Gershwin Prize information

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is an award given to a composer or performer for their lifetime contributions to popular music...

George Gershwin (/ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn/; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned...

Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer...

2007, the Library of Congress voted him the inaugural winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. He is a co-founder of the Children's Health Fund,...

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and songwriter. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to be so honored. She is also a 2015...

Fame's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award. In 2022, he received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress; as well as the American...

Aid and other fund raisers to benefit farmers. In 2015 Nelson won the Gershwin Prize, the lifetime award of the Library of Congress. In 2018, The Texas Institute...

18, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014. "The Gershwin Prize Billy Joel". The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize. PBS. 2014. Archived from the original on...

music. In the United States, McCartney received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and Kennedy Center Honors in 2010. In May 2011 in Peru...

du Lac, J. Freedom (September 3, 2008). "Stevie Wonder to Receive Gershwin Prize for Song". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 13, 2008. "Singer-songwriter...

Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and awarded the 2016 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for his lifetime contributions to popular music. He is a double Hollywood...

"Believe" at the 1995 Brit Awards and won the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize. A duet with Luciano Pavarotti, "Live Like Horses", reached number nine...

2020, Brooks became the youngest recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Troyal Garth Brooks was born on February 7, 1962,...

Music 2008: Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Yale University 2010: Gershwin Prize for his contributions to popular music 2010: Kennedy Center Honors 2012:...

Songwriters of All Time. In 2012, the duo received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first time the honor has been given to a songwriting...

along with John; was awarded the U.S. Library of Congress' prestigious Gershwin Prize for Popular Song for their partnership, achievements and contributions...

the nation's highest civilian honor. In 2019 he also received the Gershwin Prize from the Library of Congress. Emilio Estefan Gómez was born in Santiago...

of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. They are the first married couple and first of Hispanic descent to receive the Gershwin Prize. In 2022, Estefan...

"I realized that young people had never heard those songs. Cole Porter, Gershwin—they were like, 'Who wrote that?' To them, it was different. If you're...

in American Letters of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Founder's Day Celebration...

Stapleton at the 2022 Gershwin Prize...

Tracks. Alison Krauss and Jamey Johnson covered the song at the 2015 Gershwin prize tribute concert in Washington D.C., with Nelson and his wife in attendance...

the film of the same name. David and Bacharach were awarded the 2011 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, bestowed by the Library of Congress, the first time...

artists in tributes to Smokey Robinson at his 2016 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize award ceremony in Washington D.C.; she sang "Ooo Baby Baby". In 2017...

Great American Songbook concert, which paid tribute to his music. 2012, Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, with Hal David, awarded by the Library of Congress...

City and Washington, D.C. In 2007, Simon was awarded the inaugural Gershwin Prize by the Library of Congress; Jerry Douglas, Shawn Colvin and Alison Krauss...