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Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot in Toronto
Gordon Lightfoot in Toronto
Background information
Birth name Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
Born November 17, 1938 (1938-11-17) (age 69)
Origin Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s) Folk, Country, Rock
Occupation(s) Musician, Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Years active 1962 – present
Label(s) United, Reprise, Warner Bros.. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music United Artists Records was a Record label founded by Max E Youngstein of United Artists in 1958 initially to distribute Soundtracks Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Linus

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. Linus Entertainment is a Record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. , C.C., O.Ont., (born 17 November 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin This article is about the Canadian order Oont is Urdu for " Camel " and was adopted as an Anglo-Indian term for the animal during British Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page As a singer-songwriter, he came to prominence in his native Canada in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974) and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). " If You Could Read My Mind " is a Song by Gordon Lightfoot. " Sundown " is one of the most popular songs by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald " is a song written composed and performed by Gordon Lightfoot in commemoration of the sinking of the Bulk His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan. Johnny Cash (born J R Cash; February 26 1932 - September 12 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American country Singer-songwriter. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his "favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure. Robbie Robertson (born Jaime Robert Klegerman, 5 July 1943 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Songwriter, The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 "[1]

Contents

Early life

Gordon Lightfoot, Jr. was born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, 100 km north of Toronto. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario As a youth, he sang, under the direction of choirmaster Ray Williams, in the choir of Orillia's St. Paul's United Church. Williams, according to Lightfoot, taught him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice. [2] Lightfoot was a boy soprano; he appeared periodically on local radio in the Orillia area, performed in local operettas and oratorios, and gained exposure through various Kiwanis music festivals. Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers headquartered in Indianapolis Indiana. He was 12 when he made his first appearance at Massey Hall in Toronto, after winning a competition for boys whose voices had not yet changed. As a teenager, Lightfoot learned piano and taught himself to play drums and percussion. In high school, Lightfoot performed in extensively and eventually became largely self-taught in playing folk guitar. He was influenced during this time by 19th-century master American songwriter Stephen Foster. [3] He was also an accomplished high school athlete and set school records in track and field during his time for shot put and pole vault.

Lightfoot moved to California in 1958. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. He studied jazz composition and orchestration for two years at Hollywood's Westlake College of Music,[4] which had many Canadian students. To support himself, he sang on demonstration records and wrote, arranged, and produced commercial jingles. He became influenced by the folk music of Pete Seeger, Bob Gibson, Ian and Sylvia Tyson, and The Weavers. Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3 1919 is an American folk singer political Activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American Samuel Robert ("Bob" Gibson ( November 16, 1931 – September 28, 1996) was a folk singer who led a Folk music revival in Ian and Sylvia Tyson, CM, were a Canadian Folk music duo who performed and recorded from the early 1960s through the early 1970s The Weavers were an influential American Folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. [5] In Canada, Lighfoot performed with The Swinging Eight, a group featured on CBC TV's Country Hoedown, and with the Gino Silvi Singers. He soon became known in the Toronto coffee houses promoting folk music. In 1962, Lightfoot released two singles that were local hits in Toronto and received some airplay elsewhere in Canada as well. "Remember Me (I'm the One)" reached #3 on CHUM radio in Toronto in July 1962 and was also a top 20 hit on Montreal's CKGM,then a very influential Canadian Top 40 radio station. [6] The follow-up single was "Negotiations"/"It's Too Late, He Wins"; it reached #27 on CHUM in December. He also sang with Terry Whelan in a duo called the Two-Tones. They recorded a live album that was released in 1962 called Two-Tones at the Village Corner (1962, Chateau CLP-1012). [7]

