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Gordon Lightfoot
Canadian Songwriter/singer
Lightfoot was born November 17, 1938 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada.
Deciding to make a career in music he moved to Los Angeles, California where he studied at Hollywood's Westlake College of Music.
In the 1960s he returned to his native Canada and started performing in coffee houses.
He was first recognized as a songwriter and wrote music for Elvis Presley,
Johnny Cash and Peter Paul and Mary rather than a singer. His first album was
released in 1966.
In 1975, Lightfoot read a Newsweek magazine article about the Great Lakes ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking during a severe storm. Tragically, all of her 29 crew members were killed. His song, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", most of the lyrics of which were taken from the
article and is still in demand every year in the middle of November near the
anniversary of the loss of this massive ore carrier.
Lightfoot has received 15 Juno Awards and been nominated for 5 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986, the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001, and in May 2003 was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, the country's highest honor. Lightfoot is also a member of the Order of Ontario, the highest honor in the province of Ontario.
Some of the better known songs by this artist.
Sorted alphabetically
"Alberta Bound"
"Bitter Green"
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy"
"Carefree Highway"
"Cotton Jenny"
"Did She Mention My Name"
"Does Your Mother Know"
"Early Morning Rain"
"Ghost of Cape Horn"
"If You Could Read My Mind"
"I'm Not Supposed To Care"
"In My Fashion"
"Me and Bobby McGee"
"Protocol"
"Rainy Day People"
"Shadows"
"Sundown"
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
"The Pony Man"
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