MOJO magazine yesterday announced the artists to be honoured in its first ever MOJO Honours List, a new annual awards programme celebrating those artists who have made a long and consistent contribution to the music world.
And the winners are:
Inspiration Award: The Clash
Songwriter Award: Ray Davies
Catalogue Release of the Year: Muzik City - The Trojan Records Story
Vision Award: Led Zeppelin
Mojo Medal: Geoff Travis of Rough Trade
Hall of Fame: Arthur Lee
Hero Award: Roger McGuinn
Classic Image Award: Bob Gruen
Special Award: The Shadows
Classic Album Award: Television - Marquee Moon
Mojo Mondial: Sting
Maverick Award: The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Icon Award: Morrissey
Maestro Award: Jimmy Page
Lifetime Achievement Award: James Brown
Commenting on the debut awards MOJO Editor in Chief Phil Alexander told CMU: "While other awards celebrate the biggest names and the best releases of the preceding year, we believe there's long been a need to properly honour the extraordinary talents of the artists, bands and songwriters whose careers have been responsible for enhancing our rich musical culture. This is about music that's built to last and that has provided us with the soundtrack to our lives. It's absolutely appropriate, therefore, that the inaugural Mojo Honours List comes on the 50th anniversary of the birth of rock 'n' roll - it was in the summer of 1954 that Elvis Presley started it all with his first single, That's All Right (Mama)."