In 1963, Lightfoot travelled to Europe. In the United Kingdom he hosted, for one year, BBC TV's Country and Western Show. In 1964 Lightfoot returned to Canada; he appeared at the Mariposa Folk Festival. The Mariposa Folk Festival was founded in Orillia Ontario, and after being held in various places in Ontario for a few decades has returned there During this time he began to develop a reputation as a songwriter. Ian and Sylvia Tyson recorded "Early Mornin' Rain" and "For Lovin' Me;" a year later both songs were covered by Peter, Paul and Mary. Ian and Sylvia Tyson, CM, were a Canadian Folk music duo who performed and recorded from the early 1960s through the early 1970s Peter Paul and Mary (often called PP&M) are a musical group from the United States who were one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the Other performers recording one or both songs included Chad and Jeremy and the Johnny Mann Singers. Chad and Jeremy was a singing folk rock duo in the 1960s comprising Chad Stuart (born David Stuart Chadwick 10 December 1941, Johnny Mann (born August 30 1928, Baltimore, Maryland) is an American arranger Established recording artists such as Marty Robbins ("Ribbon of Darkness"), Leroy Van Dyke ("I'm Not Saying"), Judy Collins ("Early Morning Rain"), Richie Havens ("I Can't Make It Anymore"), and The Kingston Trio ("Early Morning Rain"), all achieved chart success with Gordon Lightfoot's material. Martin David Robinson ( September 26 1925 – December 8, 1982) was an American singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leroy Frank Van Dyke (born 4 October 1929 in Mora, Missouri) is billed as "The World’s Most Famous Auctioneer" Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards Singer Richie Havens (born January 21, 1941) is an American folk Singer and Guitarist. The Kingston Trio is an American folk and Pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to early 1960s

The United Artists years

In 1965, Lightfoot signed a management contract with Albert Grossman, who also represented Bob Dylan. Albert Bernard Grossman ( May 21, 1926 - January 25, 1986) was an entrepreneur and manager in the American Folk music scene That same year, he signed a recording contract with United Artists and released his own version of "I'm Not Saying" as a single. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Appearances at the Newport Folk Festival, the Tonight Show, and New York's Town Hall increased his following and his reputation. The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk -oriented Music festival in Newport Rhode Island, which began in 1959 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as appropriate --> The Tonight Show is a long-running In 1966, he released his debut album Lightfoot!, which brought him increased recognition as both a singer and a songwriter. Lightfoot! is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. It featured many now-famous songs, including "For Lovin' Me," "Early Mornin' Rain," "Steel Rail Blues," and "Ribbon of Darkness. " On the strength of the Lightfoot! album, which mixed Canadian and universal themes, Lightfoot became one of the first Canadian singers to achieve real stardom in his own country without having to move to the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Between 1966 and 1969, Lightfoot recorded four additional albums for United Artists: The Way I Feel (1967), Did She Mention My Name? (1968), Back Here On Earth (1968), and the live recording Sunday Concert (1969). Sunday Concert is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot 's fifth Album, released in 1969 on the United Artists label During those years, he consistently placed singles in the Canadian top 40, including "Go-Go Round," "Spin, Spin," and "The Way I Feel. " His biggest hit of the era was a cover of Bob Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", which peaked at #3 on the Canadian charts. Internationally, Lightfoot's albums from this time were well-received, but did not produce any hit singles. Outside of Canada, he remained better known as a songwriter than as a performer.

Lightfoot's success as a live performer continued to grow throughout the late 1960s. He embarked on his first Canadian national tour in 1967, which included performances in New York City. The City of New York Between 1967 and 1974 Lightfoot toured Europe and was well-received on two tours of Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

UA would later consistently release "Best of" album compilations in the 1970s, after Gordon Lightfoot became a success on his next label Warner/Reprise.

The Reprise/Warner Bros. years

Lightfoot was signed to Warner Bros. /Reprise in 1970 and had a major hit in the United States with his recording of "If You Could Read My Mind. " If You Could Read My Mind " is a Song by Gordon Lightfoot. " The song was originally featured on his 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger, which did not sell well. "If You Could Read My Mind" redirects here for the song see If You Could Read My Mind (song. After the success of the song, the album was re-released under the new title If You Could Read My Mind. It reached #5 nationally and the success of the song represented a major turning point in Gordon Lightfoot's career. It also had only the second recorded version of "Me and Bobby McGee" as well as "The Pony Man","Your Love's Return" and "The Minstrel of The Dawn".

