Gordon Meredith Lightfoot (born
November 17,
1938) is a
folk singer,
composer and
lyricist[?].
He is one of the first Canadian popular singers who achieved real stardom in his own country instead of moving to the USA.
Lightfoot was born in Orillia[?], Ontario, Canada.
He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986.
Best-selling songs:
- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- Canadian Railroad Trilogy
- If you could read my mind
- The first time ever I saw your face
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Rainy Day People
- Sundown
- Alberta Bound
- Bitter Green
- Cotton Jenny
- Did she mention my name
- I'm not supposed to care
- Ghost of Cape Horn
- Does your mother know
- The Pony Man
- In my fashion
- Shadows
- Protocol