The Juno Awards of 1978, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 29 March 1978 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted for a second consecutive year by David Steinberg at the Harbour Castle Hilton Convention Centre. A 2-hour broadcast of the ceremonies was available nationally on CBC Television. 1500 people were present at the ceremonies.

At a news conference following the awards, on 31 March 1978, Stompin' Tom Connors announced he would return his Juno trophies to awards organiser CARAS as a protest against rewarding "Juno jumpers" or artists who do not maintain a residence or presence in Canada. Connors earlier withdrew his nomination as Country Male Vocalist of the Year.

Nominees and winners

Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Patsy Gallant

Other nominees:

• Carroll Baker
• Claudja Barry
• Charity Brown
• Joni Mitchell

Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Dan Hill

Other nominees:

• Burton Cummings
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Valdy
• Gino Vannelli

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Lisa Dalbello

Other nominees:

• Claudja Barry
• Alma Faye Brooks
• Glory-Anne Carriere
• Roxanne Goldade

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: David Bradstreet

Other nominees:

• Peter Pringle
• Walter Rossi
• Malcolm Tomlinson
• Pat Travers

Group of the Year

Winner: Rush

Other nominees:

• April Wine
• Bachman–Turner Overdrive
• The Stampeders
• Trooper

Most Promising Group of the Year

Winner: Hometown Band

Other nominees:

• Prism
• Max Webster
• Jackson Hawke
• Black Light Orchestra

Composer of the Year

Winner: Dan Hill (Co-composer), "Sometimes When We Touch"

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Carroll Baker

Other nominees:

• Julie Lynn
• Anne Murray
• Chris Nielsen
• Colleen Peterson

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Ronnie Prophet

Other nominees:

• Gary Buck
• Wilf Carter
• Jimmy Arthur Ordge
• Ray Griff

Multiple Juno winner Stompin' Tom Connors withdrew his nomination to protest Junos given to expatriate Canadians.(Green and King, CanadianEncyclopedia.ca)

Country Group or Duo of the Year

Winner: The Good Brothers

Folk Singer of the Year

Winner: Gordon Lightfoot

Other nominees:

• Bruce Cockburn
• Dan Hill
• Murray McLauchlan
• Valdy

Instrumental Artist of the Year

Winner: André Gagnon

Other nominees:

• Liona Boyd
• Hagood Hardy
• Moe Koffman

Producer of the Year (single)

Winner: Matthew McCauley/Fred Mollin, "Sometimes When We Touch" by Dan Hill

Producer of the Year (album)

Winner: Matthew McCauley/Fred Mollin, Longer Fuse by Dan Hill

Recording Engineer of the Year

Winner:(tie)

• Terry Brown, Hope by Klaatu
• David Greene, Big Band Jazz by Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winners:

• Guy Lombardo (posthumous)
• Oscar Peterson

Nominated and winning albums

Best Selling Album

Winner: Longer Fuse, Dan Hill

Other nominees:

• A Farewell to Kings, Rush
• The Best of the Stampeders, The Stampeders
• Le Saint Laurent, André Gagnon
• My Own Way to Rock, Burton Cummings*

Best Album Graphics

Winner: Dave Anderson, Short Turn by Short Turn

Best Classical Album of the Year

Winner: Three Borodin Symphonies, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

• Mendelssoh Quartets Op. 12 & 13 — Orford String Quartet
• Staryk Plays Kreisler — Steven Staryk and Jane Corwin
• To Syngen & Pleye — The Toronto Consort

Best Selling International Album

Winner: Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

Best Jazz Album

Winner: Big Band Jazz, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass

• Ed Bickert — Ed Bickert
• Museum Pieces — Moe Koffman
• Transformations/Invocation — Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six
• Country Place — Don Thompson

Nominated and winning releases

Best Selling Singleedit

Winner: Sugar Daddy, Patsy Gallant

Other nominees:

• "Let's Try Once More", Patrick Norman
• "Que Sera Sera", The Raes
• "Sometimes When We Touch", Dan Hill
• "You Won't Dance With Me", April Wine

Best Selling International Singleedit

Winner: "When I Need You", Leo Sayer

Referencesedit

• "The Junos: Hill and Cummings the frontrunners". The Globe and Mail. 23 March 1978. p. 15.
• Godfrey, Stephen (30 March 1978). "Dan Hill takes three top Junos". The Globe and Mail. p. 13.
• "Stompin' Tom awaits industry blacklist". The Globe and Mail. 1 April 1978. p. 32.

External linksedit

• Juno Awards site