Over the next seven years, he recorded a series of successful albums that established him as one of the world's premier singer-songwriters:

During the 1970s, Lightfoot's songs covered an wide range of subjects, including "Don Quixote" about Cervantes' famous literary character, "Ode To Big Blue" about the widespread killing of whales, "Beautiful" about the simple joys of love, "Carefree Highway" about the freedom of the open road, "Protocol" about the futility of war, and "Alberta Bound" which was inspired by a lonely teenaged girl named Grace he met on a bus while travelling to Calgary in 1971.

In 1972, Lightfoot curtailed his touring schedule after contracting Bell's palsy, a condition that left his face partially paralyzed for a time. Bell's Palsy is a paralysis of the Facial nerve resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side Despite his illness, Lightfoot had several major hits during the 1970s. In 1974, his classic single "Sundown" from the album Sundown, went to No.1 on the American and Canadian charts. " Sundown " is one of the most popular songs by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot. These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1974. He performed it twice on NBC's "Midnight Special" series. "Carefree Highway," (about the actual highway in Phoenix, Arizona) was the follow-up single from the same album. Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo, It charted in the Top 10 in both countries. [8] Lightfoot wrote it after traveling from Flagstaff, Arizona on Interstate 17 to Phoenix. Flagstaff (Kinłání is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States Interstate 17 (I-17, also known as Black Canyon Freeway is an intrastate Interstate highway located entirely within the state of Arizona, United

In 1976, Lightfoot had a hit song about a shipwreck. In late November 1975, Lightfoot read a Newsweek magazine articleabout the tragic loss of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking during a severe storm on November 10, in which all 29 crew members died. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Construction and operation On February 1, 1957, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin contracted His song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," most of the lyrics of which were based on the facts contained in the article, reached #2 on the United States Billboard charts, and was a #1 hit in Canada. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald " is a song written composed and performed by Gordon Lightfoot in commemoration of the sinking of the Bulk See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" continue to receive heavy airplay on many classic rock stations. In 1978, Lightfoot had another top 40 hit on the United States Hot 100, "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)," which reached #33.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Lightfoot recorded six more original albums and a compilation for Warner Bros. /Reprise: Dream Street Rose (1980), Shadows (1982), Salute (1983), East of Midnight (1986), another compilation Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 (1988), Waiting for You (1993), and A Painter Passing Through (1998). Dream Street Rose is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 14th original album released in 1980 on the Warner Brothers Records label (#3426 A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object A salute (also called obeisance) is a Gesture (often Hand gesture) or other action used to display respect East of Midnight is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot 's 17th original album released in 1986 on the Warner Bros Gord's Gold Vol 2 is a compilation Album released by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot in 1988 Waiting for You is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot 's 18th original album released in 1993 on the Reprise Records label A Painter Passing Through is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot 's 19th original album released in 1998 on the Reprise Records label

The album Dream Street Rose has the folk-pop sound that Lightfoot established during the previous decade. In addition to the title song, it produced songs such as as "Ghosts Of Cape Horn" and "On The High Seas". He also included the Leroy Van Dyke's 1950s composition "The Auctioneer," a bluegrass-like number that for Lightfoot was a concert staple in the 70s & 80s, .

The album Shadows represents a departure from the acoustic sound of the 1970s and introduces an adult-contemporary sound. Songs like "Shadows" and "Thank You for the Promises" contain an underlying sadness and resignation. The 1982 American released single "Baby Step Back" marked his last time in the top 50 in that country. The 1983 album Salute produced no hit singles; the 1986 East Of Midnight album had several Adult Contemporary songs like "A Passing Ship","Morning Glory" and "I'll Tag Along" (East of Midnight). Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in A single from East of Midnight, "Anything For Love" actually made the Billboard Country & Western chart.

