US President Barack Obama to host tribute to Motown legend Stevie Wonder
From correspondents in Washington. Agence France-Presse. February 14, 2009.
US President Barack Obama will honour Motown legend and high profile supporter Stevie Wonder later this month, in what will likely be the first major cultural event since he moved into the White House.
President Obama and wife Michelle will hold a concert in the ornate East Room of the presidential mansion in honour of singer-songwriter, who is being awarded the second annual Gershwin Award for Lifetime Achievement by the US Library of Congress.
The White House said the February 25 event will be recorded for broadcast the next day by US PBS public television as part of celebrations for African American History month.
Multi Grammy-award winning Wonder was a frequent presence at President Obama's campaign rallies in the 2008 election campaign, and performed at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and inaugural festivities in Washington.
Obama often danced along to the Wonder hit Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours after he had wound up his campaign speeches.(http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25053434-1702,00.html)
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