I once saw William Boyd who played Hopalong Cassidy. he didn't hop. why was he called Hopalong. did he sing? he had a horse called topper.

At the end of each show on telly, he used to laugh in a very loud manner. I tried to laugh like him. he was a minor influence on me, but I can't see how he would get a lifetime award.

Apart from me, i can't think of nny other folksingers he influenced. And Richard bridge says I'm not even a folksinger.

As for your other nominations, many of them are puppets and do not actually sing.