[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1694]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE GRAMMY AWARDS

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, last night in Los Angeles, California, the 
Grammy Awards took place, and I am proud that one of my Memphis 
constituents, Kirk Whalum, received a Grammy. I am also proud that a 
special award was given to Al Bell who had been the head of Stax 
Records.
  But even further, there was a tribute to Solomon Burke, one of the 
great singers of all time. The tribute was done by Mick Jagger. Nobody 
can quite do anything like Mick Jagger. But it was fitting that Mick 
Jagger did Solomon Burke, because Solomon Burke in the 1960s was one of 
the first African Americans to do Bob Dylan, and Bob Dylan was there, 
too. And then Eminem got the best rap song.
  So it was a good, spirited night at the Grammys of biracial, cultural 
cooperation and understanding and love.

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