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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. [1]
May 1, 2023 · Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. was born on Nov. 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ontario, to Gordon and Jessie Vick (Trill) Lightfoot. His father managed a dry-cleaning plant. As a boy, he sang in a church ...
May 2, 2023 · Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Canadian folk-rock icon Gordon Lightfoot has died at the age of 84. Lightfoot died at a Toronto hospital on Monday night of natural causes ...
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- Neda Ulaby
May 1, 2023 · The brilliant songwriter penned classics like \"If You Could Read My Mind,\" \"Early Morning Rain,\" and \"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.\" He was covered by everyone from Bob Dylan to Elvis Presley and sued Whitney Houston for plagiarism.
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- Andy Greene
May 2, 2023 · Gordon Lightfoot, Canada's answer to U.S. singer-songwriters who provided the soundtrack for baby boomers coming of age amid a countercultural revolution, died Monday, his publicist said. He was ...
May 2, 2023 · Folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died. He was one of the most renowned voices to come from Toronto’s Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s. He penned hundreds of songs, including “Carefree Highway,” “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Once called a “rare talent” by Bob Dylan, Lightfoot wrote deeply autobiographical lyrics and explored ...
