"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was released in 1976, less than a year after the ship sank in Lake Superior. Gordon Lightfoot’s song peaked at number two on the Billboard chart that same year.

Gordon Lightfoot turned a brief news item about a Great Lakes tragedy into one of the most haunting songs ever written — an ...

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

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

Fifty years after its sinking on Lake Superior, the iron-ore ship remains a fascination among guys. There’s good reason for that.

In terms of cultural resonance, my heart lies with where I grew up and what I know best: the state of Michigan and the Great Lakes region.

Family members of crew who perished when the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago in Lake Superior were among hundreds gathered at Mariners' Church of Detroit on Sunday, Nov. 9, to commemorate the ...

The spirit of John Denver’s music — and Christmas — is evident in the Rocky Mountain High Experience: A John Denver Christmas ...

INDIE ROCK Love and Fortune by Stella Donnelly; Dot Dash Recordings. When it comes to Perth singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly ...

Noone, teen idol of the 1960s. He was a nutcase. Called himself Henery VIII. “I got married to the widow next door, She’s been married seven times before.” She wouldn’t have a Willy or a Sam. Only ...

For the past several years, a Gordon Lightfoot song from 1976 has become an unlikely seasonal meme. The song, of course, is “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” a mournful ballad of the true story of ...