Gershwin Prize

ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME THE CAST OF THE HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL, "ON YOUR FEET."

ANA: OH AY, OH AY.

OH AY, OH OH AH.

VOCALS: OH AY, OH AY.

ANA: COME ON, LET ME HEAR YOU.

VOCALS: OH AY, OH OH AH.

ANA: OH AY, OH OH AH.

AT NIGHT WHEN YOU TURN OFF ALL THE LIGHTS.

THERE'S NO PLACE THAT YOU CAN HIDE, OH NO, THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

VOCALS: THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET'CHA, GET'CHA, GET'CHA.

ANA: NO CLUE, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU.

BUT BEFORE THIS NIGHT IS THROUGH, THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU TONIGHT.

VOCALS: SALSA, MI SALSA CALIENTE.

SALSA Y BAILA MI GENTE.

DOREEN: OYE MI CUERPO PIDE SALSA, Y CON ESTE RITMO, VAMOS A BAILAR.

OYE MI CUERPO PIDE SALSA.

Y CON ESTE RITMO.

NO QUIERO PARAR.

ANA: LET'S GO.

EVERYBODY GATHER 'ROUND NOW, LET YOUR BODY FEEL THE HEAT.

VOCALS: LET YOUR BODY FEEL THE HEAT.

ANA: DON'T YOU WORRY IF YOU CAN'T DANCE, LET THE MUSIC MOVE YOUR FEET.

IT'S THE RHYTHM, THE RHYTHM OF THE ISLAND.

AND LIKE SUGAR CANE SO SWEET.

VOCALS: SO SWEET.

ANA: IF YOU WANT TO DO THE CONGA, YOU'VE GOT TO LISTEN TO THE BEAT.

COME ON.

COME ON, SHAKE YOUR BODY BABY, DO THE CONGA.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF ANY LONGER.

FEEL THE RHYTHM OF THE MUSIC GETTING STRONGER.

DON'T YOU FIGHT IT 'TIL YOU TRIED IT, DO THAT CONGA.

COME ON, SHAKE YOUR BODY BABY, DO THE CONGA.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF.

FEEL THE RHYTHM, FEEL THE RHYTHM.

VOCALS: DO THAT CONGA BEAT.

VOCALS: AHHH.

ANA: TURN THE BEAT AROUND.

LOVE TO HEAR PERCUSSION.

[DRUM SOLO].

TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN.

LOVE TO HEAR IT.

LOVE TO HEAR IT.

LOVE TO HEAR IT.

MAURICIO: CAUSE WHEN THE GUITAR PLAYER STARTS PLAYING WITH THE SYNCOPATED RHYTHM, WITH THE SCRATCH, SCRATCH, SCRATCH.

MAKES ME WANT TO MOVE MY BODY YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AND WHEN THE DRUMMER STARTS BEATING THAT BEAT HE NAILS THAT BEAT WITH THE SYNCOPATED RHYTHM WITH THE RAT, TAT, TAT, TAT, TAT, TAT ON THE DRUMS.

COME ON, HEY.

ANA: GET ON YOUR FEET.

GET UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

EVERYBODY GET ON YOUR FEET, YEA, YEA.

GET UP, STAND UP.

BOTH: GET ON YOUR FEET.

ANA: GET UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

MAURICIO: WASHINGTON!

ANA: OPEN UP EYES, THEN YOU'LL REALIZE, HERE I STAND IN MY.

VOCALS: EVERLASTING LOVE.

MAURICIO: NEED YOU BY MY SIDE, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY BRIDE.

YOU'LL NEVER BE DENIED, EVERLASTING LOVE.

ANA: EVERLASTING LOVE.

GET UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

GET UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

GET ON YOUR FEET.

[APPLAUSE].

WE LOVE YOU.

MAURICIO: LOS A AMBOS.

ANNOUNCER: FROM WASHINGTON D.C., THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, OUR NATION'S OLDEST FEDERAL CULTURAL INSTITUTION, PRESENTS THE 2019 GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG, WITH AN ALL-STAR SALUTE TO THIS YEAR'S HONOREES, GLORIA ESTEFAN AND EMILIO ESTEFAN.

PERFORMANCES BY CYNDI LAUPER, PATTI LABELLE, JOSE FELICIANO, RITA MORENO, FERNANDO VERELA, SARAH CHANG, GIAN MARCO, EMILY ESTEFAN, EMILIO ESTEFAN AND GLORIA ESTEFAN.

WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY THE CAST OF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, "ON YOUR FEET."

PLUS, QUINCY JONES.

AND YOUR HOSTS, RITA MORENO AND ANDY GARCIA.

NOW, PLEASE WELCOME, RITA MORENO AND ANDY GARCIA.

RITA: WAS THAT AN OPENING OR WHAT?

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

HELLO, YOUR HONOR.

OKAY, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING AND OH, GOD, THAT JUST GET ME SO EXCITED.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE 2019 GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG.

TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE A REMARKABLY TALENTED COUPLE, GLORIA AND EMILIO ESTEFAN.

[APPLAUSE].

ANDY: WE ARE SO HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS SPECIAL NIGHT CELEBRATING OUR TWO GOOD FRIENDS, TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEANT SO MUCH, TO SO MANY.

RITA: SO TONIGHT, WE ALSO CELEBRATE THE LIVING CULTURAL LEGACY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AS IT CONTINUES ITS ROLE AS A BEACON OF AMERICAN CULTURAL LIFE, HISTORY AND ART.

ANDY: AND A SPECIAL WELCOME TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES WHO HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING.

ISN'T IT NICE TO PUT PARTISAN DIFFERENCES ASIDE AND LISTEN TO A NIGHT OF GREAT MUSIC?

[APPLAUSE].

RITA: OH YEA ANDY, MAYBE YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.

ANDY: NOT A CHANCE.

RITA: FROM THEIR HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN CUBA, TO THE PINNACLE OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS, GLORIA AND EMILIO ARE THE PERFECT EMBODIMENT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

ANDY: TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE THEIR STELLAR CAREERS, THEIR ENDURING INFLUENCE ON MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, AND THE PROFOUND LOVE THEY'VE SHARED FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

RITA: AND TONIGHT, WE'LL NOT ONLY HEAR THE HITS THAT MADE GLORIA AND EMILIO HOUSE-HOLD NAMES, BUT WE'LL ALSO GET A FIRST LISTEN TO SOME EXCITING NEW MUSIC COMING OUT LATER THIS YEAR THAT FEATURES THE RICH RHYTHMS OF BRAZIL.

ANDY: GLORIA, EMILIO, PLEASE SIT BACK, AND ENJOY THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENING THAT BOTH OF YOU SO DEEPLY AND RICHLY DESERVE.

RITA: AH, SI.

ANNOUNCER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEAKER, NANCY PELOSI, U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP, RICHARD J. DURBIN, U.S. SENATE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION, ROY BLUNT, U.S. SENATE RANKING MEMBER OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, PATRICK J. LEAHY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE, ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION, ZO LOFGREN, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RANKING MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION, RODNEY DAVIS, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JAMES MADISON COUNCIL, DAVID RUBENSTEIN.

NOW PLEASE WELCOME THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS DR. CARLA HAYDEN JOINED BY A TRUE AMERICAN ICON, QUINCY JONES.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

WOMAN: HEY Q, WOO!

QUINCY: WHAT?

HOW YA'LL DOIN'?

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

GOD, WHEN YOU GET TO THIS AGE, YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME, A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO'VE MEANT THE MOST TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE.

IN THIS LIFE, IN MY LIFE, GLORIA AND EMILIO ARE ON A VERY SHORT LIST.

