Gordon Lightfoot

 

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr,, born on November 17, 1938
in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, who as a youth learned
piano and taught himself to play drums and percussion. In
high school, Lightfoot performed extensively and taught
himself to play folk guitar and sang in a church choir as he
began his climb to fame to be an influential songwriter and
singer for many recording stars in the 1970’s

Lightfoot gained recognition upon signing with Warner
Brothers Records in 1970 and striking gold with his “If You
Could Ready My Mind.” “Sundown” topped the charts
in 1974 with “Carefree Highway” earning him another
gold record during that year and “The Wreck of the Edmund
Fitzgerald” in 1976.

Gordon Lightfoot was awarded numerous Juno Awards in
Canada and nominated for five Grammy Awards. In 1980
he was named Canadian male recording artist of the decade
for his musical contributions in the 1970’s. He also was inducted
into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986
and that country’s Walk of Fame in 1998 as well as the
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.

Visit Gordon Lightfoot’s website here.