Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian singer-songwriter whose folk and popular music transformed stories of Canadian history, geography, and working life into widely admired songs. His best-known works include “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” “Sundown,” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Lightfoot’s career earned him major recognition in Canada and the United States, including induction into both countries’ songwriters halls of fame and the Companion of the Order of Canada.