Gordon Lightfoot
November 17, 1938 (86 years old) in Orillia, Ontario, Canada
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.
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- 2021 ·Anne Murray: Full Circleas Self
- 2019 ·Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorseseas Self
- 2019 ·Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mindas Self
- 2009 ·This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970sas Self
- 2002 ·Gordon Lightfoot: Live in Renoas Self
- 1996 ·Animal Charm: Golden Digestas Himself (archival footage)
- 1985 ·Tears Are Not Enoughas Self
- 1982 ·Harry Tracy, Desperadoas U.S. Marshal Morrie Nathan
- 1979 ·Gordon Lightfoot - Live From Soundstage '79as Self - Musician
- 1975 ·Saturday Night Liveas Self - Musical Guest
- 1974 ·The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1974as Self
- 1972 ·The Midnight Specialas Host
- 1972 ·Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concertas Himself
- 1969 ·The Johnny Cash Showas Self
- Future ·Lightheadedas Himself