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| - Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music in the late 20th Century. His 1976 hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" inspired the naming of the Sovereign-class USS Edmund Fitzgerald that was launched in 2374. A line from his 1974 hit "Carefree Highway," would be used as the quote for Fitzgerald's Dedication plaque. (USS Baldwin: "Wartime Productions")
- Gordon Lightfoot born in 1938 is a candanadian folk singer and songwriters songs include If You Could Ready my Mind Sundown Early Morning Rain Rainy Day People and Carefree Highway
- Gord <default>Gordon Lightfoot</default> File:GordonLightfoot.jpg Background Information Birth name Members Also known as Born Died Origin Occupation(s) Years active Associated acts Influences Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. CC OOnt (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and internationally as a folk-rock legend.
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| - Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music in the late 20th Century. His 1976 hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" inspired the naming of the Sovereign-class USS Edmund Fitzgerald that was launched in 2374. A line from his 1974 hit "Carefree Highway," would be used as the quote for Fitzgerald's Dedication plaque. (USS Baldwin: "Wartime Productions")
- Gord <default>Gordon Lightfoot</default> File:GordonLightfoot.jpg Background Information Birth name Members Also known as Born Died Origin Occupation(s) Years active Associated acts Influences Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. CC OOnt (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and internationally as a folk-rock legend. Lightfoot's songs, including "For Lovin' Me", "Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues", "Ribbon of Darkness"—a number one hit on the U.S. country charts with Marty Robbins' cover in 1965— and the 1967 Detroit riot-generated "Black Day In July" brought him international recognition in the 1960s. He experienced chart success in Canada with his own recordings, beginning in 1962 with the Number 3 hit "(Remember Me) I'm the One". Lightfoot's recordings then made an impact on the international music charts as well in the 1970s, with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970) (Number 5 on the US charts), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), all reaching number 1, and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976) (reaching number 2). Some of Lightfoot's albums have achieved gold and multi-platinum status internationally. His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., The Kingston Trio, Marty Robbins, George Hamilton IV, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Viola Wills,Richie Havens, The Dandy Warhols, Harry Belafonte, Tony Rice, Sandy Denny (with Fotheringay), The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Scott Walker, Sarah McLachlan, John Mellencamp, Toby Keith, Peter, Paul and Mary, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray, The Irish Rovers and Olivia Newton-John. Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his "favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure." Bob Dylan, also a Lightfoot fan, called him one of his favourite songwriters, and in an often-quoted tribute to his fellow songwriter, Dylan once observed that when he heard a Gordon Lightfoot song he wished "it would last forever."Lightfoot was a featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (arts) in 1979 and the Companion of the Order of Canada—Canada's highest civilian honor—in 2003.On February 6, 2012, Lightfoot was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medalby the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. In June of that same year he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
- Gordon Lightfoot born in 1938 is a candanadian folk singer and songwriters songs include If You Could Ready my Mind Sundown Early Morning Rain Rainy Day People and Carefree Highway
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