Gordon Lightfoot captured our countrys spirit in his music and in doing so, he helped shape Canadas soundscape.
May his music continue to inspire future generations, and may his legacy live on forever.
Read his full remarks below.
Gordon Lightfoot performs on ‘The Midnight Special’ circa 1974Getty Images
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Inspired by his divorce, the song hit No.
12 on the Billboard 200.
‘Sundown,’ 1974Reprise Records
1 here, and its title track became Lightfoots lone Hot 100 chart-topper and went gold.
LightfootsSundownLP also hit No.
1 in the U.S. and Canada.
Smith, whodied in 2020, is credited as a backup singer on one track, High and Dry.
Sundown,his first of three platinum albums, also spawned the top 10 U.S. hit Carefree Highway.
It would be the last of his four No.
1s on Billboards Adult Contemporary/Easy Listening chart., and his third in a row after Sundown and Carefree Highway.
But he had one more stateside smash to deliver.
2 for two weeks behind Rod Stewarts Tonights the Night.
It came from the albumSummertime Dream,which peaked at No.
12 stateside and went platinum.
He continued to record and tour into the 2020s.
Mr. Lightfoot gave us so many special moments over the years.
His legacy will live on in the dynamic Canadian soundscape he helped to shape.
