SHORT TAKES : Diamond to Get Award of Merit
Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond will be honored during the American Music Awards presentations this month with a special Award of Merit for his contributions to music.
Stevie Wonder, the 1982 Award of Merit winner, will present the trophy to Diamond during the ABC-TV awards show Jan. 22 from the Shrine Auditorium. Past recipients include Bing Crosby, Irving Berlin and Elvis Presley.
“Beginning in the 1960s, he has written, recorded and performed his very special songs about love, loneliness, good times and patriotic feelings about America,” reads the inscription on the trophy.
“Because his music has delighted our ears and his words have touched our hearts, and because his consummate showmanship has made him one of the greatest concert attractions in the world today,” it continues.
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