Date 2 April 1980 Network CBC | Hosted by Burton Cummings | |
Venue Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario | ||
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.
Contents
- Female Vocalist of the Year
- Male Vocalist of the Year
- Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year
- Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Most Promising Group of the Year
- Composer of the Year
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year
- Country Group or Duo of the Year
- Folk Artist of the Year
- Instrumental Artist of the Year
- Producer of the Year
- Recording Engineer of the Year
- Canadian Music Hall of Fame
- Album of the Year
- Best Album Graphics
- Best Childrens Album
- Best Classical Album of the Year
- Best Selling International Album
- Best Jazz Album
- Comedy Album of the Year
- Single of the Year
- Best Selling International Single
- References
CBC Television broadcast the ceremonies throughout Canada from 9pm Eastern Time, and the show was seen by an estimated 1,500,000 viewers .
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". 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.
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.
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.
Female Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Anne Murray
Other nominees:
Male Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Burton Cummings
Other nominees:
Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year
Winner: France Joli
Other nominees:
Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Walter Rossi
Other nominees:
Group of the Year
Winner: Trooper
Other nominees:
Most Promising Group of the Year
Winner: Streetheart
Other nominees:
Composer of the Year
Winner: Frank Mills, "Peter Piper" by Frank Mills
Other nominees:
Country Female Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Anne Murray
Other nominees:
Country Male Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Murray McLauchlan
Other nominees:
Country Group or Duo of the Year
Winner: The Good Brothers
Other nominees:
Folk Artist of the Year
Winner: Bruce Cockburn
Other nominees:
Instrumental Artist of the Year
Winner: Frank Mills
Other nominees:
Producer of the Year
Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Armageddon by Prism
Other nominees:
Recording Engineer of the Year
Winner: David Greene, Concerto for Contemporary Violin by Paul Hoffert
Other nominees:
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Winner: Paul Anka
Album of the Year
Winner: Anne Murray, New Kind of Feeling
Other nominees:
Best Album Graphics
Winner: Rodney Bowes, Cigarettes by The Wives
Other nominees:
Best Children's Album
Winner: Sharon, Lois & Bram, Smorgasbord
Other nominees:
Best Classical Album of the Year
Winner: The Crown of Ariadne, Judy Loman, R. Murray Schafer (composer)
Other nominees:
Best Selling International Album
Winner: Breakfast in America, Supertramp
Other nominees:
Best Jazz Album
Winner: Sackville 4005, Ed Bickert, Don Thompson
Other nominees:
Comedy Album of the Year
Winner: A Christmas Carol, Rich Little
Other nominees:
Single of the Year
Winner: "I Just Fall in Love Again", Anne Murray
Other nominees:
Best Selling International Single
Winner: "Heart of Glass", Blondie
Other nominees: