Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is No. 1 on a Billboard chart for the first time following the shipwreck's 50th anniversary.

Think you've heard everything from Gordon Lightfoot? At age 74, the Canadian singer-songwriter known for "If You Could Read My Mind," "Sundown," "Rainy Day People" and "The Wreck of the Edmund ...

The loss was commemorated in folk-rocker Gordon Lightfoot ’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” which hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 a little more than a year later, on the chart dated Nov. 20, ...

Lightfoot was doing well in Canada for a while, but it was “If You Could Read My Mind” from 1970 that piqued interest in his music among listeners down south. The song was a big US hit that peaked at ...

With his rich, warm voice and nimble guitar technique, this legendary folk-rock singer-songwriter weaves together his unforgettable hits with personal anecdotes from his historic 50-year musical ...

Gordon Lightfoot has written some of most the enduring folk and pop songs around. He's written so many, he sometimes worries that he's accidentally taken pieces of other writers' work. "Kris ...

On Nov. 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in the Great Lakes, inspiring Gordon Lightfoot to write a hit song called 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.' ...

Fifty years ago, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing 29 crew members. Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad immortalized the tragedy forever.

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Tribute concerts have been lighting up the stage this year at Theatre at the Center in Munster. Musical artists such as Elvis, Elton John, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Buffett and others have been brought to ...

Musicians can win all kinds of awards. But few find themselves on a stamp, one of the highest honors a nation can bestow on one of its artists. That’s where Gordon Lightfoot landed in 2007, when the ...