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Gordon Lightfoot’s 10 Essential Songs
The Canadian singer-songwriter, who died on Monday at 84, brought his rueful baritone to memorable, melancholy material.
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Moogs and Muppets: Record Shopping in Brooklyn
Picking through the bins at the Academy Records Annex, and rediscovering “Switched-On Rock,” as well as albums by Tim Hardin and Otis Redding.
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Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ Was An Unlikely Hit
Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 folk ballad told the true story of a shipwreck on Lake Superior. One of his old friends called it “a documentarian’s song.”
Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk Singer, Dies at 84
Mr. Lightfoot’s rich baritone and gift for melodies made him one of the most popular artists of the 1970s.