THEIR MUSIC SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, THE VIBRANT, VIVACIOUS, DANCE-INDUCING AND UNMISTAKABLE POLYRHYTHMS THAT HAS DEFINED A GENERATION, FROM CUBA, TO MIAMI AND AROUND THE WORLD.

[INAUDIBLE].

THEIR RELATIONSHIP NOT ONLY HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME IT HAS SERVED AS AN INSPIRATION TO SO MANY ABOUT THE POWER OF LOVE AND THE REMARKABLE INTERSECTION OF TALENT, CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION.

THEIR KINDNESS, THEIR GRACE, THEIR GENEROSITY, THAT HAS MEANT THE MOST TO ME.

AND WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO BE THE GODFATHER OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL, GAME-CHANGING, DAUGHTER EMILY, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SAID "YES" TO ANYTHING SO FAST IN MY LIFE.

SHE WAS A LITTLE BABY RUGRAT IN DIAPERS, YOU KNOW.

SO, GLORIA AND EMILIO, SINCERELY THOUGH MAN, FROM DEEP DOWN INSIDE, YOUR FRIENDSHIP HAS LIFTED ME IN WAYS THAT I CAN NEVER, EVER FULLY EXPRESS, AND YOU KNOW THAT.

AND I'M SO HONORED TO BE THERE WITH BOTH OF YOU ON THIS SPECIAL NIGHT, AND I CAN'T THINK OF TWO MORE PEOPLE DESERVING OF THIS SPECIAL AWARD.

AND SO I'M PLEASED TO HELP CELEBRATE ALL THE LOVE AND PRAISE SHOWERED UPON YOU TONIGHT.

SO LET'S GET IT ON!

LOS AMO A AMBOS.

[INAUDIBLE SPANISH].

MUCHAS GRACIAS, THANK YOU.

DR. HAYDEN: GOOD EVENING!

IN THE WORLD OF POP MUSIC TODAY, EMILIO AND GLORIA ESTEFAN ARE TRUE, UNDISPUTED ROYALTY.

BUT ONCE, IN MIAMI, THEY WERE JUST A COUPLE OF KIDS FROM CUBA WHO HAD THE TALENT, AMBITION, AND HEART, TO BRING A NEW SOUND INTO THE WORLD, ONE THAT EMPOWERED THE ELECTRIFYING RHYTHMS AND THE VIBRANT COLORS OF THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY.

WHAT AN UPLIFTING SUCCESS STORY, A STORY THAT THEY'VE GENEROUSLY SHARED WITH SO MANY MUSICAL, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CHARITABLE PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD.

THIS AWARD IS NAMED AFTER THE SONGWRITING TEAM OF GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN WHOSE COLLECTION RESIDES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

[APPLAUSE].

AND LIKE THEM, THE ESTEFANS STAND BY THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC STANDARDS, SETTLING FOR NOTHING LESS THAN THE BEST IN EVERY DETAIL OF THEIR WORK.

THE LEGACY OF GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN ENDURES AND GROWS IN THE MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS YEAR'S HONOREES.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S GIVE NEW MEANING TO THE WORDS ON YOUR FEET!

AND WELCOME THE 2019 RECIPIENTS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG: EMILIO AND GLORIA ESTEFAN!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

GLORIA: AH, I'M OVERWHELMED, AND THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO!

OH MY GOSH, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR I WAS ON THIS STAGE SINGING FOR THE AMAZING MR. TONY BENNETT.

THAT ALONE.

[APPLAUSE].

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST THRILLING NIGHTS OF MY LIFE, NEVER IMAGINING FOR ONE MOMENT, THAT WE WOULD BE STANDING HERE THE FOLLOWING YEAR ACCEPTING THIS INCREDIBLY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VERY MUCH THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, DR. CARLA HAYDEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT ARE HERE.

YEA.

AND THE INIMITABLE QUINCY JONES, HELLO.

QUINCY, I THINK YOUR HISTORY IS LONGER THAN THAT OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN MUSIC.

IF THERE'S AN AWARD, QUINCY'S WON IT, BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IS HIS HEART.

AND EVERYTHING HE'S EVER DONE MUSICALLY IS WITH HEART.

YOU WERE OUR IDOL, QUINCY, GROWING UP, WE WERE WATCHING YOU DOING ALL THE AMAZING THINGS YOU DID, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND FOR BEING THE BEST GODFATHER EMILY COULD EVER HAVE.

[APPLAUSE].

I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MUSIC COMING.

BUT I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I HAVE SOME OF THE MOST SPECIAL PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY HERE, OUR NIECE LILY, UH, MY SISTER, MY ONLY SISTER BECKY, UH, WE LOST OUR MOM A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

SO, TO US, BEING ABLE TO CARRY ON THE TRADITIONS OF OUR PARENTS, OF OUR GRANDPARENTS, OF OUR COUNTRY, UH WE WERE BOTH BORN IN CUBA, IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND WE KEPT IT IN OUR MUSIC.

AND I THINK THAT THAT WHAT GAVE US THE SUCCESS WORLDWIDE BECAUSE PEOPLE KNEW THAT IT WAS LEGIT, THAT IT WAS HONEST AND FROM THE HEART, AND IT WAS WHO WE WERE, WHICH IS THAT AMAZING MIX, LIKE WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY, THIS AMAZING TAPESTRY, SO RICH WITH SO MANY CULTURES AND RELIGIONS AND BACKGROUNDS THAT COME TOGETHER IN UNITY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE UNITY.

[APPLAUSE].

AND CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALL AMERICANS, NO MATTER WHERE WE CAME FROM BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS COUNTRY DEEPLY.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

I KNOW EMILIO AND I DO, SO VERY MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE THE FREEDOMS THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS GIVEN US, VERY ESPECIALLY THE FREEDOM TO MAKE OUR DREAMS COME TRUE AND BE WHO WE WANTED TO BE AND KEEP OUR CULTURE ALIVE THROUGH OUR MUSIC AND THROUGH OUR LIVES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, FOR THIS AMAZING AWARD AND I WILL LET EMILIO GET A WORD IN EDGE WISE.

[APPLAUSE].

EMILIO: I ALWAYS SAY THAT'S THE REASON WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 40 YEARS, SHE DOES ALL THE TALKING AND I SAY, "YES, BABY, YES, BABY, YES, EVERYTHING IS OK." LISTEN, I WISH MY MOM AND MY DAD WOULD BE ALIVE BECAUSE WHEN WE CAME FROM CUBA, IT WAS, I USED TO PLAY IN A RESTAURANT FOR TIPS.

AND SHE SAID, "THIS COUNTRY'S ABOUT DREAMS."

TONIGHT'S ABOUT DREAMS AND I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW LUCKY, AND BLESSED.

THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY, GOD BLESS AMERICA, WE'RE SO HAPPY TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY.

[APPLAUSE].

GLORIA: ARE YOU READY TO PARTY?

OH, MY HUBBY'S JOINING ME ON THE CONGAS, IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE HE'S DONE THAT.

ARE YOU READY BABY?

ARE YOU GONNA SING?

NO?

ALRIGHT.

GLORIA: OH AY OH AY.

VOCALS: OH AY OH AY.

GLORIA: COME ON, LET ME HEAR YOU.

OH AY, OH OH AH.

VOCALS: OH AY, OH OH AH.

GLORIA: OH AY OH AY.

VOCALS: OH AY OH AY.

GLORIA: OH AY, OH OH AH.

VOCALS: OH AY, OH OH AH.

YEA, A LITTLE SAMBA.

WHERE ARE YOU Q?

GLORIA: AT NIGHT WHEN YOU TURN OFF ALL THE LIGHTS, THERE'S NO PLACE THAT YOU CAN HIDE, NO NO.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

IN BED, THROW THE COVERS ON YOUR HEAD, AND PRETEND LIKE YOU ARE DEAD, BUT I KNOW IT, THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU, TONIGHT.

