21st Japan Record Awards

21st Japan Record Awards
Date	December 31, 1979
Venue	Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo
Hosted by	Keizo Takahashi
Television/radio coverage
Network	TBS
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The 21st Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1979, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

• Judy Ongg for "Miserarete [ja]"
  • Lyricist: Yoko Aki
  • Composer: Kyōhei Tsutsumi
  • Arranger: Kyōhei Tsutsumi
  • Record Company: CBS Sony Records

• Sachiko Kobayashi for "Omoide Zake"

• Tomoko Kuwae for "Watashi No Heart Wa Stopmotion"

• 1979 in Japanese music

• うわさ裏表 レコード大賞、ジュディ大逆転の舞台裏. サンデー毎日 (The Sunday Mainichi). (The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.). 9 March 1980. pp 176 & 177.
• ジュディ・オング　人生懸けた覚悟と秀樹さんとの友情…７９年レコ大秘話告白. デイリースポーツ (Daily Sports). 27 December 2018.
• レコ大の秀樹に感激！ in 1979年、みんなが見ていた「あのテレビ番組」のすごさを語ろう. 現代ビジネス. 31 March 2019.
• 〈芸能界最新情報!!〉 山口百恵、小林幸子か 〔紅白〕 〔レコード大賞〕〔新人賞〕 人選でわかる歌謡界の凋落. Shūkan Gendai. 1 November 1979. pp 182 to 186.

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