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Jun 21, 2010 Phil Collins (right) and Philip Bailey celebrate Collins’ Johnny Mercer Award with a stunning performance of “Easy Lover.” View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 BMI singer/songwriter k.d. lang delivers a jaw-dropping version of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” during the 41st Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony in New York. View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 Phil Collins receives the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award during the 41st Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony in New York. View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 Paul Simon celebrates his 2010 Towering Song Award, presented to him in honor of his enduring composition Bridge Over Troubled Water during the 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony. View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 Candi Staton and One eskimO celebrate at the “Kandi” #1 party on June 17. Pictured are One eskimO’s Adam Falkner and Pete Rinaldi, Candi Staton, and One eskimO’s Jamie Sefton and Kristian Leontiou. View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 BMI celebrated the legacy of the late Country Music and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Harlan Howard with a #1 party of a different sort. Staged Thursday, June 17 at the organization’s Music Row offices, the event toasted the multi-talented—and multi-cultural—participants in recent AAA chart-topper “Kandi.” UK indie troupe One eskimO sampled the Candi Staton classic “He Called Me Baby,”… View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 Pictured at the “Kandi” #1 party are One eskimO’s Adam Falkner and Kristian Leontiou, Harlan Howard Songs’ Melanie Howard, and One eskimO’s Pete Rinaldi and Jamie Sefton. View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 BMI’s Jody Williams, right, looks on as Candi Staton thanks One eskimO for sampling her song “He Called Me Baby,” written by Harlan Howard. View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 R&B legend Candi Staton mingles with One eskimO at BMI’s “Kandi” #1 party on June 17. View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 Harlan Howard Songs’ Melanie Howard and Candi Staton enjoy the “Kandi” #1 party at BMI on June 17. View Photo