Sometimes, time allows songwriters to view their work in a different light, and Gordon Lightfoot was certainly not proud of his early work after consideration.

Gordon Lightfoot made me appreciate men. Not romantically — I’d had crushes on boys well before I ever heard his music — but empathetically. and my pockets full of sand. These were the people whose ...

One of Gordon Lightfoot’s biggest singles owes its title to a road sign that happened to catch the Canadian songwriter’s eye as he drove along State Route 74 in the northern part of metro Phoenix.

(WXYZ) — Legendary Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot died Monday at the age of 84, and we're looking back at one of his most popular hits, "The Wreck of the ...

FILE - Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, strums backstage at the Westbury Music Fair on Sept. 8, 1987, in Westbury, N.Y. Canada's legendary folk singer-songwriter, whose hits include “Early Morning ...

BY DECEMBER OF 1975, Lightfoot felt he had enough songs ready for his next album, Summertime Dream. It was time to gather his ...

His longtime publicist Victoria Lord revealed the news to Canadian media outlets including the CBC but did not provide a cause of death. Revered in Canada, the four-time Grammy nominee had been ...

“The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Michigan author John U. Bacon honors the 50th anniversary of the ship’s sinking, the men who were on the ship, and as Lightfoot ...

Ladies and gentlemen, Gordon Lightfoot. He is one of the greatest examples of timeless singer songwriting. If there was *** Mount Rushmore in Canada, Gordon would be on it. He's *** Canadian national ...

The beloved baritone and traveling troubadour first earned widespread notice for his hit "If You Could Read My Mind" in the 1970s Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died on Monday. He was 84.

Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died on Monday. He was 84.