The President hails Paul McCartney's contribution to popular music and song during a ceremony to present the singer with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize. Paul McCartney sings Beatles song 'Michelle' to Mrs. Obama at White House Gershwin Prize concert Paul McCartney celebrated winning the Gershwin Prize Wednesday night by serenading the First Lady with "Michelle," complete with French lyrics. "I love you, I love you, I love you," he sang to Michelle Obama during the 90-minute White House concert. He later quipped that he might be the "first guy ever to be punched out by a president." But Obama appeared to be feeling the music as much as anyone, swaying along to the '60s Beatles hit while his wife mouthed the words. The love ballad first appeared on the Fab Four's Rubber Soul album in 1965 and later won a Grammy for Song of the Year. Wednesday night McCartney became the third and only non-American to win the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Previous recipients include Paul Simon (2007) and Wonder (2009). "After the last eight years, it's great to have a president who knows what a library is," McCartney joked. According to Obama, the 67-year-old Beatles alum "helped to lay the soundtrack for an entire generation." McCartney said he couldn't think of a more "special" concert than playing at the White House and offered to make it a regular gig. "Lunchtimes, we could come around," he told the president. "We're cheap." Performing McCartney's greatest ...
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