Gordon Lightfoot

Biography

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness." Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Lightfoot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

6.9

Saturday Night Live

TV Series1975

8.1

The Midnight Special

TV Series1972

6.5

The Johnny Cash Show

TV Series1969

7.0

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Movie2019

6.0

Harry Tracy, Desperado

Movie1982

8.0

Tears Are Not Enough

Movie1985

6.7

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

Movie2019

8.0

Anne Murray: Full Circle

Movie2021

Filmography