Elton John and Bernie Taupin 栄誉（を受ける）d at all-星／主役にする 尊敬の印 concert... as they receive prestigious Library Of 議会 Gershwin Prize For Popular Song in DC
Some of the biggest 指名するs in music, across the spectrum of genres, gathered in Washington, D.C. in 栄誉（を受ける） of Elton John and his longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin.
The 二人組, who have been 令状ing together since answering an NME 宣伝 in 1967,? were awarded the U.S. Library of 議会'?prestigious?Gershwin Prize For Popular Song for their 共同, 業績／成就s and 出資／貢献s to the craftwork of songwriting.
One day after 持つ／拘留するing the dinner 部分 of the event, John and Taupin were 支援する together on Wednesday for an all-星／主役にする 尊敬の印 concert at DAR 憲法 Hall in the Nation's 資本／首都.
With Billy Porter serving as host of the festivities, the Broadway 星／主役にする also led the bevy of musical 星／主役にするs to 攻撃する，衝突する the 行う／開催する／段階 and 成し遂げる that also 含むd?2023 Gershwin Prize honoree Joni Mitchell,?2020 Gershwin Prize honoree Garth Brooks, 同様に as Annie Lennox, Brandi?Carlile,?Metallica,?Maren Morris, Charlie Puth, and Jacob Lusk of Gabriels.
The evening's honorees John and Taupin would also make 外見s during their big night, によれば the Library Of 議会 newsroom website.
Elton John and longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin were awarded the U.S. Library of 議会' prestigious Gershwin Prize For Popular Song which 含むd an all-星／主役にする 尊敬の印 concert at DAR 憲法 Hall in Washington, D.C.
Never one to skimp when it comes to fashion, John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight), 76, sat in the audience in a classy pink 控訴 that he wore with a white button-負かす／撃墜する with 黒人／ボイコット 削減する along the collar and sleeves.
The iconic ロケット／急騰する Man 星／主役にする 選ぶd to go with light red レンズs with thin でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるs for the 招待 only event.
Taupin, 73, sat to his work partner's left in a 黒人／ボイコット-patterned two-トン 控訴 that he matched with a solid 黒人／ボイコット dress shirt.
Taking a cue from his work partner, the 伝説の lyricist also wore glasses, only he went with silver でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるs with light blue レンズs, while also 冒険的な a closely cropped 耐えるd and mustache.
Call it 運命／宿命 or chance, but Taupin and John met after they both answered an 宣伝 for talent that was placed in the New Musical 表明する by then A&R 経営者／支配人 for Liberty 記録，記録的な／記録するs, Ray Williams.
It was Williams who gave John lyrics sent to him by Taupin, and then he proceeded to put music and melodies to his words, which would 最終的に be the?beginning of their very successful 共同 that has lasted for more than 56 years and counting.
Typically, that's been the winning 決まり文句／製法 for the 二人組: Taupin 令状s the lyrics and sends them to John, who then puts music and melody to then while sitting at the piano.
の中で their many classic 攻撃する，衝突するs over the １０年間s includ e, Your Song, ロケット／急騰する Man, Don't Go Breaking My Heart,?Don't Let The Sun Go 負かす／撃墜する On Me,?Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,?Bennie And The Jets,?Crocodile 激しく揺する, Sad Songs, Tiny ダンサー, Philadelphia Freedom, I'm Still Standing and Candle In The 勝利，勝つd, の中で so many others.
Broadway 星／主役にする Billy Porter, 54, looked his awesome self in a white-feathered 控訴 when he served as the host of the all-星／主役にする 尊敬の印 concert
Joni Mitchell, 80, was の中で the 星／主役にするs to …に出席する the event and 成し遂げる during the concert
Maren Morris, 33, sat just behind Charlie Puth, 32, for much of the event
億万長者 実業家 and philanthropist David Rubenstein ,74, was one of the （衆議院の）議長s at DAR 憲法 Hall
Metallica's Kirk Hammett, 61, Lars Ulrich, 60, Robert Trujillo, 59, and James Hetfield, 60, were 統一するd in their music and 黒人／ボイコット leather before hitting the 行う／開催する／段階
The metal legends have been open about their love of the music John and Taupin produced
Their 共同 landed them into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1992, の中で many other accolades.
John was inducted into the 激しく揺する and Roll Hall of Fame as a 単独の artist in 1994, but he would call his 協力者 on to the 行う／開催する／段階 and 手渡すd him the award.
'Without him, the 旅行 would not have been possible,' John said at the time, as 報告（する）／憶測d by Rolling 石／投石する. 'I 肉親，親類d of feel like cheating standing here 受託するing this. Without Bernie Taupin, there wouldn't have been any Elton John at all. And I would like him to come up and give this to him.'
It took three １０年間s but Taupin would 公式に get inducted in to the 激しく揺する and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023 under the Musical Excellence Award 部類.
After an astounding 300 million-加える 記録，記録的な／記録するs sold 世界的な, the Elton John and Bernie Taupin 共同 has them の中で the best-selling musical artists of all time.
Singer and actor Billy Porter, 54, who's best known for his success on Broadway, served as the host of the concert in a white 控訴 with feathers all along both sleeves, lapel and 底（に届く） 部分 of the blazer.?Before plugging and 激しく揺するing out, Metallica's?Kirk Hammett (guitar), Lars Ulrich (派手に宣伝するs), Robert Trujillo (bass), and James Hetfield (voc als, Guitar) stepped into the スポットライト that is the red carpet.
Not only 統一するd by their classic catalog of metal songs like Enter Sandman and One, the foursome all （機の）カム dressed in 黒人／ボイコット leather.
