- Juno Awards of 1972
The
Juno Award s of1972 , representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on28 February 1972 in Toronto at a ceremony at theInn 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.
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 editorWalt Grealis .Winners
Winner:
Anne Murray
=Outstanding Performance - Female=Winner:
Ginette Reno Winner:
Gordon Lightfoot
=Outstanding Performance - Male=Winner:
Joey Gregorash Winner:
The Stampeders
=Outstanding Performance - Group=Winner: Lighthouse
Winner:
Rich Dodson Winner:
Myrna Lorrie Winner:
Stompin' Tom Connors Winner:
The Mercey Brothers Winner:
Bruce Cockburn References
*cite news | page=27 | title=Everybody sneered at Grealis, but Juno is suddenly respectable | date=
26 February 1972 | publisher=The Globe and Mail | first=Jack | last=Batten
*cite news | title=Special Juno Edition | publisher=RPM | date=4 March 1972
*cite news | page=2 | title=Junos a Glittering Affair | publisher=RPM | date=11 March 1972 External links
* [http://www.junoawards.ca Juno Awards site]
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