19th Japan Record Awards

19th Japan Record Awards
Date	31 December 1977
Venue	Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo
Hosted by	Keizo Takahashi, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Hiroshi Kume
Television/radio coverage
Network	TBS
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The 19th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on 31 December 1977, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

The audience rating was 50.8%.^[1][2][3]

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 for "Ai No Shuuchakueki"
• Awarded again after last year, second-best vocalist award.

Best New Artist

• Kentaro Shimizu for "Shitsuren Restaurant"

Singing Award

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

Popular Award

• Pink Lady – "Wanted (Shimei Tehai)"
  • Awarded again after last year's Newcomer award.

Newcomer Award

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

Ikue Sakakibara, awarded newcomer award.

Yosuke Tagawa, awarded newcomer award.

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
  • Awarded again after 2 years, 2nd special award.
• Hachiro Kasuga
  • Awarded again after 9 years, 2nd special award.

Frank Nagai, awarded his 2nd special award, 6th time awarded in JRA.

Hachiro Kasuga, awarded his 2nd special award after 9 years.

Nominations

Best 10 JRA Nominations

Song	Singer	Award	Votes
Ai No Shuuchakueki	Aki Yashiro	Best Vocalist	N/A
Ai No Memory	Shigeru Matsuzaki	N/A
Kaze No Eki	Goro Noguchi
Katte Ni Shiyagare	Kenji Sawada	Japan Record Award	42
Kimagure Venus	Junko Sakurada	N/A	N/A
Cosmos	Momoe Yamaguchi	Vocalist Award	2
Shishuuki	Hiromi Iwasaki		2
Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki	Sayuri Ishikawa		3
Hoshi No Suna	Rumiko Koyanagi	N/A	N/A
Button Wo Hazuse	Hideki Saijo

Best New Artist

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

See also

• 1977 in Japanese music

References

• 第19回日本レコード大賞. Japan Composer's Association.

1. 輝く！80年代のスタート、それは日本レコード大賞受難の始まり？ Re:minder. 1 January 2021.
2. 音楽高世帯視聴率番組. Video Research.
3. 全局高世帯視聴率番組50. Video Research.

External links

• Official Website