Country music superstars Garth Brooks, 62, and Trisha Yearwood, 59, were color 連係させた in 黒人／ボイコット while on the red carpet
Brooks went with a classic 黒人／ボイコット 控訴 and matching dress shirt, while Yearwood. 選ぶd for a sequin number the glistened under the 厳しい lights of the red carpet
Monique Ross and Chauntee Ross of Sistastrings 連係させた their outfit for the event
As for Joni Mitchell, 80, the?multi-instrumentalist, and painter sat in the audience dressed in a golden ensemble and a red beret hat and glasses before she went up to 成し遂げる.
Maren Morris, 33, looked lovely in a shoulder-いっそう少なく ensemble while she watched from the audience's 見解（をとる）, while Charlie Puth, 32, sat 直接／まっすぐに in 前線 of her in a 冷静な／正味の 黒人／ボイコット 控訴.
The dynamic musical 二人組 構成するd of sisters Chauntee and Monique Ross, さもなければ known as?SistaStrings, went with matching green-patterned 控訴s and their colorful long locks dreads.
Country music's superstar couple Garth Brooks and wife?Trisha Yearwood color 連係させた in 黒人／ボイコット, which they first showed off when they 提起する／ポーズをとるd alon g the red carpet.
The Wrapped Up In You crooner, who's the only musical artist in history to have 解放（する）d nine albums certified Diamond by the?記録，記録的な／記録するing 産業 協会 of America (RIAA), was the picture of elegance in a classic 黒人／ボイコット 控訴 and matching dress shirt and boots.
Country music's superstar couple Garth Brooks and wife?Trisha Yearwood color 連係させた in 黒人／ボイコット, which they first showed off when they 提起する／ポーズをとるd along the red carpet.
The Wrapped Up In You crooner, who's the only musical artist in history to have 解放（する）d nine albums certified Diamond by the?記録，記録的な／記録するing 産業 協会 of America (RIAA), was the picture of elegance in a classic 黒人／ボイコット 控訴 and matching dress shirt and boots.
The Tulsa, Oklahoma native, 62, also donned a 冷静な／正味の 黒人／ボイコット cowboy hat, while also going with a 十分な 耐えるd and mustache.
The 二人組 were also 栄誉（を受ける）d during a dinner the previous night, on Tuesday, in Washington, D.C.
The ロケット／急騰する Men were overjoyed and humbled by the 栄誉（を受ける） during Tuesday's dinner
Yearwood, 59, showed off her fashion sense in a 急落（する），激減（する）ing sequin dress that （機の）カム 負かす／撃墜する to the 最高の，を越す of her calves and a pair of matching heels.
一連の会議、交渉／完成するing out her look, the Woman Before Me singer had her blonde tresses styled long and flowing with a healthy dose of 容積／容量, natural waves and curls, and a part in the middle.
億万長者?実業家 and philanthropist?David Rubenstein, 74, was also on 手渡す for the event in a 黒人／ボイコット 控訴, white dress shirt and colorful tie.
Taupin and John were also 手渡す for the dinner event held in their 栄誉（を受ける） the previous night, which was also held in Washington, D.C.
'I've been 令状ing songs with Bernie for 56 years, and we never thought that that one day this might be bestowed upon us,' the singer-songwriter said of the 尊敬の印. 'It's an incredible 栄誉（を受ける） for two British guys to be 認めるd like this. I'm so 栄誉（を受ける）d.'
Taupin 追加するd: 'To be in a house along with the 広大な／多数の／重要な American songwriters, to even be in the same avenue is humbling, and I am 絶対 thrilled to 受託する.'
'I've been 令状ing songs with Bernie for 56 years, and we never thought that that one day this might be bestowed upon us,' the singer-songwriter said of the 尊敬の印. 'It's an incredible 栄誉（を受ける） for two British guys to be 認めるd like this. I'm so 栄誉（を受ける）d.'
Taupin 追加するd at Tuesday's dinner: 'To be in a house along with the 広大な／多数の／重要な American songwriters, to even be in the same avenue is humbling, and I am 絶対 thrilled to 受託する'
The concert special Elton John & Bernie Taupin: The Library of 議会 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will 首相 on PBS 駅／配置するs 全国的な on Monday, April 8 at 8 p.m. ET.; the 二人組 are pictured in July 1973,? just six years after 乗る，着手するing on their 共同
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Elton John and Bernie Taupin 成し遂げる?at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Elton John and Bernie Taupin 成し遂げる?at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Bernie Taupin speaks と一緒に Elton John?at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Metallica's James Hetfield 成し遂げるs at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Robert Trujillo and James Hetfield of Metallica 成し遂げる?at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Elton John 提起する／ポーズをとるs with the performers at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Elton John sings behind the piano?at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Elton John 株 a laugh with Bernie Taupin and Carla Hayden?at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Elton John 抱擁するs Carla Hayden?at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Annie Lennox and Brandi Carlile 成し遂げる at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Elton John and Bernie Taupin?at the Libarary of 議会 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song event
Bestowed in 承認 of the 伝説の songwriting team of George and Ira Gershwin, the Library of 議会 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is the nation’s highest award for 影響（力）, 衝撃 and 業績／成就 in popular music.?
The honoree is selected by the Librarian of 議会 in 協議 with a board of scholars, 生産者s, performers, songwriters and music specialists.?
Along with Brooks and Mitchell , previous 受取人s are Paul Simon; Stevie Wonder; Sir Paul McCar tney; songwriting 二人組 Burt Bacharach and Hal David; Carole King; Billy Joel; Willie Nelson; Smokey Robinson; Tony Bennett; Emilio and Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie.?
The concert special Elton John & Bernie Taupin: The Library of 議会 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will 首相 on PBS 駅／配置するs 全国的な on Monday, April 8 at 8 p.m. ET.
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