Gordon Lightfoot helped shape folk music with unforgettable songs about love, history, and everyday life. From “Sundown” and ...

It was Lightfoot's only #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As news spread May 1 of Canadian songwriting and singing legend Gordon Lightfoot's death, realizing the full impact of his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gordon Lightfoot always seemed older than his years, a notion buttressed by how the singer-songwriter became a star when he was ...

Gordon Lightfoot was one of Canada’s greatest songsmiths, known for his simplistic, yet profound, folk tunes. He spent over six decades effortlessly crafting poetry in song, making masterful prose ...

A posthumous LP by Gordon Lightfoot, titled At Royal Albert Hall, will arrive on July 14. The double live album was recorded at the prestigious music venue in London, where Lightfoot, who died earlier ...

Legendary folk-rock singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died at the age of 84. The musician passed Monday evening (May 1) in Toronto, where he had been hospitalized recently. "It is with profound ...

Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter who topped charts with songs like "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," died at the age of 84 on Monday. "It is with profound sadness ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" breaks back into the ...

Gordon Lightfoot, the folk/country legend who is one of Canada’s most beloved cultural exports, is dead at 84 years old. He died yesterday (May 1) of natural causes at 7:30 p.m. at Toronto’s ...

As news spread May 1 of Canadian songwriting and singing legend Gordon Lightfoot’s death, realizing the full impact of his artistry and the breadth of his catalog felt all the more jolting. To hear ...