Gordon Lightfoot
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 | |
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 Lightfoot tampil di Interlochen, Michigan, pada tahun 2009 | |
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| Nama lahir | Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. |
| Lahir | 17 November 1938 Orillia, Ontario, Kanada |
| Meninggal | 1 Mei 2023 (umur 84) Toronto, Ontario, Kanada |
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| Tahun aktif | 1958–2023 |
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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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sunting| Tahun | Judul | Kanada | Kanada: A/C | Kanada: Negara | US Hot 100 | AS: AC | AS: Negara | Britania Raya | Album |
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| 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 |
Album
sunting- 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
sunting- 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
sunting- (Inggris) GordonLightfoot.com Diarsipkan 2023-06-26 di Wayback Machine.
- (Inggris) Lightfoot.ca Diarsipkan 2022-01-27 di Wayback Machine.
- (Inggris) Situs Fan di Gordon Lightfoot Diarsipkan 2023-06-06 di Wayback Machine.
- (Inggris) Gordon Lightfoot di MySpace Diarsipkan 2023-05-10 di Wayback Machine.
- (Inggris) Order of Canada Citation Diarsipkan 2008-12-07 di Wayback Machine.
- (Inggris) Halaman Lightfoot di Canadian Encyclopedia Diarsipkan 2010-02-14 di Wayback Machine.
- (Inggris) CBC Digital Archives: Gordon Lightfoot: Canada's Folk Laureate Diarsipkan 2008-02-24 di Wayback Machine.
- Gordon Lightfoot di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- (Inggris) Wild 1970 interview with underground press rock critics Rick McGrath and Mike Quigley Diarsipkan 2008-09-17 di Wayback Machine.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.