Johnny Mercer Award

Kris Kristofferson has always identified himself first and foremost as a writer, and true writers know that what works best is giving a piece of themselves to the listener. With his latest album, This Old Road, Kristofferson lays a chunk of his own soul on every track.

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Abe Olman Publisher Award

In the music business, Allen Klein is both an icon and an enigma. While he has never sought the spotlight for himself, his company, ABKCO Music & Records Inc. has become one of the leading independent treasuries of copyrights and master recordings.

Allen Klein, the youngest of…

Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award

"Peter, Paul and Mary are folk singers." So stated the liner notes to the group's self-titled 1962 debut album. Today, this declaration seems redundant, because the term "folk music" has come to be virtually interchangeable with the group name, but when the words were written, they were meant less as…

Towering Song

Some of the best-known songs emerge from a complicated cocoon. While their words and melodies are so well known that the public feels as if they own them, their actual creators remain a matter of conjecture.

Take that indelible piece, "When the Saints Go Marching In." Around…

Starlight Award

Critically-acclaimed songwriter John Mayer is prone to accomplishment. Over the past five years, he has sold over eight million albums (Room For Squares, Heavier Things) and won three Grammy Awards, including the Grammy for Song of the Year with "Daughters." In 2005, John formed the John Mayer Trio - a…