I PROMISE.

NO WAY, YOU CAN FIGHT IT EVERY DAY.

BUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, YOU KNOW IT THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

NO CLUE, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU AND BEFORE THIS NIGHT IS THROUGH, YEAH BABY, THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET'CHA, GET'CHA, GET'CHA YEAH.

RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU, TONIGHT.

OH AY OH AY.

VOCALS: OH AY OH AY.

GLORIA: OH AY, OH OH AH.

SIMPLE WORDS, COME ON.

OH AY, OH AY.

VOCALS: OH AY, OH AY.

GLORIA: OH AY, OH OH AH.

VOCALS: OH AY, OH OH AH.

GLORIA: YEAH!

[VOCALS IN SPANISH].

THAT'S RIGHT.

[VOCALS IN SPANISH].

OH, OH!

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU, YEAH.

MAN: ALRIGHT PEOPLE SAMBA!

GLORIA: LI-YA, LI-YA.

LI-YA, LI-YA, LI-YA-DA.

MAN: KEEP GOING.

GLORIA: LI-YA, LI-YA, LI-YA, LI-YA.

LI-YA, LI-YA, LI-YA-YA.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

RHYTHM, RHYTHM, RHYTHM, RHYTHM, RHYTHM.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU, YEAH.

OH, OH, OH, OH.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU.

THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU, TONIGHT.

[APPLAUSE].

THIS AMAZING BAND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

YES, HOW 'BOUT MY HUBBY ON CONGAS.

HE'S GONNA COME OUT AND DANCE SAMBA FOR YOU LATER.

LIN: I'M LIN MANUEL MIRANDA, AND I'M THRILLED TO CELEBRATE THE LIVES AND CAREERS OF MY FRIENDS EMILIO AND GLORIA ESTEFAN.

VOCALS: OH AY OH AY.

OH AY OH AY.

OH AY OH OH AH.

LIN: THEIR JOURNEY IS ONE THAT TRULY HIGHLIGHTS THE AMERICAN DREAM AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR STORY, A LOVE STORY FOR SURE.

AND A BEACON OF HOPE, INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY THAT HAS DEFINED THEIR EVER GROWING LEGACY.

TOGETHER THEY CREATED A MOVEMENT WITH A LANGUAGE THE ENTIRE WORLD UNDERSTANDS, MUSIC.

GLORIA: MUSIC HAS BEEN A HUGE INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE, MY MOTHER WAS THE STAR OF HER SCHOOL, SHE WAS IN EVERY PRODUCTION, SO WHEN SHE HAD ME SHE SAYS, THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD GET A DIAPER ON ME AND TO CALM DOWN WAS TO SING TO ME.

LIN: WHEN THE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION TOOK PLACE IN 1959, GLORIA'S PARENTS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE CUBA.

SOON AFTER HER FATHER RETURNED TO THE ISLAND AS PART OF THE ILL FATED BAY OF PIGS INVASION.

EIGHTEEN MONTHS LATER HE RETURNED TO MIAMI, ENLISTED IN THE US ARMY AND WAS DEPLOYED TO VIETNAM.

GLORIA: WHILE HE WAS IN VIETNAM, I WOULD SEND HIM TAPES, WHICH WOULD MAKE HIM SO HAPPY, AND IT WAS HIS IDEA ACTUALLY.

SO I WOULD PERFORM AND SING FOR HIM.

[SINGING IN SPANISH].

LIN: LIKE GLORIA, EMILIO'S LIFE IN CUBA WAS CUT SHORT BY THE EVENTS IN HIS HOMELAND.

EMILIO: WE GET TO MIAMI AND I SAID, "OH MY GOD, I NEED A CORNER, I NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY."

LIN: ALWAYS PURSUING HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC, EMILIO FORMED A LOCAL BAND, "THE MIAMI LATIN BOYS" THAT BECAME QUITE POPULAR IN THE 1970S.

ONE DAY HE WAS ASKED TO GIVE MUSICAL ADVICE TO A SMALL SINGING GROUP, WHICH INCLUDED 17-YEAR-OLD GLORIA FAJARDO.

GLORIA: SO I WAS AT MY FRIEND'S HOUSE AND IN WALKS THIS GUY, WITH HIS ACCORDION ON AND VERY SHORT SHORTS.

SO HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS NAKED, HONESTLY, BEHIND THE ACCORDION.

HE GAVE US SOME TIPS, HE SAID, "NO, THIS IS THE WAY YOU SHOULD DO IT."

AND THEN HE LEFT.

LIN: A FEW MONTHS LATER, "THE MIAMI LATIN BOYS" WERE PERFORMING AT A WEDDING WHERE GLORIA JUST HAPPENED TO BE ATTENDING WITH HER MOTHER.

GLORIA: WE RUN INTO EACH OTHER IN A DOORWAY AND HE GOES, "WAIT A MINUTE, YOU'RE THAT GIRL!"

I GO, "YOU'RE THAT GUY!"

HE SAID, "YOU WANNA SIT IN WITH THE BAND AND DO A COUPLE OF SONGS?"

LIN: GLORIA WAS NERVOUS, BUT THE PAINFULLY SHY TEENAGER FOUND THE COURAGE TO SING THAT NIGHT AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

GLORIA HAPPILY JOINED THE BAND, AND IT WAS RENAMED, "MIAMI SOUND MACHINE."

EMILIO: I WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS TO REACH DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS, WITH A DIFFERENT SOUND, AND THEN WE START WRITING.

LIN: THE BAND WAS A HIT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, FILLING STADIUMS AND PLAYING TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

GLORIA: BECAUSE OF HIM I PUT WORDS TO MUSIC AND I STARTED CREATING MY OWN MUSIC.

HAD I NOT MET HIM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED.

LIN: IN 1977, AS THE BAND GREW IN POPULARITY, MIAMI SOUND MACHINE RELEASED ITS FIRST ALBUM, "RENACER."

ONE YEAR LATER, GLORIA AND EMILIO WERE MARRIED.

ON THAT DAY IN 1978, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL UNIONS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WAS BORN.

ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME THE STAR OF THE PBS SPECIAL, "COMING HOME," FERNANDO VARELA.

FERNANDO: S QUE AN ME QUEDA UNA OPORTUNIDAD.

QUE AN NO ES TARDE PARA RECAPACITAR.

S QUE NUESTRO AMOR ES VERDADERO, CON LOS AOS QUE ME QUEDAN POR VIVIR, DEMOSTRAR CUANTO TE QUIERO.

CON LOS AOS QUE ME QUEDAN, YO VIVIR POR DARTE AMOR.

BARRANDO CADA DOLOR, CON BESOS LLENOS PASIN, COMO TE AM POR VEZ PRIMERA.

CON LOS AOS QUE ME QUEDAN.

TE HAR OLVIDAR CUALQUIER ERROR.

NO QUISE HERIRTE, MI AMOR.

SABES QUE ERES MI ADORACIN Y LO SERS MI VIDA ENTERA.

COMO COMPROBAR QUE NO SOY QUIEN FU EL TIEMPO TE DIR, SI TIENES F EN M, QUE COMO YO TE AM MS NADIE.

TE PODR AMAR JAMS, DIME QUE NO ES EL FINAL.

S QUE AN ME QUE UNA OPORTUNIDAD.

S QUE AN NO ES TARDE PARA RECAPACITAR.

S QUE NUESTRO AMOR ES VERDADERO.

Y CON LOS AOS QUE ME QUEDAN POR VIVIR, DEMOSTRAR, CUANTO TE QUIERO, CUANTO TE QUIERO, CUANTO TE QUIERO.

[APPLAUSE].

