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Graham Lyle, Co-Writer of ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ to Be Honored at 2024 BMI London Awards
Graham Lyle, best-known for co-writing Tina Turner's “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” will receive the BMI Icon Award at the 2024 BMI London Awards.
“We’re very honoured to salute the incomparable songwriter Graham Lyle with the BMI Icon Award in celebration of a lifetime of timeless hit songs that deeply resonate with global audiences,” O’Neill said in a statement. Together, the duo became founding members of the British rock band McGuinness Flint, and later joined forces to form Gallagher and Lyle, where they released eight albums and landed two Hot 100 hits in 1976, while signed to A&M Records – “I Wanna Stay with You” and “Heart on My Sleeve.” Previous BMI Icons include Sting, Gary Kemp, Graham Gouldman, Sir Tim Rice, The Bee Gees, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Ray Davies, John Fogerty, David Foster, Peter Gabriel, the Jacksons, Carole King, Kris Kristofferson, Barry Manilow, Willie Nelson, Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton, Queen, Nile Rodgers, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Van Morrison and Brian Wilson.
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