Juno Awards of 1972

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.

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

=Best Female Vocalist=

Winner: Anne Murray

=Outstanding Performance - Female=

Winner: Ginette Reno

=Best Male Vocalist=

Winner: Gordon Lightfoot

=Outstanding Performance - Male=

Winner: Joey Gregorash

=Best Group=

Winner: The Stampeders

=Outstanding Performance - Group=

Winner: Lighthouse

=Best Songwriter=

Winner: Rich Dodson

=Best Country Female Artist=

Winner: Myrna Lorrie

=Best Country Male Artist=

Winner: Stompin' Tom Connors

=Best Country Group or Duo=

Winner: The Mercey Brothers

=Folk Singer of the Year=

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]