ANNOUNCER: HERE TO PERFORM "REACH", THE OFFICIAL SONG OF THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS, PLEASE WELCOME GRAMMY WINNING GREAT, CYNDI LAUPER.

["REACH"].

CYNDI LAUPER: SOME DREAMS LIVE ON IN TIME FOREVER.

THOSE DREAMS, YOU WANT WITH ALL YOUR HEART.

SO I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PROMISE I MADE.

PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE, KNOW WHATEVER WILL BE MINE.

IF I COULD REACH, HIGHER.

JUST FOR ONE MOMENT TOUCH THE SKY.

FROM THAT ONE MOMENT IN MY LIFE, I'M GONNA BE, STRONGER.

A MOMENT, UP ABOVE.

VOCALS: I'D PUT MY SPIRIT TO THE TEST.

CYNDI: OH, OH.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS MY HONOR NOW TO INTRODUCE, MY GOOD FRIEND, THE INCOMPARABLE, PATTI LABELLE.

[APPLAUSE].

PATTI: OOH.

SOME DAYS ARE MEANT TO BE REMEMBERED, YES.

THOSE DAYS WE RISE ABOVE THE STARS.

SO I'LL GO THE DISTANCE THIS TIME, SEEING MORE, THE MORE HIGHER I CLIMB, THAT THE MORE I BELIEVE, ALL THE MORE THAT I WILL DREAM IT WILL COME TRUE, IT WILL BE MINE, OOO, OO, OO.

VOCALS: IF I COULD REACH HIGHER.

JUST FOR ONE MOMENT TOUCH THE SKY.

PATTI: FOREVER.

VOCALS: FROM THAT ONE MOMENT IN MY LIFE.

PATTI: I'M GONNA BE... STRONGER.

OH, AND I YES.

I PUT IT TO THE TEST.

IF I COULD BE.

CYNDI: IF I COULD BE.

PATTI: IF I COULD, IF I, IF I... OH, I, YES.

OH I'M GONNA TOUCH THE SKY.

OH, OH.

I'M GONNA BE, STRONGER.

CYNDI: STRONGER, STRONGER, GONNA BE STRONGER.

PATTI: OH, AH.

IF I COULD REACH.

IF I COULD ONLY REACH.

JUST FOR, FOR A MOMENT TOUCH THE SKY.

OH.

GLORIA, WE LOVE YOU.

AH, AH, AH, REACH OUT.

CYNDI: HIGHER.

PATTI: EVERYBODY REACH [INAUDIBLE] TIME.

AHHHH, AH, AH, OO.

REACH, YA'LL.

OOO, OH.

CYNDI: IF I COULD, OH, IF I COULD REACH.

PATTI: IF I COULD REACH.

[APPLAUSE].

CYNDI: WE LOVE YOU GLORIA.

PATTI: YES WE DO, MWAH!

GLORIA: GET ON YOUR FEET!

LIN: THE GREATEST SONGS OFTEN COME FROM A DEEPLY PERSONAL PLACE CREATED BY RAW EMOTIONS AND REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES.

EMILIO AND GLORIA WERE SIGNED TO CBS RECORDS INTERNATIONAL DURING ONE OF THEIR VISITS TO THE LABELS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT THE ESTEFAN'S WILL NEVER FORGET.

EMILIO: I SAID LISTEN, I HAVE A RECORD, THIS RECORD'S VERY UNIQUE AND THE, THE GUY SAY, "HOW DO YOU THINK THEY GONNA PLAY THIS RECORD ON THE RADIO?"

"YOU HAVE TO TAKE PERCUSSION OUT, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE HORNS OUT, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR LAST NAME."

AND I SAID, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, WE WILL DO IT ON OUR OWN."

WE WENT TO HOLLAND TO PROMOTE THESE SONGS AND PEOPLE WENT CRAZY, DANCING UP AND DOWN AND THE PEOPLE SAY, "WE WANT MORE, WE WANT MORE."

I SAID, "GLORIA, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ENGLISH SONGS."

GLORIA: I KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF ANY LONGER.

LIN: "CONGA" BECAME A GLOBAL PHENOMENON, REACHING TOP TEN ON THE BILLBOARD, POP, DANCE, R&B AND LATIN CHARTS SIMULTANEOUSLY.

IT WAS THE SONG THAT WOULD CHANGE THEIR DESTINY.

GLORIA: THE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU LIN: OTHER CHART TOPPING HITS WOULD SOON FOLLOW.

GLORIA: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, COME ON BABY SAY YOU LOVE ME.

LIN: GLORIA LAUNCHED A SOLO CAREER THAT CATAPULTED HER TO INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTARDOM.

BY 1990, THE ESTEFAN'S WERE AT THE PINNACLE OF THEIR CAREER WITH A SLEW OF CHART TOPPING HITS AND SOLD OUT WORLDWIDE TOURS.

THEN, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, EVERYTHING CHANGED.

RATHER: POP SINGER GLORIA ESTEFAN AND HER BAND WERE ON A TOUR BUS WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER.

REPORTER: SINGER GLORIA ESTEFAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT.

GLORIA: I COULDN'T GET UP FROM THE FLOOR OF THE BUS, UH, I KNEW I WAS PARALYZED.

LIN: SEVERAL DAYS LATER IN A NEW YORK HOSPITAL, SURGEONS REPAIRED GLORIA'S SPINE, BUT THEY FEARED SHE MAY NEVER WALK AGAIN.

GLORIA: I KNEW WHAT MY FAMILY WAS GONNA FACE IF I ENDED UP STAYING IN A CHAIR.

AND I WILL WORK AS I CAN TO COME BACK 100%.

AND I WOULD REHAB SIX, SEVEN HOURS A DAY.

AND I THOUGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE IT MY ALL.

LIN: EMILIO WAS BY HER SIDE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND ON ONE OF THOSE DAYS HE GAVE HER A VERY SPECIAL GIFT.

GLORIA: HE CAME UP TO ME, AND SHOWED ME THIS PIECE OF PAPER, ALL WASHED AND WRINKLY.

THAT HAD THE WORDS, "COMING OUT OF THE DARK" ON IT.

AND HE SAID, "I WROTE THIS ON A PIECE OF PAPER THE DAY WE WERE TRANSPORTED FROM SYRACUSE TO NEW YORK," AND HE KEPT THINKING, "WHEN IS THIS DAY GONNA COME WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE OUT OF THIS DARKNESS."

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION.

NO MATTER WHAT WE FACE ALL: COMING OUT OF THE DARK GLORIA: I FINALLY SEE THE LIGHT NOW, AND IT'S SHINING LIN: ONE YEAR LATER, WITH STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION GLORIA RETURNED TO THE STAGE AND PERFORMED THE SONG TO A STANDING OVATION AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS.

GLORIA: SHINING, SHINING ON ME LIN: WHILE AT THE PEAK OF HER POP CAREER, EMILIO AND GLORIA DECIDED TO TAKE A DEEPLY PERSONAL MUSICAL JOURNEY, RETURNING TO THEIR CUBAN ROOTS.

GLORIA: DE MI TIERRA BELLA, DE MI TERRA SANTA LIN: "MI TIERRA" WENT MULTI-PLATINUM IN THE UNITED STATES, ALSO EARNED GLORIA HER FIRST GRAMMY AWARD IN 1994.

GLORIA: WHEN YOU'RE A SONGWRITER, ANYTHING THAT INSPIRES YOU, ANY IDEA THAT YOU GET FOR A HOOK, OR A THOUGHT, OR AN EMOTION, SOMETIMES FROM DEEP IN YOUR SOUL, SOMETIMES FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE NEAR YOU.

GLORIA: IF I COULD REACH, HIGHER [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU KNOW MY HONEY'S BEEN BY MY SIDE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, FOR THE LAST 43 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 40 YEARS.

