Gordon Lightfoot

Born: 1938-11-17

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness." Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Lightfoot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

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Released: 2019-06-11

Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of...

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Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

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Released: 2019-04-27

From the song he refuses to perform to his admiration for Drake, a songwriting legend reflects...

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Anne Murray: Full Circle

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Released: 2021-12-02

A look a the career of singer Anne Murray, a small-town girl from a Nova Scotia coal mining town...

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Harry Tracy, Desperado

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Released: 1982-01-21

By the turn of the 20th century, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Billy the Kid and virtually...

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The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1974

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Released: 1974-12-22

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Tears Are Not Enough

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Released: 1985-10-04

On 10 February 1985, fifty-three of Canada's top performers gathered together to record the song...

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Animal Charm: Golden Digest

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Released: 1996-01-01

Animal Charm makes videos from other people's videos. By compositing TV and reducing it to a...

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This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s

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Released: 2009-08-27

Tells the story of Canadian music in the 1970s, a ground-breaking era of great sounds, from glam...

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Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concert

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Released: 1972-01-01

A classic concert by Gordon Lightfoot from 1972, accompanied by Red Shea and Richard Haynes....

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Gordon Lightfoot: Live in Reno

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Released: 2002-01-29

Recorded in 2000, in his first television special in 20 years, Gordon Lightfoot and his band...

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Gordon Lightfoot - Live From Soundstage '79

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Released: 1979-09-08

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Saturday Night Live

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First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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The Midnight Special

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First aired: 1972-08-19

The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during...

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The Johnny Cash Show

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First aired: 1969-06-07

The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The...

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