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Article: PRESIDENT OBAMA GIVES GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG TO WONDER ON FEB. 25
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- February 18, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news release:
President Barack Obama will give the Second Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Stevie Wonder on Feb. 25 at a special concert in the East Room of the White House in celebration of African American History Month. The program, to be taped by WETA Washington, D.C., as part of the In Performance at the White House series, will air on PBS stations nationwide on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET (check local listings) as "Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize."
The concert will feature a tribute by top performers singing the songs that ...