Singer/songwriter James Taylor has been honored with a lifetime achievement gong at BBC Radio 2's annual folk music awards.

The You've Got a Friend musician received the honor from the British broadcaster at a ceremony in East London on Monday, where folk legend Judy Collins was also recognized with the same award.

And Taylor was ecstatic to be recognized at a U.K. prize giving - because he started his career as the first non-British artist to sign to The Beatles' Apple Label in the 1960s.

He told the crowd, "It (Britain) seemed like the center of the universe, it was all happening here and it seemed so unreal."

Chris Wood won album of the year for his Trespasser LP, he was also named folk singer of the year.

Other winners at the event included Andy Partridge, who landed best original song for All You Pretty Girls, while folk band Lau took home the best group gong.

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