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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. He came to prominence in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as “If You Could Read My Mind” (1970), “Sundown” (1974) and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world’s most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his “favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure.”
Lightfoot was born to Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Sr. and Jessica Lightfoot in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. As a youth, he sang in the choir of St. Paul’s United Church under the direction of choir-master Ray Williams. Lightfoot remarked in 2005 that it was Williams who “taught him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice”.
Lightfoot moved to Los Angeles, California during the 1950s where he studied at Hollywood’s Westlake College of Music. He returned to Canada by the early 1960s and began performing in coffee houses in the ...
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Top 10 Gordon Lightfoot Songs
If You Could Read My Mind
Sundown
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Bitter Green
For Lovin' Me
Steel Rail Blues
The Way I Feel
Carefree Highway
Pussywillows, Cat-Tails
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Gord's Gold
The United Artists Collection (disc 1)
Complete Greatest Hits
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Rhino Hi-Five: Gordon Lightfoot
Sundown
Summertime Dream
If You Could Read My Mind
The United Artists Collection (disc 2)
The Complete Greatest Hits
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