Star Tribune photo by Brian Peterson

By Jon Bream

Ten Presidents have been in office since Bob Dylan released his first album in 1962. But Barack Obama, an avowed Dylan fan, is the first President to invite one of America's most celebrated singer-songwriters to perform at the White House.

Dylan will join Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, John Mellencamp, John Legend, Natalie Cole, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Seal and the Howard University Choir on Feb. 10 to perform songs from the civil rights movement. The porgram, with Barack and Michelle Obama as hosts, will take place in the East Room. The president will speak, and readings from famous civil-rights speeches will be included.

The event will be broadcast at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 on PBS as "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement." Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah will be the emcees for the broadcast.