McCartney lands top Library honor

Musician Paul McCartney attends the Natural Resources Defense Council's 11th Annual `Forces For Nature' Benefit at 583 Park Avenue on March 30, 2009 in New York City. (Andrew H. Walker, Getty Images)

Paul McCartney will be honored by the U.S. Library of Congress - he is to become the first non-American to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

An all-star tribute to the former Beatle is being planned in Washington, D.C. for early next year.

McCartney is only the third performer to be awarded the accolade, behind Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.