Date 14 April 1982 | ||
The Juno Awards of 1982, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 14 April 1982 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings at the Harbour Castle Hilton Convention Centre in the Grand Metropolitan Ballroom.
Contents
- Awards ceremony
- Nominees and winners
- 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
- International Album of the Year
- Best Jazz Album
- Comedy Album of the Year
- Best Selling Single
- International Single of the Year
- References
The biggest winner this year was Loverboy with a record six awards in various categories including Group, Album and Single of the Year. To date this record number of wins in a single Juno year still stands.
Awards ceremony
The original plan for the 1982 ceremonies was to have David Steinberg in Toronto, while Burton Cummings would co-host the broadcast live from the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Juno organisers CARAS cancelled that plan on 15 February citing fears of "fragmentation" of the ceremonies with a dual city hosting approach. This resulted in some talk of hosting the Junos in Vancouver for 1983 but this would not be accomplished until 1991.
CARAS scheduled a music industry conference with guest speakers author Alvin Toffler and producer Bob Ezrin prior to the Juno awards event in an attempt to expand on the occasion. This was cancelled due to lack of advance registrations but this situation did not affect plans for the Juno ceremonies themselves.
Tickets to the ceremonies were priced at $115 for people who were not members of Juno organisers CARAS, and $85 for members. All tickets to the ceremonies were reportedly sold.
Performers during the show included Rough Trade, Liona Boyd, Ronnie Hawkins and B.B. Gabor. The comedic duo of Bob and Doug McKenzie presented the awards for "Most Promising Male Vocalist", "Most Promising Female Vocalist" and "Group of the Year".
When Eddie Schwartz went to the podium to give his acceptance speech for the "Most Promising Male Vocalist" award he took a big drink of beer on live TV. Afterwards two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers approached Schwartz and reprimanded him, telling him that was illegal before finally releasing him back into the show.
A clean cut Neil Young dressed in a tuxedo accepted his "Canadian Music Hall of Fame" award with a very short speech acknowledging his family and that he was "proud to be a Canadian". He would expand on his thoughts on the award and the current state of the Canadian music scene in a post-Juno Awards show broadcast on CBC following the main ceremonies.
The Juno Awards television broadcast on CBC set a new record with an estimated 2,170,000 viewers.
Nominees and winners
Most nominations were announced 28 February 1982, with certain nominations in classical, jazz and album graphics categories announced 12 March 1982.
Performers Raffi and Sharon, Lois & Bram did not enter their albums for the Juno children's category, as they felt the Junos were about popularity rather than artistry.
Anne Murray continued her streak of absence despite winning two prime awards again this year.
A tie was issued this year for the "Recording Engineer of the Year" award, and Rush was nominated twice in the "Best Album Graphics" category for two of their albums.
Female Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Anne Murray
Other nominees:
Male Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Bruce Cockburn
Other nominees:
Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Shari Ulrich
Other nominees:
Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Eddie Schwartz
Other nominees:
Group of the Year
Winner: Loverboy
Other nominees:
Most Promising Group of the Year
Winner: Saga
Other nominees:
Composer of the Year
Winner: Mike Reno and Paul Dean, "Turn Me Loose" by Loverboy
Other nominees:
Country Female Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Anne Murray
Other nominees:
Country Male Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Ronnie Hawkins
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: Liona Boyd
Other nominees:
Producer of the Year
Winner: Paul Dean / Bruce Fairbairn, "Working for the Weekend" and "When It's Over" by Loverboy
Other nominees:
Recording Engineer of the Year
Winner (tied):
Other nominees:
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Winner: Neil Young
Album of the Year
Winner: Loverboy, Loverboy
Other nominees:
Best Album Graphics
Winner: Hugh Syme and Deborah Samuel, Moving Pictures by Rush
Other nominees:
Best Children's Album
Winner: Inch By Inch, Sandra Beech
Other nominees:
Best Classical Album of the Year
Winner: Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet), Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit Conductor
Other nominees:
International Album of the Year
Winner: Double Fantasy, John Lennon
Other nominees:
Best Jazz Album
Winner: The Brass Connection, The Brass Connection
Other nominees:
Comedy Album of the Year
Winner: The Great White North, Bob & Doug McKenzie
Other nominees:
Best Selling Single
Winner: "Turn Me Loose", Loverboy
Other nominees:
International Single of the Year
Winner: "Bette Davis Eyes", Kim Carnes
Other nominees: