The Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

s of 1974, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 25 March 1974 in Toronto at a ceremony at the Inn on the Park

Inn on the Park

Inn on the Park was a luxury hotel that once graced the hill overlooking Leslie Street and Eglinton Avenue in North York, Ontario.-Urban Resort:...

's Centennial ballroom hosted by George Wilson of CFRB radio's

CFRB (AM)

CFRB, Newstalk 1010, is an AM radio clear-channel station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, broadcasting on 1010 kHz, with a shortwave radio simulcast by CFRX-SW on 6.070 MHz. The station broadcasts a mix of talk and news throughout the day from its transmitter located in the community of...

 Starlight Serenade programme.

No television broadcasts had yet been planned for the Junos, prompting the Canadian Recording Industry Association

Canadian Recording Industry Association

Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...

 (CRIA) to plan an April 1974 ceremony entitled the Maple Music Awards. Amid some music industry criticism over the proposed competition of awards ceremonies, CRIA backed down from its own ceremonies in February 1974, about a month after the Maple Music Awards were announced. However, this situation forced Juno Awards founder Walt Grealis to prepare for television coverage of the 1975 Juno Awards.

Best Female Vocalist

Juno Award for Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for Artist of the Year has been awarded since 2002 as recognition each year for the best artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by sex...

Winner: Anne Murray

Anne Murray

Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....

Other nominees:

• Shirley Eikhard
  Shirley Eikhard
  Shirley Rose Eikhard is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her song, "Something to Talk About", was recorded by musician Bonnie Raitt to significant success in the 1990s. She sang the theme song to the movie The Passion of Ayn Rand, "Love is, Love is Not"...
  
  
• Patsy Gallant
  Patsy Gallant
  Patsy Gallant is a Canadian pop singer and musical theatre actress. Of Acadian ancestry, she has recorded and performed in both English and French.-Successful beginnings in French :...
  
  
• Susan Jacks
  Susan Jacks
  Susan Jacks is a Canadian singer–songwriter.-Career:Susan Jacks was born to a family of eight children in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her family moved to British Columbia when she was 9...
  
  
• Ginette Reno
  Ginette Reno
  Ginette Reno, OC, CQ is a French-Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. She is known by the nickname .Born as Ginette Reynault in Montreal, Quebec, she played the role of Maria Barberini in the independent film Mambo Italiano and played the mother in Léolo.She has recorded in both...
  
  

Best Male Vocalist

Juno Award for Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for Artist of the Year has been awarded since 2002 as recognition each year for the best artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by sex...

Winner: Terry Jacks

Terry Jacks

Terrence Ross "Terry" Jacks is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist.-Early life:...

Other nominees:

• Keith Hampshire
  Keith Hampshire
  Keith Hampshire is an English-born Canadian popular singer of the 1970s, famous in Canada for three top ten hits , and the successful television show Music Machine...
  
  
• Gordon Lightfoot
  Gordon Lightfoot
  Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...
  
  
• Bob McBride
  Bob McBride
  Robert Bruce McBride was lead vocalist for the Canadian popular music group Lighthouse.The Toronto-born Bob McBride attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute in his youth. He joined Lighthouse in 1970, replacing original singer Pinky Dauvin...
  
  
• Murray McLauchlan
  Murray McLauchlan
  Murray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old...
  
  

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Juno Award for New Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for New Artist of the Year has been awarded since 1974 as recognition each year for the best new artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by separate awards for men and women...

Winner: Cathy Young

Other nominees:

• Linda Brown
• Donna Moon
• Marie Claire Seguin
• Donna Warner
• Nancy White
  Nancy White
  Nancy White is a Canadian singer-songwriter, whose topical songs were a regular feature on CBC Radio from 1976 to 1994 on the public affairs show Sunday Morning...
  
  

There were a total of six nominees announced in this category, compared with the normal five nominees in other categories. No explanation for this situation was indicated.

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Juno Award for New Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for New Artist of the Year has been awarded since 1974 as recognition each year for the best new artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by separate awards for men and women...

Winner: Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas (Canadian musician)

Ian Thomas is a singer, songwriter, actor and author. He is younger brother to famed comedian and actor Dave Thomas.-Career:...

Other nominees:

• James Leroy
• Tom Middleton
• Dave Nicol
• Michael Tarry

Best Group

Juno Award for Group of the Year

The Juno Award for best Group of the Year has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best group or band in Canada. It has also been known as Best Group .-Best Group :*1970 - The Guess Who...

