Last night, Wednesday, June 2nd, the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, presented the former Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney of the United Kingdom, with a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to popular music. The award is the U.S. Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Sir Paul became the third Gershwin prize recipient after the Americans Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder, whose titles are "American Citizen." and "America Citizen".
Don't get me wrong. I think Paul McCartney is a great song writer. I am a Beatles fan. My question is: Should American's highest award for song writing, handed out by the U.S. Library of Congress, be given to a non-American? Is the Booker Prize, England highest literary award given to a non-Brit or non-member of the Brit's Commonwealth? No.
I mean, couldn't the U.S. Library of Congress find a deserving American? Did they look? Do they need suggestions from the public? My opinion.