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Stevie Wonder performs at the MusiCares Person of the Year festivity conformation Barbra vocalist on weekday Feb. 11, 2011 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - Stevie Wonder, Tony aeronaut and a triad of "Glee" stars led Barbra vocalist on a singable travelling through her nearly 50-year career.

They joined Faith Hill, Barry Manilow and Seal in launching Grammy weekend by conformation the Oscar-winning vocaliser and actress as MusiCares Person of the Year on weekday night.

Streisand, who turns 69 in April, was singled discover for her singable achievements and philanthropic work.

"I said yes because it's much a wonderful methodicalness that takes care of their possess — the people who actually create the music," she told the audience.

The evening's standing ovations went to Wonder, aeronaut and Streisand, who winking the exhibit with what she titled "the leftovers" of her hits at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Wonder played pianissimo and harmonica on "People," attended by trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.

"I want you to undergo when I was 12 eld old, I said, 'I desire she could be my lover because she sounds so good,'" Wonder told more than 2,000 guests.

Bennett did "Smile," a song he and vocalist dueted on in his 2006 TV special.

With Herbie Hancock at the piano, 17-year-old Canadian Nikki Yanofsky sang a jazzy verify of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" from Streisand's 1970 flick of the aforementioned name.

Diana Krall played pianissimo on "Down with Love" from 1963, patch Lea Michele of "Glee" belted discover "My Man" from 1965.

Matthew Morrison, Michelle's castmate on the impact Fox show, and Kristin Chenoweth dueted on "One Less Bell to Answer/A House is Not a Home." Darren Criss of "Glee" opened the exhibit with "What Kind of Fool" before he and his a capella backups blew kisses to Streisand, who was sitting in the conference incoming to her husband James Brolin.

"My niece fresh watched a DVD of 'Funny Girl' for the prototypal instance and asked ground I was singing songs from 'Glee,'" vocalist said, drawing laughs.

With Jeff Beck on guitar, BeBe Winans and LeAnn Rimes performed a bluesy edition of "Come Rain or Come Shine." Hill did "Send in the Clowns" and Manilow sang "Memory," a impact for both him and Streisand.

"Neither digit of us undergo what the heck the lyric means," he said of the song from the Broadway singable "Cats."

Later, vocalist said, "I conceive it's about a vampire."

It was a thin public performance for Streisand, who was introduced by Prince as "very simply the digit and only." She hasn't toured since 2007 in Europe.

Backed by an orchestra, she sang "The Way We Were," "Evergreen," "Happy Days Are Here Again," "I Finally Found Someone," "Windmills of Your Mind" and added song from a new medium she is currently recording.

Streisand poured herself a prize of tea between songs and gripped the mic stand with her mitt hand.

"I fuck penalization for what it does to the soul, how it elevates the moment, the emotions," she said. "I fuck penalization for what it's presented me. It gave me a job when I couldn't intend a job as an actress. I fuck how penalization binds us together. It also reflects the nowadays we live in."

Streisand is appointed for prizewinning traditional pop vocal medium for "Love is the Answer" at Sunday's Grammy Awards. She module action on the CBS send and be introduced by "A Star is Born" co-star Kris Kristofferson.

Friday's party and sell produced the maximal grossing evening in the tribute's 21-year history, Recording Academy chair Neil Portnow said.

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