Gold Leaf Awards of 1970
{{short description|(Canadian music industry awards known as Juno Awards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Gold Leaf Awards of 1970
| date = 23 February 1970
| venue = St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto, Ontario
| host = George Wilson
| main = Juno Awards
| next = 1971
}}
The Gold Leaf Awards of 1970,{{cite web |title=Past Nominees + Winners, 1970 |url=https://junoawards.ca/awards/past-winners-nominees/?search_year_val1=1970&search_year_val2=1970&search_category_val=&search_wins_val=no&tag_search_val=&submit=submit |website=junoawards.ca |publisher=The Juno Awards |access-date=26 October 2021}} which were the first Juno Awards, were founded by RPM Magazine to honour Canadian music industry achievements. The magazine had honoured musicians in the previous six years using a reader survey until this formal ceremony.
These awards were presented at St. Lawrence Hall in Toronto on 23 February 1970. 250 people attended this inaugural awards ceremony, twice the number who were invited. Winners received walnut wood trophies that resembled metronomes. George Wilson of CFRB radio was master of ceremonies for these awards and for the subsequent Juno Awards ceremonies until 1974.{{cite book | title=The Juno awards : tenth anniversary special issue | publisher=RPM Publications | year=1980 | pages=9–10 }}
Winners
=Top Male Singer=
=Top Female Vocalist=
=Top Vocal Instrumental Group=
=Top Country Male Artist=
=Top Country Female Artist=
=Top Country Instrumental Vocal Group=
=Top Folksinger (or Group)=
=Canadian Industry Music Industry Man of the Year=
=Best Produced Single=
=Best Produced Middle-of-the-Road Album=
=Top Record Company=
=Top Canadian Content Company=
=Top Record Company in Promotional Activities=
=Special RPM Radio Award For Community Activities=
CKLG Vancouver (Now CFOX-FM)
References
;Citations
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite news | last=(no byline) | page=13 | title=Kim, Reno, Lightfoot among award winners | date=23 February 1970 | newspaper=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto}}
- {{cite web|title=Awards|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=1970&to-year=1970&nomination-category=&wins-only=no&artist=|website=Juno Awards|access-date=23 July 2017}}
External links
- [http://www.junoawards.ca Juno Awards] official site
- [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/rpm/028020-200-e.html Library and Archives Canada: "The RPM Story"]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060422042734/http://www.avtrust.ca/rpm/en/junos.htm AV Trust: "The RPM Legacy"]
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