Library honors Billy Joel with US pop music prize

By Washington Examiner
Published July 22, 2014 10:24am ET
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress is honoring Billy Joel with its Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Librarian James Billington said Tuesday that the singer-songwriter whose hits include “Piano Man” and “Uptown Girl” will receive the prize in Washington in November.

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