Before singing a medley of four Beatles songs at Sunday's Kennedy Center Honors, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler said he had "never been prouder to have been standing here on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Abbey Road."
Tyler was one of the performers paying tribute to honoree Paul McCartney. No Doubt, Norah Jones, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, James Taylor and Mavis Staples also performed McCartney's hits.
The ceremony honored Oprah Winfrey, as well. One portion of the tribute to the talk-show host tribute featured a mock set of the Oprah Winfrey Show, with John Travolta acting as host and Barbara Walters as guest.
Jennifer Hudson ended Winfrey's tribute by performing a selection from the Broadway musical The Color Purple, which Winfrey produced.
The night's other Kennedy Center honorees included dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones, country singer Merle Haggard and Broadway composer Jerry Herman. CBS will broadcast the honors gala as a two-hour special Dec. 28 (9 p.m., ET/PT).
