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Oct 04, 2004 Van Morrison and Acker Bilk View Photo

Oct 04, 2004 Legendary songwriter/artist Van Morrison, who received the evening's top honor as the BMI ICON, chats with BMI songwriter Acker Bilk, who received a standing ovation for his timeless composition 'Stranger on the Shore,' which was honored with a 4 Million Performance Award. View Photo

Oct 04, 2004 Van Morrisson named BMI ICON View Photo

Oct 04, 2004 PRS Chief Executive John Hutchinson took the stage at the awards ceremony to present a special tribute to BMI President Emeritus Frances Preston, saluting her 18 years as BMI President and CEO and 'one of the most important defenders of copyright in our industry today.' Preston stepped down as President last month and will now focus on representing BMI in… View Photo

Oct 04, 2004 Top BMI film composer David Arnold collects his Crystal for scoring the film 2 Fast 2 Furious. With him are BMI's Phil Graham and Del Bryant. View Photo

Aug 27, 2004 2004 BMI Urban Icon Al Green View Photo

Aug 26, 2004 Pictured at the 2004 BMI Urban Awards are BMI's Del Bryant and Frances Preston, Producer of the Year R. Kelly, BMI ICON honoree Al Green and BMI's Catherine Brewton View Photo

Aug 26, 2004 Universal Music Publishing's David Renzer, who accepted the Urban Publisher of Year Crystal, Mrs. West (Kanya's mom), classic soul artist Betty Wright, BMI Urban Award winners Anthony Hamilton and Kanya West, and rapper MC Hammer View Photo

Aug 26, 2004 BMI Urban Producer of the Year R. Kelly, who also wrote Song of the Year, "Ignition," performs at the 2004 BMI Urban Awards View Photo

Aug 26, 2004 R. Kelly performs at the 2004 BMI Urban Awards View Photo