On the night of Nov. 10, 1975, Gordon Lightfoot was perched in the attic of his Toronto home, working on a song. By then, the 36-year-old was already one of the most successful figures of the ...
An article about the Edmund Fitzgerald in Newsweek magazine and a wire service story are believed to have inspired Gordon Lightfoot to write his song. The song was released in August 1976 and had ...
The Mariners' Church in Detroit will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck. Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 ballad is inextricably linked to the maritime tragedy that killed 29 ...
Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 tune “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is back on the Billboard charts. The renewed interest in the track coincides with the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the freighter ...
Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a tragedy on Lake Superior that claimed the lives of 29 men. In the days following the calamity, songwriter Gordon ...
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