MAYER HAILS SWIFT AS ‘FABULOUS’ SONGWRITER AT HALL OF FAME HONOURS
Rocker JOHN MAYER hailed TAYLOR SWIFT’s lyrical prowess at the Songwriter s Hall of Fame on Thursday (17Jun10) by insisting her huge success is "no accident".
The Grammy-winning country sensation was honoured with the Hal David St raight Award, an accolade given to promising young songwriters, for her w ork on hit tunes like Love Story and You Belong with Me.
And the 20 year old was given the ultimate praise by Mayer as he introd uced Swift to the stage to present her with the award at a celebratory di nner in New York.
He told the crowd,"She’s no accident. You could put her in a time machi ne in any era and she would have a hit record. Don’t confuse everybody lo ving one thing as hype. Sometimes that’s everyone agreeing that it’s fabu lous." The 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees included Jackie DeShannon, David Foster, Al McKay, Earth, Wind & Fire’s Maurice White and Leonard Co hen, who received a standing ovation when he stepped onstage to accept hi s honour following k.d. lang’s rendition of his classic Hallelujah.
Other honorees on the night included Phil Collins, who was handed the p restigious Johnny Mercer Award, while Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Tro ubled Water was given the Towering Song Award.
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