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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.

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Metalmash666 wrote:
last month

i'm an obsessive metal-head, but i really enjoy Gordon Lightfoot's music ;D [2]

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Yura88 wrote:
last month

супер гуд)

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TheInfatuated wrote:
September 2009

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:
August 2009

He is great! I really like song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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sh4n3 wrote:
May 2009

Sundown is epic.

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guntotingelf wrote:
May 2009

ditto. weird.

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Vggamegod wrote:
May 2009

i'm an obsessive metal-head, but i really enjoy Gordon Lightfoot's music ;D

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tommypmusic wrote:
April 2009

What a picture he paints.

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WLDB wrote:
March 2009

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:
March 2009

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:
March 2009

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:
March 2009

One of the best.

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gutlesswonder wrote:
March 2009

Great singer and songwriter!

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nicorumboll wrote:
March 2009

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:
February 2009

Gordon. I just love your music more than I can say.

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LudwigEllner wrote:
February 2009

ich höre ihn immer und immer wieder...........

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jazzgeorge wrote:
February 2009

very soft and smooth - the soul will be thankful

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tyaf wrote:
January 2009

Canadian icon :D

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ingeborgheise wrote:
January 2009

I would like to recommend you an artist: http://www.last.fm/music/Thilo+Martinho I love the tracks of this versatile musician. Maybe, you do so too ?

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Ryncewynd wrote:
December 2008

Love the song...but reminds me of lost loves, opportunities and friends...

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