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.' ...

Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 tune “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is back on the Billboard charts.The renewed interest in the ...

On paper, it should never have been a hit record. But despite the odds stacked against it — the 6-minute length, the somber subject matter, the last-minute recording session — “The Wreck of the Edmund ...

“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee” - From “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” First come the mournful notes - an electric guitar layered over a ...

STURGEON BAY (WLUK) -- It's been 50 years since the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in the Canadian waters of Lake Superior, taking its crew of 29 with her. The cargo ship's home port was ...

TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2025 /CNW/ - A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals will hold an auction of items from the estate of Canadian music legend Gordon Lightfoot, offering fans and musical ...

Gordon Lightfoot and his band recorded the "little ditty" in a Toronto studio in December 1975, just weeks after the shipwreck that took 29 lives.

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

This week's Trending Up looks at the unlikely revival of the five-decade-old story song, as well as a curious new dance smash and a word-of-mouth success for Lily Allen.

The biggest concert this week in November in the Sarasota area will be a Bradenton-formed pop-punk band that became one of Sarasota-Manatee's largest modern-day musical success stories. They'll play a ...

NUTLEY, NJ - The Nutley School of Music is hosting a concert to benefit St. Jude's Hospital for Children this Sunday. The concert takes place from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Debonair Music Hall in ...

Fans of the new wave punk band Devo don't need to leave their homes to enjoy the band's chaotic on-stage presence. Known for hits like "Whip It" and "Uncontrollable Urge," Devo is hosting a concert ...