AARP Life@50+ Entertainers

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Thursday Night
Concert

Featured performer

Lionel Richie

Singer-songwriter, producer, humanitarian
5-time Grammy Award Winner
Winner of 11 American Music Awards

Patti Austin

Acclaimed performer with 17 solo albums
Grammy: Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Ramsey Lewis

3-time Grammy winner with 7 gold records
Advocate for youth involvement in music

Friday Night
The World's Greatest Ice Cream Social Performers

Jon Secada

Two-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American singer, songwriter and performer
Has sold 20 million albums since his debut album was released in 1992

The Poncho Sanchez

Latin Jazz Band

Influenced by conga master Mongo Santamaria and jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader
25-year musical partnership with Concord yielding two dozen recordings

Eddie Floyd

R&B singer/songwriter inspiration for the Temptations and the Four Tops
Co-wrote and sang the 1966 R&B chart-topper, “Knock on Wood”

AARP Foundation Presents
Tony Bennett Live in Concert

When: Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles

Life@50+ attendees had the opportunity to watch Tony perform his greatest hits with some of today's biggest stars in celebration of his 85th birthday. Appearing with Tony were:

Carrie Underwood
Stevie Wonder

This concert benefited Drive to End Hunger, supporting the hunger solutions of AARP Foundation. Learn more about Tony and his album, Duets II, on his website.