LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2010 / FW/ — Taylor Swift might only be just 20 years old, but she is already a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. After winning almost all of the major awards early on, the singer / songwriter won the Song of the Year Award for “Love Story.” At 20, Swift is the youngest songwriter ever to win BMI Pop Song of the Year.
Holding its 58th annual Pop Music Awards on Tuesday night, May 18th at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, the BMI celebrated John Fogerty as a BMI Icon while RedOne claimed his first-ever Songwriter of the Year crown. Additionally, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. garnered Publisher of the Year.
Hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and Barbara Cane, BMI Vice President/General Manager, Los Angeles, the ceremony also saluted the writers and publishers of the past year’s 50 most-performed pop songs on U.S. radio and television.
To celebrate, the incomparable Fogerty performed a selection of his most-loved hits: a medley of “Travelin’ Band,” “Centerfield,” “Don’t You Wish It Was True,” “Green River,” “Rambunctious Boy,” and “Up Around the Bend,” followed by a searing version of “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?,” and as the finale, a medley comprising “Bad Moon Rising,” “Fortunate Son” and “Proud Mary.”
During the set, he was accompanied by his ace band and flanked by his two teenage sons, Shane and Tyler Fogerty. Geffen pop recording artist Orianthi kicked off the night’s music with her own version of another Fogerty-penned standard.
