AP - Singer James Taylor plans to donate his $500,000 in earnings from a 5-day music festival at Tanglewood next week to the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Berry Gordy and James Taylor have been added to the lineup for this year's Songwriters Hall Of Fame Awards, set to take place in New York City on June 18.

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When legendary singer/songwriter James Taylor went into the studio last year to cut his Grammy nominated "Covers" album, he and his band had so much fun playing some of their all-time favorites that they ended up with far more material than they could possibly include on the record.

AP - In a Jan. 24 story about James Taylor, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the singer wrote the songs "You've Got a Friend" and "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)." He performed and recorded those songs, but did not write them.