Gordon Lightfoot

== Info ==
Folk musician best known for his hit The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, about an actual shipwreck many years earlier. Renowned as a folk rock legend and as Canada's greatest songwriter. He has been covered by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., The Kingston Trio, Jerry Lee Lewis, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Barbara Streisand, Marty Robbins, Johnny Mathis, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Harry Belafonte, Eric Clapton, John Mellencamp, Bobby Vee, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Glen Campbell, Nico from The Velvet Underground, and Olivia Newton-John among others. Performed at the opening ceremony for the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Honored by the lieutenant governor of Ontario. Songwriters Hall of Fame. Influenced by Pete Seeger. Also covered by Richie Havens. Performed on The Tonight Show. Tributed by The Guess Who. Toronto Maple Leafs 75th anniversary celebrity captain. Five Grammy nominations. Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Canada's Walk of Fame. Companion of the Order of Canada. 2007 honorary postage stamp. Phenomenal in his native Canada. His album Sit Down Young Stranger went gold in the United States. Sundown went platinum. Summertime Dream went platinum. Endless Wire went gold. Compilation Gord's Gold went double platinum. Volume 2 went gold. His Complete Greatest Hits went gold. Numerous hits throughout his career even in the United States. His biggest hit was the chart topping Sundown.
== Genres ==
Folk Rock
== Parody ==
Gordon Lightfoot is referenced on popular internet cartoon Homestar RunnerCategory:Folk Rock
Category:Seventies
Category:Folk
Category:Soft Rock