Gordon Lightfoot couldn't help but grin when the first returns for his Warner Bros.-Reprise "Sundown" album came in. Gordon Lightfoot in 1974. The title song and "Carefree Highway" from the album were ...

Gordon Lightfoot wanted it to be one way, but it was the other way. That's the story of "Sundown," a song about curdled romantic obsession that turned out to be Lightfoot's only American #1 hit.

His longtime publicist Victoria Lord revealed the news to Canadian media outlets including the CBC but did not provide a cause of death. Revered in Canada, the four-time Grammy nominee had been ...

As far as signature songs go, “Sundown” might not be the first that came to mind for singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot upon news of his death earlier this week (May 1) at age 84. “If You Could Read ...

The Grammy-nominated Lightfoot was regarded as one of Canada's greatest musicians, and found success in the United States with '70s classics "Sundown" and "If You Could Read My Mind." Joey Nolfi is a ...

It feels like Gordon Lightfoot has always been with me. I mean, was there ever a time when “Old Dan’s Records,” “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown” and “Cotton Jenny” ...

So often it’s a girl — in this case, one named Beth, who Eric Elison was sweet on in high school and introduced him to Gordon Lightfoot before the 1974 “Sundown” album came out. “We went to her house ...

Stagecoach was quite a ride last month, and one of the biggest performances came from country star Charles Wesley Godwin. He performed a fantastic cover of Gordan Lightfoot’s 1974 hit song “Sundown” ...

This interview with Gordon Lightfoot appeared in the Free Press on Oct. 28, 1974, just as his fame was beginning to skyrocket. Gordon Lightfoot couldn't help but grin when the first returns for his ...

Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk music laureate who crossed over to major pop fame in the U.S. during the ‘70s, died of natural causes on Monday evening at Sunnybrook Hospital in ...