Lightfoot has been nominated to the US Songwriters Hall of Fame multiple times, but he has never been voted in. I'm guessing, but I suspect that Oscar Brand is the one who keeps nominating him. Obviously, when it gets to the complete panel, there are too many people who always vote for some others rather than Lightfoot.
For many years, people who weren't from the US all fell into one category, so it was very difficult to vote in anyone from outside of the country. It isn't hard to come up with a list of fine songwriters from around the world. At the same time, there were multiple categories for Americans. I think, but am not sure, that this country distinction is either no longer true, or they allow more than one person per year from outside the US. That may make it either, but I am still discouraged. I don't even check every year as I used to.
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