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Orillia, Ontario, Canada (1938 – present)
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. He came to prominence in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as “If You Could Read My Mind” (1970), “Sundown” (1974) and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world’s most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his “favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure.”
Lightfoot was born to Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Sr. and Jessica Lightfoot in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. As a youth, he sang in the choir of St. Paul’s United Church under the direction of choir-master Ray Williams. Lightfoot remarked in 2005 that it was Williams who “taught him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice”.
Lightfoot moved to Los Angeles, California during the 1950s where he studied at Hollywood’s Westlake College of Music. He returned to Canada by the early 1960s and began performing in coffee houses in the Toronto folk scene. He sang with Terry Whelan in a duo called the Two Tones. They released a live album recorded in 1962 called Two Tones at the Village Corner. In 1966, his debut album Lightfoot! was released and it brought him recognition as a songwriter.
Lightfoot was born to Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Sr. and Jessica Lightfoot in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. As a youth, he sang in the choir of St. Paul’s United Church under the direction of choir-master Ray Williams. Lightfoot remarked in 2005 that it was Williams who “taught him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice”.
Lightfoot moved to Los Angeles, California during the 1950s where he studied at Hollywood’s Westlake College of Music. He returned to Canada by the early 1960s and began performing in coffee houses in the Toronto folk scene. He sang with Terry Whelan in a duo called the Two Tones. They released a live album recorded in 1962 called Two Tones at the Village Corner. In 1966, his debut album Lightfoot! was released and it brought him recognition as a songwriter.
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Gabrmachado wrote:
Bob Dylan's favorite singer. And, in fact, he kick Dylan's ass when the subject is "voice". Actually, I think that "If You Could Read My Mind" is the most amazing song I've ever heard. And I'm not an obsessive metal-head.
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WelcomeYou wrote:
really nice fella
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Arhippigo wrote:
i'm an obsessive metal-head, but i really enjoy Gordon Lightfoot's music ;D [4]
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Prograven wrote:
i'm an obsessive metal-head, but i really enjoy Gordon Lightfoot's music ;D [3]
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Harmony4316 wrote:
Every song he writes is a beautiful story. Would love to see him sometime. I could sing with him for hours and hours. "Beautiful" is my favorite. Feel as if he is singing it to me. Love It!!!
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Metalmash666 wrote:
i'm an obsessive metal-head, but i really enjoy Gordon Lightfoot's music ;D [2]
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Yura88 wrote:
супер гуд)
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TheInfatuated wrote:
Why was so much of his music taken down from last.fm? I got to know him through this, but now my favourite songs aren't even in the radio anymore! :-(
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Dejan_Srbac wrote:
He is great! I really like song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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sh4n3 wrote:
Sundown is epic.
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guntotingelf wrote:
ditto. weird.
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Vggamegod wrote:
i'm an obsessive metal-head, but i really enjoy Gordon Lightfoot's music ;D
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tommypmusic wrote:
What a picture he paints.
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WLDB wrote:
Im going to see him next month in the Sault. Looking forward to it. Also somewhat appropriate to see him there. Thats as close as you can get to the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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ClassicManiac wrote:
vote this pic up please, we need some variety in here: http://www.last.fm/music/Gordon+Lightfoot/+images/25847399
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AHAB25 wrote:
Have to hear this guy or some of his songs every sometimes, I come to think of Early Morning Rain or onee of the other good songs.
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moneen02 wrote:
One of the best.
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gutlesswonder wrote:
Great singer and songwriter!
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nicorumboll wrote:
please fellow gordon lovers... anyone know the name of that song about the gypsy (diddle-dee-dum or something like that?) had it on tape, now gone forever. legend.
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Phillip-Hartley wrote:
Gordon. I just love your music more than I can say.
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