| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | ||||
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| Single by Gordon Lightfoot | ||||
| from the album Summertime Dream | ||||
| B-side | "The House You Live In" | |||
| Released | August 1976 | |||
| Recorded | December 1975 | |||
| Studio | Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto | |||
| Genre | [1] | |||
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| Label | Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gordon Lightfoot | |||
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| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on YouTube | ||||
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a 1976 hit song written, composed and performed by the Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to memorialize the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Lightfoot considered this song to be his finest work.[2]
Appearing originally on his 1976 album Summertime Dream, Lightfoot re-recorded the song in 1988 for the compilation album Gord's Gold, Vol. 2.
- ^ Person, James (January 1, 1998). "Gordon Lightfoot". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 294.
- ^ DeYoung, Bill (March 2, 2010). "If You Could Read His Mind: A Conversation with Folk Music Legend Gordon Lightfoot". Connect Savannah.