Gordon Lightfoot

Lightfoot moved to Los Angeles during the 50s where he studied at Hollywood's Westlake College of Music. Having pursued a short-lived career composing jingles for television, the singer began recording demos of his own compositions. Ian And Sylvia and Peter, Paul And Mary both recorded the enduring 'Early Morning Rain', which has since become a standard, while the latter group also enjoyed a hit with his 'For Lovin' Me'. Other successful compositions included 'Ribbon Of Darkness', which Marty Robbins took to the top of the US country chart, while such renowned artists as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis have all covered Lightfoot's songs. The Way I Feel and Did She Mention My Name consolidated the artist's undoubted promise, but it was not until 1970 that he made a significant commercial breakthrough with Sit Down Young Stranger and then a Top 5 hit, 'If You Could Read My Mind'. In 1974 the singer secured a Number 1 hit with 'Sundown'. Two years later 'The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald' peaked at number 2.

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