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Gordon Lightfoot
Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and c…
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness." Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Lightfoot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
America Down: The Proof of Concept
Movie Music
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2021
Anne Murray: Full Circle
Movie Self
- 2019
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2019
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
Movie Self
- 2009
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2003
The Brown Bunny
Movie Music
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2002
Gordon Lightfoot: Live in Reno
Movie Self
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1996
Animal Charm: Golden Digest
Movie Himself (archival footage)
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1985
Tears Are Not Enough
Movie Self
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1982
Harry Tracy, Desperado
Movie U.S. Marshal Morrie Nathan
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1979
Gordon Lightfoot - Live From Soundstage '79
Movie Self - Musician
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1975
Saturday Night Live
TV show Self - Musical Guest
- 1974
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1972
The Midnight Special
TV show Self
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1972
Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concert
Movie Himself
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1969
The Johnny Cash Show
TV show Self
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Lightheaded
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