YES, THAT DESERVES APPLAUSE.

ALTHOUGH IT'S GONE VERY QUICK, I HAVE TO SAY, IT FEELS LIKE TWO MINUTES.

BUT I GOT THE GRAND HONOR FROM CARLOS GARDEL, WHO WAS THE GOD OF ARGENTINIAN TANGO AND OUR WEDDING SONG WAS CALLED, "EL DA QUE MI QUIERAS" WHICH IS HIS MOST IMPORTANT WORK, OR THE ONE THAT HAS REALLY GONE ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND HIS FOUNDATION GAVE ME THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO WRITE LYRICS IN ENGLISH, TO OUR WEDDING SONG, AND I AM GOING TO DO THAT SONG FOR YOU NOW, BUT I HAVE THE GREAT, GREAT HONOR OF HAVING WITH US, A WOMAN THAT IS YOU KNOW, ALONE IN HER FIELD AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ACCLAIMED VIOLINIST, PLEASE WELCOME SARAH CHANG.

[APPLAUSE].

["THE DAY YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME"].

[VIOLIN SOLO].

GLORIA: TENDER SIGHS LIKE A WHISPER, CARESSING MY DAY DREAMS, YOU'RE HERE BY MY SIDE.

I FEEL LIFE SMILE UPON ME, WHENEVER YOUR SWEET EYES CAN LOOK INTO MINE.

AND IT'S MY CONSOLATION, THE SOUND OF YOUR LAUGHTER IS LIKE MUSIC SUBLIME.

THERE'S NO WAY OF CONCEALING, EVERY THOUGHT, EVERY FEELING.

[VIOLIN SOLO].

THE DAY YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ROSES, WILL BLOOM IN EVERY GARDEN, OF A COLOR NEVER SEEN.

AND FROM THE HIGHEST STEEPLE, THE BELLS WILL SING OUR LOVE SONG.

AND MAKE THE EAGER FOUNTAINS, SPILL OVER WITH OUR LOVE.

THE NIGHT YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME, THE SKIES ABOVE WILL LISTEN.

THE JEALOUS STARS WITH LONGING, WILL SEE US PASSING BY.

A PLAYFUL RAY OF MOONLIGHT, WILL DANCE ALONG FOR PLEASURE.

WHILE WITNESSING THIS MOMENT OF OUR LIVES, WE WILL ALWAYS TREASURE.

[VIOLIN SOLO].

A PLAYFUL RAY OF MOONLIGHT, WILL DANCE ALONG FOR PLEASURE, WHILE WITNESSING THIS MOMENT OF OUR LIVES, WE WILL ALWAYS TREASURE.

[VIOLIN SOLO].

[APPLAUSE].

ANDY: HOW 'BOUT A HAND FOR THIS TERRIFIC HOUSE BAND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. GREGG FIELD!

[APPLAUSE].

NOTHING SPEAKS TO THE LOVING LEGACY OF GLORIA AND EMILIO MORE THAN THEIR TWO TALENTED CHILDREN, NAYIB AND EMILY.

THEIR DAUGHTER EMILY HAS OF COURSE BEEN SURROUNDED BY MUSIC ALL HER LIFE AND HAS NOW BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST IN HER OWN RIGHT.

HERE TO PERFORM A MEDLEY OF TWO SONGS MADE FAMOUS BY HER MOTHER, PLEASE WELCOME, THE BEAUTIFUL EMILY ESTEFAN.

["MI TIERRA / OYE MI CANTO"].

EMILY: DE MI TIERRA BELLA, DE MI TIERRA SANTA.

OIGO ESE GRITO DE LOS TAMBORES Y LOS TIMBALES AL CUMBANCHAR.

Y ESE PREGN QUE CANTA UN HERMANO, QUE DE SU TIERRA VIVE LEJANO, Y QUE EL RECUERDO LE HACE LLORAR.

UNA CANCIN QUE VIVE ENTONANDO, DE SU DOLOR DE SU PROPIO LLANTO Y SE LE ESCUCHA PENAR.

LA TIERRA TE DUELE, LA TIERRA TE DA, EN MEDIO DEL ALMA, CUANDO TU NO ESTS.

LA TIERRA TE EMPUJA DE RAZ Y CAL, LA TIERRA SUSPIRE, SI NO TE VE MAS.

LA TIERRA DONDE NACISTE NO LA PUEDES OLVIDAR, PORQUE TIENE TUS RACES Y LO QUE DEJAS ATRS.

LA TIERRA TE DUELE, LA TIERRA TE DA, EN MEDIO DEL ALMA CUANDO TU NO ESTS.

[DRUM SOLO].

PEOPLE LET'S GIVE EACH OTHER ROOM.

WHY ALWAYS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, IT'S BETTER TO UNDERSTAND.

SOME DAY IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT, YES IT WILL!

CHANGES, YEA, HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

NOT SOON ENOUGH!

[DRUM SOLO].

OYE MI CANTO, I BELIEVE IN LOVE BUT WITH NO CONDITIONS.

VOCALS: OYE MI CANTO.

EMILY: AND GIVING IN SOMETIMES DOESN'T MAKE IT SUBMISSION.

VOCALS: OYE MI CANTO.

EMILY: HATE IS SO COMMON IT'S ALMOST TRADITION.

VOCALS: OYE MI CANTO.

EMILY: BUT WE GOTTA LEAVE IT BEHIND AND MAKE THAT TRANSITION.

LET'S HEAR IT!

[DRUM SOLO].

YEAH!

LA TIERRA TE DUELE, LA TIERRA TE DA, EN MEDIO DEL ALMA CUANDO TU NO ESTS.

COMO MI, EH, AH.

I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD, CONGRATULATIONS!

THANK YOU!

[APPLAUSE].

ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JAMES MADISON COUNCIL, DAVID RUBENSTEIN.

DAVID RUBENSTEIN: HELLO, EVERYBODY HAVING A GOOD TIME?

IN 1985 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS TO GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN FOR THEIR "OUTSTANDING AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN MUSIC, THEATER, AND CULTURE."

THE NEXT TIME YOU VISIT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, BE SURE TO STOP IN THE GERSHWIN ROOM WHERE YOU WILL SEE THOSE GOLD MEDALS, DISPLAYED ALONGSIDE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF BOTH GEORGE AND IRA, WHOSE WORK THE GERSHWIN PRIZE HONORS.

THE LIBRARY'S GERSHWIN HOLDINGS NUMBER NEARLY 200,000 DOCUMENTS, MANY OF THEM DONATED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY IRA GERSHWIN HIMSELF.

AMONG THESE TREASURES ARE THE ORIGINAL MUSIC MANUSCRIPT AND LYRIC SHEETS FOR CLASSICS LIKE "LOVE IS HERE TO STAY" AND "EMBRACEABLE YOU," WHICH WE WILL LATER HEAR ON TONIGHT'S PROGRAM.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN HONORING THE ENDURING MUSICAL LEGACY OF GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE].

ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME, JOS FELICIANO.

["OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY".]

JOS: IT'S VERY CLEAR OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY.

OH NOT FOR A YEAR, BUT FOREVER AND A DAY.

THE RADIO AND THE TELEPHONE AND THE MOVIES THAT WE KNOW, MAY LEAD TO PASSING FANCIES AND IN TIME THEY'LL GO.

BUT OH MY DEAR, OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY.

NOT FOR A YEAR, BUT FOREVER AND A DAY.

THE TELEPHONE, AND THE RADIO, AND THE MOVIES THAT WE KNOW, THAT'S WHY I KNOW, OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY, YEAH.

OH, WE GO TOGETHER A LONG, LONG WAY.

