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BMI’s Thomas Cain to Receive HAL Cornerstone Award

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Ceremony Slated for September 28 in Beverly Hills BMI Senior Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Thomas Cain will number among the elite recipients of the 2008 Heroes And Legends (HAL) Awards Sunday, September 28 at the star-studded ceremony in Beverly Hills. Cain will be honored alongside legendary Motown musicians The Funk Brothers, television and film actor Ernie Hudson, New Orleans music icon Allen Toussaint, platinum-selling songwriter/producer


From News, posted 8.19.08

Big Easy Music Awards Toast Year’s Best in New Orleans

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The 20th Annual Big Easy Music Awards honored the musical lifeblood still pulsing through New Orleans Monday, April 21 at Harrah's Theatre. Winners, performers and presenters featured a bevy of BMI legends: Entertainer of the Year Terence Blanchard and his band delivered a jaw-dropping performance; revered piano man Allen Toussaint presented the 2008 Lifetime Achievement in Music honor to beloved funk innovator Eddie Bo;…


From News, posted 4.25.08

Singer June Pointer Dies

BMI artist June Pointer, youngest of the four Pointer Sisters whose hits included "Jump (For My Love)," "He's So Shy," "Slow Hand" and "I'm So Excited," died April 11 of cancer. She was 52. She and her three sisters -- Ruth, Anita and Bonnie -- learned to sing at the church in West Oakland, Calif., where their parents were ministers. They…


From News, posted 4.12.06

BMI Salutes R&B Pioneers

BMI proudly congratulates the honorees of the 12th Annual Pioneer Awards, presented by the Rhythm & Blues Foundation at a gala ceremony on November 8. Honorees included BMI legendary songwriters/artists Al Green, Big Jay McNeely, Dee Dee Sharp, Holland/Dozier/Holland, the Emotions, Louis Jordan and Allen Toussaint. A major sponsor of the Pioneer Awards since its inception, BMI represents more than 85%…


From News, posted 11.07.01

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1998

Eagles [w/ASCAP] Fleetwood Mac [w/ASCAP] Gene Pitney Lloyd Price Gene Vincent Mamas & Papas Santana Allen Toussaint


From News, posted 1.01.98

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