19th Japan Record Awards explained

19th Japan Record Awards
Date:	December 31, 1977
Venue:	Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo
Hosts:	Keizo Takahashi, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Hiroshi Kume
Network:	TBS
Previous:	18th
Main:	Japan Record Awards
Next:	20th

The 19th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1977, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

Winners

Japan Record Award

• Kenji Sawada – "Katte ni Shiyagare"

• Lyrics: Yū Aku

• Music: Katsuo Ōno

• Arrangement: Motoki Funayama

• Record Company: Polydor Records

Best Vocalist

• Aki Yashiro

Best New Artist

• Kentaro Shimizu

Singing Award

• Momoe Yamaguchi – "Cosmos"
• Hiromi Iwasaki – "Shisūki"
• Sayuri Ishikawa – "Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"

Popular Award

• Pink Lady – "Wanted (Shimei Tehai)"

Newcomer Award

• Karyūdo – Azusa No. 2
• Ikue Sakakibara – Al Pacino + Alain Delon < You
• Mizue Takada – Glass-zaka
• Yosuke Tagawa – Lui-Lui

Shinpei Nakayama Award (Composition Award)

• Hiromi Iwasaki – "Shisūki" / Sayuri Ishikawa – "Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"

• Composer: Takashi Miki

Arrangement Award

• Kenji Sawada – "Katte ni Shiyagare" / Akira Fuse – "Ryoshū ~Igaruganite~"

• Arrangement: Motoki Funayama

Yaso Saijō Award (Lyricist Award)

• Masashi Sada – "Ame Yadori" / Momoe Yamaguchi – "Cosmos"

• Lyrics: Masashi Sada

Special Award

• Minoru Obata
• Akira Kobayashi
• Frank Nagai
• Hachiro Kasuga

Nominations

Best 10 JRA Nominations

Song	Singer	Award	Votes
Ai No Shuuchakueki		Best Vocalist	N/A
Ai No Memory		N/A
Kaze No Eki
Katte Ni Shiyagare		Japan Record Award	42
Kimagure Venus		N/A	N/A
Cosmos		Vocalist Award	2
Shishuuki			2
			3
Hoshi No Suna		N/A	N/A
Button Wo Hazuse

Best New Artist

Song	Singer	Votes
Azusa No. 2	Karyūdo	7
Al Pacino + Alain Delon < You		0
Shitsuren Restaurant	Kentaro Shimizu	30
Glass-zaka		12
Lui-Lui		0

External links

• Official Website