OH, YOU KNOW, THOUGH TIME MAY LEAD US ON, IT WILL GO ON, THE ROCKIES MAY CRUMBLE AND GIBRALTAR MAY TUMBLE, THEY'RE ONLY MADE OF CLAY, BUT OUR LOVE, EMILIO AND GLORIA, OUR LOVE, OUR LOVE, OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY, YEA, YEA.

[APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS, AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO INTRODUCE ALONG WITH HER, GREAT PERCUSSIONIST, GREAT ACTOR, ANDY GARCIA.

GLORIA, GET YOURSELF OVER HERE.

GLORIA: WE'RE HERE BABY.

WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.

I LOVE YOU JOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

["TENGO QUE DECIRTE ALGO"].

[GUITAR SOLO].

GLORIA: TENGO QUE DECIRTE ALGO.

PUEDE LASTIMAR TU CORAZON, ESTOY SEGURA QUE SI TE CUENTO, NO VAS A PERDONAR MI GRAN ERROR, LUCHE CONTRA LA TENTACION, PERO SOLO SOY DE CARNE Y HUESO, ME EMBRIAGO CON SU MIRADA Y PEQUE AL FINAL.

JOS: PERDONARE, TE LO SUPLICO POR FAVOR, DEJA DE LLORAR AUNQUE ME DUELA, PREFIERO QUE DIGAS LA VERDAD, ES MEJOR, YO LO SE, ARREPENTIDA ENFRENTA TU CULPABILIDAD.

BOTH: ESCUCHAME.

GLORIA: LAMENTO EL DANO, NO TE QUISE HERIR JAMAS.

SE QUE ESTOY EQUIVOCADA.

Y QUIERO REMEDIARLO BOTH: PERO ANTES DE HACERLO TENGO QUE SABER.

GLORIA: SI AUN PUEDES TU QUERERME.

JOS: OH, I THINK I LOVE YOU BABY.

GLORIA: TAKE IT JOS.

[GUITAR SOLO].

GLORIA: LUCHE CONTRA LA TENTACION, PERO SOLO SOY DE CARNE Y HUESO, ME EMBRIAGO TU MIRADA, Y PEQUE AL FINAL.

JOS: PERDONARE, TE LO SUPLICO POR FAVOR, DEJA DE LLORAR AUNQUE ME DUELA, PREFIERO QUE DIGAS LA VERDAD, ES MEJOR, YO LO SE, ARREPENTIDA ENFRENTA TU CULPABILIDAD.

BOTH: ESCUCHAME.

GLORIA: LAMENTO EL DANO, NO TE QUISE HERIR JAMAS.

SE QUE ESTOY EQUIVOCADA.

BOTH: Y QUIERO REMEDIARLO PERO ANTES DE HACERLO TENGO QUE SABER.

GLORIA: SI AUN PUEDES TU QUERERME.

JOS: YO SE QUE PUEDO QUERERTE DE NUEVO.

BOTH: TENGO QUE DECIRTE ALGO.

GLORIA: PUEDE LASTIMAR... BOTH: TU CORAZON.

JOS: TU CORAZON.

GLORIA: I LOVE YOU JOS.

I LOVE YOU ANDY.

[APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU.

ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME 3-TIME LATIN GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER, GIAN MARCO.

["HOY"].

[CHARANGO SOLO].

GIAN: TENGO MARCADO EN EL PECHO.

TODOS LOS DAS QUE EL TIEMPO, NO ME DEJ ESTAR AQU.

TENGO UNA FE QUE MADURA, QUE VA CONMIGO Y ME CURA.

DESDE QUE TE CONOC.

TENGO UNA HUELLA PERDIDA, ENTRE TU SOMBRA Y LA MA.

QUE NO ME DEJA MENTIR, SOY UNA MONEDA EN LA FUENTE, T, MI DESEO PENDIENTE, MIS GANAS DE REVIVIR.

TENGO UNA MAANA CONSTANTE, Y UNA ACUARELA ESPERANDO.

VERTE PINTADO DE AZUL, TENGO TU AMOR Y TU SUERTE.

Y UN CAMINITO EMPINADO, TENGO EL MAR DEL OTRO LADO.

T ERES MI NORTE Y MI SUR.

HOY VOY A VERTE DE NUEVO, VOY A ENVOLVERME EN TU ROPA.

SUSRRAME EN TU SILENCIO, CUANDO ME VEAS LLEGAR.

HOY VOY A VERTE DE NUEVO, VOY A ALEGRAR TU TRISTEZA.

VAMOS A HACER UNA FIESTA, PA' QUE ESTE AMOR CREZCA MS.

[FLUTE SOLO].

TENGO UNA FRASE COLGADA, ENTRE MI BOCA Y MI ALMOHADA, QUE ME DESNUDA ANTE TI.

TENGO UNA PLAYA Y UN PUEBLO, QUE ME ACOMPAAN DE NOCHE, CUANDO NO ESTS JUNTO A M.

AYE.

TENGO UNA MAANA CONSTANTE, Y UNA ACUERLA ESPERANDO, VERTE PINTADO DE AZUL.

TENGO TU AMOR Y TU SUERTE Y UN CAMINITO EMPINADO.

TENGO EL MAR DEL OTRO LADO.

T ERES MI NORTE Y MI SUR.

HOY VOY A VERTE DE NUEVO, VOY A ENVOLVERME EN TU ROPA.

SUSRRAME EN TU SILENCIO.

CUANDO ME VEAS LLEGAR.

HOY VOY A VERTE DE NUEVO.

VOY A ALEGRAR TU TRISTEZA.

SE VAMOS A HACER UNA FIESTA.

PA' QUE ESTE AMOR CREZCA MS.

HOY VOY A, HOY VOY A VERTE DE NUEVO, VOY A ENVOLVERME EN TU ROPA, SUSRRAME EN TU SILENCIO.

CUANDO ME VEAS LLEGAR.

HOY VOY A VERTE DE NUEVO.

VOY A ALEGRAR TU TRISTEZA.

AYE, VAMOS A HACER UNA FIESTA.

PA' QUE AMOR CREZCA MS.

LI-AH, LI-AH.

LA, LA, LA, LA, LA.

[SCATTING].

PA' QUE AMOR, PA' QUE AMOR CREZCA MS.

[APPLAUSE].

I LOVE YOU BOTH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ANDY: GLORIA AND RITA HAVE RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS FOR THE PORTRAYAL OF ESTRANGED SISTERS ON NORMAN LEAR'S "ONE DAY AT A TIME" REVEALING YET ANOTHER LAYER OF GLORIA'S ENDLESS TALENT.

RITA MORENO OF COURSE STARRED IN THE ORIGINAL "WEST SIDE STORY" WHICH FEATURED SO MANY ICONIC SONGS, YES.

INCLUDING "SOMEWHERE."

A FEW YEARS AGO, EMILIO NOT ONLY PRODUCED A CHART-TOPPING ALBUM FOR RITA, BUT ALSO WROTE A UNIQUE SPANISH-LANGUAGE VERSION OF A LEONARD BERNSTEIN CLASSIC.

HERE TO PERFORM "SOMEWHERE, UN LUGAR," MY FRIEND AND A TRUE E-G-O-T, EMMY, GRAMMY, OSCAR AND TONY WINNER, THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED AND BEAUTIFUL, MRS. RITA MORENO.

[APPLAUSE].

["SOMEWHERE (UN LUGAR)"].

RITA: THERE'S A PLACE FOR US.

SOMEWHERE A PLACE FOR US.

PEACE AND QUIET AND OPEN AIR, WAIT FOR US SOMEWHERE.

THERE'S A TIME FOR US.

SOMEDAY A TIME FOR US.

TIME TOGETHER WITH TIME TO SPARE, TIME TO LEARN, TIME TO CARE.

A MUNDO.

JUNTOS, DNDE EL AMOR VIVIRA.

BRINDNDONOS LUZ SIN MENTIRAS.

