KISS to receive ASCAP Founders Award

 

KISS to receive ASCAP Founders Award

KISS join past Founders Award recipients including Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Smokey Robinson, Carly Simon, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young.

By Reuters

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Published: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 8:43 PM

Last updated: Thu 25 Jun 2015, 10:19 PM

KISS will receive the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Founders Award at the org’s annual Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles on April 29. The invitation-only event will also honour the Doobie Brothers with the Voice of Music Award, and indie darling St. Vincent with the Vanguard Award.

Rock band KISS, formed in the early ‘70s, have sold over 100 million albums with hits like Strutter, Shout It Out Loud, Detroit Rock City, and Beth. Over their 40-year career, the band has released 28 gold albums — the most of any American rock band — and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

KISS join past Founders Award recipients including Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Smokey Robinson, Carly Simon, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young.

The Pop Music Awards will precede the annual ASCAP “I Create Music” expo, a three-day songwriting and composing conference at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.


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