Winner: Lighthouse

Lighthouse (band)

Lighthouse is a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto which included horns, string instruments, and vibraphone; their music reflected elements of rock music, jazz, classical music and swing...

Other nominees:

• Edward Bear
  Edward Bear
  Edward Bear was a Toronto based Canadian pop-rock group, formed originally in 1966 by Larry Evoy and Craig Hemming. The third member to join was Paul Weldon. The band signed with Capitol Records in 1969. Most of their chart successes were in the early 1970s before disbanding in 1974. Their band...
  
  
• Gary & Dave
• The Guess Who
  The Guess Who
  The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...
  
  
• The Stampeders
  The Stampeders
  The Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson, Ronnie King, and Kim Berly.-Career:The band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1964 as The Rebounds....
  
  

Most Promising Group of the Year

Juno Award for New Group of the Year

The Juno Award for the New Group of the Year has been awarded since 1974, as recognition each year for the best new group or band in Canada. The award was originally known as Most Promising Group of the Year, and from 1994–2002 it was known as Best New Group.-Most Promising Group of the Year...

Winner: Bachman–Turner Overdrive

Other nominees:

• Bearfoot
  Bearfoot (Canadian band)
  Bearfoot was a Juno Award-nominated Canadian rock band, founded by Jim Atkinson, Terry Danko, Dwayne Ford, Hugh Brockie and Brian Hilton. Initially going by "Atkinson, Danko and Ford", they changed their name out of practicality and because they didn't want to sound as though they were a law-firm...
  
  
• Chester
• Scrubbaloe Caine
• Wednesday
  Wednesday (band)
  Wednesday was a pop vocal group from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. They scored a hit single in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974 with their cover of the song "Last Kiss", which peaked at #34. That same year, they were nominated for the Canadian Juno Award for Most Promising Group. The single...
  
  

Best Songwriter

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

The Juno Award for "Songwriter of the Year" has been awarded since 1971, as recognition each year for the best songwriter in Canada. It was also known as the Juno Award for "Composer of the Year" from 1975 to 1990.-Best Songwriter :...

Winner: Murray McLauchlan

Murray McLauchlan

Murray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old...

, "Farmer's Song"

Other nominees:

• Dave Beckett and Gary Weeks
  Gary Weeks
  Gary Weeks is a German-born, American film and television actor; he is also a film producer and screenwriter.-Film and television acting:...
  
  , "Could You Ever Love Me Again"
• Skip Prokop
  Skip Prokop
  Ronn "Skip" Prokop is a Canadian drummer and band leader who was a driving force in Canadian rock music, creating seminal bands, including The Paupers...
  
  , "Pretty Lady"
• Bob Ruzicka, "Dirty Old Man"
• Ian Thomas
  Ian Thomas (Canadian musician)
  Ian Thomas is a singer, songwriter, actor and author. He is younger brother to famed comedian and actor Dave Thomas.-Career:...
  
  , "Painted Ladies"

Best Country Female Artist

Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada...

Winner: Shirley Eikhard

Shirley Eikhard

Shirley Rose Eikhard is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her song, "Something to Talk About", was recorded by musician Bonnie Raitt to significant success in the 1990s. She sang the theme song to the movie The Passion of Ayn Rand, "Love is, Love is Not"...

Other nominees:

• Carroll Baker
  Carroll Baker (singer)
  Carroll Baker, CM , , is a Juno Award winning Canadian country music singer and songwriter.-Biography:Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia...
  
  
• Lynn Jones
• Diane Leigh
• Donna Moon

Best Country Male Artist

Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada...

Winner: Stompin' Tom Connors

Stompin' Tom Connors

Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC is one of Canada's most prolific and well-known country and folk singers.He lives in Wellington County, Ontario.- Early life :...

Other nominees:

• Gary Buck
• Dick Damron
  Dick Damron
  Dick Damron, is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter. Guitar,Banjo,Violin and Blues Harp. Damron experimented with many musical styles in the country genre including: ‘Outlaw’, ‘Honkey tonk’ and Gospel...
  
  
• Ray Griff
  Ray Griff
  Ray Griff is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Griff began songwriting in the early 1960s and had early cuts by Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, and others. Griff moved to Nashville in 1964 to pursue his music career full-time...
  
  
• Ian Tyson
  Ian Tyson
  Ian Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C...
  
  

Best Country Group or Duo

Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada...

Winner: The Mercey Brothers

Other nominees:

• Alabama
  Alabama (Canadian band)
  Alabama was a Canadian band of the early 1970s. They had two songs that reached the top 100 in the RPM Magazine chart. "Song of Love" reached #26 in June 1973, and "Highway Driving" reached #42 in August. Band members were Buster Fykes, Hector McLean, Rick Knight, and Len Sembaluk.-Singles:...
  
