (2010), p. 43.
  • "It's Burton Cummings, that's who". The Globe and Mail. 28 February 1980. p. 18.
  • "Complete list of nominees for tonight's Juno Awards". The Globe and Mail. 2 April 1980. p. 15.
  • McGrath, Paul (3 April 1980). "Anne Murray rakes in four Junos". The Globe and Mail. p. 27.

Bibliography

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  • Krewen, Nick. (2010). Music from far and wide: Celebrating 40 years of the Juno Awards. Key Porter Books Limited, Toronto. ISBN 978-1-55470-339-5
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