By BOB MEHR, Scripps Howard News Service

They have graced hundreds of recordings, colored hits for artists including Elvis Presley and U2 and helped shape the sound of Stax Records.

Now, the Memphis Horns are being recognized with a Grammy.

Singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow knows a thing or two about the struggle for justice.

In the early 1960s, he marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama and Washington; later, he stood singing amid the spray of tear gas at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago; and since then he has traveled the world in support of a myriad of social and political causes.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Edison Pena, one of the miners brought to safety on Wednesday from the collapsed Chilean mine, is an Elvis Presley fanatic who led his fellow captive miners in sing-a-longs to pass the time and boost morale.

For multihyphenate performer Jamie Foxx, his career has always gone back to one tried-and-true love: music.

Domingo "Sam the Sham" Samudio is holding court at a Grammy pre-awards party in Los Angeles. His voice rising above the celebratory din, Samudio keeps an audience of friends and fans rapt with a litany of stories and jokes, all delivered with his dry, laconic Texas wit.

BURBANK, Calif. -- The set of NBC's "Tonight Show" was abuzz with pre-broadcast preparations: host Jay Leno rehearsing his monologue, guests getting hair and makeup done, producers and crew scurrying.

"I've been writing country songs my whole life," says singer-songwriter Jewel.