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Gordon Lightfoot 1974 - Sundown

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Gordon Lightfoot sings "Sundown" in 1974

Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

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www.youtube.com to watch with better quality ...what a tale my thoughts could tell The great man live and acoustic.

Gordon Lightfoot The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald lyrics

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Dedicated to the big Fitz and her crew, enjoy!

Gordon Lightfoot  " If You Could Read My Mind" - Lyrics

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Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind - 1970 If You Could Read My Mind, by Gordon Lightfoot If you could read my mind, love, What a tale my thoughts could tell. Just like an old time movie, 'Bout a ghost from a...

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Gordon Lightfoot Biography

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., CC, O.Ont (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. As a singer-songwriter, he came to prominence in the 1960s, and entered the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, George Hamilton IV, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Richie Havens, Harry Belafonte, Tony Rice, Sandy Denny (with Fotheringay), Scott Walker, Sarah McLachlan and John Mellencamp. Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his "favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure." Lightfoot was a featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta.

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Gordon Lightfoot's Best Songs

  • 1. If You Could Read My Mind
  • 2. Beautiful
  • 3. Sundown
  • 4. Canadian Railroad Trilogy
  • 5. Bitter Green
  • 6. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  • 7. Song for a Winter's Night
  • 8. The Way I Feel
  • 9. For Lovin' Me
  • 10. Steel Rail Blues
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Gordon Lightfoot Discography

Gordon Lightfoot albums.

  • Sundown - 07/07/1987 (Reprise Records/US)

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