Dick Van Dyke, Garth Brooks, Joan Baez among new Kennedy Center Honors recipients

Upcoming Kennedy Center recipients include a Cockney chimney sweep, a Woodstock icon and a singer with friends in low places.

Headlining the 2021 slate of American artists being honored for their lifetime achievement are “Mary Poppins” star Dick Van Dyke, folk singer Joan Baez and country music star Garth Brooks, reported The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday.

Also receiving awards for the May ceremony are violinist Midori and choreographer/actress Debbie Allen.

Ordinarily, the Kennedy Center Honors are broadcast in December but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the televised ceremony has been pushed back to June 6, according to the Reporter.

Dick Van Dyke is among the most recent slate of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. (VALERIE MACON/)

“This past year has taught us many things, including the need to be flexible and adaptable,” explained Deborah Rutter, the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “They say necessity is the mother of all invention. The unusual circumstances inspired and opened up new ways for us to present a deeper experience, and hopefully understanding, of the art and lifetime work of our honorees.”

Van Dyke will become one of the oldest Kennedy Center recipients at the age of 95.

Starting out as a radio DJ in the 1940s, he would later become a Broadway star, copping a Tony Award for “Bye Bye Birdie.”

During the 1960s, he starred on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and in many beloved films, notably “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”

Brooks, 58, is one of country’s all-time greatest recording artists. His 1990 album “No Fences” sold a staggering 17 million copies and spawned the classic hit “Friends in Low Places.”

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The 80-year-old Baez, also a prominent activist, performed during the first evening of the 1969 Woodstock festival.

Midori, the 49-year-old, Japanese-born musician, made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at 11; and Allen, 70, starred on the 1980s series “Fame” and has mentored numerous dancers, including Paula Abdul.