1 albums from 1972 to 1974), he maintained a high profile stateside throughout the ‘70s. Though Lightfoot remained a bigger star at home (where he logged three consecutive No.
hit “If You Could Read My Mind,” a heavily orchestrated ballad renamed after its hit, the LP rose to No. His 1970 Reprise debut “Sit Down Young Stranger” contained the No. While he was acclaimed at home and served as an inspiration for such younger Canada-bred performers as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, success in America eluded him until he signed with Warner Bros.’ Reprise imprint (which released Young and Mitchell’s breakthrough recordings). Lightfoot rose to prominence in the mid-‘60s, penning such folk standards as “Early Morning Rain” (a major hit for the Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia Tyson), “For Loving Me” and “Ribbon of Darkness,” as well as the ambitious “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” a sort of Northern equivalent to Mickey Newbury’s “American Trilogy.” 1 on the adult contemporary chart, as did “Carefree Highway” and “Rainy Day People,” during his mid-’70s chart heyday. Lightfoot topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974 with “Sundown” and also had top 5 songs with “If You Could Read My Mind” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” All three songs reached No.
Lightfoot’s death was confirmed by his longtime agent, Victoria Lord. during the ‘70s, died of natural causes on Monday evening at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk music laureate who crossed over to major pop fame in the U.S.
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