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Barack Obama to Give Award to Stevie Wonder

1:05 a.m. · February 25, 2009 · by Alexandria Symonds

President Obama calls Stevie Wonder "a guy I loved" in the '70s, when Wonder was in his prime and Obama was just starting to get into music. And he still loves Wonder now: according to People, Obama will present him with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Among the attendees at the ceremony will be Tony Bennett, Martina McBride, India.Arie, and Paul Simon, who won the award in 2007. Oh, and Will.I.Am, who somehow always annoyingly gets invited to these things. [People, Library of Congress]