The Paley Center for Media celebrated music on television in Beverly Hills at The Paley Honors: A Gala Tribute to Music on Television event. Many of the biggest names in the music and television came out to honor icons who have created some of the groundbreaking musical moments and performances throughout the history of television.
The Paley Center also created the Music Collection within the Paley Archive, the nation’s largest publicly accessible archive of television and radio programming.
The night’s participants included: Derek Hough, Adam Lambert, Nigel Lythgoe, Billy Porter, Mj Rodriguez, Gene Simmons, Michelle Williams, and Deborah Joy Winans.
The event also paid tribute to the television work of music legends Sir Ringo Starr with an introduction by Sheila E., and Michael Jackson, whose tribute was led by Motown’s founder Berry Gordy.
TVMusic Network was on hand to talk to the attendees including Tina Lifford who stars in the OWN Network drama “Queen Sugar.”
Check out the interview with Lifford below and check back for more interviews.
