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Sam Moore to be Honoured With Lifetime Achievement Award in Sound Recordings By AFTRA Foundation

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Juanes to Receive 2010 AMEE Award in Sound Recordings

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 13, 2009) The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) a national union of more than 70,000 professional performers, recording artists and broadcast journalists working in the entertainment and news media is pleased to announce the AFTRA Foundation will honor music legend Sam Moore with the 2010 AFTRA Media and Entertainment Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of value to the field of sound recordings.

Global Latino recording artist Juanes will also be honored with an AFTRA Media and Entertainment Excellence Award in Sound Recordings at a dinner gala on Feb. 22 at New York’s Plaza Hotel.

Created in 2003, the AMEE Awards honor AFTRA members for excellence in their craft and their contributions to the fields of media and entertainment. Proceeds from the 2010 AMEE Awards go to benefit the AFTRA Foundation, an independent non-profit organization separate from AFTRA that provides support to charitable and educational endeavors critical to AFTRA members, including the George Heller Memorial Scholarship which provides scholarships to AFTRA members and their dependents for academic study and the International News Safety Institute, the only global organization solely dedicated to the safety of journalists and other news professionals.

Sam Moore and Juanes are recording industry superstars one at his shining zenith, the other ascending with lightning speed, said AFTRA Foundation President Shelby Scott. Each in his own, unique way defines the very standard of excellence for which the AFTRA Foundation is proud to honor them. Through their remarkable performances on stage, in the studio, online and over the airwaves, Sam and Juanes excel at their craft and enrich our culture as they entertain millions of listeners around the world.

For decades, Sam Moore is best known for his work with the historic soul duo Sam & Dave. The rapid-fire style, built on the call and response of gospel, was fashioned and pioneered by Moore and became the trademark of the duo. Songs like Hold On, I’m Coming, I Thank You, When Something is Wrong with My Baby and the monster hit Soul Man catapulted Sam & Dave up both the Pop and R&B charts, selling more than 10 million records worldwide in the process.

Moore has maintained through the years a successful solo career, touring and scoring critical acclaim for his work, including his duet with the late Conway Twitty, Rainy Night in Georgia, which earned them a platinum record as well as two Country Music Association Award nominations. The duet was just one of the many collaborations he made with many top artists including Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Sting, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Billy Joel, Annie Lennox and many other greats. His most recent critically acclaimed album, Overnight Sensational, released in summer 2006 with the late Billy Preston along with Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph and Italian rocker Zucchero, garnered a Grammy Nomination in the best R & B duo or group category.

Moore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, the Grammy Song Hall of Fame for Soul Man and has also been honored with the NARAS Heroes Award and the first ever British MOBOS Lifetime Achievement Award, among many honors.

Moore has been and remains a champion and an AFTRA partner in the passage of the Performance Rights Act, currently going through the legislative process. The bill seeks to correct the fact that the U.S. is the only developed country on the planet that does not recognize the right of performers to be compensated when their music is played on broadcast radio. Moore has testified before the House Judiciary Committee and walked the halls of Congress to personally lobby for this right.

Hailed by Billboard magazine in December 2009 as the Star of the Decade Colombian international superstar Juanes is the top-selling Latin rock artist in the world and the genre’s leading social activist. Juanes multi-platinum breakthrough album, n Día Normal, set the record for the longest Top 10 chart run in Latin music history at the time of its release and its follow-up, Mi Sangre, likewise notched an astounding two-year chart run, while bringing Juanes to No. 1 throughout Latin America, the U.S. and across Europe. His last album, La Vida …Es un Ratico reportedly sold out within the first day of its release in 2007.

Named One of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine and hailed as Colombia’s greatest ambassador by his country’s president, Juanes is committed to the possibility of social change through music. As founder of the Mi Sangre (My Blood) Foundation, Juanes is a leading voice in the fight to eradicate landmines from Colombia and around the world, while also providing aid to innocent victims whose lives are shattered by the deadly devices. Juanes is also a co-founder of Paz Sin Fronteras (Peace without Borders), which seeks to unite common citizens across borders and advocate for the continued use of non-violent conflict resolution. He was awarded in November Colombia’s National Peace Prize for his work.

Also receiving honors will be broadcast journalist Robin Roberts with the AMEE Award in Broadcasting and the past and present cast members of Sesame Street with the AMEE Award in Entertainment.

Veteran CBS broadcaster Charles Osgood will receive the AMEE Lifetime Achievement Award in Broadcasting.

AFTRA National First Vice President and award-winning broadcast journalist, Bob Edwards, will serve as Master of Ceremonies at the 2010 AMEES. Edwards is the host of The Bob Edwards Show on XM Satellite Radio. Before joining XM in 2004, he hosted National Public Radio’s (NPR) Morning Edition for more than 24 years. Edwards was inducted in the national Radio Hall of Fame in 2004 and is a past AMEE Award recipient.

The AMEES were created in 2003 to honor AFTRA members for excellence in their craft and their contributions to the fields of media and entertainment. Proceeds from the 2009 AMEE Awards go to benefit the AFTRA Foundation, an independent non-profit organization separate from AFTRA that provides support to charitable and educational endeavors critical to AFTRA members, including the George Heller Memorial Scholarship which provides scholarships to AFTRA members and their dependents for academic study and the International News Safety Institute, the only global organization solely dedicated to the safety of journalists and other news professionals.

Past AMEE recipients include the late 60 Minutes producer Don Hewitt and his team of CBS on-air journalists including the late Ed Bradley, Steve Kroft, Dan Rather, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Bob Simon, Lesley Stahl and Mike Wallace. Other past honorees include Smokey Robinson, Jeanne Cooper, Vin Scully, Don LaFontaine, Cedric The Entertainer, Willard Scott, Roberta Flack, Bob Edwards, Don Hastings, Susan Flannery, Amber Tamblyn, Patti Austin, Robert Hager, Sam Donaldson, Susan Lucci and vocalist Maureen McGovern.

For more information about the 2010 AMEE Awards, visit http://www.aftra.com/amees2010.html.

About the AFTRA Foundation Founded by the AFTRA National Board of Directors in 1997 as a separate legal entity from the union, the AFTRA Foundation is a charitable and educational organization funded through tax-deductible voluntary contributions, grants and bequests not AFTRA member dues to support projects outside the scope of normal activities at AFTRA, including charitable endeavors, special conferences, studies, seminars and other events. For more information, visit http://www.aftra.com/foundation.htm.

About AFTRA The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO, are the people who entertain and inform America. In 32 Locals across the country, AFTRA members work as actors, journalists, dancers, singers, announcers, hosts, comedians, disc jockeys, and other performers across the media industries including television, radio, cable, sound recordings, music videos, commercials, audiobooks, non-broadcast industrials, interactive games, the Internet, and other digital media. The 70,000 professional performers, broadcasters, and recording artists of AFTRA are working together to protect and improve their jobs, lives, and communities in the 21st century. From new art forms to new technology, AFTRA members embrace change in their work and craft to enhance American culture and society. Visit AFTRA online at http://www.aftra.com.

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