Billy Joel
Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Billy Joel
Lavonte David Buccaneers Jersey , who penned hit tunes such as Piano Man and New York State of Mind, will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the US national library said on Tuesday.
Joel, 65, is the sixth recipient of the prize that honors individuals for lifetime achievement in popular music. It is named after songwriting brothers George and Ira Gershwin.
"Billy Joel is a storyteller of the highest order," Librarian of Congress James H. Billlington said in a statement.
"There is an intimacy to his song writing that bridges the gap between the listener and the worlds he shares through music."
Joel, whose career has spanned 50 years, is one of the most popular recording artists and has had 33 top-40 hits. His multiple Grammy wins include song and album of the year in 1978 for "Just the Way You Are."
He was also presented with a Grammy Legend Award in 1990 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
"The great composer, George Gershwin, has been a personal inspiration to me throughout my career. And the Library's decision to include me among those songwriters who have been past recipients is a milestone for me," Joel said.
The New York-born singer will receive the prize in Washington, D.C. in November and will be honored at a series of events. Carole King, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney and the songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and the late Hal David are previous recipients of the award.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- One student was killed and four others were injured on Wednesday in a shooting at a high school near Spokane in the western U.S. State of Washington.
The shooting happened Wednesday morning at Freeman High School south of Spokane, and the sole suspect was detained, Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich was quoted as saying by the Spokesman-Review, a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Spokane county.
"The shooter is in the back seat of a patrol car right now," Knezovich said at the scene, where students, parents and teachers had been corralled into school buildings after the shots rang out shortly after 10 a.m. local time, according to the Spokesman-Review.
Governor of Washington State Jay Inslee expressed his condolences via social media.
"This morning's shooting at Freeman High School is heartbreaking. All Washingtonians are thinking of the victims and their families," he wrote on Twitter.
"We're grateful for the service of school staff and first responders working to keep our students safe," he added.
The identity and motive of the suspect were still not clear.
Freeman High School is located in a rural community of Rockford in Spokane County. It has more than 20 staff and 300 students.
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