title: Juno Awards of 1978
text: # Juno Awards of 1978
  
  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
  
  ### 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 Single
  
  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 Single
  
  Winner: "When I Need You", Leo Sayer
  
  