Fact #29736
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President Barack Obama presents the Library of Congress' 2012 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to songwriting partnership of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, at The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Michael Feinstein perform Bacharach-David songs in tribute to the partnership, the event will be broadcast as the PBS tv show In Performance At The White House. Bacharach is in attendance, but David, recovering from a recent stroke, is unable to be present.