Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot
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About the artist

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success and played a significant role in defining the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Considered one of Canada's most influential songwriters, he released numerous gold and platinum albums, and his songs have been covered by many prominent musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings described him as being known for "timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness.

Top songs

  1. If You Could Read My Mind
  2. Sundown
  3. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  4. Carefree Highway
  5. Early Morning Rain
  6. Beautiful
  7. Canadian Railroad Trilogy
  8. Early Mornin' Rain
  9. Rainy Day People
  10. Steel Rail Blues
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  1. Song For A Winter's Night
  2. For Lovin' Me
  3. The Watchman's Gone
  4. Bitter Green
  5. The Way I Feel
  6. Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
  7. Did She Mention My Name
  8. Race Among The Ruins
  9. Pussywillows, Cat-Tails
  10. The Circle Is Small
  11. Summer Side of Life
  12. Daylight Katy
  13. Cotton Jenny
  14. Go-Go Round
  15. Me and Bobby McGee
  16. Don Quixote
  17. Somewhere U.S.A.
  18. Minstrel of the Dawn
  19. Circle of Steel
  20. High and Dry
  21. Seven Island Suite
  22. Ribbon Of Darkness
  23. Softly
  24. I'm Not Sayin'
  25. I'm Not Supposed to Care
  26. Affair On 8th Avenue
  27. Black Day In July
  28. Changes
  29. Alberta Bound
  30. The House You Live In
  31. Old Dan's Records
  32. Summertime Dream
  33. Cold on the Shoulder
  34. Sit Down Young Stranger
  35. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  36. The Last Time I Saw Her
  37. The Pony Man
  38. Wherefore and Why
  39. Long River
  40. Oh So Sweet
  41. Second Cup Of Coffee
  42. Is There Anyone Home
  43. I'd Do It Again
  44. Rich Man's Spiritual
  45. Saturday Clothes
  46. The List
  47. Approaching Lavender
  48. Crossroads
  49. Too Late for Prayin'
  50. Baby Step Back
  51. Never Too Close
  52. Oh, Linda
  53. Home From The Forest
  54. Pride Of Man
  55. Restless
  56. Boss Man
  57. Protocol
  58. Poor Little Allison
  59. I'm Not Sayin' / Ribbon of Darkness
  60. Cobwebs & Dust
  61. Spanish Moss
  62. Christian Island (Georgian Bay)
  63. Stay Loose
  64. If You Could Read My Mind (Album Version)
  65. I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness
  66. Baby It's Allright
  67. Your Love's Return
  68. Too Many Clues In This Room
  69. Peaceful Waters
  70. For Lovin' Me/Did She Mention My Name
  71. Something Very Special
  72. Walls
  73. For Lovin' Me / Did She Mention My Name
  74. Ghosts of Cape Horn
  75. Talking In Your Sleep
  76. Sundown (Album Version)
  77. If You Got It
  78. Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (LP Version)
  79. 10 Degrees & Getting Colder
  80. All the Lovely Ladies
  81. Does Your Mother Know
  82. Looking At The Rain
  83. If I Could
  84. I'll Be Alright
  85. Magnificent Outpouring
  86. I Want To Hear It From You
  87. Long Way Back Home
  88. Sixteen Miles (To Seven Lakes)
  89. Endless Wire
  90. Baby Step Back - 2002 Remaster

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