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The Kennedy Center Honors started in 1977, after that year's 10th-anniversary White House reception and Kennedy Center program for the American Film Institute (AFI). Roger L. Stevens, the founding chairman of the Kennedy Center, asked George Stevens Jr. (no relation), the founding director of the AFI, to hold an event for the center.
Ross and Kravitz performed at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Led Zeppelin, covering their 1969 song "Whole Lotta Love". Ross played on The Black Crowes 2001 album, Lions on the track "Greasy Grass River", as well as on the band's former guitarist Marc Ford's first solo album, It's About Time in 2003. Personal life
December 2nd, in front of a crowded room of admirers and the President of the United States, funny-man David Letterman, the rock band Led Zeppelin, including John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert ...
On 2 December 2012, Fontayne played lead electric guitar for Ann and Nancy Wilson's version of "Stairway to Heaven" with Jason Bonham taking his father's position on drums honoring the remaining members of Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony. Personal life. Fontayne was married to actress Mackenzie Phillips from 1986 to 2000.
Washington delivered a bipartisan salute to the stars — and welcomed back Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband following a brutal attack — as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle feted this year ...
The 46th Kennedy Center Honors celebrated some of the legendary performers of our time in a prerecorded special that aired on Wednesday. Singer and actress Gloria Estefan hosted the event, which ...
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is an American award presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. annually since 1998, except for the years 2020 and 2021. Named after the 19th-century humorist Mark Twain, it is presented to individuals who have "had an impact on American society in ways similar to ...
Kennedy Center honors Led Zeppelin were honoured by US President Barack Obama at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. In December 2012, US President Barack Obama honored Led Zeppelin by awarding the band with the US's highest cultural award, the Kennedy Center Honors. Melody Maker Awards