Salute to Songwriter to Honor Jerome Kern

Composer Jerome Kern will be the posthumous recipient of the first “American Legend Award” at the fourth annual Singers’ Salute to the Songwriter on Tuesday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Other honors will go to songwriters Johnny Mandel, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and Mitchell Parish.

Carol Burnett, Bob Hope, Linda Ronstadt, Dinah Shore and Suzanne Somers will perform at the concert, which benefits the Betty Clooney Foundation for Persons With Brain Injuries and the Betty Clooney Center in Long Beach.

The foundation was established by singer Rosemary Clooney and her family in memory of her sister, Betty, who died of brain injury 11 years ago. Rosemary will emcee the event and her brother Nick Clooney, a former Los Angeles newscaster, will serve as the host.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m.