Johnny Mercer Award

Few are the songwriters to whom the overused term "legendary" applies. One of these, assuredly, is Irving Caesar. For a good part of his almost 99 years, Caesar has been writing great lyrics for many of America's most enduring popular songs. And his list of collaborators represents a generous helping…

Abe Olman Publisher Award

Buddy Morris, born Edwin H. Morris in Pittsburgh in 1906, began his music publishing career in the far-away haunts of Hollywood, when, at age 21, he was assigned the task of forming a music publishing division of Warner Bros.Pictures. On behalf of Warner Bros., he acquired a series of individual…

Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award

Lena Home has packed one enormous amount of living, entertaining and making people happy into her first 76 years. If her youthful and vibrant demeanor says anything at all, she has many more career highlights yet to come. Bom in Brooklyn in 1917, Home made her show business debut at…

Patron of the Arts Award

Philip (Phil) Dusenberry, a veteran of more than 30 years in the creative end of the advertising business, is the Chairman and CEO of BBDO New York, the headquarters office of BBDO - which was recently honored as "Agency of the Year" for 1993 by Advertising Age and Adweek magazine,…