Library Of Congress To Honor Paul McCartney
Posted by Michael Melchor on 11.17.2009
Former Beatle to receive 3rd Gershwin Prize...
Librarian of Congress James Billington has announced that the US Library of Congress is awarding Paul McCartney its third Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. An all-star tribute concert is planned for early 2010, though the library has not announced who will perform.
Billington says it is hard to think of another performer and composer who has had a more transformative effect than McCartney.
Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon previously won the Gershwin prize. The library houses the manuscripts of the songwriting duo George and Ira Gershwin, whom the prize is named after.