SIEMPRE.

SLOS T Y YO.

NO EXISTE NADA MS, Y QUE IMPORTA LO DEMS.

SGUEME NADA MS, NUESTRO MUNDO.

SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE.

[APPLAUSE].

[APPLAUSE].

ANDY: WRITTEN SHORTLY AFTER THE TOUR BUS ACCIDENT THAT NEARLY TOOK THEIR LIVES, THIS WAS THE FIRST SONG GLORIA WROTE AND PERFORMED FOLLOWING THAT NEAR-TRAGEDY.

TO PERFORM "COMING OUT OF THE DARK," HERE ONCE AGAIN, THE LEGENDARY, MS. PATTI LABELLE.

[APPLAUSE].

["COMING OUT OF THE DARK"].

PATTI: WHY BE AFRAID, IF I'M NOT ALONE.

LIFE IS NEVER EASY, THE REST IS UNKNOWN.

UP TO NOW FOR ME IT'S BEEN, HANDS AGAINST STONE.

EACH AND EVERY MOMENT, SEARCHING FOR WHAT TO BELIEVE.

CHOIR: COMING OUT OF THE DARK.

PATTI: COMING OUT OF THE DARK.

I FINALLY SEE THE LIGHT NOW, AND IT'S SHINING ON ME.

COMING OUT OF THE DARK, I KNOW THE LOVE THAT SAVED ME.

SHARING WITH ME.

OOH, MMM, OOH.

STARTING AGAIN, IS PART OF THE PLAN.

I'LL BE SO MUCH STRONGER, HOLDING YOUR HAND.

STEP BY STEP I'LL MAKE IT THROUGH, I KNOW I CAN.

IT MAY NOT MAKE IT EASIER, BUT I HAVE FELT YOU NEAR ALL THE WAY.

CHOIR: COMING OUT OF THE DARK.

PATTI: OH, I FINALLY SEE THE LIGHT NOW, IT'S SHINING ON ME.

CHOIR: I SEE THE LIGHT, I SEE THE LIGHT.

PATTI: SEE THE LIGHT, OH, COMING OUT OF THE DARK.

I KNOW THE LOVE THAT SAVED ME.

YOU'RE SHARING WITH ME.

OH.

FOREVER.

CAN'T NOBODY STOP ME FROM WATCHING.

FOREVER, FOREVER, OF YOUR LOVE.

OOOO.

OH, I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT NOW YA'LL.

SHINING ON ME.

OOOO, NO MATTER WHAT WE'VE DONE.

OHHH, I.

OH, I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN IT.

CHOIR: I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT, I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT.

PATTI: OH, I, I, I, I, I, I, I.

OH, OF THE DARK.

OHHHH, OH SAY I'VE, SEEN THE LIGHT, SEEN THE LIGHT.

OHHHH, COMING OUT OF THE DARK.

I KNOW YOUR LOVE SAVED ME.

OHHH, IT BATHED ME LIKE A BABY.

BUT YOUR TRUE LOVE COME AND SAVE ME.

CHOIR: COMING OUT OF THE DARK.

PATTI: OHHHH.

[APPLAUSE].

ANNOUNCER: FROM THE BROADWAY CAST OF "ON YOUR FEET," PLEASE WELCOME MAURICIO MARTINEZ AND ANA VILLAFANE.

ANA: WHAT A PRIVILEGE AND AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO LIVE OUT YOUR LEGACY.

WE ADORE YOU.

YOU ARE A REAL LIFE FAIRY TALE.

MAURICIO: YOU ARE THE AMERICAN DREAM.

ANA: AND WE CAN'T ACCURATELY PUT OUR GRATITUDE INTO WORDS, SO... ["DON'T' WANT TO LOSE YOU" / "HERE WE ARE"].

ANA: HERE WE ARE, FACE TO FACE.

WE FORGET, TIME AND PLACE.

HOLD ME NOW, DON'T LET GO.

THOUGH IT MAY HURT AND WE BOTH KNOW, THE TIME WE SPEND TOGETHER'S GONNA FLY.

AND EVERYTHING YOU DO TO ME IS GONNA FEEL SO RIGHT.

BABY WHEN YOU'RE LOVING ME, I FEEL LIKE I COULD CRY.

'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, TO KEEP FROM LOVING YOU.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

MAURICIO: THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I'M HELPLESS IN YOUR ARMS.

OH BABY WHAT YOU DO, I'M IN LOVE, AND THIS IS IT.

THERE'S NO TURNING BACK THIS TIME, NO, NO, NO.

BOTH: HERE WE ARE, ALL ALONE, TREMBLING HEARTS, BEATING STRONG.

REACHING OUT, A BREATHLESS KISS, I NEVER THOUGHT COULD FEEL LIKE THIS.

ANA: I WANT TO STOP THE TIME FROM PASSING BY, I WANNA CLOSE MY EYES AND FEEL YOUR LIPS ARE TOUCHING MINE.

BOTH: BABY WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE TO ME, I WANT YOU MORE EACH TIME.

AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.

ANA: SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO MAKE THINGS CLEAR, AND KNOW WHEN YOU FACE THE TRUTH.

AND I KNOW THAT THE MOMENT IS HERE.

MAURICIO: I'LL OPEN MY HEART AND SHOW YOU INSIDE.

MY LOVE HAS NO PRIDE ALWAYS WITH YOU, I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.

SO OPEN YOUR EYES.

ANA: OPEN YOUR EYES.

MAURICIO: AND SEE WHO I AM.

ANA: AND SEE WHO I AM.

MAURICIO: AND NOT WHO YOU WANT FOR ME TO BE.

BOTH: I AM ONLY MYSELF, MYSELF.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU NOW, WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH SOMEHOW, I SAID DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU NOW OR EVER.

NO NEVER.

'CAUSE BABY IT'S TIME YOU FOUND, THE COURAGE TO STAND YOUR GROUND.

AND IF YOU WANT ME, I'LL BE AROUND, FOREVER.

MAURICIO: 'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO...

BOTH: TO KEEP FROM LOVING YOU.

[APPLAUSE].

GLORIA: NOW THE HEAT IS ON, 'CAUSE THE BEAT IS ON.

NOW OUR FEET ARE GOING, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.

LIN: SUCCESS DOESN'T JUST FIND YOU, GLORIA AND EMILIO WORKED FOR IT WITH FIERCE DETERMINATION AND GREAT JOY.

BUSH: I GOTTA THANK MY FRIEND EMILIO... LIN: THEY HAVE BEEN PRAISED BY PRESIDENTS, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS, ROYALTY.

GLORIA: IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TELLING THE STORY NOW YOU WOULD THINK THAT OH, WE WERE WORKING SO HARD, AND TRYING TO GET OUR MUSIC, BUT IT WAS FUN EVERY MOMENT.

WITH HIS EYE FOR NEW TALENT, EMILIO BECAME A MULTI-MEDIA POWERHOUSE, HELPING TO LAUNCH THE CAREERS OF INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTARS SUCH AS SHAKIRA, JENNIFER LOPEZ, JON SECADA, RICKY MARTIN AND MARK ANTHONY.

AS WELL AS PRODUCING HIT SOUNDTRACKS FOR TOP HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER FILMS.

EMILIO: I PRODUCED EVEN WILL SMITH'S "WELCOME TO MIAMI," I DID THE REMIX FOR THAT AND I DID REMIX FOR CHER, I WORKED WITH LENNY KRAVITZ.

I MEAN I WORKED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY WHOLE LIFE THAT IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL, BUT THAT'S WHAT I LOVE TO DO.

