Known for the hits “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” Gordon Lightfoot rose to fame in the early 1960s after a move to Toronto opened doors in the thriving Yorkville music scene.
TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter whose hits include “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” died on Monday. a representative of his family said. He was 84.
The Orillia, Ontario native rose to fame in the early 1960s after a move to Toronto opened doors in the thriving Yorkville music scene, and hooked him up with fellow folk musician Ian and Sylvia Tyson. They became great admirers of his work and covered two of his tracks.
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