Singer Ross to receive US honour
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Diana Ross and film-maker Martin Scorsese are among the recipients of the Kennedy Center awards.
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The former frontman of the groundbreaking British rock band the Kinks was presented with an Icon award on Tuesday for what organizers said was his enduring influence on generations of music makers.
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Ray Charles, posthumously nominated for seven Grammys, including album of the year for "Genius Loves Company," will be honored in a tribute at next month's awards show.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - English musician Yusuf Islam,   formerly known as Cat Stevens, is eyeing a November U.S.   release date for his first album of pop music in 28 years.
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The U.S. government might not be a big fan of Amy Winehouse, but the troubled British pop singer will likely receive some long-distance love from the music industry when the Grammy Awards are handed out on Sunday.
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The Humane Society of the United States, the leading US animal welfare organization, is to honor a New York boy who died last year after going back into his blazing home to rescue his pets.
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Blues legend BB King is to be presented with America's highest civilian honour by President George W Bush.
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Singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is to receive an award from Mikhail Gorbachev.
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LOS ANGELES  - Led Zeppelin, Janis  Joplin and Jerry Lee Lewis will receive lifetime achievement  awards at this year's Grammy Awards, organizers said Tuesday.
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Ray Charles, posthumously nominated for seven Grammys &#151; including album of the year for "Genius Loves Company" &#151; will be honored in a tribute at next month's awards show.
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Yusuf Islam, the pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a peace award from a group of Nobel Prize winners. In a public ceremony, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other Nobel Peace Prize
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The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is forbidden from flying into the United States because of his alleged association with possible terrorists, US officials said Wednesday
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Rock legends The Who are to receive a lifetime achievement award for live music next month.
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LONDON - The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens returned to Britain Thursday, saying he was "totally shocked" that he was barred from entering the United States.    The singer, who changed his name to Yusuf Islam more than 25 years ago, was met by a swarm of reporters as he came through the arrivals area at Heathrow airport...
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Paul Simon and Minnie Driver are among those paying tribute to Christopher Reeve at a US fundraiser.
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A 79-year-old prominent Chinese AIDS activist is to fly to the United States as early as Sunday to receive a human rights award after she was freed from house arrest thanks to U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Canadian singer-songwriter Feist wins the US Shortlist Music Prize for her album The Reminder.