In April 1987, Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against composer Michael Masser, claiming that Masser's melody for the song "The Greatest Love of All" — recorded by George Benson (1977) and Whitney Houston (1985) — stole 24 bars from Lightfoot's 1971 hit song "If You Could Read My Mind. Michael Masser (born Michael William Masser 1941 a former Lawyer and Stockbroker, is a composer and producer of Popular music. George Benson (b March 22 1943, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American musician whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one Events Bohemian Rhapsody is named 'The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years' by BPI. Whitney Elizabeth Houston' (born August 9 1963 is an American Singer-songwriter, Actress, Film producer, Arranger and former Events January January 28 - Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles " The transitional section that begins "I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow" of the Masser song has the exact same melody as "I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back" of Lightfoot's song. Lightfoot later stated that he didn't want people thinking that he had stolen his melody from Masser. [9]

Lightfoot rounded out the decade with his follow-up compilation Gord's Gold, Vol. 2, in late 1988, which again contained re-recorded versions of his most popular songs, including a re-make of the 1970 song, "The Pony Man". The original had been brisk in pace, acoustic and only about three minutes long. This new version was slower, clocking in at around four minutes plus.

During the 90s Lightfoot returned to his acoustic roots and recorded two albums. Waiting for You (1993) includes songs like "Restless", "Wild Strawberries" and Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells. " 1998's A Painter Passing Through reintroduced a sound more reminiscent of his early recordings, with songs like "Much To My Surprise", "Red Velvet", "Drifters", and "I Used To be a Country Singer". Throughout the decade, Lightfoot played about 50 concerts a year. In 1999 Rhino Records released Songbook, a four CD boxed set of Lightfoot recordings with rare and unreleased tracks from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s plus a small hardback booklet for his fans that described how he created his songs and gave facts about his career. Songbook is a career retrospective Album released by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot on the Rhino label in 1999.

In April 2000, Lightfoot taped a live concert in Reno, Nevada — a one hour show that was broadcast by CBC in October, and as a PBS special across the United States. PBS stations offered a videotape of the concert as a pledge gift, and a tape and DVD were released in 2001 in Europe and North America. This was the first Lightfoot concert video ever released. In April 2001, Lightfoot performed at the Tin Pan South Legends concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, closing the show. In May, he performed "Ring Them Bells" at Massey Hall in honour of Bob Dylan's sixtieth birthday.

Illness and recovery

By January 2002, Lightfoot had 30 new songs written for his next studio album. He recorded guitar and vocal demos of some of these new songs. In September, before the second concert of a two-night stand in Orillia, Lightfoot suffered severe stomach pain and was airlifted to McMaster Medical Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. He underwent surgery for a bleeding problem in his abdomen and remained in serious condition in the intensive care unit. The resulting coma lasted for almost two months. In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. Get well wishes poured in from all around the world. All of his remaining 2002 concerts dates were cancelled. More than three months after being admitted to McMaster Medical Centre, Gordon Lightfoot was released in December to continue his recovery at home.

In 2003, Lightfoot underwent follow up surgery to continue the treatment of his abdominal condition. In November, he signed a new recording contract with Linus Entertainment and began rehearsing with his band for the first time since his illness.

In January 2004, Lightfoot completed work on his album Harmony, which he mostly recorded prior to his illness. In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously and chords actual or implied in Music. The album was released on his new home label of Linus Records on May 11th of that year. It was his 20th original album. It included an actual single and new video for "Inspiration Lady". Other songs were "Clouds Of Loneliness", "Sometimes I Wish", "Flyin' Blind", and "No Mistake About It". The album also contained the upbeat yet reflective Marshall Tucker(Band)/Allman Brothers Band-sounding track called "End Of All Time", which was unlike what most people perceive as a Gordon Lightfoot song.

In July 2004, he made a surprise comeback performance since falling ill at Mariposa in Orillia, performing "I'll Tag Along" solo. In August, he performed a five-song solo set in Peterborough, Ontario, at the flood relief benefit. Peterborough is a City on the Otonabee River in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec In November, he made his long awaited return to the concert stage with two sold out benefit shows in Hamilton, Ontario.

Lightfoot returned to the music business with his new album selling well and an appearance on Canadian Idol. Canadian Idol is a Reality television show on the Canadian television network CTV, based on the popular British show In 2005, he made a low-key tour called the Better Late Than Never Tour.

