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This song is featured on Hidden Beach Recordings’ release “Change Is Now: Renewing America’s Promise”

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Watch this recap of Stevie Wonder on Ellen promoting “Change Is Now: Renewing America’s Promise”

in case you missed it.

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Stevie Wonder’s FIRST White House performance airs tonight on PBS!
Check your local listings and TELL YOURS FRIENDS!

http://www.pbs.org/inperformanceatthewhitehouse/

Celebrating a Beloved American Musician
Airs Thursday, February 26 at 8 p.m.

An evening of celebration with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House in honor of musician Stevie Wonder’s receipt of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song takes place February 25, 2009. The concert will include performances by Wonder with a cavalcade of popular musicians, performing a selection of Wonder’s hit songs. The sixty-minute program airs Thursday, February 26, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide. (check local listings)

In Performance at the White House

“In Performance at the White House” began with an East Room recital by the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz in 1978, and since then has embraced virtually every genre of American music: pop, country, gospel, jazz and the blues among them. The series was created to showcase the rich fabric of American culture in the setting of the nation’s most famous home. Past programs have showcased such talent as the United States Marine Band, singer Natalie Cole, the best of Broadway musicals and the Dance Theatre of Harlem. “Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize” will be the first “In Performance at the White House” program during President Barack Obama’s Administration.

The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is named in honor of the legendary George and Ira Gershwin. This award recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world’s culture. The prize is given annually to a composer or performer whose lifetime contributions exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins. The first Gershwin Prize was awarded to Paul Simon in May 2007.

“In Performance at the White House – Celebrating the Music of Stevie Wonder: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize” is a production of WETA Washington, D.C., Mark Krantz Productions and CoMedia, Inc. The “In Performance at the White House” series was created by WETA Washington, D.C. Executive producers and creators of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song are Bob Kaminsky, Peter Kaminsky, Mark Krantz and Cappy McGarr. Producer Stevie Wonder. Producer Rickey Minor. WETA executive producers are Dalton Delan and David S. Thompson. Major funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS and public television viewers. Additional funding is provided by Mr. and Mrs. William N. Cafritz, The Annenberg Foundation, Pepsi, ASCAP and EMI. Air travel is generously provided by American Airlines.

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Stevie Wonder PBS STATIONS TO BROADCAST STEVIE WONDER IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE

Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize will showcase an evening of celebration with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House in honor of musician Stevie Wonder’s receipt of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The sixty-minute program, to be taped by WETA Washington, DC, airs Thursday, February 26, 2009, at 8pm ET on PBS stations nationwide. (Check local listings.) The concert takes place February 25 and will include performances by Wonder himself and Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Martina McBride, Esperanza Spalding, Will.i.am, and the gospel duo Mary Mary, among others. President Obama will confer the Gershwin Prize upon Wonder during the event.

“WETA is so proud to carry on the vital thirty-year tradition of the In Performance at the White House series,” said Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President and CEO of WETA. “These remarkable occasions have given each administration the ability to demonstrate its support of the arts and to share the experience with a wide public television audience. It is a delight to continue this series with the Obama Administration as we present the very best of the American performing arts.”

“In its 40th anniversary year, PBS is continuing its tradition of celebrating the performing arts and making them accessible to all Americans. Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House promises to be a very special evening, and we are proud to invite our viewers a take a front row seat, right next to the First Family,” said Paula A. Kerger, President and CEO of PBS.

Wonder gained prominence in the early 1960s as a musical prodigy, and his dance hits and love songs have segued over the years into thoughtful commentaries on the joy and injustice in our world. Born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950, Wonder became blind shortly after birth. He learned to play the harmonica, piano and drums by age 9 and by age 12 he had received a recording contract from Motown Records. His numerous hits include “Fingertips,” “For Once in My Life,” “My Cherie Amour,” “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours,” “If You Really Love Me” and “You are the Sunshine of My Life.”

Over the years Wonder has delivered 32 No. 1 R&B and Pop singles, 49 Top 40 R&B and Pop singles, and garnered 25 Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He collected an Academy Award for the 1984 hit “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from the film The Woman in Red. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock’n'Roll Hall of Fame. In 1999, Wonder became the youngest honoree of the Kennedy Center Honors. He was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 2002, and in 2004 he won the Johnny Mercer Award in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding creative work. In 2005, the Library of Congress added Wonder’s 1976 double album Songs in the Key of Life to the National Recording Registry, which recognizes recordings that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.”

