Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (17 November 1938 – 1 Mei 2023) adalah seorang penyanyi dan pengarang lagu berkebangsaan Kanada. Dia menjadi yang terkenal saat menyanyikan lagu-lagu utamanya seperti "Black Day in July", "Bitter Green", "If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown", "Rainy Day People", "Early Morning Rain", dan "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". Dia dilahirkan di Orillia, Ontario, Kanada. Berkarier di dunia musik sejak tahun 1962.

Gordon Lightfoot
Lightfoot tampil di Interlochen, Michigan, pada tahun 2009
Lightfoot tampil di Interlochen, Michigan, pada tahun 2009
Informasi latar belakang
Nama lahirGordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
Lahir(1938-11-17)17 November 1938
Orillia, Ontario, Kanada
Meninggal1 Mei 2023(2023-05-01) (umur 84)
Toronto, Ontario, Kanada
Genre
Pekerjaan
  • Musisi
  • penyanyi-penulis lagu
  • gitaris
Instrumen
  • Vokal
  • gitar
Tahun aktif1958–2023
Label

Lightfoot meninggal di Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre di Toronto pada 1 Mei 2023, pada usia 84 tahun.[1] Kesehatannya yang menurun menyebabkan dia membatalkan turnya tiga minggu sebelumnya.[2]

Diskografi

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Singel

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Tahun Judul Kanada Kanada: A/C Kanada: Negara US Hot 100 AS: AC AS: Negara Britania Raya Album
1962 "(Remember Me) I'm The One" 3 - - - - - - Non-LP
1962 "It's Too Late, He Wins" /
"Negotiations" (Double A-Side)
27 - - - - - - Non-LP
1962 "Adios, Adios" - - - - - - - Non-LP
1963 "Day Before Yesterday" - - - - - - - Non-LP
1965 "I'm Not Sayin'" 12 - 2 - - - - Lightfoot
1965 "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" 3 9 - - - - - Non-LP
1966 "Spin Spin" 7 - - - - - - Non-LP
1966 "Go Go Round" 27 - - - - - - The Way I Feel
1967 "The Way I Feel" 36 - - - - - - The Way I Feel
1967 "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" - - - - - - - The Way I Feel
1968 "Black Day in July" 68 - - - - - - Did She Mention My Name
1968 "Bitter Green" 44 - - - - - - Back Here On Earth
1970 "Me and Bobby McGee" 13 - 1 - - - - If You Could Read My Mind
1970 "If You Could Read My Mind" 1 1 - 5 1 - 30 If You Could Read My Mind
1971 "If I Could" - - - 111 - - - Back Here On Earth
1971 "Talking in Your Sleep" 19 2 - 64 - - - Summer Side Of Life
1971 "Summer Side of Life" 21 - - 98 - - - Summer Side Of Life
1972 "Beautiful" 13 1 - 58 - - - Don Quixote
1972 "Alberta Bound" - - - - - - - Don Quixote
1972 "You Are What I Am" (Sisi-A) 3 1 1 102 - - - Old Dan's Records
1972 "The Same Old Obsession" (Sisi-B) 3 1 - 101 - - - Old Dan's Records
1973 "Can't Depend on Love" (Sisi-A) 27 - - - - - - Old Dan's Records
1973 "It's Worth Believin'" (Sisi-B) - - 12 - - - - Old Dan's Records
1974 "Sundown" 1 2 4 1 - 13 33 Sundown
1974 "Carefree Highway" 11 1 1 10 1 81 - Sundown
1975 "Rainy Day People" 10 1 - 26 1 47 - Cold On The Shoulder
1976 "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 1 1 1 2 - 50 40 Summertime Dream
1976 "Race Among The Ruins" 30 11 14 65 - - - Summertime Dream
1977 "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" 6 1 9 33 3 92 - Endless Wire
1978 "Daylight Katy" 44 - - - - - 41 Endless Wire
1978 "Dreamland" - 24 - - - 100 - Endless Wire
1980 "Dream Street Rose" - 1 8 - - 80 - Dream Street Rose
1980 "If You Need Me" - 5 21 - - 70 - Dream Street Rose
1981 "Baby Step Back" - 6 - 50 17 - - Shadows
1982 "Blackberry Wine" - 15 - - - - - Shadows
1982 "In My Fashion" - - - - - - - Shadows
1983 "Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do)" - - - - - - - Salute
1983 "Without You" - - - - - - - Salute
1986 "Anything for Love" 39 14 - - 13 71 - East Of Midnight
1986 "Stay Loose" 86 10 - - - - - East Of Midnight
1987 "East of Midnight" - 11 - - - - - East Of Midnight
1987 "Ecstasy Made Easy" - - - - - - - East Of Midnight
1993 "I'll Prove My Love" - - - - - - - Waiting For You
1993 "Waiting For You" - - - - - - - Waiting For You
1998 "A Painter Passing Through" - 47 - - - - - A Painter Passing Through
2004 "Inspiration Lady" - - - - - - - Harmony
  • 1966 Lightfoot!
  • 1967 The Way I Feel
  • 1968 Did She Mention My Name
  • 1968 Back Here on Earth
  • 1969 Sunday Concert (live)
  • 1970 Sit Down Young Stranger (renamed If You Could Read My Mind)
  • 1971 Summer Side of Life
  • 1972 Don Quixote
  • 1972 Old Dan's Records
  • 1974 Sundown
  • 1975 Cold on the Shoulder
  • 1976 Summertime Dream
  • 1978 Endless Wire
  • 1980 Dream Street Rose
  • 1982 Shadows
  • 1983 Salute
  • 1986 East of Midnight
  • 1993 Waiting for You
  • 1998 A Painter Passing Through
  • 2004 Harmony

Kompilasi

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  • 1969 Early Lightfoot
  • 1970 The Best
  • 1971 Classic Lightfoot: The Best of Gordon...
  • 1974 The Very Best of Gordon Lightfoot
  • 1975 Gord's Gold
  • 1976 Early Morning Rain
  • 1985 Songbook
  • 1988 Gord's Gold, Vol. 2
  • 1989 The Best of Gordon Lightfoot
  • 1992 Original Lightfoot
  • 1993 The United Artists Collection
  • 1994 Lightfoot!/The Way I Feel
  • 1999 Songbook
  • 2002 Complete Greatest Hits

Pranala luar

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  1. ^ Morris, Chris. "Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 84". Variety. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2023-05-02. Diakses tanggal May 1, 2023. 
  2. ^ "Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84". CBC News. May 1, 2023. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2023-05-02. Diakses tanggal May 1, 2023.