ABOUT THE AWARD
PAST RECIPIENTS
2009 Tom Jones
2009 Moon River
2009 Jason Mraz
2009 Maxyne Lang
2009 Andy Williams
2008 John Rzeznick
2008 Milt Okun
2008 Paul Anka
2008 Take Me Out to the Ball Game
2008 Anne Murray
2007 Don Kirshner
2007 John Legend
2007 Dolly Parton
2006 Allen Klein
2006 When the Saints Go Marching In
2006 Peter, Paul & Mary
2006 Kris Kristofferson
2006 John Mayer
2005 Bill Medley
2005 You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
2005 Smokey Robinson
2005 Alicia Keys
2005 Les Paul
2005 Henry Juszkiewicz
2005 Beebe Bourne
2004 What the World Needs Now is Love
2004 Neil Sedaka
2004 Rob Thomas
2004 Michael Goldstein
2004 Les Bider
2004 Stevie Wonder
2003 “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”
2003 Martin Bandier
2003 Clive Davis
2003 Patti LaBelle
2003 Nicholas Firth
2003 Jimmy Webb
2002 Carole King
2002 “You’re A Grand Old Flag”
2002 Garth Brooks
2002 Stevie Wonder
2002 Edward P. Murphy
2001 “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”
2001 Iris Cantor
2001 Dionne Warwick
2001 Ralph Peer
2001 Billy Joel
2000 “All Of Me”
2000 Johnny Mathis
2000 Neil Diamond
2000 Julian Aberbach
2000 Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
1999 “Fly Me To The Moon”
1999 Robert Mondavi
1999 Natalie Cole
1999 Kenny Rogers
1999 Bill Lowery
1999 Stephen Sondheim
1998 “The Christmas Song”
1998 David Checketts
1998 Diana Ross
1998 Berry Gordy
1998 Irwin Z. Robinson
1998 Paul Simon
1997 Thomas A. Dorsey
1997 “How High The Moon”
1997 Dr. Samuel LeFrak
1997 Vic Damone
1997 Gene Goodman
1996 Oscar Brand
1996 Anna Sosenko
1996 Sumner Redstone
1996 Gloria Estefan
1996 Frankie Laine
1996 Freddy Bienstock
1996 Hal David
1996 Burt Bacharach
1995 “As Time Goes By”
1995 Michael Bolton
1995 Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
1995 Al Gallico
1995 Cy Coleman
1994 Philip Dusenberry