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From the Album 1. If It Should Please You 2. Endless Wire 3. Hangdog Hotel Room 4. Im Not Supposed To Care 5. High And Dry 6. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald 7. The Pony Man 8. Race Among The Ruins 9. Christian Island 10. All The Lovely Ladies 11. Alberta Bound 12. Cherokee Bend 13. Triangle 14. Shadows 15. Make Way For The Lady 16. Ghosts Of Cape Horn 17. Baby Step Back 18. Its Worth Believin


From the Album 1. I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness 2. Song For A Winters Night 3. Canadian Railroad Trilogy 4. Softly 5. For Lovin' Me/Did She Mention My Name 6. Affair On 8th Avenue 7. Steel Rail Blues 8. Wherefore And Why 9. Bitter Green 10. Early Morning Rain 11. Minstrel Of The Dawn 12. Sundown 13. Beautiful 14. Summer Side Of Life 15. Rainy Day People 16. Cotton Jenny 17. Don Quixote 18. Circle Of Steel 19. Old Dans Records 20. If You Could Read My Mind 21. Cold On The Shoulder 22. Carefree Highway


Other Songs 10 Degrees And Getting Colder 10 Degrees Getting Colder 14 Karat Gold A Few Moments Ago A Lesson In Love A Love That's True A Minor Ballad A Painter Passing Through A Passing Ship A Ring and a Secret A Song For A Winters Night A Tree To Weak To Stand A Tree Too Weak To Stand Adios Adios All Im After Always on the Bright Side An Old Friend Anything For Love Anything My Woman Does Apology Approaching Lavender Baby Its Allright Baby Its Alright Ballad Of Yarmouth Castle Beautifuel Bells Of The Evening Bend In The Water Better Off Betty Called Me In Betty Mae's a Good Time Gal Biscuit City Black Day In July Blackberry Wine Boathouse Borderstone Boss Man Brave Mountaineers Broken Dreams By The Light of the Silvery Spoon Cabaret Canary Yellow Canary Yellow Canoe Cant Depend On Love Changes Christian Island (Georgian Bay) Circle Is Small Clouds Of Loneliness Cobwebs Cobwebs andamp; Dust Cobwebs Dust Cold Hands From New York Couchiching Crossroads Daisy Doo Daylight Katy Did She Mention My Name Divorce Country Style Do You Walk, Do You Talk Does Your Mother Know Don't Be Sorry Dont Beat Me Down Dream Street Rose Dreamdrift Dreamland Drifters Drink Yer Glasses Empty Early Mornin Rain East Of Midnight Easy Flo Echoes of Heroes Ecstasy Made Easy E-Motion End of All Time Fading Away Farewell To Annabel Fine As Fine Can Be Flyin' Blind For Lovin Me For Lovin Me - Did She Mention My Name Forgive Me Lord Foxfire Go Go Around Go Go Round Go My Way Go-Go Round Gotta Get Away Harmony Heaven Don't Deserve Me Heaven Help The Devil Hey You High Dry HiWay Songs Home From The Forest I Used To Be A Country Singer I Want To Hear It From You Id Do It Again Id Rather Press On If Children Had Wings If I Could If Theres A Reason If You Got It If You Need Me Ill Be Alright Ill Do Anything Ill Prove My Love Ill Tag Along Im Not Sayin Im Not Sayin / Ribbon of Darkness In A Windowpane In My Fashion Inspiration Lady Is There Anyone Home It's Too Late, He Wins Just a Little Bit Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues Keepin' on Yearnin' Keepin On Yearning Knotty Pine Lazy Mornin Leaves Of Grass Let It Ride Lifeline Long River Long Thin Dawn Long Way Back Home Looking At The Rain Love and Maple Syrup Love Maple Syrup Magnificent Outpouring Mama Said Marie Christine May I Me And Bobby McGee Me Bobby Mcgee Message to the Wind [Previously Unreleased Track] Miguel Mister Rock Of Ages Morning Glory Mother Of A Miners Child Mountains And Marian Much To My Surprise My Little Love My Pony Wont Go Never Say Trust Me Never Too Close No Hotel [Live] No Mistake About It Nous Vivons Ensemble Now And Then Now Then Ode To Big Blue Oh Linda Oh So Sweet On Susans Floor On The High Seas On Yonge Street Only Love Would Know Ordinary Man Peaceful Waters Pony Man Poor Little Allison Pride Of Man Protocol Pussy Willows Cat Tails Pussywilliows Cat Tails Pussywillows, Cat-Tails Rainbow Trout Red Velvet Redwood Hill Remember Me (Remember Me) I'm the One Restless Return Into Dust Ribbon Of Darkness Rich Mans Spiritual Ring Them Bells Ringneck Loon River of Light Romance Rosanna Salute Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do) Same Old Loverman Saturday Clothes Sea Of Tranquility Second Cup Of Coffee Seven Island Suite Shellfish Shes Not The Same Sit Down Young Stranger Sixteen Miles Sixteen Miles (To Seven Lakes) Slide On Over Someone To Believe In Something Very Special Sometimes I Dont Mind Sometimes I Wish Somewhere U.S.A. Songs The Minstrel Sang Spanish Moss Spin Spin Station Master Station Master [Previously Unreleased Track] Stay Loose Stone Cold Sober Summertime Dream Sweet Guinevere Talking In Your Sleep Tattoo Thank You For The Promises That Same Old Obsession The Auctioneer The Circle Is Small The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face THe First Time I Ever Saw Your Face The Gypsy The House You Live In The Last Time I Saw Her The Laughter We Seek The List The Lost Children The Minstrel Of The Dawn The Mountains And Maryann The Patriots Dream The Soul Is The Rock The Watchmans Gone The Way I Feel Too Late For Prayin Too Many Clues In This Room Too Much to Lose Uncle Toad Said Unsettled Ways Waiting For You Walls Welcome To Try Where Are The Martyred Children Wherefor and Why Wherefore Why Whisper My Name Whispers Of The North Why Not Give It a Try Why Should I Feel Blue Wild Strawberries Without You Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Yes, I Will You Are What I Am You Just Gotta Be You'll Still Be Needing Me Your Loves Return
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. Credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s, he has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter, having several gold and multi-platinum albums and songs covered by some of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness."

Lightfoot's songs, including "For Lovin' Me", "Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues", "Ribbon of Darkness"—a number one hit on the U.S. country chart with Marty Robbins's cover in 1965—and "Black Day in July", about the 1967 Detroit riot, brought him wide recognition in the 1960s. Canadian chart success with his own recordings began in 1962 with the No. 3 hit "(Remember Me) I'm the One", followed by recognition and charting abroad in the 1970s. He topped the US Hot 100 or Adult Contemporary (AC) chart with the hits "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974); "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976), and had many other hits that appeared in the top 40.

Robbie Robertson of the Band described Lightfoot as "a national treasure". Bob Dylan, who would sometimes perform Lightfoot's songs, said "I can't think of any Gordon Lightfoot song I don't like. Every time I hear a song of his, it's like I wish it would last forever."

Lightfoot was a featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta and received numerous honours and awards.
Birth Name: Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
Born: November 17, 1938 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Died: May 1, 2023 (at age of 84) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s): Folk, folk rock, country, soft rock, pop
Instrument(s): Vocals, guitar, piano, percussion
Occupation(s): Singer-songwriter, guitarist
Active From: 1958-2023
Quotes:
"Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winning when I'm losing again"
-Gordon Lightfoot
from Sundown (2023)
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