The Juno Awards of 1977, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 16 March 1977 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by David Steinberg at the Royal York Hotel. The ceremonies were broadcast on a 2-hour CBC Television special.
Classical and jazz categories were introduced this year.
Nominees and winners Male Vocalist of the Year Female Vocalist of the Year Burton Cummings Paul Anka Gordon Lightfoot Valdy Gino Vannelli Patsy Gallant Carroll Baker Charity Brown Joni Mitchell Anne Murray Most Promising Male Vocalist Most Promising Female Vocalist Burton Cummings Roger Doucet Danny Hooper Nestor Pistor Wayne St. John Colleen Peterson Gail Dahms Denise McCann Patricia Anne McKinnon Chris Nielsen Country Male Vocalist of the Year Country Female Vocalist of the Year Murray McLauchlan Wilf Carter Stompin' Tom Connors R. Harlan Smith Ted Wesley Carroll Baker Marilyn Jones Anne Murray Chris Nielsen Colleen Peterson Group of the Year Most Promising Group of the Year Heart April Wine Bachman–Turner Overdrive Rush The Stampeders THP Orchestra Garfield Moxy Sweeney Todd Trooper Country Group or Duo of the Year Folk Singer of the Year The Good Brothers Canadian Zephyr Carlton Showband The Emeralds The Mercey Brothers Gordon Lightfoot Stompin' Tom Connors Dan Hill Murray McLauchlan Valdy Instrumental Artist of the Year Composer of the Year Hagood Hardy Black Light Orchestra Al Cherney François Dompierre André Gagnon Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" Paul Anka, "Happier" Burton Cummings, "Stand Tall" André Gagnon, "Wow" André Gagnon, "Surprise" Nick Gilder and Jim McCulloch, "Roxy Roller" Hagood Hardy, "The Homecoming" Ra McGuire, "Two for the Show" Gene Williams and Gilles Vigneault, "From New York to L.A." Producer of the Year Recording Engineer of the Year Mike Flicker, "Dreamboat Annie" (Heart) Paul Pagé, Are You Ready for Love by Patsy Gallant
Nominated and winning albums
Best Selling Album Winner: Neiges, André Gagnon
Best Album Graphics Winner: Michael Bownes], Ian Tamblyn by Ian Tamblyn
Best Classical Album of the Year Winner: Beethoven - Vols. 1,2,&3, Anton Kuerti
Other nominees: Franck and Ravel, Hidetaro Suzuki & Zeyda Ruga-Suzuki Franz Schubert & Johannes Brahms, Gisela Depkat Liona, Liona Boyd Plays J.S. Bach, Pierre Grandmaison
Best Selling International Album Winner: Frampton Comes Alive, Peter Frampton
Best Jazz Album Winner: The Atlantic Suite, Phil Nimmons - Nimmons 'N Nine Plus Six Jingle Man — Moe Koffman Travelin' On — Oscar Peterson The Jazz Album — Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Nowhere But Here — Joel Shulman
Nominated and winning releases
Best Selling Single Winner: "Roxy Roller", Sweeney Todd André Gagnon, "Wow" Patsy Gallant, "From New York to L.A." THP Orchestra, "Theme from S.W.A.T."
Best Selling International Single Winner: "I Love to Love", Tina Charles
References
External links Juno Awards site