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Gordon Lightfoot

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OccupationSinger, Composer, Lyricist  
Musical genre:Folk  
Birthday17 November 1939 (68)
SignScorpio
Birthplace  Canada
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot is a Canadian folk singer, composer and lyricist.

Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. He moved to Los Angeles, California during the 1950s where he studied at Hollywood's Westlake College of Music. He returned to Canada by the 1960s and performed in coffee houses on the Toronto folk scene. In 1966, he released his debut album, Lightfoot.

He is one of the first Canadian popular singers who achieved real stardom in his own country instead of moving to the United States. In June of 1974, his single, "Sundown", went to No.1 on the American charts.

Fall 2002, Lightfoot suffered a near-fatal abdominal hemorrhage, which caused him to go into a comatose state for a short period of time. He later returned to the music business with the album Harmony and an appearance on Canadian Idol.

Lightfoot has received 15 Juno Awards and been nominated for 5 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986, the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001 and in May 2003 was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, the country's highest honour.

Gordon Lightfoot is Also A Member of the Order of Ontario Oont The Highest Award in the Province of Ontario.




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