Singer Bryan Ferry is to be named an icon by Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) at an awards ceremony in London, it has been announced.
BMI said the icon condition is tending to songwriters who have got bestowed "a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers".
The old Roxy Music star joins a esteemed list of musicians honoured with the status, including Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, the Bee Gees, Dolly Parton and Paul Simon.
Ferry will be presented the award at London's Dorchester hotel on October seventh during a ceremony that will besides see the Robert S. Musel Award to the writer and publisher of the most performed vocal of the year.
BMI will also give 'Million-Air' certificates to writers and publishers whose songs have achieved over deuce-ace million US radio and television performances - the equivalent of more than 17 age of continuous airplay.
Ferry began his career in the early seventies with Roxy Music ahead moving on to solo work.
As a songwriter, his work includes Roxy Music's international strike Love is the Drug, Slave to Love, Kiss & Tell, Angel Eyes, More Than This, This Is Tomorrow and Don't Stop the Dance.
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