Tony Bennett Receives Pop Music Prize

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tony Bennett has been honored with this year’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
The Library of Congress announced Tuesday that the 90-year-old Bennett is the recipient of the lifetime achievement award. The prize was created by Congress to honor singers and songwriters who entertain, inform and inspire.
Singer Tony Bennett (credit: ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)
Bennett has been a fixture on the pop charts for seven decades, spanning from his singles for Columbia Re