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1 mag 2023 · Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk singer whose rich, plaintive baritone and gift for melodic songwriting made him one of the most popular recording artists of the 1970s, died on Monday night...
- From Teen Promise to Folk Fame
- International Recognition
- Determined Performer
- Songs Covered by Some of Music's Biggest Stars
A childhood performer on local radio and at regional music festivals, Lightfoot wrote his first song, The Hula Hoop Song, in 1955, while still in high school. "A lot of the images in my songs are drawn from this kind of country," the singer-songwriter said of Orillia, in a 1967 interview with CBC-TV's Telescope. "I've been a lot of places and I've ...
After earning accolades at home in the late 1960s, Canada's troubadour broke through internationally in the 1970s after signing with Warner Records in the U.S., making a splash at the start of that decade with the release of the single If You Could Read My Mind, now a folk standard. Lightfoot followed that up, over the next six years, with what bec...
In the course of his long career, Lightfoot conquered several illnesses, including a bout of Bell's palsy and, in his early performing years, alcoholism. He beat the addiction in the 1980s. In September 2002, the country was on tenterhooks when news broke that Lightfoot had been airlifted to hospital with severe stomach pains, just as he was about ...
He took the premature report of his death in 2010 in stride, and later performed a high-profile Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame concert with The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie while maintaining his own touring schedule. In addition to early adopters like fellow folkies Ian and Sylvia Tyson, and Peter, Paul and Mary, a wide range of artists recorde...
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In February 2010, Lightfoot was the victim of a death hoax originating from Twitter, when then-CTV journalist David Akin posted on Twitter and Facebook that Lightfoot had died. Lightfoot was at a dental appointment at the time the rumours spread and found out when listening to the radio on his drive home. [54]
2 mag 2023 · Tributes have been paid to the singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who has died at the age of 84. The Canadian musician became famous in the 1960s and 70s with hits like Early Morning Rain and...
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2 mag 2023 · 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, according to his publicist.
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1 mag 2023 · Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose enduring folk hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died Monday, his spokesperson told CNN. He was 84.
1 mag 2023 · By Andy Greene. May 1, 2023. Gordon Lightfoot Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Gordon Lightfoot — a genius-level Canadian singer-songwriter whose most enduring works include “If You...