As a tour for 2008 was being planned, with a few dates already set, Lightfoot's manager, Barry Harvey, suddenly passed away at 56 on December 4, 2007. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Legacy

Gordon Lightfoot's music career has spanned more than 40 years, producing more than 200 recordings. He helped define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s, influencing major recording artists, such as Bob Dylan, Gene Clark, Dan Fogelberg, Jimmy Buffett, and Jim Croce. Daniel Grayling Fogelberg ( August 13 1951 &ndash December 16 2007) was an American singer songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist Bob Dylan in fact called Lightfoot one of his favourite songwriters. In an often-quoted tribute to his Canadian colleague, Dylan once observed that when he heard a Gordon Lightfoot song he wished "it would last forever. "[10]

The Lightfoot sound

The signature Lightfoot sound, both in the studio and on tour, centres around Lightfoot's distinct baritone voice and folk-based acoustic guitar. Over the years, a handful of key musicians contributed significantly to that sound. From 1965-1970, lead guitarist Red Shea was the most important supporting player, with bassists Paul Wideman and John Stockfish filling out the arrangements.

In 1969, bassist Rick Haynes joined the band, and lead guitarist Terry Clements joined the following year. Red Shea left the touring band in 1970, but continued to record with Lightfoot until 1975. He hosted his own Canadian variety show, played with Ian Tyson, and became band leader for Tommy Hunter's TV show in the 1980s on CBC. Shea played on most of Lightfoot's early hits, and his musical influence on later band configurations is undeniable. Haynes and Clements remained with Lightfoot for the rest of his career and compose the core of Gordon Lightfoot's band.

In 1975, Pee Wee Charles added the important pedal steel guitar element to the band's sound, applying this traditional country instrument in a unique and creative way to Lightfoot's songs. Drummer Barry Keane joined the following year and in 1981, keyboardist Mike Heffernan completed the ensemble. This five-piece backup band remained intact until 1987, when Pee Wee Charles left the band to operate a radio station in Southern Ontario. Haynes, Clements, Keane, and Heffernan continue to tour and record with Lightfoot to this day.

Honours and awards

Gordon Lightfoot has received fifteen Juno Awards — for top folk singer in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977, for top male vocalist in 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1974, and for composer of the year in 1972 and 1976. The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian Musical Artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music He has received ASCAP awards for songwriting in 1971, 1974, 1976, and 1977, and has been nominated for five Grammy Awards. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences In 1974, Lightfoot's song "Sundown" was named pop record of the year by the Music Operators of America. In 1980, he was named Canadian male recording artist of the decade, for his work in the 1970s.

Lightfoot was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001. The Canadian Music Hall of Fame honors Canadian musicians for their lifetime achievements in Music. The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to honour Canadian Country music artists, builders or broadcasters He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998.

In May 2003 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin Lightfoot is also a member of the Order of Ontario, the highest honour in the Province of Ontario. This article is about the Canadian order Oont is Urdu for " Camel " and was adopted as an Anglo-Indian term for the animal during British The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec In 1977, he received the Vanier Award by Canadian Jaycees.