  
• Family Brown
  Family Brown
  Family Brown was a Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown , along with his son Barry and daughters Lawanda and Tracey , as well as Dave Dennison and Ron Sparling . Between 1967 and 1990, the band charted several singles in both Canada and the United States...
  
  
• Jim and Don Haggart
• Humphrey and the Dumptrucks
• Mercey Brothers
  Mercey Brothers
  The Mercey Brothers was a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989.-Before they were famous:The Mercey family grew up to music in their household at an early age. Brothers Larry, Ray, and Lloyd Mercey formed a country-infused musical group in 1966...
  
  

Folk Singer of the Year

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for "Folk Artist of the Year" was awarded from 1971 - 1982 as recognition each year for the best new folk artist/musician in Canada.-Folksinger of the Year :*1972 - Bruce Cockburn*1973 - Bruce Cockburn*1974 - Gordon Lightfoot...

Winner: Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...

Other nominees:

• Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
  
  
• Murray McLauchlan
  Murray McLauchlan
  Murray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old...
  
  
• Dave Nicol
• Valdy
  Valdy
  Paul Valdemar Horsdal, CM , commonly known as Valdy, is a Canadian folk musician whose solo career began in the early 1970s. He is known for "Rock and Roll Song", his first mainstream single released in mid-1972 on Haida/A&M.He was a member of the London Town Criers during the 1960s and...
  
  

Best Independent Record Company of the Year

Winner: True North Records

True North Records

True North Records is a Canadian independent record label. It was founded in Mississauga, Ontario in 1969 by Bernie Finkelstein. On December 17, 2007, True North was acquired by an investment group led by Linus Entertainment...

Other nominees:

• Axe Records
• Daffodil Records
  Daffodil Records
  Daffodil Records is a record label started in the early 1970s by jazz musician Blossom Dearie after her disappointment in the lack of interest shown by existing labels in her particular style of jazz music....
  
  
• Marathon Records
• Smile Records

Contemporary Album of the Year

Juno Award for Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best album in Canada. It was also known as Best Album , and Best Selling Album .-Best Album :...

Winner: Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Bachman–Turner Overdrive

Other nominees:

• Can You Feel It, Lighthouse
  Lighthouse (band)
  Lighthouse is a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto which included horns, string instruments, and vibraphone; their music reflected elements of rock music, jazz, classical music and swing...
  
  
• Danny's Song, Anne Murray
  Anne Murray
  Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
  
  
• From the Fire, The Stampeders
  The Stampeders
  The Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson, Ronnie King, and Kim Berly.-Career:The band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1964 as The Rebounds....
  
  
• Ian Thomas, Ian Thomas
  Ian Thomas (Canadian musician)
  Ian Thomas is a singer, songwriter, actor and author. He is younger brother to famed comedian and actor Dave Thomas.-Career:...
  
  

Pop Music Album of the Year

Juno Award for Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best album in Canada. It was also known as Best Album , and Best Selling Album .-Best Album :...

Winner: Danny's Song

Danny's Song (album)

Danny's Song is the seventh studio album by Anne Murray issued in 1973 on Capitol Records. Tracks 7-11 were recorded live at the National Arts Centre in in Ottawa, Ontario...

, Anne Murray

Anne Murray

Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....

Other nominees:

• Close Your Eyes, Edward Bear
  Edward Bear
  Edward Bear was a Toronto based Canadian pop-rock group, formed originally in 1966 by Larry Evoy and Craig Hemming. The third member to join was Paul Weldon. The band signed with Capitol Records in 1969. Most of their chart successes were in the early 1970s before disbanding in 1974. Their band...
  
  
• Gary & Dave, Gary & Dave
• Master Session, Moe Koffman
  Moe Koffman
  Moe Koffman, OC was a Canadian jazz musician and composer. He played the flute, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone and clarinet...
  
  
• Wish I Were a Plane, Laurie Bower Singers

Country Album of the Year

Juno Award for Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best album in Canada. It was also known as Best Album , and Best Selling Album .-Best Album :...

Winner: To It and At It, Stompin' Tom Connors

Stompin' Tom Connors

Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC is one of Canada's most prolific and well-known country and folk singers.He lives in Wellington County, Ontario.- Early life :...

Other nominees:

• Countrified, Dick Damron
  Dick Damron
  Dick Damron, is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter. Guitar,Banjo,Violin and Blues Harp. Damron experimented with many musical styles in the country genre including: ‘Outlaw’, ‘Honkey tonk’ and Gospel...
  
