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Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot (born November 17, 1938) is a folk singer, composer and lyricist[?].

He is one of the first Canadian popular singers who achieved real stardom in his own country instead of moving to the USA.

Lightfoot was born in Orillia[?], Ontario, Canada.

He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986.

Best-selling songs:

  • The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  • Canadian Railroad Trilogy
  • If you could read my mind
  • The first time ever I saw your face
  • Me and Bobby McGee
  • Rainy Day People
  • Sundown
  • Alberta Bound
  • Bitter Green
  • Cotton Jenny
  • Did she mention my name
  • I'm not supposed to care
  • Ghost of Cape Horn
  • Does your mother know
  • The Pony Man
  • In my fashion
  • Shadows
  • Protocol



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