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Gordon Lightfoot Corrected Own Lyrics in a Famous Song
Gordon Lightfoot Corrected
Own Lyrics in a Famous Song
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Gordon Lightfoot Corrected Own Lyrics in a Famous Song

He changed words in the 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' to get the facts right

(Newser) - It really had no business being a hit. But Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" nevertheless rose to No. 2 on the Billboard charts in 1976 and has endured since as a folk classic. As the New York Times explains, the song was unusual in that...

Gordon Lightfoot Dead at 84
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Singer-Songwriter
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Beloved Canadian Singer-Songwriter Dead at 84

Gordon Lightfoot had just last month canceled planned shows

(Newser) - 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. Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital, the AP reports. His cause...

'Woman of Mystery' Who Killed John Belushi Dead at 73

Cathy Smith spent 15 months in prison for injecting comedian with fatal drug dose

(Newser) - The Globe and Mail calls her a "notorious, colorful footnote in pop culture history" and a "woman of mystery." To the rest of the world, Cathy Smith was best known as the one-time girlfriend of Gordon Lightfoot who injected the drugs that ended up killing comedian John...

Dylan's Favorite Songwriters

What do Warren Zevon, Jimmy Buffet and Gordon Lightfoot all have in common?

(Newser) - Bob Dylan is one of the most widely influential living songwriters—but who has influenced him? Bill Flanagan got Dylan to dish on some of his favorite songwriters for the Huffington Post. The winners? Jimmy Buffett, Gordon Lightfoot, Randy Newman, John Prine, and Guy Clark all got nods. Though Dylan’...

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