Elton John and Corinne Bailey Rae have been honoured at the Mojo Awards. Elton John, as previously reported, was set to be inducted into the Mojo Hall of Fame whilst Bailey Rae was named Best New Act.
Bailey Rae has, of course, had a very swift rise to fame following the success of her eponymous debut and hit single 'Put Your Records On' - she was, after all, only recently still working as a cloakroom girl in a jazz club.
Accepting the award, she said: "I didn't expect to win at all, so I'm just amazed and really privileged to be accepting this award. I would like to say thank you to everyone who has helped me on my way so far. It's a great award because it's just the start and I feel like it's been really good in the last few months just to write music and to have it out there and to have people listen to it."
The singer then presented Elton John with his Hall Of Fame Award, saying: "I was born in 1979 and the first musician I ever saw on TV was Elton John. I loved him partly for his music, and partly for his flamboyant costumes which I drew over and over again in my scrapbook. He's been around for my whole life and he has influenced the music I write."