Van receives Johnny Mercer Award

Van has attended the Songwriters Hall of Fame event in New York to recieve the Johnny Mercer Award, the highest honor bestowed by the organisation.

Speaking at the event, Van said, “I don’t have a long-winded speech. I usually let the songs speak for themselves. The hits come and go. The performance money hopefully goes on and helps you through the mean and lean streaks. But you still have to keep at it. Thanks to Michael for coming all the way from Vancouver for this. He told me he would do anything for me. So I said “will you put two of my songs, my new ones, on your next recording. He said yes! So, the name of the game is… hustle!”

Van had previously been inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003.

You can now view images from the event in the gallery section of the website.