Neil Young & Jermaine Dupri Will Receive Top Honors On May 16th At The ASCAP Pop Music Awards

LOS ANGELES (ASCAP) - Neil Young will be receiving top honors at the Pop Music Awards gala in May. Young will be presented with the ASCAP Founders Award, which is one of the most distinguished honors that the Society bestows, paying tribute to pioneering songwriters who have made exceptional contributions to music.
Neil Young joins this select group of songwriters and composers which includes Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Elvis Costello, Quincy Jones, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Smokey Robinson, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Tom Waits, and Stevie Wonder, to name a few.

In receiving the ASCAP Golden Note Award, a prestigious honor that the Society bestows on its members, Jermaine Dupri joins a select group of songwriters and composers that includes such diverse songwriters as Jay-Z, Garth Brooks, Sean "P.Diddy" Combs, José Feliciano, Alan Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Elton John, Tom Petty and Andre Previn.

Attending this evening is Neil Young, Jermaine Dupri as well as Usher, Dashboard Confessional, Clay Aiken, Indigo Girls, Lucinda Williams, Twista, Big Boi of Outkast, Graham Edwards, Scott Storch, Ahmet Ertegun, Mo Ostin, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, J-Kwon, Rick Nowels, Sean Paul, Remy-Ma, John Shanks, Ashford & Simpson, and more.

WHAT: The 22nd Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards
WHEN: Monday, May 16, 2005, Buffet 6 PM
WHERE: The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California