Natalie Cole, Tom Jones and CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves collected awards at a prestigious gala in New York on Tuesday night, and ET was there. Click the video to watch!

"It's always great to receive awards," Tom Jones tells ET. "It's recognition of what I've been doing in music. I've got them all on display at my house in Los Angeles. I don't hide them away, I show them off."

Moonves, Jones and Dionne Warwick (accepting on Cole's behalf) were honored at the Friars Foundation Applause Award Gala. Also on hand were Professor Elie Wiesel, Lucie Arnaz, Norm Crosby, Robert Klein, Ben Vereen, Susie Essman and Freddie Roman, among others.

The Friars Foundation, established in 1977 as the charitable arm of the famed Friars Club, works to help small performing arts groups create inventive and affordable programs designed to better the lives of diverse audiences and participants.

The Foundation also strives to help prepare the next generation of performers and musical artists through scholarship programs for students studying the performing arts.