On paper, it should never have been a hit record. But despite the odds stacked against it — the 6-minute length, the somber subject matter, the last-minute recording session — “The Wreck of the Edmund ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, massive freighter the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, amid 50-foot waves and ...

The Lightfoot Band will play at the Iron Horse on April 24 at 7 p.m. Most of the band members are part of Gordon Lightfoot’s original touring band. Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon ...

It happened every year on November 10: if you were listening to the radio anywhere in Michigan, you’d inevitably hear the wail of a guitar that seemed to speak in a human voice, a mournful invitation.

Juno-winning singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith will bring Gordon Lightfoot's songs to life in two shows at the National Music ...

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was released in 1976, less than a year after the ship sank in Lake Superior. Gordon Lightfoot’s song peaked at number two on the Billboard chart that same year.

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So often it’s a girl — in this case, one named Beth, who Eric Elison was sweet on in high school and introduced him to Gordon Lightfoot before the 1974 “Sundown” album came out. “We went to her house ...