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- Full name: Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.Biography: Gordon Lightfoot Biography
- Born: November 17, 1938Official Site: Gordon Lightfoot - The Man And His Music
- Birth place: Orillia, Ontario, CanadaBiography: Gordon Lightfoot Biography
- Parents: Gordon Meredith and Jessie Vick Trill LightfootBiography: Gordon Lightfoot Biography
- Resides: Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBiography: Gordon Lightfoot Biography
- Genres: Folk, country, rock
- Active: 1962 - presentOfficial Site: Early Lightfoot
- Label: UnsignedMySpace: Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian-born singer and songwriter of folk, country and classic rock. He appeared on the popular music scene in the early 1960s.
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Studio Albums
- 1966: Lightfoot!
- 1967: The Way I Feel
- 1968: Did She Mention My Name
- 1968: Back Here On Earth
- 1970: If You Could Read My Mind
- 1971: Summer Side of Life
- 1972: Old Dan's Records
- 1972: Don Quixote
- 1974: Sundown
- 1975: Cold On The Shoulder
- 1976: Summertime Dream
- 1978: Endless Wire
- 1980: Dream Street Rose
- 1982: Shadows
- 1983: Salute
- 1986: East of Midnight
- 1993: Waiting For You
- 1998: A Painter Passing Through
- 1999: Songbook
- 2004: Harmony
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Career
Gordon Lightfoot exhibited his musical talent early in life. Encouraged by his mother, he learned to play a variety of musical instruments, including piano and drums. In school, he performed in plays, sang in quartets and went on to study orchestration at Westlake College in Los Angeles.Biography: Gordon Lightfoot BiographyAs one half of the duo, the Two Tones, he recorded a live album in 1962 titled Two Tones at the Village Corner. The same year he recorded 11 songs that wouldn't be released until almost a decade later.Official Site: Early Lightfoot
In 1964 Ian and Sylvia recorded two songs written by Lightfoot. Ian Tyson introduced him to manager Albert Grossman, which resulted in Lightfoot's recording five albums for United Artists.Official Site: Gordon Lightfoot - The Man And His Music
In 1976 the title track of the album Sundown won him wide acclaim, selling over 1,500,000 copies in the first year, as did his 1976 recording of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the true story of a ship and its crew that sank in 1975 on Lake Superior.Biography: Gordon Lightfoot Biography
Harmony
His 20th album, Harmony, was released in 2004. Lightfoot recorded it after spending some time recovering from a burst artery, which he suffered while on tour in Canada in 2002.Last.fm: Gordon Lightfoot Bio and TriviaAwards
Throughout his career of more than 40 years, Gordon Lightfoot has been the recipient of multiple Juno awards for top male vocalist, folk singer and composer, consistently appearing on the Canadian top 40 charts. He was inducted into the Canadian Music (Juno) Hall of Fame in 1986.Biography: Gordon Lightfoot Biography allmusic: Billboard Singles-
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