Mike Stoller and Carole Bayer Sager to be named Pop Icons at BMI 70th Annual Pop Awards.
CAROLE BAYER SAGER AND MIKE STOLLER NAMED AS BMI ICONS
LOS ANGELES, CA (LA ELEMENTS) 4/16/2022 – “BMI is thrilled to be honoring two iconic songwriters, Carole Bayer Sager and Mike Stoller, alongside the creators of some of today’s most performed songs,” says BMI Vice President Worldwide Creative Barbara Cane. “As we commemorate BMI’s 70th Pop Awards, we pay homage to the craft of these two musical legends and their timeless contributions to BMI and the great American songbook. We’re proud to present them with the BMI Icon Award for their lasting impression on fans worldwide and on the songwriters following the path they’ve laid out to musical greatness, which is second to none.”
Cane, along with BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill, will host the awards on Tuesday, May 10th at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. BMI’s Pop Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Publisher of the Year and BMI’s top 50 most performed pop songs in the U.S. of the previous year will also be named.
Sager scored her first hit back in 1965 with “A Groovy Kind of Love,” which has been a top ten Billboard hit for both Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and Phil Collins. Throughout the decades, the GRAMMY and Academy Award-winning songwriter has kept the hits coming with such memorable songs as “Midnight Blue,” co-written with Melissa Manchester, the Oscar winning theme from the movie, Arthur, “Best That You Can Do” and her GRAMMY winning “That’s What Friends Are For,” among so many others. Her song catalog includes more than 400 songs and collaborations with some of the biggest names in music including Bob Dylan, (“Under Your Spell”) Neil Diamond, (”Heartlight”) Barbra Streisand, (“What’s On My Mind”) and many more.
Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock” will forever be a part of Rock & Roll history. Both songs were co-written by Mike Stoller, of the iconic Leiber & Stoller songwriting and producing team. Other timeless hits created by Stoller and Leiber include “Yakety Yak” and “Charlie Brown” for The Coasters and “Stand by Me” which was co-written with Ben E. King.
Stoller was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Other honors include his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994, a Trustee GRAMMY Award in 1999, the Johnny Mercer Award by the National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000 and 57 BMI Awards among others.
Carole Bayer Sager and Mike Stoller will soon join an elite group of songwriters who have received BMI’s highest honor for their “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.” Past honorees include Barry Manilow, The Bee Gees, Brian Wilson, Carlos Santana, Carole King, Crosby, Stills & Nash, David Foster, Dolly Parton, the Jacksons, John Fogerty, Kris Krstofferson, Mann & Weil, Merle Haggard, Nile Rodgers, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks, Sting and Willie Nelson.
The songwriters and publishers of BMI will also be recognized throughout the evening with the unveiling of the 50 most-performed pop songs in the United States from BMI’s repertoire of more than 18.7 million musical works.
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BMI is celebrating over 80 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses. Broadcast Music Inc.® (BMI®) is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music. To learn more about BMI please visit their site.
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