Juno Awards of 1972
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{{Infobox award
| name = Juno Awards of 1972
| date = 28 February 1972
| venue = Inn on the Park, Toronto, Ontario
| host = George Wilson
| previous = 1971
| main = Juno Awards
| next = 1973
}}
The Juno Awards of 1972, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 28 February 1972 in Toronto at a ceremony at the Inn on the Park hotel's Centennial Ballroom.
Interest in these music awards was gaining rapidly as approximately 1000 attended the ceremonies, compared to 250 in 1970. George Wilson of CFRB radio was again the master of ceremonies for the awards.{{cite book | title=The Juno awards : tenth anniversary special issue | publisher=RPM Publications | year=1980 | pages=9–10 }}
Roughly 3000 subscribers of RPM Magazine completed a survey which determined the winners of this year's awards. Most awards are determined by the poll, except for the songwriting category which was chosen by RPM editor Walt Grealis.
Winners
=[[Juno Award for Artist of the Year|Best Female Vocalist]]=
Winner: Anne Murray
=[[Juno Award for Artist of the Year|Outstanding Performance – Female]]=
Winner: Ginette Reno
=[[Juno Award for Artist of the Year|Best Male Vocalist]]=
Winner: Gordon Lightfoot
=[[Juno Award for Artist of the Year|Outstanding Performance – Male]]=
Winner: Joey Gregorash
=[[Juno Award for Group of the Year|Best Group]]=
Winner: The Stampeders
=[[Juno Award for Group of the Year|Outstanding Performance – Group]]=
Winner: Lighthouse
=[[Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year|Best Songwriter]]=
Winner: Rich Dodson
=[[Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year|Best Country Female Artist]]=
Winner: Myrna Lorrie
=[[Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year|Best Country Male Artist]]=
Winner: Stompin' Tom Connors
=[[Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year|Best Country Group or Duo]]=
Winner: The Mercey Brothers
=[[Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year|Folk Singer of the Year]]=
Winner: Bruce Cockburn
=Broadcaster of the Year=
Winner: The CHUM Group
=Top Canadian Content Company of the Year=
Winner: GRT of Canada
=Top Record Company of the Year=
Winner: Kinney Music of Canada
=Top Promotional Company of the Year=
Winner: Kinney Music of Canada
=Journalist of the Year=
Winner: Ritchie Yorke
=Contribution to Canadian music=
Winner: George Hamilton IV
Nominated and winning albums
=Best Produced MOR Album=
Winner: Talk It Over in the Morning by Anne Murray (produced by Brian Ahern)
Nominated and winning releases
=Best Produced Single=
Winner: "Sweet City Woman" by The Stampeders (produced by Mel Shaw
References
=Notes=
=General=
- {{cite news | page=27 | title=Everybody sneered at Grealis, but Juno is suddenly respectable | date=26 February 1972 | newspaper=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto | first=Jack | last=Batten }}
- {{cite magazine | title=Special Juno Edition | magazine=RPM | date=4 March 1972 }}
- {{cite magazine | page=2 | title=Junos a Glittering Affair | magazine=RPM | date=11 March 1972 }}
- {{cite book|last1=Melhuish|first1=Martin|title=Oh What a Feeling: A Vital History of Canadian Music|date=1996|publisher=Quarry Press|isbn=1550821644|page=96}}
External links
- [http://www.junoawards.ca Juno Awards site]
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