In Performance at the White House, produced by WETA since 1978, began with an East Room recital by the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz in 1978, and since then has embraced virtually every genre of American music: pop, country, gospel, jazz and the blues among them. The series was created to showcase the rich fabric of American culture in the setting of the nation’s most famous home. Past programs have showcased such talent as the United States Marine Band, singer Natalie Cole, the best of Broadway musicals and the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize will be the first In Performance at the White House program during President Barack Obama’s Administration.

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is named in honor of the legendary George and Ira Gershwin. This award recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world’s culture. The prize is given annually to a composer or performer whose lifetime contributions exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins. The first Gershwin Prize was awarded to Paul Simon in May 2007.

“Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize is a production of WETA Washington, DC, the Library of Congress, Mark Krantz Productions and CoMedia. The In Performance at the White House series was created by WETA Washington, DC. Executive producers and creators of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song are Robert Kaminsky, Peter Kaminsky, Mark Krantz and Cappy McGarr. WETA executive producers are Dalton Delan and David S. Thompson. Major funding is provided by the Annenberg Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS and public television viewers.

WETA Washington, DC, is the third-largest producing station for public television. WETA’s other productions and co-productions include The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal, The Kennedy Center Presents, and documentaries by filmmaker Ken Burns, including The War and coming this fall, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Sharon Percy Rockefeller is president and CEO. More information on WETA and its programs and services is available at WETA.

In The News — Links to Online Articles
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http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/02/stevie-wonder-to-receive-second.html

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This song is featured on Hidden Beach’s release, Change Is Now: Renewing America’s Promise

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Stevie Wonder is performing a medley of his classics as well as his new single “All About The Love Again” taken from Hidden Beach’s “Change Is Now: Renewing America’s Promise” Inauguration CD/DVD project. Please check your local listings.

To see the trailer from Ellen’s show today:

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12.12.08 Hear Al B. Sure! and the Academy & multiple Grammy award winning, International, Living Legend; the Philanthropic Gentle Giant, Def Jam Recording artist: Lionel Richie exchange @ Hot 92.3′s Slot Music Studio in Los Angeles.

Representing Tuskegee, Alabama where he was born & raised, Lionel continues to lead the way by example and set the trends as it relates to “Staying Power” and Swagger, Re-Inventing one’s “Star” and gaining notoriety with new audiences and generation during every stop of his planet hop. The entire building was on fire knowing that Lionel was coming through to hang @ Hot 92.3′s Old School & R&B station holding down L.A. for the duration.

“Richie’s participation on the Hidden Beach Recordings “Yes We Can” eclectic tribute to Barack Obama CD was the Right BIG Move for the initiative” says HB’s GM Bruce Walker. How can you lose with the creme-dela-creme of hand picked, genius artists in their own right?” The massive impact was apparent during the standing room only Hot 92.3′s private and intimate meet & greet for the execs @ CC and surrounding fans & friends…Lionel expressed a sincere “Thank you X’s 10 for the hospitality during my visit to Hot 92.3 & many blessings to the entire Clear Channel Radio family for the warm reception; Happy Holidays to you all.” Lionel says feel free to visit his Official Lionel Richie web site anytime www.lionelrichie.com to see and hear the latest and the greatest in L.R.’s world. Also, Lionel’s highly anticipated new album “Just Go” will be available February 17, 2009 but in the meanwhile, he has a holiday goodie for you! The NEW single “Good Morning,” available on iTunes now! You can also stuff your stocking with the “Yes We Can” CD feat: Lionel, Stevie, Kanye, Adam Levine, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, John Mayer, Hidden beach’s 1st lady Jill Scott, Jackson Brown, Ozomatli and more. Tell a friend all about it and find out more at.. www.HiddenBeach.com. Enjoy the CD and let them know you heard it on L.A.’s official Old Scool and R&B station, Hot 92.3′s “Celebrity Check IN” with Al B Sure! Good Fortune to all & to all a good night!

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Hidden Beach’s new album for the Presidential Inaugural Committee titled “Change Is Now: Renewing America’s Promise” is starting to receive press coverage including a front page mention on USA Today’s Life Section today.

Pick up a copy at your local newsstands to read all about it. You can also click the image to read the article.

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The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has joined forces with Hidden Beach Recordings to release CHANGE IS NOW: RENEWING AMERICA’S PROMISE—the exclusive official presidential inauguration collection commemorative CD-DVD set. The official inauguration collection celebrates Senator Barack Obama’s historic election by including eight of his landmark campaign speeches together for the first time ever on one DVD and an impressive CD with inspired music from America’s top recording artists….Read More

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