LIN: AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE SELLING MORE THAN 100 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE AND CREATING A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS EMPIRE THAT EXTENDED WELL BEYOND MUSIC: REAL ESTATE, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, TELEVISION AND MOVIE PRODUCTIONS, GLORIA WAS ON TOP OF BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHARTS AND BECAME THE FIRST HISPANIC FEMALE EVER TO BE HONORED AS BMI'S SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR.

AS WELL, SHE IS THE FIRST CUBAN-AMERICAN TO RECEIVE THE PRESTIGIOUS KENNEDY CENTER HONOR RECOGNITION.

EMILIO AND GLORIA WERE THE FIRST MARRIED COUPLE TO RECEIVE THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM.

THIS 26-TIME GRAMMY WINNING HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM ALSO PRODUCED A TONY AWARD NOMINATED BROADWAY PLAY, "ON YOUR FEET."

GLORIA: SOME OF MY HAPPIEST EXPERIENCES WITH THIS MUSICAL HAVE BEEN YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO THE SHOW THAT REDISCOVER OUR MUSIC AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO, "WELL HEY, THEY DID IT, I COULD DO IT, I COULD DO IT, I COULD DO WHATEVER I SET MY MIND TO AND REALLY WORK HARD," AND THEN THAT'S MY FAVORITE PART.

THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW.

LIN: IN 1991 THEY ORGANIZED A MIAMI RELIEF CONCERT TO BENEFIT THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE ANDREW.

IN 2010, EMILIO AND GLORIA ALONG WITH QUINCY JONES, JOINED FORCES TO RECORD "SOMOS EL MUNDO 25 FOR HAITI" A SPANISH VERSION OF "WE ARE THE WORLD" TO RAISE MONEY FOR HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS.

[SINGING IN SPANISH].

GLORIA: GET ON YOUR FEET.

LIN: THEY ALSO PASSIONATELY AND LOVINGLY SUPPORT MANY CHARITIES AND CAUSES.

GLORIA: WE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE AND DEFEND FREEDOM.

EMILIO: WELL I TELL PEOPLE, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW BLESSED YOU ARE TO BE IN A COUNTRY THAT YOU CAN BE FREE.

GLORIA: I AM INCREDIBLY HONORED TO BE RECEIVING THIS GERSHWIN PRIZE, THE GERSHWIN BROTHERS WERE HUGE INSPIRATIONS TO ME.

SOME OF MY FAVORITE MUSIC THAT I SANG ON MY GUITAR GROWING UP WERE THEIR SONGS.

I RECORDED AN ALBUM WITH A FEW OF THEIR SONGS ON IT, SO I AM BEYOND HONORED, ESPECIALLY TO BE RECEIVING IT WITH THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND AS A COUPLE, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL THINGS THAT I COULD EVER POSSIBLY BE INVOLVED WITH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HI, EVERYBODY.

WHAT ABOUT BABY GIRL, HELLO!

EMILY: SHE'S MY BIGGEST FAN.

GLORIA: ALRIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT PESKY ACCIDENT THAT YOU SAW, THEY TOLD ME THAT I WOULD PROBABLY NEVER BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY.

WE HAD A WONDERFUL SON, NAYIB, WHO WE LOVE AND ADORE AND HAS GIVEN US OUR GRANDSON, SASHA, ALONG WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE LARA.

AND OF COURSE, WHEN I WENT TO DO THE STANDARDS, I CHOSE SONGS THAT REALLY, FOR ME, SIGNIFIED THE SPECIAL MOMENTS AND THE SPECIAL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.

AND UH, THIS PARTICULAR SONG, I SANG FOR EMILY BECAUSE SHE'S OUR MIRACLE.

AND IT'S A LOVE SONG, IT'S A LOVE SONG, BUT WHEN I SANG IT, THE WORDS MEAN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING.

BABY THIS IS ALSO FOR YOU, DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU OUT, BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE OF THE MOST EMBRACEABLE PEOPLE I KNOW.

["EMBRACEABLE YOU"].

GLORA: EMBRACE ME, MY SWEET EMBRACEABLE YOU.

EMILY: EMBRACE ME, MY IRREPLACEABLE YOU.

GLORIA: JUST ONE LOOK AT YOU, MY HEART GREW TIPSY IN ME.

EMILY: YOU AND YOU ALONE, BRING OUT THE GYPSY IN ME.

GLORIA: I LOVE ALL THE MANY CHARMS ABOUT YOU.

BOTH: ABOVE ALL I WANT MY ARMS ABOUT YOU.

GLORIA: DON'T BE A NAUGHTY BABY, COME TO MAMA, COME TO MAMA DO.

BOTH: MY SWEET EMBRACEABLE YOU.

BOTH: I LOVE ALL THE MANY CHARMS ABOUT YOU.

ABOVE ALL I WANT MY ARMS ABOUT YOU.

SO DON'T YOU BE A NAUGHTY BABY.

COME TO MAMA, COME TO MAMA DO.

BOTH: MY SWEET EMBRACEABLE YOU.

[APPLAUSE].

GLORIA: WE LOVE YOU BABY.

YOU KNOW WHAT A THRILL THAT IS FOR ME?

I USED TO SING FOR HER, AND NOW I'M HER BIGGEST FAN.

ARE YOU READY TO SEE, IF I HAD BEEN BORN IN BRAZIL WHAT "CONGA" WOULD SOUND LIKE?

BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELTS.

[MUSIC BEGINS] HERE WE GO.

OH-AY, OH-AY, OH-AY, OH-AY.

ARRIBA CON LAS SAMBA.

OH-AY, OH-AY, OH-AY, OH-AY.

ARRIBA CON LAS SAMBA.

EVERYBODY GATHER 'ROUND NOW.

LET YOUR BODY FEEL THE HEAT.

DON'T YOU WORRY IF YOU CAN'T DANCE, LET THE MUSIC MOVE YOUR FEET.

IT'S THE RHYTHM OF BAHIA AND LIKE THE SUGAR CANE SO SWEET.

IF YOU WANT TO DO THE SAMBA, YOU'VE GOT TO LISTEN TO THE BEAT.

COME ON.

YEA.

COME ON, SHAKE YOUR BODY BABY, DO THE SAMBA.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF ANY LONGER.

FEEL THE RHYTHM OF THE MUSIC GETTING STRONGER.

DON'T YOU FIGHT IT 'TIL YOU TRIED IT, DO THAT SAMBA BEAT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

FEEL THE FIRE OF DESIRE, AS YOU DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY.

'CAUSE TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA PARTY, 'TIL WE SEE THE BREAK OF DAY.

BETTER GET YOUR, GET YOURSELF TOGETHER AND HOLD ON TO WHAT YOU'VE GOT, ONCE THE MUSIC HITS YOUR SYSTEM, THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE GONNA STOP, STOP, STOP.

COME ON, SHAKE YOUR BODY BABY, DO THE SAMBA.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF ANY LONGER.

FEEL THE RHYTHM OF THE MUSIC GETTING STRONGER.

DON'T YOU FIGHT IT 'TIL YOU TRIED IT, DO THAT SAMBA BEAT.

COME ON, SHAKE YOUR BODY BABY, DO THE SAMBA.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF ANY LONGER.

FEEL THE RHYTHM OF THE MUSIC GETTING STRONGER.

DON'T YOU FIGHT IT 'TIL YOU TRIED IT, DO THAT SAMBA BEAT.

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GLORIA: ARRIBA CON LAS SAMBA.

OH-AY, OH-AY, OH-AY, OH-AY.

ARRIBA CON LAS SAMBA.

YES!

YEAH!

COME ON, SHAKE YOUR BODY BABY, DO THE SAMBA.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF ANY LONGER.

FEEL THE RHYTHM OF THE MUSIC GETTING STRONGER.

DON'T YOU FIGHT IT 'TIL YOU TRIED IT, DO THAT SAMBA BEAT.

YEAH!

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THESE AMAZING STARS!