Tributes and covers

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Discography

Singles

Year Title Canada CAN Country US Hot 100 US AC US Country Album
1962 "(Remember Me) I'm The One" 3† - - - - Non-LP
1962 "It's Too Late, He Wins" /
"Negotiations" (Double A-Side)		 27† - - - - Non-LP
1962 "Adios, Adios" - - - - - Non-LP
1963 "Day Before Yesterday" - - - - - Non-LP
1965 "I'm Not Sayin'" 12 2 - - - Lightfoot
1965 "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" 3 - - - - Non-LP
1966 "Spin Spin" 7 - - - - Non-LP
1966 "Go Go Round" 27 - - - - The Way I Feel
1967 "The Way I Feel" 36 - - - - The Way I Feel
1967 "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" - - - - - The Way I Feel
1968 "Black Day in July" - - - - - Did She Mention My Name
1968 "Bitter Green" - - - - - Back Here On Earth
1970 "Me and Bobby McGee" 13 1 - - - If You Could Read My Mind
1970 "If You Could Read My Mind" 1 - 5 1 - If You Could Read My Mind
1971 "If I Could" - - 111 - - Back Here On Earth
1971 "Talking in Your Sleep" 19 - 64 - - Summer Side Of Life
1971 "Summer Side of Life" 21 - 98 - - Summer Side Of Life
1972 "Beautiful" 13 - 58 - - Don Quixote
1972 "Alberta Bound" - - - - - Don Quixote
1972 "You Are What I Am" (A-Side) 3 1 102 - - Old Dan's Records
1972 "The Same Old Obsession" (B-Side) 3 - 101 - - Old Dan's Records
1973 "Can't Depend on Love" (A-Side) 27 - - - - Old Dan's Records
1973 "It's Worth Believin'" (B-Side) - 12 - - - Old Dan's Records
1974 "Sundown" 1 4 1 - 13 Sundown
1974 "Carefree Highway" 11 1 10 1 81 Sundown
1975 "Rainy Day People" 10 - 26 1 47 Cold On The Shoulder
1976 "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 1 1 2 - 50 Summertime Dream
1976 "Race Among The Ruins" 30 14 65 - - Summertime Dream
1977 "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" 6 9 33 3 92 Endless Wire
1978 "Daylight Katy" 44 - - - - Endless Wire
1978 "Dreamland" - - - - 100 Endless Wire
1980 "Dream Street Rose" - 8 - - 80 Dream Street Rose
1980 "If You Need Me" - 21 - - 70 Dream Street Rose
1981 "Baby Step Back" - - 50 17 - Shadows
1982 "Blackberry Wine" - - - - - Shadows
1982 "In My Fashion" - - - - - Shadows
1983 "Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do)" - - - - - Salute
1983 "Without You" - - - - - Salute
1986 "Anything for Love" 39 - - 13 71 East Of Midnight
1986 "Stay Loose" 86 - - - - East Of Midnight
1987 "East of Midnight" - - - - - East Of Midnight
1987 "Ecstasy Made Easy" - - - - - East Of Midnight
1993 "I'll Prove My Love" - - - - - Waiting For You
1993 "Waiting For You" - - - - - Waiting For You
1998 "A Painter Passing Through" - - - - - A Painter Passing Through
2004 "Inspiration Lady" - - - - - Harmony

† Lightfoot's first two singles were credited to "Gord Lightfoot". The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the US-based music sales tracking company Nielsen SoundScan. The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the US-based music sales tracking company Nielsen SoundScan. The Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart (formerly known as Adult Contemporary Singles, Easy Listening, and only Adult Contemporary) lists the most popular Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States " Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues " is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan. The " Canadian Railroad Trilogy " is a song by Gordon Lightfoot that describes the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Bitter Green is a song by Gordon Lightfoot, released on the 1968 Back Here on Earth album and on the 1969 Sunday Concert live album " Me and Bobby McGee " is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller, but best remembered for " If You Could Read My Mind " is a Song by Gordon Lightfoot. " Sundown " is one of the most popular songs by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald " is a song written composed and performed by Gordon Lightfoot in commemoration of the sinking of the Bulk Canada did not have a national singles chart at the time of release -- these chart figures are from Toronto's CHUM Chart. The CHUM Chart was a ranking of top 30 (and until August 1968 the top 50 songs on Toronto, Canada, radio station CHUM 1050 AM, from 1957 to All other Canadian chart figures from RPM magazine.

Original albums

Compilations

Other

References

  1. ^ Seely, Mike. "If You Could Read My Mind" redirects here for the song see If You Could Read My Mind (song. Sunday Concert is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot 's fifth Album, released in 1969 on the United Artists label Bear Family Records is a Germany -based Independent record label that specializes in reissues of archival material ranging from Country music to 1950s Sunday Concert is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot 's fifth Album, released in 1969 on the United Artists label "Fantasy Trade: Gordon Lightfoot for Neil Diamond, The Last Waltz: Canadian songwriter passed on the night-of invitation, much to this author's regret.", Seattle Weekly, 22 August 2007. Seattle Weekly is a freely distributed Newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2008-04-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop  
  2. ^ MacFarlane, David, Gordon Lightfoot feature in "People" column, The United Church Observer, January 2006.
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