  
• Out West, George Hamilton IV
  George Hamilton IV
  George Hege Hamilton IV is an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.-Biography:Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina...
  
  
• Portrait, Family Brown
  Family Brown
  Family Brown was a Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown , along with his son Barry and daughters Lawanda and Tracey , as well as Dave Dennison and Ron Sparling . Between 1967 and 1990, the band charted several singles in both Canada and the United States...
  
  
• Songs for Everyone, Ray Griff
  Ray Griff
  Ray Griff is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Griff began songwriting in the early 1960s and had early cuts by Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, and others. Griff moved to Nashville in 1964 to pursue his music career full-time...
  
  

Folk Album of the Year

Winner: Old Dan's Records

Old Dan's Records

Old Dan's Records is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's ninth original album, released in 1972 on the Reprise Records label. The album reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national album chart on November 5, 1972, and remained there for three weeks...

, Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...

Other nominees:

• Coast to Coast Fever, David Wiffen
  David Wiffen
  David Wiffen is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter. Two of his songs, "Driving Wheel" and "More Often Than Not", have become cover standards.- Career :...
  
  
• Country Man, Valdy
  Valdy
  Paul Valdemar Horsdal, CM , commonly known as Valdy, is a Canadian folk musician whose solo career began in the early 1970s. He is known for "Rock and Roll Song", his first mainstream single released in mid-1972 on Haida/A&M.He was a member of the London Town Criers during the 1960s and...
  
  
• Day to Day Dust
  Day to Day Dust (album)
  Day to Day Dust was an album by Canadian singer-songwriter Murray McLauchlan, released in 1973.-Track listing:All songs by Murray McLauchlan.# "Hurricane of Change" – 3:06# "Revelations" – 4:44# "Linda, Won't You Take Me In" – 2:57...
  
  , Murray McLauchlan
  Murray McLauchlan
  Murray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old...
  
  
• Night Vision, Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
  
  

Best Single (Contemporary or Pop)

Winner: "Seasons in the Sun

Seasons in the Sun

Apart from the versions noted above, there have been numerous cover versions of the song. Generally, these use the same translation as the Terry Jacks version, and thus inherit that version's less harsh interpretation of the song's storyline....

", Terry Jacks

Terry Jacks

Terrence Ross "Terry" Jacks is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist.-Early life:...

Other nominees:

• "Bondi Junction", Peter Foldy
  Peter Foldy
  Peter Foldy is a Hungarian born recording artist, film producer, director and screenwriter. He has been nominated for 2 Juno awards and has had multiple top 10 hits across Canada and the US, most notably with his first song "Bondi Junction" which reached number one in the Canadian charts...
  
  
• "Carpenter of Wood", Cliff Edwards
  Cliff Edwards
  Cliff Edwards , also known as "Ukelele Ike", was an American singer and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' in the Rain" in 1929...
  
  
• "Could You Ever Love Me Again", Gary & Dave (Gary Weeks and Dave Beckett)
• "Danny's Song
  Danny's Song
  "Danny's Song" is the title of a song written by the American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. It was written as a gift for his brother Danny for the birth of his son Colin. It first appeared on the album Sittin' In, the debut album by Loggins and Messina...
  
  ", Anne Murray
  Anne Murray
  Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
  
  

Best Single (Country and Folk)

Winner: "Farmer's Song", Murray McLauchlan

Murray McLauchlan

Murray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old...

Other nominees:

• "Highway Driving", Alabama
  Alabama (Canadian band)
  Alabama was a Canadian band of the early 1970s. They had two songs that reached the top 100 in the RPM Magazine chart. "Song of Love" reached #26 in June 1973, and "Highway Driving" reached #42 in August. Band members were Buster Fykes, Hector McLean, Rick Knight, and Len Sembaluk.-Singles:...
  
  
• "Carpenter of Wood", Cliff Edwards
  Cliff Edwards
  Cliff Edwards , also known as "Ukelele Ike", was an American singer and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' in the Rain" in 1929...
  
  
• "He", Jim and Don Haggart
• "Dirty Old Man
  Dirty Old Man
  "Dirty Old Man" is a single by American country music artist George Hamilton IV. Released in April 1973, it was a single from Hamilton's album Out West Country. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada on June 2, 1973....
  
  ", George Hamilton IV
  George Hamilton IV
  George Hege Hamilton IV is an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.-Biography:Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina...
  
  

External links

• Juno Awards site