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>Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Little >Richard are to be the >first 3 recipients of the >Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Icon >Award, to be presented to >them at the BMI 50th >Annual Pop Awards dinner at >the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel >in Los Angeles, CA on >Tuesday May 14th 2002. > >The performing rights organization is honoring >them with this prestigious new >award in recognition of their >many contributions to contemporary music. >Bo Diddley's debut single "Bo >Diddley"/"I'm A Man" (Checker 814) >hitting the rhythm & blues >singles chart in May 1955, >Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" (Chess 1604) >in August 1955 and Little >Richard's "Tutti-Frutti" (Specialty 561) in >January 1956. > >Now in his early 70s, one >of the founding fathers of >rock music and the popularizer >of the world-famous "Bo Diddley >beat", singer and guitarist Bo >Diddley is still very much >active in the recording studio >and in the clubs and >the concert halls around the >world. He performed a rousing >version of his classic song >"Who Do You Love" with >George Thorogood & The Destroyers >in front of a TV >audience of millions at the >Live Aid Concert in Philadelphia >in 1985. A couple of >years later he was deservedly >an early inductee into the >Rock 'n' Roll Hall of >Fame. In 1996 he received >a Lifetime Achievement Award from >the Rhythm 'n' Blues Foundation >and in 1998 received another >Lifetime Achievement Award this time >from The Recording Academy at >that year's annual Grammy Awards >Ceremony. More recently, yet further >honors were justifiably awarded to >him when he was inducted >into The Mississippi Musicians Hall >of Fame, The North Florida >Music Association Hall of Fame >and on March 8th of >this year he was awarded >the prestigious Pioneer In Entertainment >Award by The National Association >of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB). > > >Warmest congratulations to Bo Diddley, Chuck >Berry and Little Richard on >the awarding of these richly-deserved >honors.
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