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 ...