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All the Groups That Have Received Kennedy Center Honors: The Who, Led Zeppelin, U2 and More

Here’s a complete list of the groups that have been received Kennedy Center Honors, including The Who, Led Zeppelin and Grateful Dead.

Before that, they had singled out the most famous member of a group or duo for honors – Paul Simon (2002), Tina Turner (2005), Smokey Robinson (2006), Diana Ross (2007) and Brian Wilson (2007). Likewise, to honor Grateful Dead without recognizing its principal songwriter and lead guitarist Jerry Garcia just seems off. This year’s other honorees are Bonnie Raitt; jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval; filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; and the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, which is the first venue to be honored.

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