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Hace 5 días · Singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper performs at the 2023 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song on March 01, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images) Shares
Hace 2 días · Lionel Richie to Receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Hace 5 días · 1. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon & Garfunkel. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” boasts over 645 covers and counting. It’s widely considered the most covered and most recorded folk ...
Hace 5 días · Pride Month: Transcribe Walt Whitman? June 3, 2024. Posted by: Neely Tucker. Volunteers have been working over the past five years to transcribe the Library’s manuscripts of Walt Whitman, one of the nation’s most iconic poets, from three major collections.
Hace 4 días · John and Taupin will be receiving the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. “We are beyond excited and proud to have been invited to perform at a very special event honoring the legendary songwriting team of Elton John and Bernie Taupin as they are presented with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song,” Metallica tweeted.
Hace 2 días · In May 2013, President Obama presented King with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, and it was the first time that accolade had ever been awarded to a female songwriter. The coming months seem likely to bring continued successes for King.
Hace 1 día · Early life Jewish immigrant Life in Russia Berlin was born Israel Beilin on May 11, 1888, in the Russian Empire. Although his family came from the shtetl of Tolochin (today Talachyn, Талачын, in Belarus), Berlin later learned that he was probably born in Tyumen, Siberia, where his father, an itinerant cantor, had taken his family. He was one of eight children of Moses (1848–1901) and ...
