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Juno Awards of 1972
Juno Awards of 1972
Date	28 February 1972
Venue	Inn on the Park, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by	George Wilson

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.^[1]

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 edit

Best Female Vocalist edit

Winner: Anne Murray

Outstanding Performance – Group edit

Winner: Lighthouse

Best Songwriter edit

Winner: Rich Dodson

Best Country Female Artist edit

Winner: Myrna Lorrie

Best Country Male Artist edit

Winner: Stompin' Tom Connors

Best Country Group or Duo edit

Winner: The Mercey Brothers

Folk Singer of the Year edit

Winner: Bruce Cockburn

Broadcaster of the Year edit

Winner: The CHUM Group

Top Record Company of the Year edit

Winner: Kinney Music of Canada

Top Promotional Company of the Year edit

Winner: Kinney Music of Canada

Journalist of the Year edit

Winner: Ritchie Yorke

Contribution to Canadian music edit

Winner: George Hamilton IV

Nominated and winning albums edit

Best Produced MOR Album edit

Winner: Talk It Over in the Morning by Anne Murray (produced by Brian Ahern)

Nominated and winning releases edit

Best Produced Single edit

Winner: "Sweet City Woman" by The Stampeders (produced by Mel Shaw

References edit

Notes edit

^ The Juno awards : tenth anniversary special issue. RPM Publications. 1980. pp. 9–10.

General edit

Batten, Jack (26 February 1972). "Everybody sneered at Grealis, but Juno is suddenly respectable". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. 27.
"Special Juno Edition". RPM. 4 March 1972.
"Junos a Glittering Affair". RPM. 11 March 1972. p. 2.
Melhuish, Martin (1996). Oh What a Feeling: A Vital History of Canadian Music. Quarry Press. p. 96. ISBN 1550821644.