In 1976, Tom Treece watched Gordon Lightfoot record "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" at a Toronto studio then went to a party at Lightfoot's home.

A detail view of a Gold record award for the album "Summertime Dream," from Gordon Lightfoot's personal collection. This plaque is up for auction, but another Gold record associated with the song ...

The song, released on Lightfoot’s 1976 album, “Summertime Dream,” reached No. 2 on the Billboard pop charts. As a single, it sold 850,000 copies in the United States and earned Grammy ...

Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 song 'Protocol,' featured on the acclaimed 'Summertime Dream' album, serves as a significant anti-war anthem reflecting on the Vietnam War's harsh realities.

Based on his early success, he released his debut album, Lightfoot!, in 1966 and followed it with three more studio LPs for United Artists. In 1976, he released his popular Summertime Dream LP ...

Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” speaks of tragedy and sustains memory in a way no journalistic account could. Yet it was a Newsweek magaz… ...

What’s more, Lightfoot didn’t initially plan to put the song on his 1976 “Summertime Dream” album, but he played a few snippets of it during the recording session in between other songs.

Gordon Lightfoot, internationally ... “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was released in 1976 and took a prominent spot on Lightfoot’s album “Summertime Dream,” being the final track.

Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary Canadian folk singer/songwriter, has passed away. He was 84. The Associated Press reports his cause of death was not immediately available. Lightfoot’s official ...

Gordon Lightfoot, who shot to fame on the strength of a string of hits in the 1960s and '70s, has died. His publicist, Victoria Lord, confirms to CBC News that the iconic singer-songwriter died on ...

Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot, the prolific singer-songwriter known for such folk-pop hits as "If You Could Read My Mind" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," died on Monday in a Toronto ...